Hey, Another Monday, Another Post

(In fairness, this blog is being underwritten because of my slightly higher focus on Action Football!)

The Badgers picked up their first Big Ten win, 27-17 over Illinois in Madison. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Wisconsin. They're now one (small) step closer to some crappy December 27th bowl game. I'm sure most Badgers fans, like me, had at least a tiny sigh of relief: the offense, while not spectacular, didn't have any crippling mistakes, and the defense finally looked like I was expecting them to look all year.

It's never too soon to start looking ahead, and while Sherer played better - and is just a junior - and, apparently Tolzien - a sophomore - had moved into the two spot on the depth chart, I'm kind of hoping red-shirting freshman Curt Phillips has a great spring and fall camp and gets himself into position to start as a red-shirt freshman. Think about getting four years out of a starting quarterback. Pair that with another three from John Clay, a handful of young receivers, big linemen on (hopefully) ready to emerge.... Maybe the year after next Wisconsin will have a team worthy of a top 10 ranking.

One thing that I noticed watching the game, that I don't really remember hearing about, is how consistent kicker Phillip Welch has been; 14/16 field goals including 1/2 of 50+. Add to that he's a red-shirt freshman, and we're likely looking at the next great Badgers kicker. It would be nice if he could get kick offs through the endzone, but I'm willing to accept less than booming kick offs for accurate field goal kicking.