FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[wally_wabash]

Not a WIAC team in the preseason top 10, wonder how long it's been since that happened?
It will be interesting to see the conference rankings this season. Although I do believe the WIAC is the toughest from top to bottom, they may not have the top end strength- at least to start the season.

Unless the WIAC gets positively drilled in all of their high profile September games, don't expect a change at the top of the conference rankings.

[emma17]

Not a WIAC team in the preseason top 10, wonder how long it's been since that happened?
It will be interesting to see the conference rankings this season. Although I do believe the WIAC is the toughest from top to bottom, they may not have the top end strength- at least to start the season.

Unless the WIAC gets positively drilled in all of their high profile September games, don't expect a change at the top of the conference rankings.

When do you release the conference rankings?
You'll have some tough calls to make. Multiple WIAC teams have high profile September games, but in all of them the WIAC team would be the underdog- from a rankings perspective. It would stand to reason the WIAC could be 0-for in all those games.

[02 Warhawk]

The first 6 for UWW are brutal. Could very well be 4-2, or even 3-3 after those games. I'm ok with them not starting off in the top 10. Not sure they deserve to be after last year.

Just looking forward to see what Jace brings to the table, as well as a new offense and a new QB. Hopefully we can regain what we once had.

[emma17]

I believe I read or heard the UWW staff visited the University of Kansas to watch some practices.
If they watched the Jayhawks offense, they saw a *^*t ton of motion and pre-snap shifting. Kansas is a master with it, which is what Kotelnicki ran at UWW and it left when he left- inexplicably.

[Ron Boerger]

Oshkosh about to go through some things, other UW schools also could be impacted:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2023/08/03/uw-oshkosh-plans-layoffs-furloughs-due-to-18-million-deficit/70521062007/

UW-Oshkosh plans to cut about 200 non-faculty staff and administrators this fall, while furloughing others, UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt said Thursday, as the university faces an unprecedented $18 million budget shortfall. The cuts amount to about 20% of university employees.

[wally_wabash]

Not a WIAC team in the preseason top 10, wonder how long it's been since that happened?
It will be interesting to see the conference rankings this season. Although I do believe the WIAC is the toughest from top to bottom, they may not have the top end strength- at least to start the season.

Unless the WIAC gets positively drilled in all of their high profile September games, don't expect a change at the top of the conference rankings.

When do you release the conference rankings?
You'll have some tough calls to make. Multiple WIAC teams have high profile September games, but in all of them the WIAC team would be the underdog- from a rankings perspective. It would stand to reason the WIAC could be 0-for in all those games.

Traditionally the conference re-rankings happen after the vast majority of non-conference games are done.  I would anticipate that column going out after Week 4 or 5, depending on what's topical. 

[USee]

Not a WIAC team in the preseason top 10, wonder how long it's been since that happened?
It will be interesting to see the conference rankings this season. Although I do believe the WIAC is the toughest from top to bottom, they may not have the top end strength- at least to start the season.

Unless the WIAC gets positively drilled in all of their high profile September games, don't expect a change at the top of the conference rankings.

When do you release the conference rankings?
You'll have some tough calls to make. Multiple WIAC teams have high profile September games, but in all of them the WIAC team would be the underdog- from a rankings perspective. It would stand to reason the WIAC could be 0-for in all those games.

I haven't  looked very closely at what Oshkosh has coming back but I would be surprised if they are an underdog @Wheaton with the Thunder needing to replace 9 defensive and 7 offensive starters. In addition, most of the backups to those departed seniors were also seniors (I think the Thunder return less than 10 players from their two deep out of 44 spots) so very little playing time returning for the Thunder. We will see how the talent evolves but this could be a rebuilding year for Wheaton, not really in a position to reload. If Wheaton is top 15, it's because of name only at this point.

[WashingtonWiz99]

Oshkosh about to go through some things, other UW schools also could be impacted:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2023/08/03/uw-oshkosh-plans-layoffs-furloughs-due-to-18-million-deficit/70521062007/

UW-Oshkosh plans to cut about 200 non-faculty staff and administrators this fall, while furloughing others, UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt said Thursday, as the university faces an unprecedented $18 million budget shortfall. The cuts amount to about 20% of university employees.

Sign of the times. Higher ed is in a bad spot.

[emma17]

Well, I'm hoping the end of season All American list looks much better for UWW than this preseason list. Yeouch.

[emma17]

Or..., perhaps this is the year UWW shows it's actually not about the Jimmys and the Joes, but rather the X's and the O's.

[Pat Coleman]

Well, I'm hoping the end of season All American list looks much better for UWW than this preseason list. Yeouch.

I'm sure it will, but also, plenty of teams can succeed without one of the top three QBs, top six RBs, top six WRs, etc.

[fredfalcon]

John O'Grady, former head coach at UWRF
and  assistant coach at UWW told me today he would be back at UWRF as an assistant coach thits fall.

[02 Warhawk]

Or..., perhaps this is the year UWW shows it's actually not about the Jimmys and the Joes, but rather the X's and the O's.

That would be a nice change. I felt the past few seasons we leaned heavily on our talent to win games, rather than our schemes.

Been awhile since we said "wow, we really out coached them today".

[The Third Division]

John O'Grady, former head coach at UWRF
and  assistant coach at UWW told me today he would be back at UWRF as an assistant coach thits fall.

wasn't he the same guy that drove RF out of relevance?

[fredfalcon]

John O'Grady, former head coach at UWRF
and  assistant coach at UWW told me today he would be back at UWRF as an assistant coach thits fall.

wasn't he the same guy that drove RF out of relevance?

Yes, but he also coached the only Falcon team to win a playoff game. After that, his talent dropped off until he resigned and Matt Walker was hired. Then, he went to WW to coach for Bullis. He and Bullis coached together at RF prior to that.