Ha, I was getting ready to bring this thread up earlier today to say "It's June, why the fuck hasn't he picked a team yet if he's supposedly ready to play in June". Good luck to UW if they think they are going to get a commitment out of him by the end of the month

[Edited on June 3, 2011 at 11:51 AM. Reason : .]

6/3/2011 11:50:48 AM

Well, he isn't going to the SEC. They just voted to ban grad student exception transfers.

Rule won't take effect until October.

[Edited on June 3, 2011 at 1:58 PM. Reason : more info]

6/3/2011 1:56:05 PM

i think Dan Patrick might be about to talk about RW's situation in the next 10 min or so

teased something about a star football/baseball player's dilemma...can't think of any others that would fit

6/7/2011 10:47:48 AM

^Probably Bubba Starling (Slated to be Nebraska QB, drafted 5th overall by the Royals)

6/7/2011 11:02:52 AM

yeah that's probably more likely

6/7/2011 11:03:29 AM

hes gonna get a line in Madison

a line that he probably cant see over

[Edited on June 7, 2011 at 12:06 PM. Reason : f]

6/7/2011 12:06:16 PM

A line that's not used to holding a block for more than 3 seconds.

6/7/2011 12:23:42 PM

everyone hates an anonymous source but russell has decided to play at wisconsin

6/9/2011 1:37:58 AM

national champs

6/9/2011 1:42:41 AM

It's from twitter but -

@LincolnNBC12 - Matt Lincoln
Just spoke to Russell Wilson's mother - he says Wilson HAS NOT told Wisconsin that he is going there yet. #Wisconsin #Badgers #NCState

Also, http://denver.sbnation.com/colorado-rockies/2011/6/8/2214478/russell-wilson-transfer-wisconsin-football-rockies

Quote :

"After a month of speculation and even a visit to Auburn, Colorado Rockies minor league infielder Russell Wilson will play college football this fall for the Wisconsin Badgers in the newly-constituted 12-team Big Ten Conference, according to NBC Sports' Keith Arnold. He has this one year remaining to play college football. Wilson was a two-sport athlete in baseball and football for the N.C. State Wolfpack, being drafted by the Rockies in teh fourth round of the 2010 MLB Draft. He played during the summer for the Rockies short-season Tri-City Dust Devils before returning to N.C. State for his redshirt junior year as the Wolfpack starting quarterback. Wilson was honored during Senior Day because it was believed that he was going to give up football to concentrate fully on baseball. For a time that seemed true, but Wilson got off to a slow start and has yet to find any consistency. He is hitting .212/.367/.305 in 49 games for the Low-A Asheville Tourists so far in 2011. Wilson wanted to return to the Wolfpack, but he was not going to be handed the starting QB's job, which led him to ask for a transfer release. And so he finally settled on Wisconsin, a school that was lacking in experienced quarterbacks. He will leave the Rockies by the end of July to start August camp with the Bagers and work in a new offense. His future in baseball will likely be up in the air. UPDATE: And only minutes later, a new report surfaced that Wilson has not settled on Wisconsin yet. Stay tuned."

6/9/2011 7:14:01 AM

He is playing for Wisconsin. He also is not playing for Wisconsin.

6/9/2011 7:15:17 AM

so wisonconsin steals our strutting wolf logo, and now they steal our quarterback?!

THIS CAN NOT STAND!!

6/9/2011 8:19:43 AM

He is going to play in Canada!

Quote :

"When Montreal traded the rights to Pryor, it enabled the Alouettes to place former N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson on the negotiation List. "

[not really]

6/9/2011 10:00:18 AM

I won't believe any media on his decision(s) until the Colorado Rockies confirm/approve the report. They hold all the cards - and TOB knew this.

6/9/2011 12:24:46 PM

my year as a Buckeye fan has been rough enough, the last thing I need to see is Russell leading the Badgers to a Big10 championship

6/9/2011 12:26:54 PM

^^^^ I think they had the Strutting Badger before we had the Strutting Wolf.

