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The stakes were clear for the Wisconsin Badgers football program. Beat the Minnesota Golden Gophers to keep Paul Bunyan’s Axe & keep the nation’s third-longest bowl streak alive …. Or lose for the fifth consecutive game (for the first time since 1991) to close out the season.
To no surprise, the Badgers turned in yet another piss poor performance …. A theme that has become the norm in the Luke Fickell era.
No Bowl, no Axe, no improvement, no growth, no identity, no good wins, being blown out by rivals, nothing they are good at, coach that appears shell shocked ….. welcome to the Luke Fickell era!
Luke Fickell promised improvement in year two & boy did he deliver. Instead of one empty rivalry trophy case, UW now has three.
Chris McIntosh fired Paul Chryst in 2022 because the expectations were championships.
Wisconsin finished the 2024 campaign 5-7 (first losing season since 2001) & are now 13-13 under Luke Fickell (12-13 in his two full seasons). Boy, this playing for championships sure is fun!
The Wisconsin football team quit on this season weeks ago, the Minnesota game on Friday was just the cherry on top.
Fire all of the coordinators you want, but getting blown out in all three of your rivalry games, being largely uncompetitive against the good/great teams, & missing a bowl game because your guys packed it in is on one man … Luke Fickell.
But at least our head coach wears a cool vest with “T.E.A.M” written on it.
One positive about the Fickell era is I don’t have to bitch about a bunch of quitters skipping the bowl game to protect their seventh round draft status.
Luke Fickell will probably return for 2025.
I am just disgusted with the state of the program now. I wouldn’t mind Fickell & Athletic Director Chris McIntosh being shown the door.
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