2021-22 College Football thread

[MuggsyB]

Penn St. blows another opportunity.  Wow.

[HutchwasClutch]

sure but bs rule.to disqulaify

Disagree.  That's the kind of garbage that needs to be cleaned up in football. Best way to get players attention is being booted from the game

[Johnny B]

It looks like Whisky will escape with the win.  Pemn St.  missed a 24 yrd FG and an extra point.

oof

[Johnny B]

Disagree.  That's the kind of garbage that needs to be cleaned up in football. Best way to get players attention is being booted from the game

nah i mean it wasnt intentional or malcious. just guys playin fast late in game.

[CreightonWarrior]

Mertz crumbled under pressure so many times today.

[wadesworld]

Well that was a fun season for the Badgers.

Graham Mertz was the number 1 rated pro style quarterback recruit in the country. LOL!

[HutchwasClutch]

nah i mean it wasnt intentional or malcious. just guys playin fast late in game.

Guy made no effort to aim lower than Mertz's head and had time to do so

[MuggsyB]

The game isn't over.  Penn St. is capable of a debacle and handing UW the game.  Both of these teams are very mediocre.

[HutchwasClutch]

Mertz crumbled under pressure so many times today.

He'll get one more chance here

[MuggsyB]

WTH is Franklin doing?  What is this coverage?

[MuggsyB]

Wow....#13 was wide open.

[MuggsyB]

I was told by many people in Madison Mertz "would be the best QB in the country" this year.  It's a small sample size but I'm gonna say no to that one. 

[wadesworld]

Brad Davison has to be better at quarterback than Graham Mertz, doesn't he? And clearly his future in basketball is some mid level league overseas at best. So maybe it'd be in his best option to make that move too.

[JWags85]

Coan was gonna be the savior.  Then Mertz was a viable Heisman candidate and the one to lead them to the promised land.   Welp, whose on deck?

[jsglow]

Mertz with no field vision the entire game.  And Bucky's inability to manage simple hand offs killed them more than once.

[MuggsyB]

Coan was gonna be the savior.  Then Mertz was a viable Heisman candidate and the one to lead them to the promised land.   Welp, whose on deck?

I also agree with CreightonWarrior about the Whisky defense.  Every time I flipped the channel the PSU QB overthrew wide open receivers.  They probably should have won by three touchdowns.

[wadesworld]

Going from the UW vs. PSU game to the Miami vs. Bama game is comical. The speed on the field makes it look like an entirely different sport.

I now understand why Badger fans still hold onto the Rose Bowl as a big accomplishment. Nobody in the B1G can beat OSU because they are the only ones who have adapted the spread offense. Even the best defenses playing their best football will only be able to hold them to 24 points at best. And everyone else plays ground and pound, old school B1G football and can't score more than 24 points. But the problem is they can't recruit the athletes to play a spread offense. So they're really just screwed. Best case is win the terrible B1G West, lose to OSU by 20+, and celebrate a great season ending in a meaningless Rose Bowl loss. But that's really their best case scenario.

[MuggsyB]

Going from the UW vs. PSU game to the Miami vs. Bama game is comical. The speed on the field makes it look like an entirely different sport.

I now understand why Badger fans still hold onto the Rose Bowl as a big accomplishment. Nobody in the B1G can beat OSU because they are the only ones who have adapted the spread offense. Even the best defenses playing their best football will only be able to hold them to 24 points at best. And everyone else plays ground and pound, old school B1G football and can't score more than 24 points. But the problem is they can't recruit the athletes to play a spread offense. So they're really just screwed. Best case is win the terrible B1G West, lose to OSU by 20+, and celebrate a great season ending in a meaningless Rose Bowl loss. But that's really their best case scenario.

I'm no college football expert but your reasoning here seems spot-on to me.  I feel like when I watch the top SEC teams they are at a completely different level than the B14 West.  It's kind of like MU vs Cardinal Strich in hoops.  Exactly, speed kills.

[JWags85]

Mertz with no field vision the entire game.  And Bucky's inability to manage simple hand offs killed them more than once.

And when he actual sees the right route and throw, like the final play, he throws a mangled ball.

Going from the UW vs. PSU game to the Miami vs. Bama game is comical. The speed on the field makes it look like an entirely different sport.

I now understand why Badger fans still hold onto the Rose Bowl as a big accomplishment. Nobody in the B1G can beat OSU because they are the only ones who have adapted the spread offense. Even the best defenses playing their best football will only be able to hold them to 24 points at best. And everyone else plays ground and pound, old school B1G football and can't score more than 24 points. But the problem is they can't recruit the athletes to play a spread offense. So they're really just screwed. Best case is win the terrible B1G West, lose to OSU by 20+, and celebrate a great season ending in a meaningless Rose Bowl loss. But that's really their best case scenario.

Not only can they not, the fan base has this perverse pride and obsession with 4 yards and a cloud of dust style offense

[Its DJOver]

Badgers are exactly who've they've been for the last 20 years.  Well coached, talent at one skill position.  That combinations will be able to beat 85% of teams out there, but once they come across a team that has more actual athletes than them, they'll fold.  Didn't think PSU was very good, but the Badgers made way too many mistakes at crucial times to win the game.  Their season's over, I don't have to hear people talk about them at work so I'm happy, they'll probably still win the B10 West, but no CFP so who cares.

[Pakuni]

Miami is not back.

[The Sultan]

I will be surprised if Graham Mertz finishes his college career in Madison.

[Herman Cain]

Badgers are exactly who've they've been for the last 20 years.  Well coached, talent at one skill position.  That combinations will be able to beat 85% of teams out there, but once they come across a team that has more actual athletes than them, they'll fold.  Didn't think PSU was very good, but the Badgers made way too many mistakes at crucial times to win the game. Their season's over, I don't have to hear people talk about them at work so I'm happy, they'll probably still win the B10 West, but no CFP so who cares.

When your team is slow and has a one dimensional offense, mistakes are deadly.

[Mutaman]

As I understand it  schools like Ohio State and Marquette require that all students be vaccinated but Madison does not. Anyone know the reasoning behind this?

[The Sultan]

Wisconsin state law has a pretty broad exception policy - for medical, religious or "personal conviction" reasons.  A lot of schools believe that a mandate draws a line in the sand, and that requiring them to file an exemption means they aren't going to change their mind easily. 

I have no idea what Ohio's state law is though.