Gary Andersen was light on news, but heavy on some interesting quotes and perspectives in his weekly Monday press conference. Wisconsin is coming off a bye, and before that, its first win of the season against an overmatched Western Illinois team. What's in store for the Badgers against Bowling Green? Let's take a look by rounding up some of the live tweets, both from us and the various beat writers in Madison.
GA on Bowling Green: "Very good offensive team" .... WRs, RBs are strength for Falcons #Badgers
— Badger Football (@BadgerFootball) September 15, 2014
Andersen says Bowling Green is rolling on offense. Notes they only punted once last week against Indiana.
— Jason Galloway (@Jason_Galloway) September 15, 2014
GA: "We need to get back to playing solid consistent offense." Says Bowling Green's D is aggressive. "We expect a lot of blitzes" #Badgers
— Badger Football (@BadgerFootball) September 15, 2014
Gary Andersen calls Bowling Green a championship team playing with a lot of confidence.
— Rob Hernandez (@RobHernandezWSJ) September 15, 2014
GA on Bowling Green tempo: "It is really fast." #Badgers D will need noise: "We have the home crowd and that's pretty powerful"
— Badger Football (@BadgerFootball) September 15, 2014
@B5Q BGSU ran 71 plays first two games each, 113 versus Indiana
— Jake Kocorowski (@JakeKocoB5Q) September 15, 2014
Gary Andersen on ground game: "We want to run the ball better. That's all of us. Did we work on it? Absolutely!
— Rob Hernandez (@RobHernandezWSJ) September 15, 2014
Andersen says he sees zero signs of frustration from Melvin Gordon. Says Gordon knows he'll get his chances.
— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) September 15, 2014
GA says Bowling Green offense is an example of why UW wants to get faster on defense with its personnel.
— Benjamin Worgull (@TheBadgerNation) September 15, 2014
Gary Andersen on BG: "They'll change personnel in middle of drives and they'll go entire drives with same personnel.
— Rob Hernandez (@RobHernandezWSJ) September 15, 2014
Gary Andersen on TB situation: "Austin Ramesh could (carry ball in single-back situation). But that'd mean moving TE to FB.
— Rob Hernandez (@RobHernandezWSJ) September 15, 2014
GA said he's not surprised by Alex Erickson's breakout. Runs great routes, has great hands, takes coaching well.
— Jason Galloway (@Jason_Galloway) September 15, 2014
Gary Andersen on @ericksona86: "His goal is to be a great receiver, not a good receive. Our coaches felt he was going to rise up & be good
— Rob Hernandez (@RobHernandezWSJ) September 15, 2014
Andersen gets into Xs & Os explaining why Western Illinois shut down UW's running game. Liked WIU's ILBs, says defense plays close to LOS.
— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) September 15, 2014
Andersen says biggest depth concern is RB (injuries), WR (work in progress). OL depth is at least built back up.
— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) September 15, 2014
Gary Andersen on why UW couldn't run vs. W. Ill.: "Did good job taking combination blocks away. Slanted. Had (tough) time getting in creases
— Rob Hernandez (@RobHernandezWSJ) September 15, 2014
GA on BGSU: "No. 1 (Roger Lewis), he's as good a true freshman wide receiver as I've seen. It's a credit to the way they recruit" #Badgers
— Badger Football (@BadgerFootball) September 15, 2014
Gary Andersen on Robert Wheelwright: "I'm seeing signs of improvement (in practice). Like to see that on game day."
— Rob Hernandez (@RobHernandezWSJ) September 15, 2014
Andersen says #Badgers aren't asking Tanner McEvoy to be a pocket passer, but they do want him to hang in and let the o-line work.
— Bucky's 5th Quarter (@B5Q) September 15, 2014
GA: Biegel, Schobert, Hayes have shown ability to play both Field and Boundary OLB positions #Badgers
— Badger Football (@BadgerFootball) September 15, 2014