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This morning, we got an email from the principal at my daughter’s school about a social media threat made against the school. Then they said there was no threat. But my daughter heard that it was a bomb threat. With all that is happening this week, it scared the shit out of me.

My question is what would you have done in that situation?

Corey Simms from CBC in St. Louis just text me saying Wisconsin offered. He is going to post it soon, so be on the lookout.

Really like the kid… he’s long and athletic with a phenomenal frame and upside. Raw right now, but even at the raw stage he is really good. Same high school as Jeremiah McClellan.

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Nice break from the football team this evening.

TEAM NOTES 

Wisconsin opened the 126th season of men's basketball and the 9th under head coach Greg Gard with a 105-76 win over Arkansas State. 

Wisconsin won its home opener for the 8th consecutive season and the 25th time in the last 26 years. UW is 8-0 in home openers under Greg Gard. 

During the Gard era, UW has won its 8 home openers by an average margin of 22.5 ppg. 

UW is 7-1 overall in season openers under Gard, only suffering a 65-63 overtime setback vs. Saint Mary’s in South Dakota in 2019. 

Head coach Greg Gard improved his overall record to 165-93 (.640), including a mark of 97-30 (.764) at the Kohl Center.  Wisconsin moved to 336-61 (.846) all-time at the Kohl Center. 

The Badgers set a Kohl Center scoring record, surpassing the previous high set by Kansas in a 104-86 win over Oregon in the 2002 NCAA Tournament. 

The Badgers' previous building record was set in a 103-85 win over North Dakota on 11/19/13. 

Wisconsin scored its most points since a 105- 70 win over Eastern Illinois on 12/28/95. 

UW shot 65.0% from the field, going 39-for60, the fourth-highest mark in school history.

UW shot 50% from 3-point range (6-for-12). Last season, the Badgers shot 50% or better from beyond the arc just once, going 11-for21 (52.4%) vs. Lehigh (12/15/22). 

The Badgers scored 56 points in the paint. Last season Wisconsin reached 50 points in the paint on one occasion (52 at Iowa). 

The Badgers went 21-for-30 at the free throw line, the team's most FTAs since going 25-for32 vs. Illinois State on 12/29/21.

UW's 21 made FTs are the team's highest since going 23-for-28 vs. Bradley on 3/14/23. 

UW scored 39 points off the bench. The 2022-23 high mark for that category was 24 reserve points vs. Dayton in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Wisconsin's 56 first-half points were the team's most since putting up 69 in the opening frame against Savannah State on Dec. 13, 2018. 

Last season, the Badgers' first-half high was 43 points at Ohio State on Feb. 2, 2023.

Guys, I'm done being emotionally invested in this program until I see some progress. Here's my thoughts and I won't post anymore for a number of weeks on football topics.

LF and Longo are not stupid, and haven't forgotten to coach.
We DON'T have that much talent, like you all want to believe.
Any team losing it's starting QB, 2 top RB's, arguably the best WR, most of the TE's and a starting calibre center is going to struggle with a RS freshman QB that wasn't even with the program last year.
Yes, the coaches have made some mistakes.
But I've watched tons and tons and tons of sports, and teams like Wisconsin HAVE to play perfect to win. Barry could get the lack of talented players to play together and generally be less mistake prone. VERY few coaches and programs (in any sport) can win with less talent.
Did we have more talent that IU? I really don't think so and their QB was far better than ours.
Do not discount all the drops that the WR's have had...top 10 in the nation....that's not on the coaches.
Someone else alluded to it....there is NO leadership on this team, especially amongst the offensive players.
I'm pissed as anyone because I may never see this program do well again, but I have to have faith that Longo, Tressel and Fickell all didn't hit their heads on the wall and have completely lost their ability to coach.
I like a guy like Fickell with his back against the wall (PC didn't feel pressure), and Fickell will figure out a way to win.
Bottom line is that when you don't have much talent, the margin for error is super thin and it goes both ways in terms of winning and losing.
I'm sick and tired though of that thin margin of error. The staff needs to recruit over the kids who just can't take the next step.
So many of these kids are just flat out mentally weak. Winning is a skill and it was lost the last 3-4 years and I think if you had a conversation with Fickell off the record, he'd say what a bunch of wusses.


Have fun with this, I won't respond....On to basketball and women's volleyball and BOTH men's and women's hockey. This is killing me!!

Some interesting answers this week, especially in regards to the staff's failure to get enough guys prepared.

Lots of updates here:

Yacamelli added at RB
Nowakowski added at TE
Renfro added in place of Barrett at C
Neal in place of McDonald at DE
Turner back with the No. 1 D
Austin Brown in place of Travian Blaylock with an OR behind Latu
Fourquerean ahead of Smith at CB

Iowa -1.5 at home vs. Rutgers, LOL. FWIW, Wisconsin is still power ranked ahead of Iowa despite all results leading up until today. And none of you want to hear this, but if Rutgers wins in iowa City this weekend, Wisconsin would be expected to win the West should they win out.

You know the drill by now - shoot us your questions

You want to see a bad way to lose a game, watch the end of the KSU/Texas game 😳😳