2023 Wisconsin Season Thread

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin football recruits featured in Times Square billboard (usatoday.com)


This weekend, the collective will have electronic billboards for each player, in their home towns. Billboards all over the country.


The energy coming out of Madison is like nothing I've seen since King Barry walked in the door.

[Mdot21]

Fickell is going to make Wisconsin really good, really fast. I think Wisconsin and USC are going to dominate the West if they keep the East/West divisions. Sorry 'Brasky. Matt Rhule just ain't it imo. Should've hired Deion.

[847badgerfan]

I'm starting to believe. Very exciting times.

[FearlessF]

don't sip the Kool-Aid

drink it!

[847badgerfan]

Not really a replacement on staff if CLF were to leave for, say, Ohio State someday.

[bayareabadger]

Not really a replacement on staff if CLF were to leave for, say, Ohio State someday.

Fire Mac and apologize to Jimmy.

[847badgerfan]

Mac has a job for life if he can fix hockey. I don't think JL is ever coming back with Mac in place.

Mac is 45 years old. 

[847badgerfan]

Lots of moving parts here, but the kid was told he would have a chance to compete - but this was before the staff brought in Tanner Mordecai from SMU. Wolf was then told that the SMU kid would be the starter.

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin quarterback Chase Wolf, who announced in December after the team’s bowl game that he would return for a sixth season, is no longer with the program or enrolled in school, The Athletic has learned.

Wolf previously decided to come back and pursue a master’s degree in Real Estate & Urban Land Economics after conversations with Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell and offensive coordinator Phil Longo. According to a source with direct knowledge of the situation, the Badgers’ new coaching staff initially told Wolf that it intended to bring in two or three transfer quarterbacks in an attempt to add depth and upgrade the position but that Wolf would have an opportunity to compete for the starting job.

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“The only thing he wanted to do was compete,” the source said. “That’s all he wanted to do. He didn’t want to be offered the job. He didn’t say, ‘I want to be the starter.’ He may have never been the starter. But they told him he’s not going to be able to compete because they’ve already named a starter.

“He was only going to come back and play because he liked Fickell and he thought Fickell would give him an opportunity. And it was the direct opposite.”


Fickell declined to comment Monday through a team spokesperson. Wolf declined to comment when reached via text message.


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[FearlessF]

so, they promised the SMU kid to get him to come

[847badgerfan]

I don't believe that to be the case. They know what they had. Once the SMU kid came, Wolfe (and the others) had no chance to start.

[847badgerfan]

[847badgerfan]

One of the best, ever, and never got to a playoff game.

Joe Thomas named 1st-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer (clevelandbrowns.com)

[847badgerfan]

[bayareabadger]

That’s too bad, but understandable