tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612367701941502836.post1608216484180623498..comments2023-10-26T05:15:25.444-05:00Comments on The Chicago Lampoon: University of Wisconsin Badgers Are The New Cubs -- Loveable LosersChicago Lampoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156263304836143442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612367701941502836.post-9255729689548622952011-10-06T11:58:46.274-05:002011-10-06T11:58:46.274-05:00Well you're right in a lot of regards. The tro...Well you're right in a lot of regards. The trouncing of Nebraska made a believer out of me -- tenatively. <br /><br />I did however write a later post comparing the Badgers to the '27 Yankees -- murderers row.<br /><br />BTW, I have more than 30 years as a Badger fan. Flew to Meadowlands in NJ in '81 for Badgers 1st bowl game in ages -- "The Garden State Bowl" where they were trounced By Willie Galt and Tennessee.<br /><br />Still, don't discount the possibility of UW getting upset by some marginal team. I've seen it too often and don't really believe in Bielema.Chicago Lampoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156263304836143442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612367701941502836.post-62800754022949276002011-10-06T09:04:30.367-05:002011-10-06T09:04:30.367-05:00Time to write a new post about how RAD it is to be...Time to write a new post about how RAD it is to be a Badger!<br />The only correlation I can draw between the Cubs and the Badgers is that they both have outstandingly gregarious and friendly fan bases!<br />Last year was a banner year based on a rebuilt program. As a Badger fan for many more seasons than you, +20 years... count 'em. I remember when our program was like that. Then Pat Richter brought in a man named Barry Alvarez and that changed everything. We won 3 Rose Bowls in 7 years. We consistently go to a bowl game year after year. Albeit, Coach Bret Bielema took a couple of years to get his program together, but he did it based off of a strong offensive line. We lost some scholarships because some players got discounts on shoes that they shouldn't have taken in the earlier part of last decade. Maybe that was before your time, but it takes time to rebuild a program from setbacks like that. Just look at Ohio State.<br />Last year's success that brought us back to the Rose Bowl was not unexpected and was the reason why we are in the coaches poll and the AP Poll year after year.<br />Finally, there are more Badgers in Chicago than almost anywhere outside of Madison. Many of them come from Wisconsin, but not all of them. The University does a great job at extending the offer to Illinois and those alumni are in every way just as committed to Bucky Badger and the Wisconsin Way as someone who was born in the state.<br />Regardless, Michigan State has a solid program of their own. In fact, this year we play them on their own turf again. The Big Ten Conference is full of challenges. Nebraska was our biggest one so far and we just blew them out of the water... now comes the Spartans. Let's not admonish their achievements. They will give us a great fight! ON WISCONSIN!<br />~WillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612367701941502836.post-53428547578087929832010-10-04T01:36:26.908-05:002010-10-04T01:36:26.908-05:00Those girls are young enough to be my ---- younger...Those girls are young enough to be my ---- younger sisters.<br /><br />Well, OK --- young enough to be my daughters.<br /><br />But at the checkout line in the Dominick's I recently saw the COSMOPOLITAN magazine had a cover story on why younger woman would find older men to be better lovers.<br /><br />One can always hope.<br /><br />What is the Latin maxim in that regard: DUM SPERO SPIRO!Chicago Lampoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156263304836143442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612367701941502836.post-40951754039484671442010-10-04T00:08:06.915-05:002010-10-04T00:08:06.915-05:00I suspect the players are spending too much time w...I suspect the players are spending too much time watching the cheerleaders and less time actually playing, during the games. ;)<br /><br />Those young ladies are lovely - surely their fathers have earned every single gray hair they have now. :)DarcsFalconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757804686134389853noreply@blogger.com