Cichy out for season
Wisconsin joins Maryland as another B1G team to lose its top defender due to injury.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17875350/wisconsin-badg…
I have for a while felt like we'll be facing Nebraska instead of Wisconsin in the B1G championship game, but this only makes it more likely.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:20 PM ^
thought they already lost their best defensive player
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October 24th, 2016 at 6:24 PM ^
They got him back. I still feel Watt is their best defensive player but apparently I'm wrong... twice.
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October 25th, 2016 at 2:11 AM ^
He will probably make an NFL squad for a couple years.
I wasn't even aware of Cichy until we played them this year. He will be hard to replace.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:22 PM ^
Well hopefully they get Biegel back soon. Really tough break for them.
Luckily their schedule was front-loaded so they can weather this storm much more easily now. But I'm not sure we or OSU will be facing Nebraska.
Nebraska has been playing with fire the past couple of weeks against some lame duck opponents, and I think they're about to get incinerated by both Wisconsin and OSU.
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October 24th, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^
They beat Northwestern by 11 and Indiana by 5. Other than that, there's not much to look at on their schedule. A 3 point win against Oregon at home doesn't say much. The Ducks are 2-5. Oregon, Notre Dame, and MSU, who would've thought at the beginning of the season those teams would all be 2-5.
October 25th, 2016 at 6:05 AM ^
The only reason oregon lost that game was because they went for two after every TD and failed on all but one I believe.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:31 PM ^
Biegel is back but they have him on a snap count.
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October 24th, 2016 at 7:34 PM ^
to play against Wisconsin.
October 24th, 2016 at 8:31 PM ^
How much do you want to lose?
October 24th, 2016 at 8:47 PM ^
Does practice count?
October 24th, 2016 at 8:54 PM ^
Practice?
October 24th, 2016 at 6:40 PM ^
Nov 5th. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out
October 24th, 2016 at 7:28 PM ^
And I think Nebraska wins it.
October 24th, 2016 at 8:20 PM ^
Nebraska is a fraud they only beat Indiana by 5 and by Purdue two scores
October 24th, 2016 at 8:23 PM ^
I'll have what you're having.
I want to believe it, but Nebraska has barely escaped beating Illinois, Oregon, and Indiana. If this game was in Lincoln, I could see it. But I think this is the type of game that Nebraska loses 52-14.
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October 24th, 2016 at 9:19 PM ^
Yes. I watched Nebraska - Indiana. Hoosiers were really unlucky in a number of ways, including that ridiculous tip drill reception by the Huskers.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:25 PM ^
Would be a nice way for Tommy Armstrong to go out--playing in the conference championship. He spent all those years in the BIG 12 and persevered behind Tommie Frazier, then Scott Frost, Eric Crouch...and then had to watch as Taylor Martinez started Nebraska's B1G tenure. But it's his time to shine now. Sure, he'll get pummeled, but he'll have a great story to tell his grandkids, which coincidentally are due any day now.
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October 24th, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^
Eh fugget, give him 2 more years of eligibility.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:50 PM ^
Why not, worked for Dr. Ed Davis.
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October 24th, 2016 at 9:47 PM ^
I remember the good old days when Jeff Smoker was State's QB for the better part of a decade
October 24th, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^
Fine without Cichy. Yes he's great, but so is Watt, and they were without him for UM and went 4 quarters. Ask UW fans (and I have) and most will probably tell you that Watt is their best PLAYER period, not Cichy.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:47 PM ^
Correct thinking but it was Biegel that was out for our game.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^
TJ Watt played w/Cichy and Dooley
October 26th, 2016 at 9:41 AM ^
I typed too fast without stopping to think. I'll downvote myself as punishment and call it a day.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^
theyre both darn good and entertaining players. obviously watt has been impressive this year. shame for cichy. dude knows how to play the game and ive enjoyed watching him
October 24th, 2016 at 6:43 PM ^
often gives a cursory "too bad for the kid... hope he's back soon" response to news of opposing teams' injuries. While I'm all in favor of civility, in this case I think it's really a blow to Wiscy and th B1G to lose this kid. Great player and fun to watch. Get well soon young man.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:48 PM ^
Beigel beats a beetle everytime.
He's back already.
October 24th, 2016 at 7:00 PM ^
NW makes BTT game. YHIHF
October 24th, 2016 at 7:04 PM ^
We did Hear It Here First. Just not sure we'll ever hear it again.
October 25th, 2016 at 11:55 AM ^
The most shocking statistic in college football is that Wisconsin has not won in Evanston since the 1990s.
Evanston is literally not even a true road game. It's insane.
Badgers will beat the Huskers, and the Huskers will lose to OSU, however Badgers will fall again to Northwestern. That will not be enough to save the Wildcats though, as Nebraska already beat them/has a head to head tiebreaker.
October 24th, 2016 at 7:03 PM ^
I kinda feel for UW here, they've earned a grudging respect from me for the way they're playing this year. But even without Cichy - which is a huge loss - I think they'll get back to the B1G Championship game. I don't see Nebraska beating OSU or UW. That UW defense is too good, it rivals our own defense, fer crissakes!
October 24th, 2016 at 7:28 PM ^
He is their 3rd best defensive player.
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October 24th, 2016 at 7:54 PM ^
Is fourth best prostitute in all Kazakhstan
October 24th, 2016 at 8:14 PM ^
+1
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October 24th, 2016 at 8:40 PM ^
Vedy nice
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October 24th, 2016 at 7:28 PM ^
Who?
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October 24th, 2016 at 7:35 PM ^
YOU MISSED A PERFECT TITLE.
UW's Cichy Will Likely miss the rest of the season.
October 24th, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^
Three Sack Jack, say it ain't so.
October 24th, 2016 at 8:24 PM ^
It is still statistically unlikely.
October 24th, 2016 at 8:40 PM ^
Badgers
Still beat the Huskers.
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October 24th, 2016 at 9:00 PM ^
That guy was singlehandedly destroying OSU's backfield.
I also admired him for being fearless flying up the field on a dead run ready to smack someone back into yesterday.
October 24th, 2016 at 9:06 PM ^
Jeez, first Beigel and now him? Wisconsin's LB crew is really getting torn up. This could have a huge impact on the Big Ten West race.
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October 24th, 2016 at 9:37 PM ^
Again, Beigel is back.
October 25th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^
Okay, great, here's a cookie. He was still out for a bit and is dealing with an injury.
In other words, lighten up Francis.
October 24th, 2016 at 9:39 PM ^
Very interested to watch the Neb/Wisky game.
It's probably the only B1G game all season that matters and I truly don't care who the winner is. I just want to see them in what kind of amounts to an elimination game.
October 25th, 2016 at 12:32 AM ^
Neb is a pretender. OSU is
Gonna roll them in a few weeks
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October 25th, 2016 at 9:35 AM ^
I think so too. Of course, I thought the same thing about Penn State . . .
October 25th, 2016 at 6:59 AM ^
This sucks! This guy is a baller.
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October 25th, 2016 at 9:34 AM ^
Football is a tough, brutal sport. I can't think of any other sport where a team is almost guaranteed to lose multiple starters for the year, every single season.
We've lost Clark and Newsome ourselves. It's almost routine.
Having depth and being able to develop your 2s and 3s so that they can take over is vital to the success of a college football team. Because it's going to happen.