FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[jknezek]

He had a shot at seeing the field until Talia signed. Maryland's qb situation was incredibly muddled before that so lots of people were going to get eyeballs and attention. He would have been in that mix. After... well, Talia is going to get the benefit of the doubt and the best shots, most time, best coaching, etc. Less of a competition, more of a favored son and everyone else. There was still a shot, because there always is until an unproven commodity comes good, but it got pushed way down the possibility chain.

Possible, but a whole lot of dominoes would have had to fall exactly right. He would still be the unknown, non-scholarship D3 guy who they never recruited, and I don't expect Maryland woulda stopped looking for another 3- or 4-star  if they hadn't got Taulia because they felt they already had their next QB. Wait and see, but I'm not sure I'd put a nickel on him ever taking a snap at Whitewater either.

Oh absolutely a long shot. Completely agree.

[jamtod]

He had a shot at seeing the field until Talia signed. Maryland's qb situation was incredibly muddled before that so lots of people were going to get eyeballs and attention. He would have been in that mix. After... well, Talia is going to get the benefit of the doubt and the best shots, most time, best coaching, etc. Less of a competition, more of a favored son and everyone else. There was still a shot, because there always is until an unproven commodity comes good, but it got pushed way down the possibility chain.

Possible, but a whole lot of dominoes would have had to fall exactly right. He would still be the unknown, non-scholarship D3 guy who they never recruited, and I don't expect Maryland woulda stopped looking for another 3- or 4-star  if they hadn't got Taulia because they felt they already had their next QB. Wait and see, but I'm not sure I'd put a nickel on him ever taking a snap at Whitewater either.

Oh absolutely a long shot. Completely agree.

Didn't Maryland have a couple years recently where their QB at the end of the season was a dude who was on the depth chart at LB earlier in the year?

If we're talking long shots, Maryland might not have been a terrible place to gamble.

[WW]

He had a shot at seeing the field until Talia signed. Maryland's qb situation was incredibly muddled before that so lots of people were going to get eyeballs and attention. He would have been in that mix. After... well, Talia is going to get the benefit of the doubt and the best shots, most time, best coaching, etc. Less of a competition, more of a favored son and everyone else. There was still a shot, because there always is until an unproven commodity comes good, but it got pushed way down the possibility chain.

Possible, but a whole lot of dominoes would have had to fall exactly right. He would still be the unknown, non-scholarship D3 guy who they never recruited, and I don't expect Maryland woulda stopped looking for another 3- or 4-star  if they hadn't got Taulia because they felt they already had their next QB. Wait and see, but I'm not sure I'd put a nickel on him ever taking a snap at Whitewater either.

Oh absolutely a long shot. Completely agree.

Didn't Maryland have a couple years recently where their QB at the end of the season was a dude who was on the depth chart at LB earlier in the year?

If we're talking long shots, Maryland might not have been a terrible place to gamble.

Just looked that up... yr right! Shawn Petty (who had been a HS QB) started their last four games in 2012 after four (!) QBs suffered season-ending injuries before him. That's some tough luck.

[formerd3db]

He had a shot at seeing the field until Talia signed. Maryland's qb situation was incredibly muddled before that so lots of people were going to get eyeballs and attention. He would have been in that mix. After... well, Talia is going to get the benefit of the doubt and the best shots, most time, best coaching, etc. Less of a competition, more of a favored son and everyone else. There was still a shot, because there always is until an unproven commodity comes good, but it got pushed way down the possibility chain.

Possible, but a whole lot of dominoes would have had to fall exactly right. He would still be the unknown, non-scholarship D3 guy who they never recruited, and I don't expect Maryland woulda stopped looking for another 3- or 4-star  if they hadn't got Taulia because they felt they already had their next QB. Wait and see, but I'm not sure I'd put a nickel on him ever taking a snap at Whitewater either.

Oh absolutely a long shot. Completely agree.

Didn't Maryland have a couple years recently where their QB at the end of the season was a dude who was on the depth chart at LB earlier in the year?

