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Thanks California for screwing up College Football with the stupid NIL ruling. I knew not winning bowl games and what has occured the last two years would be a problem.

I love the growth we’ve seen on both Winters and Blackwell. Pre-NIL I would have said they provide a great foundation for the future. Unfortunately, I don’t think we can count on a next year for either one of them. The more they flash and breakout this year, the more they will command in NIL. The unfortunate reality is this that there are a number of schools with deeper pockets. If we don’t find the money they will be this year’s Storr and Chucky.

Klez benefitted from AJ & Chucky last year. Chucky & CES the year before. He's not a feature player or even a starter on a good team. He's a bench guy you bring in for 15-20mpg to hit shots & get you 7-8ppg. He's not suited for this role. Hes not a pg, & not a 30mpg 12+ppg shooting guard. This team doesn't have top notch starters or any depth. I think this is what a featured 30mpg Klez looks like without a star or star guards playing next to him.

1 Gilmore 2 Crowl 3 Blackwell 4 Janicki 5 Everybody else is mid.

Crowl doesn't have an AJ Storr, Chucky, Davis, Wahl alpha guy playing with him. Teams aren't dbl teaming our guys. Crowl plays better with good spacing. He's not a great 1v1 guy & he gets lost under the basket. I love Crowl but the right pieces aren't around him. A real pg could really help this team out.

So Winters Dirk? Please tell Rajeev not to buy his jersey. He cursed Skyler Bell, dont need the curse of Rajeev...lol

Tonje, Blackwell, Winter, McGee, Gilmore, Klesmit, Janicki, Crowl, & Amos is my power rankings

It feels like Crowl is satisfied with mediocrity. I'm not sure he's got the drive to get better.

Start McGee bench Klesmit

Thanks for sharing the metrics. Good list. Wondering if Klesmit injury to start season has lingered at all. If so hope holiday break gives him time to heal and reset. Have seen improvement last couple games from Amos with decision making and level of play hope to see further progress

Pauling stinks

If he signed the contract and cashed the check I’m sorry, at some point in time, the players need to be held accountable. Make the penalty, they have to sit out a year, something like that. But honestly I agree with Wisconsin if that is the case

Gut feeling WI recruiting class in 26 will not Crack top 40 nationally..

I equate portal losses to a player getting a season ending/career ending injury. Unless they transfer to a team we're playing, then it's worse.

Just like we don’t want Trech back, dude sucks

laughable how many are overselling the losses while ignoring the incoming starters. I see 8-9 day one staters incoming and 3 outgoing(moore ended up at a MAC school for gods sake). Pauling? really poor year overall and a bad fit for Grimes O so, they lose one high upside starter in Lucas and who else vs, the ball state TE, Idaho WR, Terps QB, Tulane DT? all day one starters and huge upgrades in terms of what they had in 2024 at DT, QB, outiside wr etc JT? good player, nothing great and the WMU DE is very similar in terms of what he brings(good burst and a good DE vs run)

Mabrey, Howard and Snowden because I remember the excitement when they committed. Their leaving without contributing has me wondering about the staff's ability to identify and/or develop talent. Also, Thompson, Neal and Lowery because Illinois jumped on them. I trust Bielema and wonder if Wisconsin missed something with them.

I do think Jones will end up with more snaps than Dupree next season. Both are vital though.

For me, Moore and Lucas were really the true losses. Everyone else is replaceable. We do need to keep Hallman of course.

It would be interesting to get the Staffs view of that question. My guess is their view would be different than ours. I suspect a lot are mutual benefit to leave. Seemed to be some bad feelings among many of the players, so maybe good to get them out. Need to make sure we get a better culture.

1. Xavier Lucas 2. James Thompson Jr 3. Anelu Lafaele 4. Braedyn Moore 5. Will Pauling The other two I thought about were two players we had such high hopes for coming in. QB Mabrey Mettauer & DT Jamel Howard. Mettauer has the physical skills you are looking for but the fact he could not beat out Locke for playing time by the end of the year says something to me. As poor as our DL play was also surprised that Howard with his size could not work into the rotation. I wish nothing but the best for these kids.

They all hurt and college football sucks now

Interesting that they didn’t lose any o linemen. Why? (Hint: they have great coaches that they love)

With Anthony and Trech being back I don’t see the Pauling loss as that huge. If they do lean on the run and incorporating the TEs I think they’ll be just fine with the WR they have. Also, I get transfers is the norm now, but it is very concerning how many WI has had and that they’ve lost almost entire units/recruiting class when the position coach didn’t leave. I think WI should dig their heels in and stop playing the portal game and show your players they are invested in them.

