Wisconsin 2017 Season Thread

[Anonymous Coward]

The Tribune is reporting on Wisconsin-Notre Dame negotiations for a double neutral (Soldier Field + Lambeau) series. Unlike most Big Ten fans, I'm all for playing Notre Dame, but neutral games are one of the lamer trends in CFB. Why can't it be a home-and-home?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-notre-dame-wisconsin-football-soldier-field-20170724-story.html

[847badgerfan]

ND won't come to Camp Randall.

[847badgerfan]

Paul Chryst was talking about the offensive line a little bit yesterday, saying that there is still work to be done but the signs of improvement are there.

At least there is some depth to work with. It will be fun to watch he and Joe Rudolph assemble the best 5 over the course of camp.

[Cincydawg]

ND won't come to Camp Randall.

Why not?  I agree about the neutral site games.  I don't "get it".  LSU did the same thing.

I understand the WLOCP and the Red River Rivalry, fine, but these OOC "fake home and away" series puzzle me.  I know the UGA AD claimed they made more money playing UNC in ATL than playing them at home, but that at least was a "one off", a sort of preseason bowl game in effect.

ND seems to be willing to travel to hostile venues.

[847badgerfan]

They will travel to hostile venues that house helmet/almost-helmet schools. They also go to places like MSU and Stanford because of the tradition of the rivalries.

None of the "big boys" want to play in Madison because it's hard to win there and they don't schedule losses.

[847badgerfan]

UW announced its 2017 captains yesterday too.

Jack Cichy
Michael Deiter
D'Cota Dixon
Troy Fumagalli
Conor Sheehy


That's a pretty solid group of kids right there.

[ELA]

They will travel to hostile venues that house helmet/almost-helmet schools. They also go to places like MSU and Stanford because of the tradition of the rivalries.

None of the "big boys" want to play in Madison because it's hard to win there and they don't schedule losses.

I think the last scheduled game in East Lansing is this year.  There's a game in Chicago scheduled out.

[Anonymous Coward]

Paul Chryst was talking about the offensive line a little bit yesterday, saying that there is still work to be done but the signs of improvement are there.

At least there is some depth to work with. It will be fun to watch he and Joe Rudolph assemble the best 5 over the course of camp.

Deiter could be the best at his position in the conference. Benzschawel is also an intriguing guy, given his size and experience, but he seemed to have a lot of trouble when I watched last year. Remind me: Who are the other guys?

[betarhoalphadelta]

The Tribune is reporting on Wisconsin-Notre Dame negotiations for a double neutral (Soldier Field + Lambeau) series. Unlike most Big Ten fans, I'm all for playing Notre Dame, but neutral games are one of the lamer trends in CFB. Why can't it be a home-and-home?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-notre-dame-wisconsin-football-soldier-field-20170724-story.html

And why is Notre Dame's "home" game in Chicago? As annoying as it is for the Northwest Indiana folks to call themselves "The Region", as in the Chicago metropolitan region, despite the fact that Chicagoans do NOT claim NW Indiana as part of us, South Bend is too far away to be "The Region" anyway.

Go to Indianapolis, ND. Stay the **** away from my hometown.

[Anonymous Coward]

They will travel to hostile venues that house helmet/almost-helmet schools. They also go to places like MSU and Stanford because of the tradition of the rivalries.

None of the "big boys" want to play in Madison because it's hard to win there and they don't schedule losses.

You may be right, but I presume it's more about dollars/contracts/adverts than fear. Playing Wisconsin at Lambeau doesn't drastically tilt the scales; it modestly tilts them.

[847badgerfan]

Uhh.. Check with LSU on all of your assertions and get back to me. Jeez.

[Anonymous Coward]

I considered that. Just because I think the shift from Madison to Lambeau only drops the difficulty modestly (Lambeau was effectively an equally long trip into unfriendly territory, and Wisconsin still jumped around...and they then played the same dang team) doesn't mean I think fear can't be involved at all. I just disprefer that you are completely ignoring the other factor.

Money is one of the factors at the forefront of the neutral game trend.

Meanwhile, the bigger detriment to UW at Lambeau isn't venue intimidation but the fact that the players can't sleep at home. Any travel, even in-state, somewhat knocks one out of one's groove.

[ELA]

In breaking down all of the ranked vs. ranked matchups, I didn't fully realize how well the Wisconsin schedule breaks this year.

No OSU, no PSU, no MSU (which doesn't matter as much as it was thout to a year ago).  Iowa and Michigan both at home.  Toughest game in their first 10 is probably at Nebraska?

Set up very well for Bucky to be 10-0 when they host Michigan in November.

[Anonymous Coward]

If Wisconsin has more than 1 loss in the regular season, something very unexpected has happened. If the Michigan game was both teams' Big Ten opener, I'd right now guarantee** them to lose their first game in the CCG.


** (in the betting sense)