A Reasonably Anticipatory Assessment of: Wisconsin
Jun 14, 2008 10:11 PM EDT
A too-soon look at next fall, sans the inevitable injuries, suspensions and other pratfalls of the long offseason.
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What’s Changed. As you can tell from the huge number of returning starters, very, very little. Typically, the prospects to do much on offense outside of a punishing running game, if necessary, are slim and circumstantial, at best. The Badgers have gotten by with limited, within-the-offense types at quarterback for years, and figure after just one year with Tyler Donovan to make do with another in a long line of managers, be it Allan Evridge or wholly inexperienced Dustin Sherer. Neither stands out: Evridge barely played as a backup last year and completed less than 50 percent of his passes as a part-time starter at Kansas State in 2005 – in his last four starts at KSU, he completed a dreadful 43 of 107 (40 percent) and threw four picks to one touchdown; the Wildcats only recovered when he was pulled after starting 2 of 10 in the finale against Missouri – and Sherer’s only career completion was to an Indiana defensive back in mop-up duty in ‘06.
