What's up fellas and ladies, new poster here. I have a question since I'm kind of new to Illini sports and live in Vegas.
Why don't more Big Ten schools follow the "Wisconsin model" and scrap the spread and go big-boy football?
Seriously, Alvarez's theory is that big bodies are the type of bodies they have up there, so why not win in a way where they could build around the recruiting talent they have.
Why chase 2-stars out of Florida, Georgia and Texas to play on the o-line and front 7?
If you look at the most consistent teams in the BIG the last 20 years that aren't blue-bloods, the most consistent are all playing Power Football - MSU, Wisc, Iowa. (Norhtwestern doesn't win because of their offense with Fitzgerald.)
I realize Tiller won consistently with a Spread model, but he seems to be the outlier.
Why don't more BIG teams do what Wisconsin does?
Why don't more Big Ten schools follow the "Wisconsin model" and scrap the spread and go big-boy football?
Seriously, Alvarez's theory is that big bodies are the type of bodies they have up there, so why not win in a way where they could build around the recruiting talent they have.
Why chase 2-stars out of Florida, Georgia and Texas to play on the o-line and front 7?
If you look at the most consistent teams in the BIG the last 20 years that aren't blue-bloods, the most consistent are all playing Power Football - MSU, Wisc, Iowa. (Norhtwestern doesn't win because of their offense with Fitzgerald.)
I realize Tiller won consistently with a Spread model, but he seems to be the outlier.
Why don't more BIG teams do what Wisconsin does?
