2025 Wisconsin Season Thread

[SFBadger96]

Not that it's a surprise in today's college football, but Wisconsin just lost one of its longest-committed recruits for next year.

Surprisingly, the Milwaukee paper's beat writer thinks they won't fire Fickell--potentially even if he goes 0-fer the B1G. He concedes that 2-10 might make hanging onto him tough, but he apparently thinks the money isn't there to fire him.

This goes to show that hiring coaches is fraught with peril. There are some can't miss guys, but not that many. Success in one place isn't a guarantee of success in another.

[Brutus Buckeye]

It's a tough gig. They want a HC that doesn't cost too much, then they are expected to compete for Big Ten titles, and they have to do it with the lowest payroll in the Big Ten, and the highest academic hurdles in the country. 

[847badgerfan]

Not that it's a surprise in today's college football, but Wisconsin just lost one of its longest-committed recruits for next year.

Surprisingly, the Milwaukee paper's beat writer thinks they won't fire Fickell--potentially even if he goes 0-fer the B1G. He concedes that 2-10 might make hanging onto him tough, but he apparently thinks the money isn't there to fire him.

This goes to show that hiring coaches is fraught with peril. There are some can't miss guys, but not that many. Success in one place isn't a guarantee of success in another.

The staff stopped recruiting him a few weeks ago, when academic progress reports came out. He also transferred.

He had no chance at admission in Madison. Too bad, because he was a big cheerleader for the 2026 class.

[SFBadger96]

And they just got burned paying big money for a "can't miss" coach, who appears to be an abject failure.




Didn't know that about the WR recruit. That does change how it looks.

[847badgerfan]

They are going to lose a lot of their commits. Two ways they will lose kids.

1. Players who really wanted to play for ickell/staff. (I question why UW would want those kids)

2. Players who really want to win.

The players who committed to the school will stay on board.