FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[02 Warhawk]

Are we there yet.................

[MonroviaCat]

Are we there yet.................

Well, you guys are 

[02 Warhawk]

Are we there yet.................

Well, you guys are 

Hardly. I'm in an office cube staring at a computer screen.....and it's only Thursday.

The only saving grace is that I'm off tomorrow 

[desertcat1]

Are we there yet.................

Close  02, 

we are in Janesville with the catmobile  just waiting for it to warm up a bit?   



GO CATS
GO BIG D

[hazzben]

Wisconsin for Oregon State? I gotta be missing something here....

That is a serious head scratcher...Good get for Oregon State.

How long until Bielema has his people leak to the press that he's in 'serious conversations' with Wisconsin/Alvarez, only to announce he's 'all hog' and present a selfie with a recruit 1 hour later 

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Are we there yet.................

Close  02, 

we are in Janesville with the catmobile  just waiting for it to warm up a bit?   



GO CATS
GO BIG D

   Safe Travels DC 1,  The salt Delivery is due about 11:30 am on Friday.  Please make sure our salty D gets what they need.  You are the man !!  Go Cats baby  24-7-365

[BoBo]

Wisconsin for Oregon State? I gotta be missing something here....

That is a serious head scratcher...Good get for Oregon State.

How long until Bielema has his people leak to the press that he's in 'serious conversations' with Wisconsin/Alvarez, only to announce he's 'all hog' and present a selfie with a recruit 1 hour later 

Not a chance, you can only cry wolf so many times and he's reached his limit. But Bert's wife, Jen, might tweet out Karma again.

[ExTartanPlayer]

Wisconsin for Oregon State? I gotta be missing something here....

That is a serious head scratcher...Good get for Oregon State.

How long until Bielema has his people leak to the press that he's in 'serious conversations' with Wisconsin/Alvarez, only to announce he's 'all hog' and present a selfie with a recruit 1 hour later 

I was kind of wondering about this...that's two consecutive coaches that have left Wisconsin (voluntarily) for jobs that aren't stone-cold locks to be better.  Arkansas for Bielema, I mean, I get the SEC thing (and the $$$)...but Andersen leaving for Oregon State?  I think Mike Riley did a great job to turn the Beavers from "laughingstock" to "spunky Pac-12 midpacker" but isn't that kind of the program ceiling?  And if so, why are coaches leaving what (at least on the surface) looks like a pretty decent Wisconsin job for anything other than "programs that can win national championships" or "programs that offered a ****load of money"?

hazzben, are you a Badgers fan?  What's the deal there? 

[D O.C.]

just waiting for it to warm up a bit

Don't.
You'll miss the game.

[emma17]

Wisconsin for Oregon State? I gotta be missing something here....

Word on the street is that he's a west coast guy at heart, but more importantly, he was increasingly frustrated with Wisconsin's admission requirements.  He hasn't been able to get a number of highly rated, committed prospects through the admission office. There are many on the WI message boards who have never really warmed-up to him, from the way he handled Melvin Gordon in the LSU game, to the QB situation all this season and think the job is over his head - coming from Utah State. Oregon State is a convienient opening to make his get-away.

Could it be the pressure of recruiting against UWW is just too great?

[NewHawk]

Nice story by D3 on the homepage highlighting the D-Line at Whitewater...linemen need love too.

[retagent]

From what I've read and heard, it was mainly a location thing with Anderson. He's a Utah guy, and Oregon is much closer.

Also in the discussion, somebody called in and lamented that it didn't happen a week or so earlier, because "the coach from Whitewater was available."

[KitchenSink]

Barry Alvarez talked about constantly maintaining "a short list" in case of ... yesterday.  Is it possible that LL may have ever been on that list?  Probably a long shot.

[emma17]

Barry Alvarez talked about constantly maintaining "a short list" in case of ... yesterday.  Is it possible that LL may have ever been on that list?  Probably a long shot.

No doubt a long shot but IMO about as safe a long shot as an AD can take.
Even if it failed, the home town guy w all the success was given a chance. It's easy to rally around that story.

[ExTartanPlayer]

Barry Alvarez talked about constantly maintaining "a short list" in case of ... yesterday.  Is it possible that LL may have ever been on that list?  Probably a long shot.

I think a recent interview with Nebraska AD also alluded to this as well, that (in his opinion) every Division I athletic director should always have a short list of candidates for key positions like FB and MBB coaches, even when their coach isn't on the hot seat, because they have to be ready on a day's notice if their coach suddenly flies the coop.