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The Badgers are at their best when they aren’t expected to win or play well.  Flip the script?   Not so much.  

Clearly they shit the bed (again) today.  We wonder why there are UW skeptics? Exhibit fucking A today against a bad Illinois team. 

Shades of Cincinnati and UNLV and Northwestern. 

I wasn’t too far off saying this was the biggest upset in BT football history. Save for the Goophers they win the prize.  

O$U is probably pissed now and will beat them by 40 

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This is what happens when you are afraid to put your best shit on film for next week’s opponent. Hyper conservative, tried to just out muscle and their D was up to the task. 

And still it took two critical turnovers by the two most important offensive players to blow the game. Until they have a playmaker at QB this shit is going to happen forever. Really shouldn’t be shocked that Coan wasn’t up to the task today. 

It’s not a dominant running game because teams are scheming to make Wisconsin beat them with the pass.   Key on Taylor and the running game.  Not a difficult formula.   Coan isn’t dynamic enough as a QB to keep teams honest.  In crunch time he’s been dreadful.  The pick today was a back breaking play. 

Let’s hope like hell Mertz doesn’t get disgruntled and transfer. 

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I think the lack of energy and killer instinct from Bucky was palatable from the stands. The last time they played here is was almost the same story except Bucky just held them off. The second and third goalline plays were pathetic. It was almost as if they were trying to be too clever just going with the fullback. As far as Coan goes, I didn't think that he had too bad of a day considering the lack of general success of the running game. That last pass was way underthrown and the db made a great catch on it. On the fumble Taylor was struggling for that extra yardage after he was already stopped and instead of just going down he gets sideways and there goes the ball.

It seemed like there was a general lack of energy from the team. Did they believe the hype? Looking ahead? They had almost 3x the time of possession and tons more yardage, but that didn't matter with the TOs late. Reminded me of some vintage Favre pre MVP era games. Tons or yards. Bad TOs and lose the game.

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Sorry I can’t agree 

Coan had to make the right play. It was totally under thrown.  Hell airmail the pass or take a goddamn sack and they punt and maybe hold them off.  Just horrific decision making and situational awareness in that spot giving them the ball at midfield. 

Just like Taylor you cannot turn it over it in that situation. 

 

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DH13 posted:

Don't they do this every time they build hype and go on an o-fer run.  Crap the bed vs some shitty team.  Seems to never fail.

Yep they sure do Everytime they get hype they crap the bed.  Bucky won't fall out of the top 25 I think they will fall to about 18 or 19.  I do love Bucky but damn they make it challenging to root for them sometimes

Music City posted:

This is what happens when you are afraid to put your best shit on film for next week’s opponent. Hyper conservative, tried to just out muscle and their D was up to the task. 

And still it took two critical turnovers by the two most important offensive players to blow the game. Until they have a playmaker at QB this shit is going to happen forever. Really shouldn’t be shocked that Coan wasn’t up to the task today. 

It’s likely the Badgers will lose another 2-3 games. OSU and at least one or two to Iowa, Minn., and Nebraska. 

If Coan goes 9-3 will Chryst bench him for Mertz next year? 

MichiganPacker2 posted:
Music City posted:

This is what happens when you are afraid to put your best shit on film for next week’s opponent. Hyper conservative, tried to just out muscle and their D was up to the task. 

And still it took two critical turnovers by the two most important offensive players to blow the game. Until they have a playmaker at QB this shit is going to happen forever. Really shouldn’t be shocked that Coan wasn’t up to the task today. 

It’s likely the Badgers will lose another 2-3 games. OSU and at least one or two to Iowa, Minn., and Nebraska. 

If Coan goes 9-3 will Chryst bench him for Mertz next year? 

Only if he feels Mertz gives them the best chance to win.

I have no dog in this fight as I'm neither a UW fan or hater.  As a college football fan in general, watching UW through the years is boring football to me.  They always seem to have a good, but not great team.  The offensive line/running backs are very good, as is the defense seemingly every year.  The passing game is ho-hum at the same time normally... UW just seems to do what they do and never quite get over the hump to contend for a national championship.  That has to be frustrating as hell for UW fans. 

If your coach doesn't play that big time QB recruit next season he should be fired. That kid needs to play... and probably should be playing right now. 

Blair Kiel posted:

I stopped letting the athletic performances of 21 years old kids bother me a long time ago. ...as an aged former athlete, the games I lost at 21 that I shouldn’t have lost, still sting. They’ll remember this loss the rest of their lives.

I still remember losses in high school basketball games 32 years later. I sometimes dream about plays in them. They stick with me even after college, graduate school, postdoc training, and my job. 

Not a single Badger fan out there should be surprised by any of this. 

Folks are passionate about Wisconsin football and really relish the chance to be one of those β€œtop” programs. But did anyone really think Jack Coan was the guy to lead them to a shot at taking on Bama. Last week he played at a high level. This week he remembered he was Jack Coan. 

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