If we're talking long shots, Maryland might not have been a terrible place to gamble.

Just looked that up... yr right! Shawn Petty (who had been a HS QB) started their last four games in 2012 after four (!) QBs suffered season-ending injuries before him. That's some tough luck.

Indeed, there were several players "in the mix." If you go back several pages here, I outlined those at the time in reviewing the Maryland roster as we were having this initial discussion back then when Talia announced.🙂

[emma17]

ww- Interesting comment you made about maybe not putting a nickel on Evan to play at UWW. I can envision reasonable scenarios where you'd be right.

[WW]

ww- Interesting comment you made about maybe not putting a nickel on Evan to play at UWW. I can envision reasonable scenarios where you'd be right.

Even unreasonable ones. Dubdub is really not that different than the position he found himself in at Maryland. Never know what disillusioned D1 or D2 backup might show up any given summer and steal the job.

One of the things I like about Bullis is he lets a few QBs get some legit PT. Two years ago both Oles and Demark got snaps throughout the season behind Wilber. Last year was a little different scenario in which Meylor won (or Oles lost) the job midway through. Point being, even if Lewandowski gets beat out for QB1 (and it's not unreasonable to think he might -- everybody remembers his 9 TD game, but how bout his 6-pick game? Bullis wouldn't stand for more than one of those, as proved last season) it's likely he'd still take some snaps... presuming he'd stay at Whitewater if he found himself not QB1.

[formerd3db]

ww- Interesting comment you made about maybe not putting a nickel on Evan to play at UWW. I can envision reasonable scenarios where you'd be right.

Even unreasonable ones. Dubdub is really not that different than the position he found himself in at Maryland. Never know what disillusioned D1 or D2 backup might show up any given summer and steal the job.

One of the things I like about Bullis is he lets a few QBs get some legit PT. Two years ago both Oles and Demark got snaps throughout the season behind Wilber. Last year was a little different scenario in which Meylor won (or Oles lost) the job midway through. Point being, even if Lewandowski gets beat out for QB1 (and it's not unreasonable to think he might -- everybody remembers his 9 TD game, but how bout his 6-pick game? Bullis wouldn't stand for more than one of those, as proved last season) it's likely he'd still take some snaps... presuming he'd stay at Whitewater if he found himself not QB1.

So here's my question. I must be dumb or something, somehow missed this if it was answered/explained in previous discussion here several weeks back or this present one. I still don't understand why he left UW-L. He was the starter there, correct? Was there some fear on his part of losing that or did he not like the school, or what? Thanks.

[WW]

ww- Interesting comment you made about maybe not putting a nickel on Evan to play at UWW. I can envision reasonable scenarios where you'd be right.

Even unreasonable ones. Dubdub is really not that different than the position he found himself in at Maryland. Never know what disillusioned D1 or D2 backup might show up any given summer and steal the job.

One of the things I like about Bullis is he lets a few QBs get some legit PT. Two years ago both Oles and Demark got snaps throughout the season behind Wilber. Last year was a little different scenario in which Meylor won (or Oles lost) the job midway through. Point being, even if Lewandowski gets beat out for QB1 (and it's not unreasonable to think he might -- everybody remembers his 9 TD game, but how bout his 6-pick game? Bullis wouldn't stand for more than one of those, as proved last season) it's likely he'd still take some snaps... presuming he'd stay at Whitewater if he found himself not QB1.

So here's my question. I must be dumb or something, somehow missed this if it was answered/explained in previous discussion here several weeks back or this present one. I still don't understand why he left UW-L. He was the starter there, correct? Was there some fear on his part of losing that or did he not like the school, or what? Thanks.

I don't have inside info, but will take him at his word that he aspired to play at a higher level of competition, which still might be his goal. I don't think there was any danger of him losing the job to anybody on last year's roster. He eventually beat out the senior. As a greyshirt (if that will be his classification), he'll have no official affiliation with Whitewater football. Heck, he might be there just to clear 30 cheap credits before taking another shot at D1.

