The worlds of Barstool and On3 just recently clashed as Dan “Big Cat” Katz signed up with ‘Andy Staples On3’.
Aside from hosting the popular ‘Pardon My Take’ podcast, Big Cat is likewise a loud and happy Wisconsin alumni. And when consulting with Staples attended to the Badgers’ preseason win overall, which Las Vegas presently has sitting at 8.5 wins with the 2023 season right around the corner.
“It’s an over,” Big Cat said. “I know that I’m biased, but I looked at the schedule, I think it’s very realistic for a 5-0 start going to Illinois. There’s a little tough stretch there where it’s at Illinois, at home against Iowa, at home against Ohio State. But with 8.5, I think nine wins is absolutely doable.”
The Badgers did draw 3 non-conference challengers who made championship game last season, however numerous anticipate Wisconsin to look after business in their very first 3 matches of the season versus Buffalo, Washington State, and Georgia Southern.
Wisconsin has actually likewise accomplished nine-plus win seasons in 2 of their last 4 years, and brand-new head coach Luke Fickell has actually likewise done so in his last 5 successive seasons at Cincinnati. But Big Cat thinks that other outdoors elements will likewise play a huge part in the Badgers pressing past the eight-win mark this upcoming season.
“I think the Big Ten West is still the Big Ten West. There’s new head coaches at four of the seven teams, there’s new quarterbacks all over the place,” Big Cat said. “I think Wisconsin the schedule matches up where you don’t have to play Michigan, you don’t have to play Penn State, and you get Ohio State and Iowa at home. I think a nine, 10-win season is absolutely doable.”
It’s obvious that scheduling plays a huge consider forecasting a group’s fate prior to the season, which is why Staples concurs with Katz and has more faith in a group like Wisconsin striking their over versus another Big Ten opponent like Minnesota possibly underachieving in 2023.
“I think that’s very reasonable and I do think it’s so schedule related. Because we had Minnesota on the last one we did and we were like under, under, under because PJ Fleck is gonna have to coach so hard to win eight games,” Staples said. “I think their number’s 7.5 and their schedule is brutal.”
There’s no doubt that there’s been a reasonable share of modifications throughout the Big Ten this offseason, making results hard to forecast. But ideally for Big Cat and the rest of Wisconsin’s advocates, the Badgers’ modifications can be positive ones and they can take advantage of a schedule that on paper appears more favorable than others.
