re: How Good Do You Think Wisconsin Is? (Thread will be saved for later)

From what we know. They win 7 games. If QB develops and the coaches don't hide Gordon in a trunk somewhere they could win 9 or ten. They have a great running back with a weak schedule. But the depth on d stinks and so does that safety playing QB. They would be better off putting him back in the secondary and playing the QB from last season.

The guy on Sportscenter after the game had it pegged about the QB:

"He was a safety for this team last season, and he looked like it tonight."

With better play from McElvoy, they could do some things in their conference. They can't rely on Gordon to do everything on offense.

Seriously I thought wis was horrible.....they looked like one of those small schools trying to get recognition...

Wisconsin is a lot like Iowa. A zone blocking scheme, seldom pulling guards. This usually takes about 4 games. Both developmental programs. Run heavy, and passing based on play action. It explains Iowa's success against SEC schools as there isn't a bunch of zone ol play down there.

Where it looks like it departs this early season is that there was no downfield separation by their receivers. LSU figured this out last night, although it baffles me why it took so long to start to cheat the corners and safties.

Will they get better? Yes, but so will everyone else.

Now the real question is were they overrated? I believe so. I believe both Wiscy and Nebby were overrated, and MSU underrated in the B1G. FWIW, the B1G is about as strong top to bottom this year as it has been in a while.

It's August. Frankly neither team looked really good. Actually very few teams so far this weekend looked any good, but that's always the case.

Having said all of that, if I was a LSU fan I wouldn't discount beating an 8 win Wisconsin program.

Close early season games like this are great coaches games.

So what I'm say, which I'll get ridiculed for, is that the sky isn't falling for either LSU or Wiscy. Frankly I'd be encouraged if I was LSU.

The biggest red flag to me for Wisconson was that the first 60ish% of that game really couldn't have gone much better for them and they still managed to lose. They appear to be a team that is built to play with a lead. They, theoretically at least, should have been able to grind that one out even with a surging LSU. I think their defense lacks depth, though they should get some of their DL back.

Other thing is that I'd guess they'd have to throw Stave back in. Their D played fairly well for the first half of the game (again, I think depth played a factor here) but their secondary was suspect. I don't know how good McEvoy is at saftey, but maybe he can help there. He was good at scrambling that definitely helped them move the chains a bit, but other than that, he really was pretty bad. If Stave can boost their pass game it would help to balance their O that was VERY one dimensional last night. Their TEs seemed to be pretty good so even if their recievers suck they should be able to at least have a marginal passing game. Their O line opened some serious holes for their line and even gave the QB decent enough time.

I honestly think they will finish the season around where they started ~15ish.

i really dont know, they have shite at qb, wr, te, and not much on d though i thought that white safety was pretty good

prob 7/8 wins, maybe as high as 9 if they get anything from the qb and skill spots

gordon is a stud though. thank goodness he got keilanded.

8-4 team

not good

not bad

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Well what does that make us?

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A team with a whole lot of question marks.

This is going to be a long season.

they will probably win 10 games