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Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker was fired for sexual harassment allegations. Tucker, who had been with the Spartans since 2020, now faces mass scrutiny. Tucker claims the sexual conduct between him and a fellow Michigan State football employee was consensual. Therefore, he believes he has been wrongly terminated. However, the Spartans are moving ahead […]

Wisconsin cruised past Purdue for a 38-17 victory in Week 4, pushing their record on the season to 3-1. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like they managed to escape this victory unscathed, as one of their top running backs in Chez Mellusi was forced out of the game early with a knee injury and ultimately never […]

Wisconsin and Purdue open their Big Ten schedule on Friday night. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Wisconsin-Purdue prediction, pick, and how to watch. Wisconsin enters the game at 2-1. They took a 38-17 win over Buffalo to start the season, and after being up just four at halftime, […]

WR Keontez Lewis is heading back into the transfer portal, this time just two games into Wisconsin football’s season. Despite being among the top two groups of receivers early in the preseason, Lewis has seen his snap count decrease as the regular season started. When asked when he realized he was no longer among the […]

The Wisconsin Badgers take on the Washington State Cougars. Check out our college football odds series for our Wisconsin Washington State prediction and pick. Find how to watch Wisconsin Washington State. The Wisconsin Badgers are trying to marry the new and the old this year. They don’t want to abandon their reputation for being able […]

Week 1 of the 2023 college football season is officially in the books, and although there weren’t as many big games as past opening weekends, we still saw some great contests. Some of the highlights included Colorado pulling a massive upset over TCU in Deion Sanders’ debut and Florida State running over LSU in a […]

The Buffalo Bulls take on the Wisconsin Badgers. Check out our college football odds series for our Buffalo Wisconsin prediction and pick. Find how to watch Buffalo Wisconsin. For several years, the conventional wisdom in the college football coaching industry was that if Luke Fickell ever did leave Cincinnati to take a bigger job, it […]

The Wisconsin Badgers ended their 2022 football season with an overall record of 7-6 and a 4-5 record against conference opponents. They went 2-1 in their non-conference schedule, but would ultimately fire head coach Paul Chryst following a 2-3 start to the season with losses to Ohio State and Illinois. Interim head coach Jim Leonhard, […]

Michigan football has dominated the Big Ten Conference the last two years, but can they make it a three-peat? It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a special 2023 Big Ten Conference winner prediction and pick. Last year, Michigan went through the regular season undefeated on their way to the Big […]

The Florida football program is hoping for a return to championship form this season under Head Coach Billy Napier. The plan for Napier is to focus on fundamentals and toughness after finishing 6-7 last season. It could be an uphill climb based on trends and recent news. Florida football lost a key EDGE rusher this […]

Wisconsin head football coach Luke Fickell revealed a reason why he came to Wisconsin during Big Ten Media Days on Thursday. “It has a lot to do with being back in the Big Ten,” Fickell said, via a Friday tweet from ESPN Senior College Football Senior Writer Adam Rittenberg. “It has a lot to do with the […]

New Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell isn’t putting any limitations on what he can accomplish in the 2023 season. Taking over a Wisconsin football program that is coming off its worst season in 14 years, Luke Fickell expects the Badgers to be much better. Under Paul Chryst and interim coach Jim Leonhard, the Wisconsin football […]

The college football recruitment cycle is never ending, even in the middle of the summer. Moreover, high school players have gotten more and more creative with commitment announcements. In one of the most creative commitment videos in recent memory, four-star Class of 2024 player Anelu Lafaele announced his destination and made Luke Fickell and the […]

Wisconsin Football’s Jordan Turner was arrested and cited for an OWI earlier this month, causing the inside linebacker to be suspended after violating the department of athletics’ student-athlete discipline policy. Turner broke his silence on the incident in a Twitter statement on Friday. “Earlier this week, I was cited with an OWI first offense along […]

Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell knows that the program needs to do a better job of recruiting within the state. During his recruiting cycle with the Badgers failed to successfully recruit any of the top five players in Wisconsin. But one disappointing recruiting cycle won’t stop Luke Fickell from aggressively trying to get the state’s […]

