Monte Ball an NFL Hopeful Decides to Return To Wisconsin For His Senior Season!

[Bretsky]

He made a promise to his parents that he'd leave UW with a degree. He's on pace to get a degree in sociology next year. I'm sure that isn't the sole reason for his decision to stay, but it reportedly played at least a minor part in it.

Deep down most look for reasons to leave college; in the end Ball wanted to stay and was looking for reasons to stay.
The draft evaluation made this an easy call; he's one of the good guys and hopefully it works out.

[pbmax]

He made a promise to his parents that he'd leave UW with a degree. He's on pace to get a degree in sociology next year. I'm sure that isn't the sole reason for his decision to stay, but it reportedly played at least a minor part in it.

I heard on the radio that his whole family moved to the Madison area to be near him. Mom, Dad and younger sibling.

[pbmax]

Did you know that Calhoun tore his scrotum his rookie year? That would end my life also.

Hurts just to think about it.

Is that Clay Matthews as action figurine or as Stretch Armstrong in your avatar?

[ND72]

Hurts just to think about it.

Is that Clay Matthews as action figurine or as Stretch Armstrong in your avatar?

Clay Matthew McFarland Figure

[Tarlam!]

Clay Matthew McFarland Figure

I have got to get me one of those!

[Upnorth]

Does running behind that Oline discount some of his accomplishment in the eyes of scouts? I am not an avid follower but it seems like they are great run blockers in the few games i have seen. Some of the lanes he has had remind me of a bowling alley, the whole thing not just one lane. Also they seem very good at setting the edge. I have only seen 3 games this year on the other hand. . .

[Gunakor]

UW has outstanding run blockers every year. They are bred in a lab on a farm in northern Wisconsin. Or something. But that's where they all come from, and from Brent Moss to Monte Ball I can't remember a single year that we had poor run blocking.

Not many backs do very well at the NFL level without decent run blocking either so I don't see how scouts could hold that against him.

[Deputy Nutz]

Ball does everything right from a technique standpoint. He catches the ball out of the backfield, he makes the right reads in the zone blocking scheme 90% of the time, and can break tackles at the second level. His top end speed is what will be called into question by pro scouts. I don't know how much you can really improve on that regardless of weight gain or weight loss, it didn't help John Clay last year when he dropped 30 pounds and still ran a 5.0 forty time.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Clay Matthew McFarland Figure

McFarland toys are the sh!t. Great artist.

Agree with Ball coming back, he was an afterthought in the Heismann race and I bet he believes if he does better in that next season, it will help his draft stock even more.

I don't think White's going to transfer. I think he's gonna realize that he needs to step up his game. Ball showed him what an offseason of hard work will do.

[smuggler]

Ball does everything right from a technique standpoint. He catches the ball out of the backfield, he makes the right reads in the zone blocking scheme 90% of the time, and can break tackles at the second level. His top end speed is what will be called into question by pro scouts. I don't know how much you can really improve on that regardless of weight gain or weight loss, it didn't help John Clay last year when he dropped 30 pounds and still ran a 5.0 forty time.

This is true. Your body needs time to adapt to those changes. I know I lost a lot of weight one year for track and actually got slower. Clay runs faster than 5.0. Probably around 4.6

[Pugger]

Ball's ability to catch out of the backfield will be very attractive to NFL teams because this is a passing league.

[ND72]

I have got to get me one of those!

I actually saw at the Mall of America a "collection" box of Jennings, Rodgers, and matthews, but I already had the Jennings and Rodgers so I didn't get the box. Found the figure in the Wisconsin Dells Tanger Mall. Also got a Rodgers McFarlane in the Acme throwback in the same store...awesome!

[ND72]

Hopefully you mean the color Oregon wears sometimes, since rumor has it that LMJ is going back to school after the DAB gave him like a 4th round grade.

LMJ declared for draft today

[Tarlam!]

I already had the Jennings and Rodgers so I didn't get the box.

Same here. But I can get it via Amazon. Unfortunatly, Amazon here isn't carrying Wooden or Grant.

[MJZiggy]

Same here. But I can get it via Amazon. Unfortunatly, Amazon here isn't carrying Wooden or Grant.

Who the hell is Wooden? That might explain why they're not carrying him.