Well said Ryan about the schedule Love how the byes set up for us. Depending on who we land at QB it's not impossible to go 3-1 in September 2-2 in October and 3-1 in November. People need to stop chalking up @Michigan and Iowa as automatic losses next year.
Not impossible but that would be a huge jump from this year. Hard to believe until we see it. As you noted it rides largely on QB play. Hope you are right!!
Can we just stop saying every time we get a quarterback that it’s the best quarterback we’ve had since Russell Wilson. Let’s just be excited but not have to bring up Russell Wilson’s name lol.
@ I just feel like his name is brought up every time we talk about a new quarterback, let’s just let this new talent show us who they are before we assume they’re like the best quarterback we’ve ever had lol.
@ I vividly remember hearing Ryan and Justin on a podcast saying that if Tanner Mordecai hits there’s a chance he could be our best quarterback since Russell Wilson in that summer during fall camp.
Doubtful. Name a school with consistenly has good QBs in our climate. It only makes sense in WI to run the ball, bread 13:27 and butter. A good QB can get us to 10+ wins.
If MM spends 2 full seasons in the QB position group and can’t show the ability to develop enough to even be the backup, then there are either real issues with projecting skill set or there’s a continuing problem that Wisconsin can’t develop QBs.
If he has 2 years left it means he played as a sophomore. MM is a sophomore. Bring in a guy with 2 years left and we'll need to rebuild the QB room again.
He was only an 82 out of HS. If we really want to be successful, these are the "throwaway" QBs we need to identify and recruit even if we land a 91 or 92 QB.
Miami is in on him. Miami is the likely choice, dad was teamnates with Cristobal. Brother goes to Indiana. MSST, MIZ are in on him as well. By far the best QB in the portal. Mendoza is a running qb. He was sacked 41 times for -300 yds. When you take that out he's a 7.3ypc runner.
It’s hard to believe anything you just said when you finish with that dumb ass stat lol he is a pure pocket QB, he’s 6’5 w good footwork in the pocket, good situational awareness, nice arm, but in no way is he a RUNNING QB! 😂
@spencer8699 Have you watched him play? Do you know how rushing stats work in cfb? The NCAA counts every sack as a rushing attempt & the negative yards against rushing yardage. It's ridiculous that they do that. When he actually attempted to run the ball, 47atts, 342yds, 7.27ypc. He's not Jayden Daniels, but he can run with the ball. I should have written he's a QB that can run. Better? And yeah if a QB gets you 4 rushing att/g, 350yds at 7.3ypa that's a real running threat. He's not a stationary pocket passer. You can run RPO's, rollout, etc. with him. He'd be the best QB we've had since Russel. Take me seriously next time & watch the guy play a full game before attacking someone.
We become a respectable program by focusing on the line of scrimmage. A great offensive line makes for a better defensive line because they have to practice against them everyday. Leave the top portal QB's to Ohio State, Oregon, Texas et al until you can compete at the line of scrimmage. If you're going to NIL that's the better investment. In the meantime find a quarterback who's an athlete that can run the ball and not turn it over.
Dupree and Jones will be excellent rb's next year.......both could be 1000 yd rushers if the OL gives them an opening. I agree O'B is for depth with exp. same as Edwards would be from MD, if we got a Mendoza. Both are just okay. And i think if thats it you will see Carter beat both of them out next year, and also MM could...... they are both better than either of those.
We're staring at a 2 or 4 win season in 2025. Not sure a portal quarterback is the answer. Improved coaching is the biggest need in my opinion. As '24 wore on, the team seemed to play worse and worse. My best wish for '25 is that the team looks better in November than September.
Eventually you have to start playing the young QBs to see what they can do. Atleast at the backup position don't know if they can Play. Just talking about backup
Regarding the schedule, at least from what I’ve seen people are more complaining about the order of the schedule rather than the opponents themselves. They had to make those 4 all in a row? Spread that 💩out a bit…
I don't think that wisconsin needs a quarterback who is that good. We should bring someone in that Mabry can beat out during spring ball. Otherwise, Mabry could hit the portal, and we're back to looking for a transfer to be our starting QB. Wisconsin needs to break the cycle of relying on a transfer to be our starting QB. What NCAA playoff FB teams have starting QB's who transfered in? I could be wrong, but it doesn't feel right.
Totally agree with you! I’m an Iowa fan and omg getting Cade McNamara in the portal 2 years ago honestly set the team back quite a bit in hindsight. There was pressure to anoint him as starter just because he was getting the big NIL money despite the fact that he was playing injured and he was terrible. That caused a chain reaction of our freshman and sophomore qbs all transferring out that might have been really good for the program if they’d been able to have a chance. Yeah in Iowa’s case the whole qb portal starter thing hasn’t worked out.