No front seven and no back 4 if Ricardo leaves. Been a Badger fan since the 70's. Welcome back Kotter!

Thanks for the breakdown! I need some advice: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

What hurts is how much time and money we upgraded recruiting and to see them leave is a gut punch !

You might switch jobs Ryan, but you’re not going to get paid by your old employer

Wow. Season ended a month ago and this program is still making massive L’s.

Ryan, if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for everything.

The end result is Lucas will never play for Wisconsin again but if he did sign a NIL contract with Wisconsin what is the point of the contract in the first place if you can just renege on it and it means nothing? Just to protect the players interest if they don't get paid their promised money? Contracts are a two way street as both parties have interests. This whole NIL business is just so out of control. I hate what college sports has become. In regards to NIL Ryan would have to get clarification from Rob Masters UW NIL guy on when and how money is dispersed when a NIL contract is signed? Does the kid get upfront money or is disbursed in payments throughout the year? Are there any damages specified in the contract for either party if the contract is broken? I am not a lawyer but I know with certain types of contracts there is usually a 2-3 window after the contract is signed when you can back out of the deal. Not sure if that applies to NIL contracts and if it does how quickly did Lucas back out of his contract? This all assumes he signed an NIL contract as the media is reporting. We have no official facts that have been reported as far as I know. I believe it is all just speculation right now after Lucas said he was entering the transfer portal and Fickell said he was tired of teams tampering with players before they are even in the portal. Whatever the long term solution with NIL and the portal is unless the courts back it then it means nothing. NCAA seems powerless these days. Personally I would love to see an NIL team salary cap so teams are on a level playing field playing with the same amount of money. You want to blow most of your yearly NIL cap money on one player then by all means have at it. I just don't want to see College sports end up like MLB with no cap and the teams with the deepest pockets will buy the best players. The NFL has the best system in that regard and that is why any team can win if they hire a competent GM and good coaches.

This new portal is out of hand it's madness. I can see this turning alot of fans away, myself included. I haven't watched a single bowl game. I just haven't wanted to, which is crazy for me

The Jeanie is Out of the bottle and the dumb arses in the NCAA who created the mess - don't know how to Fix It. Just ask Nick Saban...

every minute WI drags this out is another minute other schools can recruit Xavier - thereby making this a total pain in the butt for Miami. I Love It !!

Fick put Xavier's problem right where it belongs: Squarely in the NCAA's lap. We need to thank Fick for being the grownup among active NCAA Coaches. This is absolutely NOT a Lose for Wisconsin !!

Simple if he signed NIL deal and broke it by leaving pay money back

Why would he have a different NIL contract than any of the other players on the team?

Who needs to use Wisconsin as Spring Board. 😂 He had way better offers from high school

Honestly, I’m not really worried about negative recruiting based off this. I don’t want players who come here with a mind to use us as a spring board. That being said, I seriously wonder how the UW thinks this will resolve in our favor. Courts have made it very clear that they aren’t going to allow universities or the NCAA to inhibit players.

Ryan- these entitled kids ALLsign contracts if they get NIL money. Lucas is one of the entitled bums.Let him go and sue him and the school he goes to (we all know he has already spent the money). Those of you waiting for the NCAA to solve this problem have a long wait.

You're doing a fantastic job! Could you help me with something unrelated: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

It is not rocket science...contracts and salary cap. It has to happen sooner rather than later...

Cut the ties!!!!....UW......learn and move forward!!!!

Just watched ISU beat Miami n I recall how ISU's HC was rumored to be on UW's short list before Fickell was hired. A mistake? Definitely!

The kid is never going to play for Wisconsin.... just let him go and send your lawyers after him.

Ryan, I'm disappointed you're not supporting the UW. Very disappointed!

If Wisconsin is at fault for something then yes not a good look but as you stated they have 20 something kids in the portal no issues. Could be a good kid but if he’s not telling the whole story who looks worse in the end. Yeah he doesn’t want to be here and won’t play in Wisconsin again but with nil involved in recruiting it won’t tarnish Wisconsin recruiting in the future when they get offered the bag. It’s no longer just about getting scholarships

Is it possible he spent the money from NIL and they want it back?

Did we give him money for the future??? If so, then son.....we got us a problem!

Good we don’t want guys that are going to transfer after 1 year anyways.