6/9/2011 12:34:53 PM

I wouldn't mind seeing russell lead Wisc to the big 12 10 champ...I'd be much better if we did well of course, but i'd like to see him succeed...Plus the gf is a msu alum, and it'd add a little something extra to that game, especially since Wisc went to the rose bowl over msu last year even though they had the same record and msu won the head to head.

6/9/2011 12:41:32 PM

^ Is that a Brass Monkey post?

6/9/2011 12:43:12 PM

clearly

6/9/2011 12:46:11 PM

Goodnight, sweet prince

6/9/2011 12:47:22 PM

Quote :

"I won't believe any media on his decision(s) until the Colorado Rockies confirm/approve the report. They hold all the cards - and TOB knew this."

i wouldn't be totally surprised if he quit baseball based on how hard he's been pursuing this, and if the rockies let him play football another season w/o taking their money back and cutting him they should be kicked out of major league baseball.

then again, this is the same franchise that has skipped drafting top players b/c they aren't christian enough for their locker room, so who knows what they'll do.

[Edited on June 9, 2011 at 1:13 PM. Reason : lol rockies]

6/9/2011 1:12:11 PM

to be fair, Christians hit the most home-runs.

6/9/2011 1:16:18 PM

they also strike-out the most. and make the most errors.

6/9/2011 1:18:56 PM

they don't err, they just give in to temptation

[Edited on June 9, 2011 at 1:21 PM. Reason : ]

6/9/2011 1:21:01 PM

^ lol, straight from the horses' mouth.

6/9/2011 1:27:39 PM

they just take a blind powerful swing for what they believe

when they connect, its gone

when they miss, K

6/9/2011 1:28:31 PM

The rangers wasted draft picks on paralyzed players from georgia just as a salute. theres so many picks and so many players one single a player is no big deal.

6/9/2011 2:05:24 PM

i'm talking about top 10 overall picks. those can be, and have been, wasted.

6/9/2011 2:18:11 PM

"Rangers Draft Paralyzed Outfielder in 33rd Round" sounds like a headline from The Onion

[Edited on June 9, 2011 at 2:22 PM. Reason : badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger RUSSELL RUSSELL]

6/9/2011 2:20:52 PM

baseball pics don't mean much, you can always just go buy somebody from the pirates

6/9/2011 2:26:57 PM

Bout to address RW on College Football Live

6/9/2011 3:31:56 PM

Bob Davie made a great point...

essentially that RW is no longer at State because he couldn't commit to the football team, so his biggest challenge going to a new team for one year will be earning the respect of his teammates and all that jazz

[Edited on June 9, 2011 at 3:41 PM. Reason : .]

6/9/2011 3:40:57 PM

Quote :

" essentially that RW is no longer at State because he couldn't commit to the football team"

I'm glad that point was made. Last time I heard about RW on College FB Live, all the announcers were in amazement that NCSU would simply let him go and didn't bother to address any of the actual issues.

6/9/2011 3:46:42 PM

Quote :

" his biggest challenge going to a new team for one year will be earning the respect of his teammates and all that jazz "

i don't see that being a real big challenge for a few reasons.

1.) he's not a giant egotistical douchebag
2.) he's pretty dang good
3.) he works hard

6/9/2011 4:17:13 PM

you forgot 4.) He wasn't there for spring practice and as of June 9th, hasn't committed to a team. Some players who've been working their asses off might not respect that.

6/9/2011 4:22:40 PM

speaking of douchebags, check out this guy

Quote :

"Does Russell Wilson committing to Wisconsin make them the favorite to win the national title? Stay tuned for up to date news on Wilson."

Quote :

"Well you now know the man who broke the biggest story of the year: Russell Wilson committing to Wisconsin. Your welcome."

Quote :

"Russell Wilson wasn't doing great in the minors though, and probably felt winning a BCS national title for Wisconsin was better"

Quote :

"Don't forget I was the first person in the country to announce that Russell Wilson had committed to play football for Wisconsin."

