Well, this isn't good. According to Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, former Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien will be transferring to Wisconsin.
Somewhere, Matt McGloin breathes a sigh of relief (and gets to use the "Danny O'Brien would've been a good backup" joke). Bill O'Brien has to be a bit mystified if Potrykus' report turns out to be true, although Wisconsin's depth chart was unbelievably wide open at quarterback:
UW has only two healthy quarterbacks participating in spring practice – Joe Brenann and Joel Stave. Brenann will be a redshirt sophomore next season. He played in six games last season and completed 6 of 15 passes for 48 yards, with one interception. Stave, a walk-on from Whitnall High School, will be a redshirt freshman.Curt Phillips is getting limited work in the spring while trying to come back from multiple knee injuries. The last game in which Phillips played was the 2009 regular-season finale at Hawaii. Jon Budmayr, who closed last spring as the No. 1 quarterback but never played a down after experiencing nerve problems in his throwing arm, is still out.
Basically, if you think Penn State has problems at quarterback, Wisconsin is a straight dumpster fire. Again, if the report is accurate, this leaves our three-headed monster of McGloin, Rob Bolden, and Paul Jones to battle it out for the next five months, and won't that be a pleasant, neverending point of discussion?
UPDATE: Yup. It's true.