EricTheRed

I like to talk smart about the Wisconsin Badgers... sometimes I even know a thing or two.

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

@RogerCo11106388 @TravisBOUND Yup. Save the money for the difference makers. If you're not sure if a freshman is going to be in your rotation, make him a fair off and hold firm.

There are thousands of rotation guys in the portal every spring.

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

Thelen hired a new agent and asked Wisconsin to renegotiate his previously agreed upon NIL contract.

Badgers wisely passed.

[Joe Tipton @JoeTipton]

NEWS: 4⭐️ Jack Thelen, a 7-foot-1 center, has committed to UConn, he told @Rivals.

The former Wisconsin commit is ranked No. 88 nationally in the 2027 class, according to Rivals.

https://t.co/6NuwyCbuGN

[Pacers Post Up @PacersPostUp]

The wildest part of the Myles Turner saga in Milwaukee isn’t the jarring drop-off in production. That almost felt inevitable.

And it’s not even the $83M he’s still owed.

It’s the fact that the Bucks executed the largest waive-and-stretch in NBA history — $113M — to make the Turner signing possible, and Damian Lillard is still a really, really good basketball player.

We’re just entering year two of Milwaukee’s five-year stretch of Dame’s contract, and he’s back in Portland averaging 20 PPG in under 30 minutes a night for a Blazers team that’s won 7 of its first 10 games.

Meanwhile, Turner is averaging 6.7 PPG on 32.9% shooting, while Milwaukee continues to carry a $22.5M annual cap hit for a player producing elsewhere.

The Bucks are effectively carrying nearly $50M against the cap this season between Turner and a player who isn’t even on their roster.

And perhaps the most damning part? The writing was already on the wall regarding Giannis’ future in Milwaukee before they ever signed Turner.

Given that context, this has to be one of the biggest front-office fumbles in recent NBA history.

Not sure it reaches Nico Harrison gifting Luka to the Lakers territory, but it deserves to be in the conversation.

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

@JoRy_MaMa I'm old, but he reminds me more of Booker Coleman. His hands are just terrible.

He's an All Airport Player. Remember, he did not start at Fordham.

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

My 10 Things -- UW vs. Fairfield
https://t.co/3MDd8tl9fO

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

My 10 Things -- UW vs. Fairfield
https://t.co/3MDd8tl9fO

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

When the network that makes the money off broadcasting the games doesn't even want them ...

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

ESPN was reportedly against 24-team College Football Playoff https://t.co/SVOofVSayB

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

@THEbadgermaniac Agree with all this. Joseph "weaseling a few yards from nothing" has been by far UWs best option in short yardage situations.

[The Red Shed @TheRealRedShed]

It’s crazy Cojo pulled a Giannis at Wisconsin, getting his brother in the building.

Drayton Joseph, college golfer, hired to coach TE’s 🤔

[Anand Nanduri @NanduriNFL]

They killed bowl games, regional conferences that are a reasonable size, conference championships, and a lot of the regular season value of the sport so they could shift everything to a 24 team invitational where a 3 or 4 loss team can potentially get hot at the right time and win all for the sake of the almighty dollar. The people who run this sport don’t care about anything other than money.

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

You think journalism is dead and then @ToddMilewski tracks down the people who are paying $40 to eat an entire frozen Brew Pub Lotzza Motzza pizza at Camp Randall. 😃

I swear to God, I'd give a fake name before admitting to that.🤣

Inspired article idea!

[Todd Milewski @ToddMilewski]

"I mean, it's a little steep and I think it's probably a DiGiorno from the looks of it. So the markup is great. But, hey, I'm a hungry guy so they got me."

Would you spend $40 for a pizza at a game? These people did at Camp Randall Stadium.
https://t.co/l3EDjUcJXI

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

Barf! Including the subhead "Preserving Tradition" on this craptastic monstrosity takes a set of balls the size of watermelons.

[Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach]

24-team College Football Playoff details:

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

@mattschneidman Same haircut

[Christian Borman @christianborman]

So Wisconsin's three losses this season are to the 3rd, 4th, and 16th ranked teams, and all on the road or neutral site.

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

Banks with a real Cal Ripken-like streak of 1.25 games.

[Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky]

Kevin Zeitler is now in at right guard. Laken Tomlinson has moved over to left guard, and Aaron Banks is out.

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

My 10 Things -- UW vs. Rutgers
https://t.co/TWOvqCPixw

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

Bowl eligible!

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

Credit to Grimes ... Very clever play design there.

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

There is no doubt at Hopkins has a superior arm but right now he knows one read ... Look at the first guy and try and rifle it straight through his chest.

[EricTheRed @RealEricTheRed]

Television announcers and ETR on same page ... Heywood has a torn ACL

[Mark Stewart Ⓜ️ @MarkStewartMJS]

Television announrcers say UW tackle Kevin Heywood is done for the year with knee injury.