If either of these kids commits, say goodbye to Mabrey.as he is not going to be 2nd fiddle to anyone else anymore. I don't think the Badgers will spend the money to get Mendoza unless they put all their cards in one basket. But, maybe they have seen the light and change.
Slow your roll, Mendoza tossed 3 more TDs than Locke, 16 to 13. Cam Ward / Shaduer Sanders had 36/35 TDs respectively. How can you talk about an easy schedule, after youve been annihilated by Iowa/Minnesota and lost to Indiana the year before, who are the easy wins ? we just finished 15th out of 18 teams and 2 of our 3 wins came against 16th and 18th teams. BB team currently in 16th place. It's starting to feel like our programs are ALL hype and NO skill.
@mitchames5946 Yes it is. Jeff Grimes has even said so. He intends to return Wisconsin football to depending on the offensive line to grind it out like Wisconsin has in the past. The Qb will be under center the majority of the time. More of a game manager then a playmaker. Two TE. One TE, One fullback formations will be prevalent. .
@@davidwagner9644 yeah, back to roots is run/pass, 60/40 it’s been decades since the ratio was 20/80 or whatever you’re proposing. Let’s keep it somewhat realistic.
@mitchames5946 The last 4 years Paul Chryst ran the ball 80% of the time with Jonathan Taylor. Wisconsin will be a has been team under Luke Fickel as he is a 6-6 or 7-5 coach. What Wisconsin needs to do is get a young, offensively innovative HC.
@ actually the stats are online, they ran the ball less than 66% of the time, from 2017 -2019, the Jonathan Taylor years.Please share where you found 80%.
Nelson hasn’t been able to win a starting job with 2 teams… we do not want him trying to start here and taking up NIL money from someone that can actually play from what I see
That "wisconsin cant do that" attitude is the problem with this program in this new college football environment. 10 years ago if you'd of asked me if wisconsin could recruit with the likes of alabama, ohio st, georgia and michigan i'd of laughed and said of course not. Now, Wisconsin CAN and i would say HAS to put out the money that those afformentioned programs are doing. Im sick to death of the "do more with less" philosophy. It's not neccessary and it's a path toward ensured failure.
If Ryan ran the Indiana channel “we’ve arrived! Curt Cignetti has done it. This is not just a scheduling thing or a mirage. We’re legitimately a top 10 team in the country”
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Stop focusing on the qb....fix the o line and running game! Throw 20 times a game, 10 play action, 5 short, and 5 screens. Run 30 or 40 times a game. Besides Russell Wilson, badgers have been a o line and rb school.
@shinineagle23 do we not have a qb who can be coached up?!?! It's the offseason. Let's stop trying to find the next best Lamborghini and build our own...Fickle's T.E.A.M doesn't stand for much when he strives to replace players every offseason.
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Well said Ryan about the schedule Love how the byes set up for us. Depending on who we land at QB it's not impossible to go 3-1 in September 2-2 in October and 3-1 in November. People need to stop chalking up @Michigan and Iowa as automatic losses next year.
Nope 4-8 or 5-7. Sorry
Not impossible but that would be a huge jump from this year. Hard to believe until we see it. As you noted it rides largely on QB play. Hope you are right!!
HUH? GOod luck
@@akeffo I agree that will be the floor wins. If we can pull a couple of wins out of our rears due to better qb play then might be a win higher.
Mendoza is a solid qb.
Agree with you on schedule. Also, will need to see who some of those teams play before they play wisconsin.
Can we just stop saying every time we get a quarterback that it’s the best quarterback we’ve had since Russell Wilson. Let’s just be excited but not have to bring up Russell Wilson’s name lol.
We’re fans, just let us be fans.
@ I just feel like his name is brought up every time we talk about a new quarterback, let’s just let this new talent show us who they are before we assume they’re like the best quarterback we’ve ever had lol.
Nobody’s ever said that about merdecai or TVD lol
@ I vividly remember hearing Ryan and Justin on a podcast saying that if Tanner Mordecai hits there’s a chance he could be our best quarterback since Russell Wilson in that summer during fall camp.
@ If you don’t believe me I’ll try and find it and link it.
Are we gong to be a "throw first" offense with the new OC? Just wondering?
@@Bucky63 No. We are going back to the Paul Chryst Offense. Run the ball 50 times and throw it 10.
Doubtful. Name a school with consistenly has good QBs in our climate. It only makes sense in WI to run the ball, bread 13:27 and butter. A good QB can get us to 10+ wins.
If MM spends 2 full seasons in the QB position group and can’t show the ability to develop enough to even be the backup, then there are either real issues with projecting skill set or there’s a continuing problem that Wisconsin can’t develop QBs.
