Chimere Dike, Skylar Bell and Keontez Lewis all entered the portal. Myles Burkett is also heading elsewhere.
Wisconsin landed Leon Lowery, an OLB from Syracuse that should help bolster the pass rush.
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I was surprised as well. He’s a senior, so one year left. Lewis didn’t get any playing time and Bell was a massive disappointment since arriving in Madison.
If he had pro asperations he would have been better off staying in Madison. Hard to get in rhythm with a new QB and team to make a positive showing.
@Tschmack posted:Wisconsin landed Leon Lowery, an OLB from Syracuse that should help bolster the pass rush.
Oh it gets better. Lowery decomitted less than 24 hours after he signed on.
https://x.com/petenakos_/statu...w_EKr7zoTYerBS1wsaBg
@MI PACK posted:Oh it gets better. Lowery decomitted less than 24 hours after he signed on.
https://x.com/petenakos_/statu...w_EKr7zoTYerBS1wsaBg
Someone else outbid them.
Of course. It’s the brave new world of college football. Wisconsin never was a blue blood, but at least they hung in there. They were always competitive and, when the stars aligned, they could make a run at a Big 10 Championship. Now it looks increasingly like they will be circling the drain with the “have nots” of the Big Ten. We don’t have enough “Uncle Ts” to throw big $$$ at mid-level linebackers from Syracuse.
@MI PACK posted:Of course. It’s the brave new world of college football. Wisconsin never was a blue blood, but at least they hung in there. They were always competitive and, when the stars aligned, they could make a run at a Big 10 Championship. Now it looks increasingly like they will be circling the drain with the “have nots” of the Big Ten. We don’t have enough “Uncle Ts” to throw big $$$ at mid-level linebackers from Syracuse.
I agree. I think the biggest problem college football has is that it's likely that programs that recruit 3-stars and develop them into NFL players after redshirting them and being patient will lose those players to the portal after their 2rd or 3rd year. Why would you stay at Wisconsin if Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, or Michigan recruits you and will give you more money and more exposure to NFL scouts?
It's one thing to know that you aren't going to get 5-stars to begin with. It's another to know that even if you develop one, he'll either go early to the NFL or go even earlier to one of the elite programs.
I'm all for college athletes getting paid, genuinely all for it.
Would love to see a transfer portal limit, like you can't transfer on consecutive years.
Yup, Pay them but there needs to be some enforceable rules to protect the schools and other players. Not sure what or how but this seems a bit too Wild West for me.
Cam Ward listed Wisconsin as one potential landing spot. They get him, we may feel a lot better about next season.