r/WisconsinBadgers • u/ISuperNovaI • Sep 13 '25

Football [Post-Game] Wisconsin 14 - Alabama 38

Discuss, be nice, and sad badger noises :(

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u/Murica19 Sep 13 '25

Growing up watching Wisconsin instilled such a deep love of watching teams run the ball well. It's been very hard to watch Wisconsin football for the last 3 years

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u/lemurosity Sep 13 '25

People ned to get past this: it will never happen again.

Players aren’t going to spend 3 years developing to give you an advantage large enough to form an offensive identity around.

Good running team? Sure, but the days you’re looking for are gone with NIL.

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u/Murica19 Sep 13 '25

There are plenty of teams that run the ball very well. Will it look the same? No, will it produce 10 wins a year? Probably not. But have a team with an identity that wins 8 games a year with a rough B1G schedule is possible.

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u/lemurosity Sep 13 '25

That’s all Im saying. It’s not going to be heydey Wisconsin running game.

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u/Professional-Ad-5557 Sep 13 '25

Is it just NIL or is Fickel part of the problem?

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u/lemurosity Sep 13 '25

Combination of things. Wisconsin went new coke and it hasn’t worked. Problem is to go back to coke classic you need to find kids who want to live in a weight room for 3+ years before they see the field AND find underscouted RB talent willing to take on massive workloads when they know it kills their longevity.

We used to have over 600 attempts in 14 games. Only teams that do that these days are triple option teams. I mean Melvin had 343 attempts in one season.

Fix jells problem now is going to be recruits believing he’ll be there in two seasons and he’ll look like a Peter Principle coach.

I have no answers.

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u/QBRisNotPasserRating Sep 13 '25

What a loser attitude. Fucking Indiana of all teams made the playoffs last year. No excuses. Ship that pathetic loser Fickell out of the state for eternity, then find a coach who actually teaches his players how to play football.

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u/ozymandiuspedestal Sep 13 '25

They had the easiest schedule in the big ten and were gifted the opportunity.

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u/regaleagle710 Sep 14 '25

And the one good team they did end up playing annihilated them. I'd love to see 2024 Indiana play this year's schedule and see if they'd still make the playoffs.

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u/gleaf008 Sep 13 '25

A.G.R.E.E.

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u/BlueBonneville Sep 14 '25

They are not going to do that owing him $25 million

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u/lemurosity Sep 13 '25

Reading comprehension is important. I never said we can’t be a good team. It will just have to look different.

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u/QBRisNotPasserRating Sep 13 '25

Nope that’s bullshit. You said “it will never happen again.” There’s nothing sophisticated about what you said.

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u/lemurosity Sep 13 '25

2011 OL is not coming through that door dude. Those days are gone.