Sports Illustrated article on Wisconsin's approach to recruiting
There's a focus on Wisconsin's in-state recruiting here:
https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/11/08/wisconsin-badgers-recrui…
Getting Bredeson was a win.
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They bribe recruits. Not with bagmen, not with women, not with drugs... But with cheese. Large blocks of savory cheese. Delicious, robust, savory cheese plates...
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The thought of it made my stomach rumble in an uncomfortable and foreboding way.....
November 14th, 2017 at 8:51 AM ^
The thought of it made my stomach rumble in an uncomfortable and foreboding way.....
November 14th, 2017 at 9:51 AM ^
And Wigwam Socks
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Is it Duluth Trading, or Me Undies? Either way, they fit real well.
Should probably de-pants them on the field to figure it out...
November 14th, 2017 at 8:23 AM ^
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Get a pair
November 14th, 2017 at 8:48 AM ^
...cheesy?
November 14th, 2017 at 9:33 AM ^
When seemingly everyone was walking around like that?
Good times.
November 14th, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
Yeah, but I truly appreciate the current style of wearing yoga pants.
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Very surprised that you took the time to evaluate her hands.
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LMAO!! Where do you find this stuff?
November 14th, 2017 at 9:22 AM ^
Get your Wisconsin euphemisms out of here!
November 14th, 2017 at 7:29 AM ^
But worth mentioning that there is not another big time college football program within 350 miles of Madison
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...and Minnesota is ~260
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I'm just gonna note that the team also seems to be comprised of a lot of gritty, heady, lunch-box, gym rat, grinder, sneaky athletic players as compared to many other programs. Recruiting locally is about the best possible explanation for that trend.
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We also look for guys who are the first to arrive and the last to leave, and value a high football IQ.
November 14th, 2017 at 12:02 PM ^
So basically the kind of kids you'd be happy to have your daughter date.
/ Folds newspaper, adjusts cardigan sweater, and lights pipe filled with cherry-scented tobacco /
November 14th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
Patrick Ferrucci, Edson C. Tandoc. (2017). Race and the Deep Ball: Applying Stereotypes to NFL Quarterbacks. International Journal of Sport Communication. Volume:10 Issue: 1 Pages:41-57 doi: 10.1123/ijsc.2016-0074
This study experimentally tested whether White participants (N = 274) applied stereotypes to Black and White professional quarterbacks. Using common stereotypical descriptors established in prior research, this between-subjects experiment found that while the participants did not stereotype White quarterbacks, they did apply the stereotypes of “physically strong” and “naturally gifted” to Black quarterbacks, thus othering, or using race to establish an out group. These results are interpreted through the framework of social-identity theory.
November 14th, 2017 at 5:40 PM ^
"participants did not stereotype White quarterbacks, they did apply the stereotypes of “physically strong” and “naturally gifted” to Black quarterbacks, thus othering, or using race to establish an out group. "
That's because white quarterbacks are nose to the grindstone guys who just give 110%. For them, it's really about the name on the front of the jersey anyway, so they don't care if they're considered strong or gifted.
(I'm pretty confident I didn't miss the point)
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Saban grew up in west virginia, which is considered a part of the south.
November 14th, 2017 at 8:25 AM ^
For some reason, I remember Alvarez talking about recruiting the state of Wisconsin years ago and touching on this strategy. It really is interesting when you think about how largely overlooked the state is by everyone else historically, to see a university run with that and make it their own and do well in the process.
Isn't the Badgers' staff, right down to the lowliest of ranks, basically a wall of Badger alums too? I mean, I knew about Chryst and Leonhard (I remember watching Leonhard play definitely) and a couple others, but you don't find that very often either.
November 14th, 2017 at 8:51 AM ^
Well, typically Wisconsin isn't known for producing a lot of highly rated players. Whether that's actually true or the state is just perceived that way because it's not Ohio or the South, I don't know. Probably a little of both. But it definitely serves to Wisconsin's advantage that the state is ignored, and also couple that with the fact that, like OSU, they have no instate rival to battle with for recruits. Save for the occasional blue-chipper like Bredeson, they have their pick of the litter instate.
I give them credit where credit is due. They know what they're looking for, and they find ways to bring in a bunch of big ol' dairy boys out from the pastures and coach them up into big, nasty OL that can stand toe to toe with most anyone in the country. It's been their MO for years. I remember a stat a few years back that the average weight of a Wisconsin lineman was more than that of the average weight of a Green Bay lineman.
November 14th, 2017 at 9:05 AM ^
Except in the big games. Bed shittin 101. Oh yeah I forgot, they won the Rose Bowl one time a few years back.
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