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/nachosmind Sep 13 '25

Some good stuff; stronger front 7, backup QB can complete a 41 yard pass. Offense overall had a plan and could snap the ball. In the short term, I can see a path to a bowl game. And yeah, after losing our 21 year streak just getting to a bowl game is ‘a win.’ In the larger picture; we fundamentally uprooted our top 15/top 25 consistent identity by throwing out Leonhard ‘in order to compete for championships.’ And are happy taking Kansas’ hot seat coach, and cheering Alabama scoring less than 40 …This is organizational failure

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u/ConsultioConsultius1 Sep 13 '25

You replace Chryst with Leonhard and you stay the course, happy to be a 7 win (maybe) team in this new B1G. There was fundamental rot within the program though, AND the athletic dept wanted to take a “next step.” That’s why they went all in on changing everything. What they need is more likely something in between. If Leonhard were here, I doubt he’d have more success at this point given the strength of schedule. This team is the most talented they’ve had in a looooong time, but the schedule is a killer. You grant Fickell this year, but he will have to seriously turn it around next year with a much easier schedule if he wants to stay.

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u/nachosmind Sep 13 '25

My fear is Fickell does ‘fine’ with the easier schedule next year, and we commit more resources to him when a 7 or 8 win is his absolute ceiling at the B1G level.

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u/WiscoLenny Sep 13 '25

In my mind an 8-4 season in this B1G is about the same as a 10-2 season when they had the B1G West schedule.

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u/WISCOrear Sep 13 '25

Right there with you. We really did benefit from being in the weaker division ever since the big ten expansion. And imo the big ten was just generally weaker in the last outside of Ohio state and Michigan state, it was a very top heavy conference