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@slmandel If that’s the issue, why are they playing at all? Once you’ve solidified yourself as a future pro you need to sit down to protect themselves. Most college players would give almost anything to have the chance to play in another game before they are done playing forever.

@bh2875 Is that relevant? Those guys dont have 7-figure contracts on the line.

Two things that will absolutely happen if there is a 24-team CFP. * Players will demand to be paid more to play an extra round of games. * Agents of some top picks will recommend they opt out rather than take on the extra injury risk. Even NFL players don’t play 5 rounds.

@barryisthedon If you accept the guys transferring in without hesitation you can’t really be up upset at the guys transferring out. It’s not like Wisconsin is a Final Four contender every year. 3 years without getting to the second weekend for JB, not all on him.

If (more likely, when) John Blackwell leaves the Badgers for a different team, before you get mad at him and start invoking loyalty, ask yourself this: If a new employer offered you MILLIONS of dollars more than your current job is paying, what would you do? 🤔

@beeme2today @AirJordans2323 @NBA @KingJames @Mappy6984 I think this is relevant to your comment: theonion.com/christ-returns…

@AirJordans2323 @NBA @KingJames @Mappy6984 There is only one King. I am a daughter of the King. And it is not this overrated basketball player, who brings nothing to the court. His actions speak louder than words. He can go live somewhere else as far as I’m concerned.

This is why so many longtime basketball fans have stopped watching the @NBA. Nobody has destroyed the sport more than overrated @KingJames. Credit - @Mappy6984

@ACitizen999 @majtoure Nothing that led up to that could possibly suggest the immediate escalation from pepper spray to multiple shots into a man laying on the ground already disarmed. If there had been enough to suggest lethal force was warranted than they would have been using the guns, not mace.

@majtoure I think we need to know all of the interaction that led up to this.

Who’s the aggressor here to you? The officer? Or the now deceased man?

@secnumbersguy If you can’t get the players to play as a team it doesn’t matter how much talent there is. Who’s ranking these rosters anyway? Is it based on anything more than “potential”?

How many Top 25 rosters did each Playoff team face in the regular season? -Indiana 2 -Ohio State 3 -Georgia 7 -Texas Tech 0 -Oregon 2 -Ole Miss 7 -Texas A&M 9 -Oklahoma 9 -Alabama 8 -Miami 4 MUCH TOUGHER SEC schedules make a CLEAR DISADVANTAGE.

@barryisthedon Sanity is overrated

My new podcast: My Free Advice to Keep Wisconsin Fans SANE in Portal Season 😭🤩😬🤔 youtu.be/zQK9KF2nZgA?si…

@Evan_Flood @GregBiggins

.@GregBiggins just dropped a #Badgers transfer portal nuke. on3.com/boards/threads… (On3+)

@ReichelRadio Highest scoring player on each bench. Still a tie go to second. That way a team isn’t rewarded for having a “better” selection of positions.

My friend just texted me an unbelievable fantasy football dilemma. THERE IS A TIE IN THE SEMIFINALS! Kittle got injured at 186.04 to 186.04 and never returned. Nobody knows what to do. Pure fantasy football chaos. What should happen? What should the league do?

@Crow_Guitarist @HoggNFL Might want to brush up on your understanding of the PI rules. Ask yourself why the other receivers are allowed to block before the ball is caught without getting called for PI. This is the same reason Nixon is allowed to hit the receiver before the ball gets there.

@HoggNFL Should have been OPI. I'm a Packer fan...but Nixon got there way early. Bad non-call right there.

Keisean Nixon blows it up

@MDourlain @HoggNFL PI rules only apply when the ball is thrown beyond the line of scrimmage. This applies to both the offense and defense which is why the other receivers are allowed to block before the catch occurs.

@HoggNFL Absolute PI

@barryisthedon Well we aren’t much smarter than the AD I guess.

0.0% of Wisconsin fans would have wanted Cignetti over Fickell in 2022

@secnumbersguy Well it’s not like the conferences and their media partners have been making decisions that are good for the game. Just add this to the list of things making college football less appealing.

Regardless of how you may feel about Texas, the reality is that NOBODY is going to schedule marquee non-conference games. Why play in a game you could lose when you could schedule Old Dominion, Kennesaw State & Indiana State? This is BAD for the sport.

@jaypo1961 @RealEricTheRed PJ also really focuses on beating Wisconsin. It’s like his life’s mission at this point.

@RealEricTheRed I've been watching Minnesota-Oregon. No way in hell the #Badgers should lose to that Minnesota team.

@wisconsinsane Oh yay. Next year there will be a really high priced QB lost for most of the season rather than a “value” QB. Until they can keep the first stringer healthy we can’t really expect much.

Bottom Line: Fickell is being retained because this off-season Wisconsin is flipping the script: after three value-first offseasons, expect them to attack the portal and fix the spot that held them back—QB. Value plays are out; an aggressive push for an elite quarterback is in.

When Wisconsin AD Chris McIntosh said the school will make “investments,” its code for this: 1) QB play has held Badger football back; 2) An elite quarterback has a profound impact on a team (ex. Nico Iamaleava, John Mateer, Fernando Mendoza); 3) Expect a big offseason fix.

@HellerSports Did this “full system failure” happen before or after Paul Chryst was fired? Considering he did as good or better with the same or worse resources, not trusting McIntosh’s judgement seems like a valid decision.

My “unpopular” opinion on Wisconsin Football and Luke Fickell before I head to Camp Randall for UW vs UW #BadgerFootball

@_JesseNelson @WildeAndTausch Yes… why not both?

So is it a trap game? Or are all the people saying the #Packers aren’t very good all season long actually right?

@barryisthedon Sadly Fickell will probably go 7-5 next year and they’ll all say “See he turned it around!” And we’ll be stuck with him and mediocre results for 4 more years.

Wisconsin Football Meme™

@barryisthedon Only if the athletic department used NIL the same as every other program in the country. Which they haven’t.

If every Wisconsin alum who is a Fortune 500 CEO gave 1/10 of 1% of their net worth we'd be competing in NIL with Ohio State overnight

HELP OUR GODDAMN FOOTBALL TEAM, NERDS

@barryisthedon @Wiscwin1 Well, I mean none of what I said isn’t true (other than the opinion that he was set up to fail). Just saying it’s a lot easier to be a first time head coach when you are the head coach through the offseason and have control of everything for the year.

@bh2875 @Wiscwin1 Seriously?

ICYMI: Where would Wisconsin be now if Jim Leonhard had gotten the gig?