[badgerwarhawk]

So here's my question. I must be dumb or something, somehow missed this if it was answered/explained in previous discussion here several weeks back or this present one. I still don't understand why he left UW-L. He was the starter there, correct? Was there some fear on his part of losing that or did he not like the school, or what? Thanks.

I don't know why he left but I'm pretty confident it wasn't because he thought the Eagles had someone that could beat him out.  He may have been the best QB in the league and they don't have a backup that was going to complete with that.  There is some other reason involved.  He would look pretty good in WARHAWKS purple.

[Pat Coleman]

They changed coaches this offseason as well.

[bleedpurple]

ww- Interesting comment you made about maybe not putting a nickel on Evan to play at UWW. I can envision reasonable scenarios where you'd be right.

Even unreasonable ones. Dubdub is really not that different than the position he found himself in at Maryland. Never know what disillusioned D1 or D2 backup might show up any given summer and steal the job.

One of the things I like about Bullis is he lets a few QBs get some legit PT. Two years ago both Oles and Demark got snaps throughout the season behind Wilber. Last year was a little different scenario in which Meylor won (or Oles lost) the job midway through. Point being, even if Lewandowski gets beat out for QB1 (and it's not unreasonable to think he might -- everybody remembers his 9 TD game, but how bout his 6-pick game? Bullis wouldn't stand for more than one of those, as proved last season) it's likely he'd still take some snaps... presuming he'd stay at Whitewater if he found himself not QB1.

So here's my question. I must be dumb or something, somehow missed this if it was answered/explained in previous discussion here several weeks back or this present one. I still don't understand why he left UW-L. He was the starter there, correct? Was there some fear on his part of losing that or did he not like the school, or what? Thanks.

I don't have inside info, but will take him at his word that he aspired to play at a higher level of competition, which still might be his goal. I don't think there was any danger of him losing the job to anybody on last year's roster. He eventually beat out the senior. As a greyshirt (if that will be his classification), he'll have no official affiliation with Whitewater football. Heck, he might be there just to clear 30 cheap credits before taking another shot at D1.

I can't think of a better source as to why he's doing what he's doing than Evan himself. Go to the 3 minute mark of episode 8:

https://anchor.fm/matthew-wenzel/episodes/Episode-8-Interview-with-former-Maryland-Terrapin-QB-commit-and-another-top-5-list-eg7uta

[bleedpurple]

Always fun to watch a Meinerz (77) block!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1252380841881165825

[02 Warhawk]

ww- Interesting comment you made about maybe not putting a nickel on Evan to play at UWW. I can envision reasonable scenarios where you'd be right.

Even unreasonable ones. Dubdub is really not that different than the position he found himself in at Maryland. Never know what disillusioned D1 or D2 backup might show up any given summer and steal the job.

One of the things I like about Bullis is he lets a few QBs get some legit PT. Two years ago both Oles and Demark got snaps throughout the season behind Wilber. Last year was a little different scenario in which Meylor won (or Oles lost) the job midway through. Point being, even if Lewandowski gets beat out for QB1 (and it's not unreasonable to think he might -- everybody remembers his 9 TD game, but how bout his 6-pick game? Bullis wouldn't stand for more than one of those, as proved last season) it's likely he'd still take some snaps... presuming he'd stay at Whitewater if he found himself not QB1.

So here's my question. I must be dumb or something, somehow missed this if it was answered/explained in previous discussion here several weeks back or this present one. I still don't understand why he left UW-L. He was the starter there, correct? Was there some fear on his part of losing that or did he not like the school, or what? Thanks.

Karma comes around on LaCrosse.

 

[PauldingLightUP]

Maybe a WIAC fall sports update coming next week?

https://twitter.com/news18tabbert/status/1281284076230422528?s=20

[WW]

Maybe a WIAC fall sports update coming next week?

https://twitter.com/news18tabbert/status/1281284076230422528?s=20

UW will play only their conference schedule — wouldn't surprise if that's a model WIAC follows.