2024 Badgers Football

[Voyageur]

They're current 2024 class is ranked 25th in the nation. All the regular powers are above WI. They are behind Nebraska (23) and Kentucky (24), which kind of surprises me. The 2025 class is ranked 28th right now. Again, your regular powers are above them with a few outliers.

Looking at the transfer portal for 2024, it was ranked 23. A lot of those players are getting significant minutes. Fickell has said himself that they need to stop relying so much on the portal and develop their own players. They are just in a transitional period right now.

You never know how the rankings ultimately play out. It seems it is better than the past. WI under previous coaching was more in the 50 range. It's a totally different landscape with the portal and NIL money.

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Things have changed so much because of NIL. You need the money being there, and if you don't have it, you can't bring in the type of QB who is a top 10 candidate for a Heisman. It's sad it's gone this way, but it has, and we have to live with it.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Looking at the transfer portal for 2024, it was ranked 23. A lot of those players are getting significant minutes. Fickell has said himself that they need to stop relying so much on the portal and develop their own players. They are just in a transitional period right now.

See, I kind of disagree with this, in part.

Yes, you can't rely on it. However, it and NIL money has completely changed the recruiting process from season to season for all NCAA Sports. Fickell and his staff need to 100% concentrate on both.

 

[Krabs]

See, I kind of disagree with this, in part.

Yes, you can't rely on it. However, it and NIL money has completely changed the recruiting process from season to season for all NCAA Sports. Fickell and his staff need to 100% concentrate on both.

I agree and I think he is talking a bit out of both sides of his mouth. I think he doesn't have an issue with the portal and will use it. He's already proven that. I think it is to settle current rostered players down and keep them from transferring.

 

[Firethorn1001]

There is nothing good about Locke. Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. Locke, go to the transfer portal please.

An average QB wins that for WI.

He must have pictures of Longo with a goat or something

 

[Voyageur]

If Wisconsin had a QB who could be moderately successful, we'd be able to win some of these games we're getting burned in. Today is a prime example. The Badgers could have, and probably should have, beat Oregon, except for Locke's inability to make the simplest plays. He's not only failed, he's made critical mistakes that have totally destroyed drives, and lost games because of them.

If Fickell can find someone who can do the job next year, at a high level, they could be competitive. So, based on today's market for QBs, who has a few million to throw into the pot to get someone on board who could lead them for three years?

NIL is killing teams like Wisconsin. I think you all know about Texas, and here's an article about Oregon and the NIL money out there.

Oregon football has 'unlimited' NIL backing from Nike

Oregon football and Nike founder Phil Knight are in it to win it. And that means, according to a recent report, that the Big Ten program is set to spend in pursuit of a national championship. That's the buzz about the Oregon football program followin

www.usatodayhss.com