Meant to post this earlier, but UW got to 9 wins again. Since I got to college, they've done that all but three full seasons (the COVID team wasn't getting there, and one of those teams backed into a Rose Bowl).
Getting to 9-4 is key because it's honestly a better baseline than a program like UW has much right to expect. The division helps, but a successful UW program is on solid footing when it goes 8-4. This is my belief. If you can make that a baseline and win a bowl (or do better but lose a bowl), you're doing all right.
We're not promised pretty successful teams, as a lot of us can attest. So I always want to savor a relatively good one. On Wisconsin.