01-31-2012, 01:30 PM
01-31-2012, 01:56 PM
Interesting quote about Wisconsin.
I've always liked the WI program. Let's hope that DD picked up that good eye for future success and picks us a bunch of winners.
Quote:Despite coming off consecutive 11-win seasons and Rose Bowl appearances and enjoying privileged Big Ten status, Wisconsin may not crack Rivals' Top 40 with its 2012 class. That's partially because this class is small (only 12 commitments as of Jan. 30), but it's also not unusual: Wisconsin, which puts as much emphasis on fit as athleticism, has ranked in the 40s of Rivals' class rankings almost every year of Bret Bielema's seven-year tenure.
Yet the Badgers have gone 60-19 during that stretch and consistently churned out NFL prospects.
"More [four- and five-] stars isn't always better," Bielema said last year. "Just stick with the guys that you know can have success here."
I've always liked the WI program. Let's hope that DD picked up that good eye for future success and picks us a bunch of winners.
01-31-2012, 02:49 PM
(01-31-2012 01:56 PM)Howl-n-Prowl Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting quote about Wisconsin.
Quote:Despite coming off consecutive 11-win seasons and Rose Bowl appearances and enjoying privileged Big Ten status, Wisconsin may not crack Rivals' Top 40 with its 2012 class. That's partially because this class is small (only 12 commitments as of Jan. 30), but it's also not unusual: Wisconsin, which puts as much emphasis on fit as athleticism, has ranked in the 40s of Rivals' class rankings almost every year of Bret Bielema's seven-year tenure.
Yet the Badgers have gone 60-19 during that stretch and consistently churned out NFL prospects.
"More [four- and five-] stars isn't always better," Bielema said last year. "Just stick with the guys that you know can have success here."
I've always liked the WI program. Let's hope that DD picked up that good eye for future success and picks us a bunch of winners.
Well, it's certainly a model for us to follow on the non-BCS level. Geographically, we'll be able to field the same types of teams. Of course, it's that sort of similarity that makes them a really terrible matchup for us to play. We do what they do, but we do it two inches shorter and twenty pounds less.