Quote :

"Word is ESPN will be announcing later tonight or early tomorrow Russell Wilson will be playing for Wisconsin. #Russell #Wilson #Wisconsin 22 hours ago"

http://twitter.com/#!/dhookstead

6/9/2011 4:29:41 PM

Christ its like he's trying to make you hate him

6/9/2011 4:31:01 PM

did he break it before me just asking

6/9/2011 4:38:13 PM

^^Yep I'm not alone in that assessment either:

Quote :

" thegrundl JPM @ @dhookstead you are a giant douche. 8 hours ago"

Quote :

"adamthevictor Adam Tupitza @thegrundl well said 8 hours ago"

Quote :

"milestone8 Trevor Milestone @dhookstead You have some serious issues bro. 7 minutes ago"

Quote :

"@dhookstead David Hookstead Lots of conflicting reports regarding Russell Wilson now emerging. I repeat, Russell Wilson will be going to Wisconsin. NC St. confirms."

Quote :

"elliothughes12 Elliot Hughes @ @dhookstead And why would NC State confirm that? He doesn't go to school there anymore. They aren't involved in this decision of his."

Quote :

"j_hilgendorf Josh @ @dhookstead NC State confirms? False."

Quote :

"easy_e_33 Evan Flood @ @dhookstead the jig is up. Stop tweeting this nonsense"

Quote :

"adamthevictor Adam Tupitza @ @dhookstead You just changed your Twitter description today to say you are an NCAA Sports investigator. I think you just want attention"

6/9/2011 4:39:55 PM

My welcome what?

6/9/2011 5:55:56 PM

Their AD just confirmed:

Quote :

"TheBarryAlvarez Barry Alvarez Can't believe these reports saying Russell Wilson hasn't committed. You don't forget a night out with Barry & Biels. Ever. He's a Badger."

6/9/2011 7:07:51 PM

Doucebag

Quote :

"@dhookstead David Hookstead Follow me for latest breaking news on the end of the NFL lockout. Checking with all my NFL contacts. Lock out is "tentative", but solid."

isn't this kid a sophomore in college?

6/9/2011 7:52:39 PM

First, lol @ synapse for thinking that Barry Alvarez account is legit

Second, lol @ that other dude's bio: "The first person who broke the Russell Wilson story!"

6/10/2011 9:11:46 AM

Quote :

"Well you now know the man who broke the biggest story of the year: Russell Wilson committing to Wisconsin. Your welcome."

THE biggest sports story of the year? Really?

6/10/2011 9:11:54 AM

Quote :

"First, lol @ synapse for thinking that Barry Alvarez account is legit"

Yah, didn't even click on his account to investigate

Spose the news would be plastered everywhere if it were real too

6/10/2011 2:32:05 PM

Quote :

"Your welcome."

6/10/2011 3:24:31 PM

Quote :

"THE biggest sports story of the year? Really? "

if he led them to a national championship/won the heisman, it would be.

otherwise, not so much.

6/10/2011 3:40:52 PM

Nick Toon on Russell Wilson: "Everybody wants him here"

Quote :

"MADISON (WKOW) -- Badger Nation continues to wait for Russell Wilson to decide whether to play football at Wisconsin next year. The former NC State quarterback is eligible to play anywhere he'd like, and Wisconsin and Auburn appear to be the frontrunners to land Wilson. 27 Sports caught up with UW receiver Nick Toon on Friday to hear his thoughts on the possibility of adding Wilson to the squad: "Obviously, whenever you can bring in someone of his caliber, it's going to add some competition at the quarterback spot and competition brings out the best in everybody and that's great. Hopefully he comes here," said Toon. "I met him last week and he seems like a great guy; I like him a lot. Hopefully we can see him in a Wisconsin uniform this fall." Toon "couldn't say one way or the other" whether Wilson was leaning toward committing to the Badgers, but said "everybody here wants him [at Wisconsin].""

6/11/2011 4:52:49 PM

this is so annoying and depressing.

6/11/2011 5:00:53 PM

I know. I really hope he doesn't play football next year.

6/11/2011 5:03:51 PM