You were so high on Mettauer when we got him, what happened? Its like he been written off and you’ve moved on.
Yeah, his lack of experience is used against him. But if experience is so important, then Wisconsin will always have portal QBs.
Don't sleep on Yacamelli, I'm surprised he didn't hit the portal because he deserved more snaps
We seem to have a QB transfer injury jinx !! Even with a good transfer who will be the often used backup?
If he has 2 years left it means he played as a sophomore. MM is a sophomore. Bring in a guy with 2 years left and we'll need to rebuild the QB room again.
We've been feasting on weak schedules for the 31 years I've been watching the Badgers.
His brother is a backup QB at IU
He’s a dawg! Great looking QB
He was only an 82 out of HS. If we really want to be successful, these are the "throwaway" QBs we need to identify and recruit even if we land a 91 or 92 QB.
You also have casey rabach with the OL
Ryan - community get together in Madison for the Iowa game? Maybe we have a shot to win and the weather should be good!
Miami is in on him. Miami is the likely choice, dad was teamnates with Cristobal. Brother goes to Indiana. MSST, MIZ are in on him as well.
By far the best QB in the portal.
Mendoza is a running qb. He was sacked 41 times for -300 yds. When you take that out he's a 7.3ypc runner.
It’s hard to believe anything you just said when you finish with that dumb ass stat lol he is a pure pocket QB, he’s 6’5 w good footwork in the pocket, good situational awareness, nice arm, but in no way is he a RUNNING QB! 😂
@spencer8699 Have you watched him play? Do you know how rushing stats work in cfb?
The NCAA counts every sack as a rushing attempt & the negative yards against rushing yardage.
It's ridiculous that they do that.
When he actually attempted to run the ball, 47atts, 342yds, 7.27ypc.
He's not Jayden Daniels, but he can run with the ball. I should have written he's a QB that can run. Better?
And yeah if a QB gets you 4 rushing att/g, 350yds at 7.3ypa that's a real running threat.
He's not a stationary pocket passer. You can run RPO's, rollout, etc. with him.
He'd be the best QB we've had since Russel.
Take me seriously next time & watch the guy play a full game before attacking someone.
I’m willing to step in at qb. I have 4-5 years of eligibility.
We become a respectable program by focusing on the line of scrimmage. A great offensive line makes for a better defensive line because they have to practice against them everyday. Leave the top portal QB's to Ohio State, Oregon, Texas et al until you can compete at the line of scrimmage. If you're going to NIL that's the better investment. In the meantime find a quarterback who's an athlete that can run the ball and not turn it over.
Wisconsin football was great OL and run game..With air raid they've become a joke..sorry.
Ryan I believe it’s unlikely that we get 2 QB in portal. I think they are in portal to play not to sit . Metauer supposed to be a former 4 star
Best QB since Russel for sure.
Dupree and Jones will be excellent rb's next year.......both could be 1000 yd rushers if the OL gives them an opening.
I agree O'B is for depth with exp. same as Edwards would be from MD, if we got a Mendoza. Both are just okay.
And i think if thats it you will see Carter beat both of them out next year, and also MM could......
they are both better than either of those.
That's my guy & so is Nelly. Quit cutting into my mojo, lol
He would be a solid pickup.
if UW can't outspend Indiana we better give up on football
@@winninggamblerhis bro plays for IU. You’re cooked
Anyone think we can beat Bama, Ohio State, PSU , Michigan or Iowa on " three yards and a cloud of dust"? Watch the playoff teams!
We're staring at a 2 or 4 win season in 2025. Not sure a portal quarterback is the answer. Improved coaching is the biggest need in my opinion. As '24 wore on, the team seemed to play worse and worse. My best wish for '25 is that the team looks better in November than September.
Eventually you have to start playing the young QBs to see what they can do. Atleast at the backup position don't know if they can Play. Just talking about backup
Go get him....but bring lots of $$$!
are we waiting to name a QB coach until a QB1 is committed - so we have a "fit"?
Regarding the schedule, at least from what I’ve seen people are more complaining about the order of the schedule rather than the opponents themselves. They had to make those 4 all in a row? Spread that 💩out a bit…
6 am?
I don't think that wisconsin needs a quarterback who is that good. We should bring someone in that Mabry can beat out during spring ball. Otherwise, Mabry could hit the portal, and we're back to looking for a transfer to be our starting QB. Wisconsin needs to break the cycle of relying on a transfer to be our starting QB. What NCAA playoff FB teams have starting QB's who transfered in? I could be wrong, but it doesn't feel right.
