I can taste college football it is so close to us. A week from Saturday, it returns. Since we are blogging on this website now, I thought why not compare all 20 Premier League teams to college football teams before Week 1 on September 2nd. This will be a grind and I appreciate all the thanks for my service I have already received from our millions of fans.
Today, we start with Burnley Football Club. This is a team once known for Sean Dyche, Brexit, and the strange urge to ruin big teams days at Turf Moor. Dyche and Brexit are done now. It is now big Vincent Kompany's team. In just one year, Vincent Kompany has changed the perception of the club: from lumping the ball forward aimlessly, to having the appearance of a Pep Guardiola managed team. He has made it so there are now actual expectations at Burnley. They easily won last year's Championship, and this summer have recruited a number of youth talents that wouldn't have been apart of the transfer strategy in previous regimes. New ownership, new manager, new team. 2 years ago Wisconsin announced a new Athletic Director; this past offseason they signed a new coach; shall we jump around?
I mean how can you not love college football after watching jump around at Wisconsin. To the people that say this comparison is pandering to JJ Watt after his recent purchase of Burnley; YES IT IS. There is some merit to this though. Both of these teams have newly hired coaches that are expecting to change both teams for the better. Luke Fickell comes into Wisconsin with big expectations to have this team fighting in the Big Ten like they were 5-6 years ago. This is a guy that got Cincinnati in a College Football Playoff (they lost 27-6 to Alabama). Wisconsin is never going to be Ohio State and Fickell (a former Ohio State player/coach) knows that just like Vincent Kompany knows his Burnley side and their limitations. They can challenge for Big Ten titles on rare occasions, and under Luke Fickell they might push for a playoff spot in the expanded 12 team playoff. Jump around in a playoff game...
Now that I have kept your attention with a banger of a Burnley goal against United, back to this. Burnley's history is that below the level of everyone else. Underdogs. Sean Dyche changed that narrative in his own strange way and had them fighting to play in European competition. They were beating the bigger teams and eventually became an established problem and bogey team in the Premier League. The same way Bret Beliema had Wisconsin in the Big Ten winning conference titles. The fact these two teams both have absolutely hilarious former coaches who had (in the words of Borat) great success makes this comparison ten times better Sean Dyche and Bret Bielema. Two FOOTBALL guys.
THIS MAN IS SMILING IN THE FREEZING SNOW. That is the face of a man that could drink you through the floor; the face of a man who definitely voted to leave the European Union and owns it; the face of a man who has seen some SHIT. Sean Dyche is everything right with English soccer. Screw your cute passing and stupid triangles, watch me cross it from the halfway line to my massive striker and beat you 1-0.
I am going to add pictures of Bret Bielema with absolutely zero context. He needs no explanation as to how incredible he is. These pictures do him perfect justice.
In conclusion, if you are a Wisconsin football fan, you most likely already love JJ Watt. If you love JJ Watt, you have to love Burnley. Sean Dyche is your Bret Bielema. Vincent Kompany is your Luke Fickell. I leave all of you with this dope JJ Watt play. Genuinely what is this. Nevermind NFL copyrighted it because they hate fun. Next teams coming tomorrow. These will be released daily. Goodbye? Still unsure how to sign off.
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