OFFICIAL Wisconsin Badgers v. South Carolina College Gamd Day Thread

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Stave sucks, why or why can't Badgers get a decent quarterback. They would have a hell of a team with a slightly better than average QB.

[pbmax]

Clowney looked like he was playing at Matthews speed when he ran down Gordon from behind. Gordon cannot wait to hit the hole if Clowney is unblocked.

[Bretsky]

Clowney has elite talent but signs are his life might be out of control.....aka....Odell Thurman

[mraynrand]

The Bowl system is archaic but there are some traditions still in place. Neither the Badgers nor SC are out of place in the Capitol One Bowl, formerly the Citrus Bowl. Its meant to be a trip for the Alumni and extra practice for the football team. Its old, a money sink, weezing at this point and needs to be replaced.

Without the playoff, the tradition was the huge selling point. And that tradition is totally gone. No one 25 and under has any understanding of bowl history and tradition whatsoever; they want to put their fathers (if they have one) in the retirement home for even talking about traditional match ups in the Cotton Bowl or Rose Bowl.

[pbmax]

That stadium looks old and worn out. Paint peeling everywhere.

[mraynrand]

That stadium looks old and worn out. Paint peeling everywhere.

It's a metaphor for the current bowl system!

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Nice response drive by the Badgers.

[mraynrand]

I will stop bitching about the bowl system now. Sorry guys and gals, I woke up on the wrong side of the year this morning.

[Bretsky]

So far the Badgers seem able to run the ball down SC's throat. Great Drive

The Badger WR IMO is going to have a very sucessful NFL Career. Two guys I'd love to see in Green n Gold are Abbrederis and Borland
But Borland a shorter that 6ft at ILB so I'm doubtful TT would buy into him. Some coach will though.....he's John Offerdahl like...and hell test better than people think at the combine. Some coach will see the fire and fall in love with him.

[Bretsky]

Thank we could just trade the Packers ST coach for the Badgers ST coach ?

[pbmax]

Without the playoff, the tradition was the huge selling point. And that tradition is totally gone. No one 25 and under has any understanding of bowl history and tradition whatsoever; they want to put their fathers (if they have one) in the retirement home for even talking about traditional match ups in the Cotton Bowl or Rose Bowl.

Its kinda funny, but the SEC lawsuit against TV rights opened the can of worms in 1984. A rare successful anti-trust case in the mid 80s. Took the money and control away from the NCAA very quickly in football. The huge money in football put that Dept even MORE in the drivers seat.

They fared better in basketball where the Tourney was the big money draw. Had playoffs come to college football rather than the old boy Bowls, NCAA would still be in the driver seat.

I laugh when anyone blames the NCAA for football violations. They don't even have money to have a full time investigation staff. Yahoo! is the service they use.

The other story that is funny because no one else thinks it is is the demise of the Big East. It was the original formed for TV conference that was widely blamed for breaking up smaller, more local conferences. It made itself hugely vulnerable by expanding to increase its football presence ager being very successful in basketball. The other more stable conferences are now picking over its pieces. The Catholic League/new Big East gets back to a basketball conference that makes sense and will have a decent TV contract.

[pbmax]

Thank we could just trade the Packers ST coach for the Badgers ST coach ?

M3 is stubborn. I don't know what he expects.

[pbmax]

Now that my term paper on collegiate anti-trust and Big East foolishness is over, let me say that Stave's pass/moon shot to the TE should have been picked off. It was late, over the middle and hung in the air forever.

Loved his run to the end zone though.

[Bretsky]

that was a great catch

[pbmax]

Its a catch