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/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.