Totally agree with you! I’m an Iowa fan and omg getting Cade McNamara in the portal 2 years ago honestly set the team back quite a bit in hindsight. There was pressure to anoint him as starter just because he was getting the big NIL money despite the fact that he was playing injured and he was terrible. That caused a chain reaction of our freshman and sophomore qbs all transferring out that might have been really good for the program if they’d been able to have a chance. Yeah in Iowa’s case the whole qb portal starter thing hasn’t worked out.
I thought Big Cat was going to help us land a QB this season? If so throw a bag at Fernando
if the Badgers had Mendoza last year Tawee Walker would have run for over 1,000 yards.
Mabrey should be the guy. If UW gets a transfer qb he'll probably be out for the season like the last 2 transfer qbs
Would he come to WI over Indiana?
He won’t
the Maryland guy am not too impressed with maybe Mendoza is a notch or 2 above, glad Trech is gonna give Bucky another shot
Honestly instead of O'Neil get Lacrue back. Another 5'11 QB?
If either of these kids commits, say goodbye to Mabrey.as he is not going to be 2nd fiddle to anyone else anymore. I don't think the Badgers will spend the money to get Mendoza unless they put all their cards in one basket. But, maybe they have seen the light and change.
I'm not getting my hopes up on this one. We should talk to Beau Pribula, Penn State's backup. That dude is too good to sit on any bench.
Allar is going to nfl. He’s starting next season
Mabrey its Mabeline.
Slow your roll, Mendoza tossed 3 more TDs than Locke, 16 to 13. Cam Ward / Shaduer Sanders had 36/35 TDs respectively. How can you talk about an easy schedule, after youve been annihilated by Iowa/Minnesota and lost to Indiana the year before, who are the easy wins ? we just finished 15th out of 18 teams and 2 of our 3 wins came against 16th and 18th teams. BB team currently in 16th place. It's starting to feel like our programs are ALL hype and NO skill.
NoQB is coming to Wisconsin to hand the ball off 50 times and throw 10 times
Good point, but that is NOT the plan.
@mitchames5946 Yes it is. Jeff Grimes has even said so. He intends to return Wisconsin football to depending on the offensive line to grind it out like Wisconsin has in the past. The Qb will be under center the majority of the time. More of a game manager then a playmaker.
Two TE. One TE, One fullback formations will be prevalent.
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@@davidwagner9644 yeah, back to roots is run/pass, 60/40 it’s been decades since the ratio was 20/80 or whatever you’re proposing. Let’s keep it somewhat realistic.
@mitchames5946 The last 4 years Paul Chryst ran the ball 80% of the time with Jonathan Taylor.
Wisconsin will be a has been team under Luke Fickel as he is a 6-6 or 7-5 coach.
What Wisconsin needs to do is get a young, offensively innovative HC.
@ actually the stats are online, they ran the ball less than 66% of the time, from 2017 -2019, the Jonathan Taylor years.Please share where you found 80%.
Honestly I'd take him & not pick up another player in the portal if thats what it takes.
I go for ewers outta Texas this his last year
How about former five star Malachi Nelson.
Nelson hasn’t been able to win a starting job with 2 teams… we do not want him trying to start here and taking up NIL money from someone that can actually play from what I see
nah. dude will be on his 3rd team in 3 years. He's abusing the portal
Mendoza is mid but maybe thats on upgrade for us
Lets get big cat on the phone!
You would lose some of the young up and coming talent at qb. Not sure that's great
I want Mendoza and that Ball State TE Kiosel. Sorry, but not O'Neil.
That "wisconsin cant do that" attitude is the problem with this program in this new college football environment. 10 years ago if you'd of asked me if wisconsin could recruit with the likes of alabama, ohio st, georgia and michigan i'd of laughed and said of course not. Now, Wisconsin CAN and i would say HAS to put out the money that those afformentioned programs are doing. Im sick to death of the "do more with less" philosophy. It's not neccessary and it's a path toward ensured failure.
Quit sound the horns
If Ryan ran the Indiana channel “we’ve arrived! Curt Cignetti has done it. This is not just a scheduling thing or a mirage. We’re legitimately a top 10 team in the country”
One year wonders. Y’all will not be good moving forward unless u have major NIL because there is no history or tradition
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Stop focusing on the qb....fix the o line and running game! Throw 20 times a game, 10 play action, 5 short, and 5 screens. Run 30 or 40 times a game. Besides Russell Wilson, badgers have been a o line and rb school.
still need a guy who can help you win a game. If we get someone like the Boise state QB, that would be optimal.
@shinineagle23 do we not have a qb who can be coached up?!?! It's the offseason. Let's stop trying to find the next best Lamborghini and build our own...Fickle's T.E.A.M doesn't stand for much when he strives to replace players every offseason.
If you can grab a QB that tilts the field you grab him 100% of the time.
@@75shadystormwe need bodies in the QB room, do you go after the best you can find or just a backup arm?
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