I really hope they can keep Aranda for a while. That defense with a better running game will be tough to beat. If they could have had that defense on past teams...man...
Maynard posted:I'll say this, even though he's been pretty up and down, Stave really gutted it out tonight.
He sure did. I can't give him full credit for winning the game, but he didn't lose it. The D was amazing. So much fun!
Maynard posted:I really hope they can keep Aranda for a while. That defense with a better running game will be tough to beat. If they could have had that defense on past teams...man...
The schedule get a helluvalot harder next year. Aranda should stay, and this whole O will be more experienced and tougher. Hell we beat USC and an SEC crew tonight! It's a good start.
Really fun and yes, worth staying up for.
The Jack Cichy show was cool!
I am happy for Stave. He ends his career as the winningest QB in the history. I am also glad his time is finished at UW. Good luck kid- maybe you can earn a nice career in the NFL as a backup.
It was an up and down year, but to finish it with a win against a ranked USC team is not a bad start to Paul Chryst's career St UW. With Clement coming back and a year under the belt got that OL, the offense should improve. And you keep Aranda at whatever cost is required...
Offensive and defensive MVP were both walk ons.
Vince Biegel is coming back next year.
EKB, where did you hear news on Biegel?
Another note, any chance we get the LB coach in Madtown to take over in Green Bay?
Best win since last years bowl game. Very impressive effort by the D against a USC team that is loaded with athletes than can run.
They lose some guys to graduation but I don't think there will be a huge drop off given how guys like Orr and Cichy have looked and Clement and the DL and Biegel and several other players return.
https://mobile.twitter.com/vin...s/682468996969541632 Biegel announce he is coming back next year via Twitter. I struggle to embed tweets on my iPad.
As I stated before, get the young OLine in the weight room and they will be able to dominate much more in the running game. Get a competent QB and that running game plus the D could make this a really good team next year.
Thanks Bonger. Great news. Does my age show that I avoid all social messaging sites as if they were veneral?
I had an Uncle that used the veneral word. Always thought it was cute.
I'm glad to see Stave go because overall he was a pretty mediocre player and would make some bad decisions at the worst time. But he gets a ton of credit for his performance last night. Just masterful really. No major mistakes, and of his 27 throws there were probably only one or two that could have been placed a bit better.
It was nice to see good old fashioned Wisconsin football. The Badgers physically outmatched them on both sides of the ball. Chryst did a wonderful job having these guys ready to play.
And another shameful performance by an officiating crew.
Now this is what a game thread should look like.
It was a fun game to watch. Thankfully I have ESPN News. What a garbage way to broadcast football.
Stave finally played a complete game. A couple touchdowns instead of field goals would have been better. The defense definitely gave everything they had, You could tell Cichy was pissed he had to sit out the first half. Definitely had to overcome some piss poor officiating.
I forgot all about the officiating but clearly college football is going the way of the NFL. Why they blew the McEvoy play dead is beyond me. That very well could have cost them another game ala Northwestern.
10-3 - although it should be 11-2 with Northwestern- is impressive when you consider all the injuries they had.
Their schedule is brutal next year but stranger things have happened before. The following year is a favorable schedule like this season.
What are the local rumors about Aranda leaving? First I heard of the possibility was during the broadcast last night - and specifically to USC.
Great Bucky win last night with a full team effort, Stave solid and nutting up at crunch time with a sautéed face, and the Defense.
USC job unlikely for Aranda as Clancy Pendergast will likely take that position. Only other college job out there that Aranda would probably leave Wisconsin for is the LSU defensive coordinator job but Bo Pelini is probably the front runner for that one.
Talk in Madison is that Aranda's real desire is to coach in the NFL. So there should be a whole bunch more rumors popping up next week when NFL staffs start falling.
I like Dom well enough, but I'd love Aranda in GB to replace Capers.
Dom met up with Arranda a couple years ago to talk shop, obviously Dom didn't listen.
Barry and I think Arranda sticks around for another year. He has a loaded front 7 coming back and knows his stock will not get much higher. NFL will come calling after that.
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So he made a sideways move to LSU? And we play them next season.
Aranda is a good fit with LSU, he already knows how to lose to Alabama.
Well that sucks. Good for him bad for UW. They had a national championship level D when he was at Wisconsin. Too bad they had a DII level QB in Stave to go along with it.
So, people do take jobs for more money.
Barry and I are shocked.
Hopefully this will not be a major disruption to the current recruiting class. The Badgers had enough issues with this in the past. Fortunately it doesn't appear that there will be a mass exodus of position coaches heading to Louisiana with Aranda. For example, Ed Orgeron is the defensive line coach and it's unlikely that Miles would be letting Orgeron get off that staff as he is a true luxury to have as a position coach.
Message boards (BadgerNation in particular) have already lit up...seems like the faithful prefer current Houston defense coordinator Todd Orlando to take over for Aranda. He's an ex-Badger, took over at Utah State after Aranda left and his defense apparently took it to Florida State in the bowl game. Houston also ran a 3-4 but I have no idea how similar it is to Aranda's 3-4 defense. Looks like Orlando would be a good fit. The rumors of Aranda leaving seem to have been going on ever since he got here, and there has never really been any talk of one of the current assistants getting bumped up to the DC position. Todd Orlando appears to be a pretty good candidate if the Badgers fill the spot externally.
Bummer. I was hoping Aranda would stay on. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Happy trails coach.
Former 4-star QB recruit D.J. Gillins has announced he is leaving the program. That was widely expected and is actually a plus for Bucky because he probably wasn't going to get on the field here. Opens up a scholarship for a different player. Best of luck to D.J. in his future, it's unfortunate that it didn't work out for him here.
Damn that sucks about Aranda. Hopefully they can fill it with a very similar style coach because I loved watching his Defenses.
GA was awsum at recruiting and coaching QB's.
More and more I see how much a bullet was dodged by him bailing on the program.
I couldn't agree more. Of course it's hard to argue with the great job he's done at Oregon State so far. Bowl game 2 out of the 3 years previous, 2-10 this year.
I think Bucky is going to be fine. I really like how the team rallied at the end of the year and kept composure despite being F'd by the refs in NW game.
It's a great program and I have faith that PC and BA will get a guy in that can get the job done. Once we get the sludge of GA's recruiting out and build off of what we have, it's going to continue to be a fun club to watch.
That really sucks... And back to the drawing board again.
Aranda, who was paid $520,000 annually at UW, is set to be paid $1.3 million annually for the next three seasons. That contract is guaranteed regardless of the status of head coach Les Miles, who was nearly fired this season.
Hard to blame the guy.
Article sites two possible replacements, but I think Orlando is a longshot. He is already making half a million at Houston, I can't imagine Barry would offer more than that (Barr is no longer responding to my texts after Arranda left). Chryst speaks highly of Tibesar (not shocking) so I would guess the promotion comes from within.
Damnit! Rumor was that Barry was going to loosen the purse strings for assistant coaches to try and keep Aranda, but too little, too late, apparently.
Thought I read in the JSO this morning that Aranda gets a guaranteed $1.3 mil per year for 3 years regardless of what happens with their HC. There's no way Barry could have bumped his pay to that level from the $520,000 or so he was making.
If you can find a link to that number DD, I would appreciate it.
