Re: National Championship
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Wisconsin is same
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Are you serious? I think Wisconsin is way down from last year.
The winner of the SEC title game should get an auto bid to the BCS national championship game. That conference is that much better than anyother.
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guess you forgot about the Pac10
yep...Wisconsin is the same. It's the same team out there on the field.
On offense, they lost John Stocco and Joe Thomas. However, everyone else returned. Tyler Donovan >> John Stocco. The o-line brought back 9 of the 10 players in last year's 2-deep. Add in a year of experience and this offense is much better than last year's offense.
Defense returned 7 starters. The big losses were Zalewski and Stellmacher. The return of Caillas, Levy, and Ikegwuonu as big time players is a big step-up. Elijah Hodge is more than a capable replacement of Stellmacher, but has had nagging injury issues. The front 7, on the whole, is more talented and experienced than last year's group. The only area where the Badgers are worse than last year are the safeties and that isn't enough to completely negate the other improvements.
All in all, this Wisconsin team is just as good as last year's Wisconsin team. What gives, then?
The rest of the Big11Ten improved and the schedule wasn't as favorable. Penn St and Illinois (the 2 losses) are noticeably better than last year and the Badgers had to face both on the road instead of Camp Randall. (Michigan St, one of the close wins, is also a much improved team over the bottom of the Big11Ten teams that Wisconsin faced last year. Iowa is pretty much the same and Wisconsin eeked out a win verse them this year just as they did last year.)
Wisconsin is the exact case to look at to see how the depth of the Big11Ten is so much stronger than last year. They provide the case to show how the same team's results can differ from one year to the next. The Big11Ten is still not upto the SEC or Pac10, but it's much more sturdy than last season.
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