Madison Pre- and Post-Game Bars

[Goose]

My boys changed our plans and we will now be at Wando's. Should be there nice and early.

[rocket surgeon]

Those are all the hicks that grew up in Wisconsin and either went to UW-Platteville, UW-Oshkosh, etc., went to a tech or trade school, or skipped college altogether and walk around with their Walmart Bagders sweatshirts acting like they attended the Harvard of the Midwest.

  and they get their "badgers gear" at wally world of course

[panda]

Everything in that city sucks.  Including and especially the Kohl Center.

Agree - Poverty city

[The Sultan]

Those are all the hicks that grew up in Wisconsin and either went to UW-Platteville, UW-Oshkosh, etc., went to a tech or trade school, or skipped college altogether and walk around with their Walmart Bagders sweatshirts acting like they attended the Harvard of the Midwest. 

To be fair, when you have only one FBS public university in the state, it's going to draw a wide number of fans outside the alumni base.

[The Lens]

To be fair, when you have only one FBS public university in the state, it's going to draw a wide number of fans outside the alumni base.

I don't mind that but to have a UW Oshkosh grad so passionately hate us is just weird. MU (like UW) does a lot of good for this state.

Also, this is way too big of a state for only one D1 football team (Barry has used that and the walk on program to his advantage).

[The Sultan]

I don't mind that but to have a UW Oshkosh grad so passionately hate us is just weird. MU (like UW) does a lot of good for this state.

Also, this is way too big of a state for only one D1 football team (Barry has used that and the walk on program to his advantage).

Barry hasn't been the head coach for a long time. And who else should have a D1 football team?

[Goose]

Nice early crowd at Wando's.

[mubb3434]

Nice early crowd at Wando's.

Great setup here!

[WhiteTrash]

Barry hasn't been the head coach for a long time. And who else should have a D1 football team?

Great question. When you look at the situation from 50,000 ft. up, it seems like Wisconsin should have more. States like Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Nevada, Iowa etc. all support multiple D1 teams. Two items that stick out to me is 1) while the mid-west likes football, they don't hold a candle to the south and 2) Wisconsin residents have such a deep love and derive some self worth from UW-Madison that even the thought of diverting any resources from Madison would be rejected. Reminds me exactly of Nebraska.

[shoothoops]

I don't mind that but to have a UW Oshkosh grad so passionately hate us is just weird. MU (like UW) does a lot of good for this state.

Also, this is way too big of a state for only one D1 football team (Barry has used that and the walk on program to his advantage).

Every school has good, bad, indifferent fans. Every school has fans that didn't attend the school. This is in no way unique to the University of Wisconsin. This is all across the country.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Barry hasn't been the head coach for a long time. And who else should have a D1 football team?

The answer is obvious

[The Lens]

I would rebrand UW LaCrosse as Wisconsin State University and move them to D1. 

[Uncle Rico]

Every school has good, bad, indifferent fans. Every school has fans that didn't attend the school. This is in no way unique to the University of Wisconsin. This is all across the country.

Eye roll, wanking motion

[The Sultan]

Great question. When you look at the situation from 50,000 ft. up, it seems like Wisconsin should have more. States like Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Nevada, Iowa etc. all support multiple D1 teams. Two items that stick out to me is 1) while the mid-west likes football, they don't hold a candle to the south and 2) Wisconsin residents have such a deep love and derive some self worth from UW-Madison that even the thought of diverting any resources from Madison would be rejected. Reminds me exactly of Nebraska.

It's actually just because there was never a flagship institution in the Wisconsin State System, and when that System merged with UW in the early 1970s, there was no chance.