Spartan Nation 2009 Football Scouting Report: Wisconsin Badgers
Spartan Nation 2009 Scouting Report: Wisconsin Badgers
Biggest Game: October 3 at Minnesota and November 21 at Northwestern
Predicted record: 8-4 (4-4)
Projected Big Ten standing: 6th
Returning Starters: 11 OFFENSE: 6 DEFENSE: 5 Lettermen returning: 42
Head Coach: Bret Bielema 4th Season at Wisconsin Last Season: 7-6 Lifetime: 28-11
Top assistant: OC Paul Chryst
Number of Players on the All Spartan Nation Big Ten Team: Two TE Garrett Graham and OT Gabe Carimi
Analysis: The Badgers underachieved last year with seven wins. Bielema is a good young coach who had some growing pain mistakes. Some of the Badger faithful forget that it was only his 3rd season as a head coach, but that still was acceptable.
The Badgers will again attack and try to play the toughness card. Although they lost half of their starters, I expect them to better. They will have inexperience at the QB, but with some very good WRs and the leagues best TE and as always a good OL and rushing attack he should be fine.
I picked two key games as their biggest game of the season. Yes I realize that biggest is singular, but the Badgers always seem to lose a game on the road that just doesn’t make sense. Last year Coach Bielema’s team was ahead of MSU in the fourth quarter, but he lost his composure and got a personal foul and called a poor timeout as Brett Swenson kicked the game winning field goal. There always seems to be a loss like that each year going back to Alvarez.
Both of those, “Biggest†games are on the road and are games that the Badgers should win. I marked them both as losses based on the Badgers track record. If they should win them both, that would move them to a ten-win season and this could be special. I highly doubt it, but an eight-win season is nothing to complain about.
Predicted Win/Loss:
1.Northern Illinois WIN
2.Fresno State WIN
3.Wofford WIN
4.Michigan State WIN
5.at Minnesota LOSS
6.at Ohio State LOSS
7.Iowa LOSS
8.Purdue WIN
9.at Indiana WIN
10.Michigan WIN
11.at Northwestern LOSS
12.at Hawaii WIN
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