Wisconsin WRs George Rushing, Jazz Peavy No Longer With Team
Holy smokes. Apparently, reporters figured this out on Thursday (RELINK) (full URL: https://www.landof10.com/wisconsin/wisconsin-football-george-rushing-ja…).
Those were some quiet dismissals.
HT to Magnus:
Peavy had 5 catches for 50-some yards this year.
Danny Davis - the true freshman - is averaging like 20 yards/catch.
November 17th, 2017 at 8:56 AM ^
November 17th, 2017 at 9:17 AM ^
we win with cruel character?
November 17th, 2017 at 9:19 AM ^
In order to "light it up" Peters would have to be going back to pass much more often than he's done so far. Considering how bad our OL is in pass protection—the only BIG team to give up more sacks than our 27 is Illinois, and Wisconsin is leading the conference in sacks made—making him throw any more than is minimally required to simply keep the Wisconsin defense just a bit honest is a recipe for disaster.
We are going to try to win this game on the ground with just enough throws to move the chains.
November 17th, 2017 at 9:27 AM ^
Which is precisely why Peters will pass his way to victory. College football can be so perverse. Look no further than two weeks ago at Nile Kinnock.
November 17th, 2017 at 9:40 AM ^
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November 17th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
Long on punters.
November 17th, 2017 at 1:23 PM ^
Sadly if we expect the ground game to pave the way to victory tomorrow, we're going to be disappointed. I'm happy that it's found it's footing in the last few weeks, but going up against Big Ten bottom feeders is vastly different than what the team is facing tomorrow.
Unless Hornibrook commits a few turnovers that result in either really short fields or pick sixes (which is possible given his tendency to turn the ball over), this game is going to have to be won through the air. Wisconsin is going to sell out to take away the run completely, as they have zero reason to respect the passing game.
I'm not saying play action, go deep every time. You're right, our pass protection is awful, so Peters will have only so much time back there. But find some quick passes to your tight ends, who've really been coming along the past few weeks. Get the ball out of Peters hands and do it fast.
November 17th, 2017 at 6:49 PM ^
Then screen
Then screen some more
1 yard runs and incompletions kill drives. Give a play a chance to go for a TD with a well executed screen.
November 17th, 2017 at 9:33 AM ^
This game will be decided on a "catch or no catch?!" review. And it will go against us. Because.
November 17th, 2017 at 9:34 AM ^
There's a strange irony to a Wisconsin team having a WR named "Rushing" that just wouldn't be as pronounced on any other team in the Big Ten, if not in Division I.
In all seriousness, if I remember correctly, the initial story that was out there at least with Peavy was an injury, so that's an interesting change of pace on the story itself.
November 17th, 2017 at 9:49 AM ^
If someone had to be suspended, I would've rather it been from their defense. Let's be honest: Wisconsin was never going to win this game by passing the ball to a bunch of no-name receivers with a QB who is good for at least one pick per game.
If they're going to win, it's going to be by stacking the box and daring Peters to beat them with his arm. Wisconsin's whole offense is going to be "hand off to Jonathan Taylor and just make something happen."
November 17th, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
This game is a mirror of both teams.
Going to be, um, un-aesthetic.
No wonder they put it on at noon.
November 17th, 2017 at 10:04 AM ^
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November 17th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
bitch it might be
November 17th, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
So Michigan will have a -5 turnover margin, drop a horrendous amount of passes, and have two 15 yard penalties after turning the ball over on their own 45 which allows one of two touchdowns, and will have another penalty on offense call back a 50 yard touchdown pass, and despite all of that they'll have a chance for a hail mary at the end of the game (despite moments earlier dropping yet another pass near the MSU 20 yard line) to win by 3?
You mean that type of never have a chance? Because that's not what never had a chance means, and the likelihood of those set of circumstances happening again is extremely remote.
November 17th, 2017 at 4:15 PM ^
Yeah I'm with you the msu game the whole time I thought UM had a chance for sure. The psu game is a game it "felt" like UM didn't have a chance even when it was close. It just had that feel to it. The msu game shit man that felt like michigan was toying with them and just jerking their wankers the whole game and then were like "oh shit games over we lost...woops".
November 17th, 2017 at 1:39 PM ^
November 17th, 2017 at 11:56 AM ^
Sorry if it was mentioned somewhere, but what is the status of their center?
November 17th, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
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November 17th, 2017 at 1:05 PM ^
So you are telling me that 2 dudes who weren't going to play are now not going to play?
November 17th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
November 17th, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
There's a Ryan Gosling-Jazz jokes here I just can't get to.