NOT a great coach, but a GREAT recruiter! Broke the color barrier in the Big 10. Hired Bo out of a high school job! I've been friends with Bo since '79. With that talent, we should have won a LOT more games! I stayed in touch with Bill until his passing....GREAT guy!!!

I had a great conversation with Williams two nights ago. When I asked him about schools that stand out... He went straight to Wisconsin and didn't even talk about others until I asked him if there were any other schools he likes. He says that he's keeping things wide open, but I would definitely say Wisconsin is the leader right now. I think he will continue to blow up.

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My hope is that we get Essegian more pt! Can Illver provide a spark? Storr is getting better and better each game, can he keep it up? Who will be the spark this game? My guess is that Essegian goes for at least 12 tomorrow

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As expected from the news earlier this week

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Stay tuned.

New Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2025

Top 10 risers: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-ten-biggest-risers-in-the-rivals250-14

Position by position breakdown: https://n.rivals.com/news/tuesdays-with-gorney-new-2025-rivals250-released-2

Maddening 😡

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What do we offer Chez? If he truly want's to play? I doubt that other teams will lure him away due to the injury issues. How much do we shell out for a top QB? How about a top TE? What does a good DL go for these days? What is our actual budget? It used to be, "who can we recruit", today, it's more "who can we buy".

Not gonna blow your socks off.

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Few small updates some calls today...

Wisconsin is hoping/expected to have a big recruiting weekend coming up. But as of right now, there are just two confirmed guests:

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Henry has a strong connection to Amare Snowden, and things look promising for the Badgers. Wisconsin obviously has a need at wide out and Henry checks a lot of boxes. Not a done deal, though. Pfeiffer is a plug and play for Peter Bowden. Not sure if he's a scholarship guy or not yet.

Two more guys to watch:

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Wisconsin is quickly trending for Finn. There's an invite for him this weekend, and the expectation is that the visit is, at a minimum, realistic. I think if Wisconsin does get him on campus, the staff could lock him up. He was the 2023 MAC Player of the Year.

Pius is expected to be on campus but that is not 100 percent confirmed yet, according to the source I spoke with.

Something to reiterate... Almost all of the high-end kids who enter the portal either have their destination completely locked in, or they have two or three firm offers from schools that will for sure visit. If you're entering the portal without either of those... well, you likely made a bad choice.

As far as who else Wisconsin could get on campus, the source said "they'll (UW) know when they get on the plane." It's just such a fluid situation with these players, meaning a traditional guest list isn't realistic this early in the week.