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DT Luke Fickell (HC Wisconsin Badgers)

Zurp
Tanner said:
I think it's unfair when people criticize him and say the fatal flaw in his approach was trying to modernize Wisconsin's offense. I imagine the plan was we'll get our usual lineman and running backs and then modernize the passing game with better schemes and better players. A reasonable plan. There's no law against being good at running and throwing. Wisconsin had been trying to beat people 17-13 forever---that's a pretty hard thing to do in 2025. I mean, do people think he was recruiting 240 pound lineman?
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You probably make a good point. You're probably right. But I don't think teams can get away with changing their personalities that easily. Barry Alvarez made Wisconsin a pound-it-down-your-throat running team. Run to set up a pass. I think if you start to abandon that style, the players who like playing in that style are going to stop committing, or transfer out. And with the transfer rules in place, they can transfer out faster than the "modern-style" players can transfer in.
Of course, this is probably all bullshit. Didn't Oklahoma - a power run team - switch to a more modern offense in the late 90s or early 2000s?
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Kent State Golden Flashes (official thread)

Buckeyefrankmp
cincibuck said:
My impression from talking to Kent State alums is that everyone goes home for the weekend. There's no there, there.
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I went there in the early 90s. That was some bad football. 3 wins in my 4 years there. My Sophomore year I had a roommate from the Pittsburgh area that would go home a lot on the weekends.

Kent State football is a stepping stone program for coaches to get a better job if they have success. I blame them for not hiring Nick Saban in 1987.

Zurp said:
And I don't blame them for doing it.
What do they get for these games? $500k for each? Maybe more? Probably more?
On top of that, they can go to their recruits and try to sell them on Kent State with "Yeah, you didn't get recruited by the power schools, but if you come here, you'll still get a chance to play in their stadiums."
Kent State probably knows they'll never crawl their way out of where they are - a lower-tier G5 school. Might as well get some money to pay for the rest of their sports along the way, and who knows - they might be able to pull off an Appy State vs. the cheaters at some point.
Oh - another reason they're never going to get any better is the changing of the transfer rules. The moment a player emerges from a team in the MAC or other G5 conference, they're going to transfer to a team that can pay more for NIL and have a chance to get to and win the championship.
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They got $1.5 million from Oklahoma and $1.2 million from Florida State.
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2025 tOSU Special Teams Discussion

ScriptOhio
Just sayin': The absolute worst special teams play of the year (so far). WTF went wrong here?

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Obviously somebody (maybe #83) needed to establish "containment of the punter" on the strong side of the field and 2 players (#28 and a blur at the 33 yard line) need to tackle better. The guy wasn't a sprinter, RB, and/or WR; he was just a frickin punter who scrambled for approx. (15 + 36 =) 35 yards.

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