Starting Wisconsin LT/LG Jon Dietzen leaving football due to injuries
Big news and unfortunate for Dietzen and Wisconsin, but glad to see him taking care of his body.
Dietzen started 20 games at LG between 2016 and 2017, started 12 gamed at LT last year and was expected to go back to LG this year as a 5th year senior. Wisconsin is now replacing 4 starting OL with the only returner being C Tyler Biadasz, who would have been a top interior line draft pick if he had gone pro.
February 11th, 2019 at 2:53 PM ^
I have a weird feeling Wisconsin will have no problem replacing those lineman with 4 equally enormous white dudes comprised almost entirely of sharp cheddar.
February 11th, 2019 at 2:58 PM ^
well, cheddar and old style. its the krausening that makes them great....
February 11th, 2019 at 3:04 PM ^
As an undergrad, a bar I used to frequent had Old Style quarter-draft nights. That stuff gave me thunder diarrhea. But I would go back. Every week. For 3 years...
February 11th, 2019 at 4:19 PM ^
During my first real job after college, we'd go to the nearby dive bar and catch the tail end of Happy Hour. $3 pitchers of Schlitz and a $1 bar burger, served by a waitress who was probably really something back in the Truman Administration.
Throw in a dollar tip for Maisie, and we'd be hammered and fed for five bucks. They threw in the diarrhea for free.
February 11th, 2019 at 4:29 PM ^
sounds like stivers, that famous trucker bar on the I-94 just outside of AA. i remember being the only one remotely sober enough to drive home from there one night in a snow storm. in a chevette. with 6 of us and a manual shift. good times.
February 11th, 2019 at 6:19 PM ^
Stivers - my ex-wife's aunt lives in Chelsea so stopped in there night before football game with a buddy. Ordered 2 shots of Jager. Server brought over two half-full rocks glasses with about 3 shots worth. I was driving and asked what the hell that was. She pointed to the back of her shirt which said "You've been Stiverized!!!!". Indeed. Took me about 10 minutes to finish it.
Also Old Style is a Chicago beer and my go-to at Cubs games.
February 12th, 2019 at 6:33 AM ^
Stivers - always a great/awful idea. Never a drink order they didn't think "we can double the strength of this, no problem".
February 11th, 2019 at 3:04 PM ^
....and BRATS!!!
February 11th, 2019 at 3:36 PM ^
Old Style and Brats??
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Tasty going down, but no thanks
February 11th, 2019 at 3:22 PM ^
Surgery on both hips, that's rough.
February 11th, 2019 at 3:49 PM ^
I really wish Jonathon Taylor was eligible for the NFL already
February 11th, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
Glad we play them early in the year.
February 11th, 2019 at 4:39 PM ^
Hate to see him go. Never want to hear about losing guys to injuries, but he's got to take care of himself first so I respect the man's decision. Can't imagine it was easy.
As for his replacement, somehow I have to imagine that Wisconsin will just pull some other 6'5'' 330 lb stud off the assembly line and their run game won't miss a beat. At this point, churning out great offensive linemen and running backs is all automated for Wisconsin. They have it down to a science.
February 11th, 2019 at 6:58 PM ^
Sucks for him
February 11th, 2019 at 7:11 PM ^
Good luck kid.