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MadBird, do you follow UW-Platteville?
A little. Stream a game now and then. Watched their hoops for a while the other night.MadBird, do you follow UW-Platteville?
Getting a good WR/FS from Rochester (IL)A little. Stream a game now and then. Watched their hoops for a while the other night.
Yeah, Platteville has quite a few Illinois kids. Whitewater too, Oshkosh some but less. Platteville has had a few down years recently, Whitewater dominated, but Platteville has been coming back. Pretty good squad this past year, 7-4 record. QB this past fall was from St. Charles North, appears to be returning, pretty decent stats. They have a real nice stadium there. And that's a great DIII league.Getting a good WR/FS from Rochester (IL)
Henry Buecker. Hell of a player, but only goes about 5-10 150 Comes from the Derek Leonard stable of 9 State Championship since 2010. Very High Football IQ
Yes.Speaking of DIII - the football championship was a great game this year although it didn't go the way I wanted. North Central College (Naperville) went for the 2-point conversion near the end of regulation and didn't make it. Lost 38-37 to Cortland. I don't blame them for going for it as they generated 583 yards of offense. NCC had an awesome year and I sure thought they would win another championship. Whitewater has had some great years and are usually in the playoffs bringing their 6 championships with them.
You might be interested in this article, Platteville kid trying to get an NFL shot.MadBird, do you follow UW-Platteville?
Followup on Blazek, the kid from UW-P, landed with the Bengals. In today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:MadBird, do you follow UW-Platteville?
UW-Platteville’s Justin Blazek signs with Bengals
UW-Platteville defensive lineman Justin Blazek of Naperville, Illinois, signed a free-agent deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played a total of 32 games over four seasons at Platteville.
Blazek recorded a combined 17 1 ⁄ 2 sacks, 29 tackles for loss and 118 total tackles in his final two seasons at Platteville. He was the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference defensive player of the year in both seasons.
Blazek’s impressive resume was compiled in arguably the most competitive Division III conference in the nation.
Nevertheless, it is still Division III. Blazek will have to prove he is good enough to go toe-to-toe with Division I players who performed in front of 70,000-plus fans every week.