Wisconsin Football 2023

[homer]

Just snagged a top TE recruit for 2024:

 

[stoutdude04]

Pretty sure the kid from Waunakee just committed as well.

[areacodes]

1 hour ago, stoutdude04 said:

Pretty sure the kid from Waunakee just committed as well.

Yup.

 

[homer]

Not Photoshop...yes that is NYC

 

[stoutdude04]

3 hours ago, homer said:

Not Photoshop...yes that is NYC

 

They really are going big.  I guess they also got billboards in the hometowns of all the early enrolls too.  This isn't our grandpas Badgers anymore. 

[Brewcrew82]

3 hours ago, homer said:

Not Photoshop...yes that is NYC

 

Let's funnel this into the bball program as well. Pay Wahl to stay for one more year, keep Essegian happy, and purchase a high-level transfer. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

On 1/31/2023 at 2:38 PM, areacodes said:

Yup.

 

Not that they've never gotten a kid from Waunakee, but it's gratifying to see them break through there. It hasn't been a place they've been able to build the proverbial wall around.

Never seen Booker play, but from descriptions I've heard he sounds like he could be in the Kendricks/Beckum mold. Getting both him & Stec is unusually impressive.

[areacodes]

Howard commits to UW.

 

[Jim French Stepstool]

Also Jamel Howard, a 320lb D-lineman who committed early then de-committed, re-chose UW today. New DL coach Greg Scruggs & Fickell held off Michigan, among others.

Some of the transfer pickups, which often come with a coaching change, will certainly pay dividends. But this (the HS recruiting) is what'll sustain them over the long haul. And the staff has done this with little time to acclimate to their new gig. You can't help but be impressed.

EDIT: areacodes beats me by a nose!!!!

[CheezWizHed]

I wonder how much the transfer media buzz of players flocking to WI has helped with the HS recruits.  Certainly has to perk up a kids ears to see all sorts of 3 and 4 star recruits suddenly transferring in... 

[Samurai Bucky]

6 hours ago, CheezWizHed said:

I wonder how much the transfer media buzz of players flocking to WI has helped with the HS recruits.  Certainly has to perk up a kids ears to see all sorts of 3 and 4 star recruits suddenly transferring in... 

I'm sure it helps, but I think we are seeing what OSU, Oregon, Alabama, etc. have been doing for years.  Wisconsin is finally catching up.

[areacodes]

Interesting…

 

[homer]

2 minutes ago, areacodes said:

Interesting…

 

Wasn't he rumored to be potential offensive coordinator for UW at one point before they hired Longo?

[areacodes]

2 hours ago, homer said:

Wasn't he rumored to be potential offensive coordinator for UW at one point before they hired Longo?

I have to imagine there was at least speculation of that based on his previous role under Fickell at Cincinnati.

Wonder if he feels there is a better chance to get an OC role somewhere coaching QB’s instead of TE/Passing Game Coordinator?