Big Ten Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes for 2024
Wisconsin
“The focus here is on offense. It was a hard sell for a program like this to embrace a system like Phil’s [offensive coordinator Phil Longo], and it ended up being a mismatch because of personnel. Are they going to make any big changes? I think there’s extra pressure here in Year 2 because they didn’t score points last season, and they got away from an identity that worked so well in this league."
"Defensively, we expect them to be much improved. I’d say they’re on a timeline similar to what Luke [Fickell] did at Cincinnati. That’s not the side of the ball to worry about here."
"They need to put up points to get everyone on board with their new identity — it’s that simple.”
