Wilson Reportedly Picks Wisconsin

by Akula Wolf on Jun 27, 2011 12:23 PM EDT

Both ESPN and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are reporting that Russell Wilson will play for the Wisconsin Badgers this fall. Wilson has already left the Asheville Tourists, so it sounds like he's going to get right to work.

Good luck in Wisconsin, Russell. This is going to be really weird. Never let it be said that you don't like a challenge. (Give my regards to Bo Ryan while you're up there.)

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aparently he hasn't checked his bank account this morning

to see if a mysterious wire transfer has appeared.

by ginger avenger on Jun 27, 2011 12:36 PM EDT reply actions

Will UW

at least send a consolatory gift basket of fine Wisconsin cheeses and brats?

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jun 27, 2011 12:36 PM EDT reply actions

maybe a few hundred

cases of Leinenkugal’s for us to drown our sorrow?

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jun 27, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions

nah

We’ll get a big10 champs t-shirt and rose bowl hat.

by ginger avenger on Jun 27, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Probably not a good decision for his future.

I wish him luck though.

by Panthers FTW on Jun 27, 2011 1:51 PM EDT reply actions

Best of luck!

Hope this works out for you kid, because you are effectively throwing away any shot of becoming a professional baseball player at its highest level.

Glad he choose Wisconsin so I wouldn’t have to root against him in Auburn gear.

by chip24spb on Jun 27, 2011 2:13 PM EDT reply actions

how the wilson saga will unfold. I think he’s done with baseball and is going for broke in football. The question becomes what can he do in the NFL level? I think he’ll do well at UW. I also still think TOB made the right decision on this one. (He doesn’t have a crystal ball). Hopefully Glennon comes out firing like P. Rivers and Wilson does well at UW. That way you won’t have any hoopla over him leaving.

I love the Steelers.

by tannofsteel84 on Jun 27, 2011 2:13 PM EDT reply actions

Would love to see a NCSU/Wisconsin BCS matchup now.

by Broccoman on Jun 27, 2011 3:46 PM EDT reply actions

Wilson is a Badger!

Russell Wilson will lead the Badgers to the BCS Championship. QB was going to be a gaping hole to fill this season and I just didn’t see us repeating as conference champs with what we had. The Wisconsin spring game was a huge ‘oh shit’ for this position.

I think the Badgers are going to really astonish some folks in the coming season. This announcement makes the Nebraska game at night in Camp Randall look like Armageddon. Win that and the OSU game in the Horseshoe turns into an all out Pier 6 brawl, not that it wouldn’t be anyhow.

The funny thing is I believe the other QBs at Wisconsin will get a whole lot more quality reps because of Wilson.

by Old Badger on Jun 27, 2011 5:05 PM EDT reply actions

Walk off what Pier?

Go ahead and have one on me gearing up for the OSU game, sincerely, Sparty

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Wisconsin 0 10 7 7 24
Michigan State 3 17 7 7 34

by Sportin'L.A.Gear on Jun 27, 2011 6:29 PM EDT reply actions

Just curious, how often did Russell Wilson line up under center?

An Iowa fan claims he was always lined up out of shotgun at NC State, is that a true statement?

Bucky's 5th Quarter - All Badgers, all the time.

by Adam Tupitza on Jun 27, 2011 8:09 PM EDT reply actions

Shotgun

He lined up in shotgun a lot. The man is short. Taking a lot of snaps under center and a three step drop results in a number of sacks before finding where the receivers are. He’ll be fine in your offense, as long as he doesn’t have to throw a lot from those formations, or if they boot leg enough to keep the linebackers from blitzing thru the middle every play.

by chip24spb on Jun 27, 2011 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know the percentages

but the majority of his snaps were out of shotgun. I actually wanted NCSU to use more formations with him under center. The reasons for lining up out of shotgun were two fold, imo. One is that Russell is short for a QB. The other might be that our running game would get abandoned, so why not line up in shotgun?

I think Russell will do fine operating under center.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jun 27, 2011 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't see it being a problem.

Yes, RW is short for a QB, but I don’t see that limiting him to lining up in shotgun. Our offensive line was porous in RW’s time and our running game was mediocre at best. Lining up in the shotgun allowed for easier access to quick throws when there was pressure from a blitz or the OL just getting beat.

Also, we were playing from behind a lot so we had to throw the ball to try to play catch up.

by mplode on Jun 27, 2011 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions

by wolfonthehill on Jun 28, 2011 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't see how his career could go any better than how it's gone for Seneca Wallace.

They’re both really similar.

by Panthers FTW on Jun 29, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Not too shabby

Wallace was a better Athlete. I think RW is better in most other ways though.

Don’t know about RW butI think I would take Seneca Wallace’s career. No one wants to go to the NFL to be a career backup, but it’s not a bad way to make a living.

by PackMentality on Jun 30, 2011 7:40 AM EDT up reply actions