We’re still a few months away from the return of college football, but the anticipation is slowly building across the country with spring practices in the books. There’s plenty of optimism surrounding the Wisconsin football team with first-year head coach Luke Fickell leading the Badgers into a new exciting era. Below, we continue our college […]

Paul Chryst spent over seven years as Wisconsin’s head coach. However, with Wisconsin and Chryst parting ways, the former head coach has found himself a new job. Texas is hiring Chryst as an offensive analyst/special assistant to the head coach, via Sam Khan Jr. and Jesse Temple of The Athletic. Alongside Chryst, Texas hired former […]

Wisconsin Badgers running back Braelon Allen gave a glowing endorsement of new Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell during an interview with Max Chadwick of Pro Football Focus. “I knew right away that he’s a great leader,” Braelon Allen said, via Chadwick. “He’s a player’s coach and he’s a winner. All of the qualities that you […]

The Philadelphia Eagles made a magical run to Super Bowl 57, but ultimately came up just short against the Kansas City Chiefs. Now that the 2022 season is over, the Eagles could be facing quite a bit of turnover this offseason. In fact, they have already lost both their offensive and defensive coordinator in Shane […]

The Wisconsin Badgers got a massive addition to their receiving corps after landing four-star USC transfer CJ Williams, and Badgers’ running back Braelon Allen is hyped with the new transfer. Not gonna miss those 9 man boxes ✌🏾 — Braelon Allen (@BraelonAllen) January 12, 2023 “Not gonna miss those 9 man boxes,” Allen wrote on […]

One of the most coveted pass-catchers in transfer portal is officially off the market. Former USC wide receiver CJ Williams announced on Thursday that he has committed to Wisconsin, reportedly choosing the Badgers over Notre Dame, West Virginia and UCLA, among others. Ain’t this they’ve been waitin’ for?#OnWisconsin 🦡 pic.twitter.com/nhrm8xrgY3 — CJ Williams (@CJWilliams_03) January […]

Arizona Cardinals star EDGE rusher JJ Watt announced he’s retiring after this season, and it seems one fan wanted to show their appreciation in the strangest of ways. Watt took to Twitter on Thursday to reveal the latest fan mail he received, indicating that it was without a doubt the most bizarre thing any fan […]

Luke Fickell has seemingly found a new starter for the Wisconsin Badgers, with Adam Rittenberg of ESPN reporting that SMU Mustangs signal-caller Tanner Mordecai expected to land with Wisconsin football after entering the transfer portal. #SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai entered the transfer portal earlier tonight and is expected to land at #Wisconsin, according to sources. […]

Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy called out a reporter when he asked about making staff changes following a loss to the Wisconsin Badgers in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, according to a Wednesday report from CBS Sports. “Do you think I would tell you if I was making staff changes?” Mike Gundy asked. “Then […]

The 2022 college football season was a rollercoaster ride for the Wisconsin Badgers but they ended with a bittersweet 24-17 victory over the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the Guaranteed Bowl. On one hand, Wisconsin football managed to win their third bowl game since 2020. On the other hand, it marked the end of Jim Leonhard’s […]

Arizona Cardinals defensive end JJ Watt is about to reach the end of the road of his football playing career after he announced Tuesday morning that he is retiring at the end of the 2022 NFL season. With the Arizona Cardinals already out of playoff contention, Watt, a product of Wisconsin football, will be playing […]

The Florida Gators earned a commitment from ex-Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Graham Mertz from the NCAA football transfer portal, according to a Thursday report from the Associated Press. Graham Mertz, a three-year starter for the Wisconsin football program who placed sixth in all time Badger passing yards with just over 5,400, made his Florida transfer announcement […]

Wisconsin football will welcome a new quarterback to town in 2023 via the transfer portal. Per Hayes Fawcett, the Badgers have landed former 4-star recruit and ex-Oklahoma Sooners QB Nick Evers, who just finished up his freshman campaign in Norman. Evers was the 7th-ranked quarterback prospect in the 2022 HS class but didn’t see much […]

Wisconsin football won’t have arguably their best defender for the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against Oklahoma State. Linebacker Nick Herbig revealed on Saturday via social media that he’s declaring for the 2023 NFL Draft after leading the Big Ten in sacks. He’s played his final game for the program. This is what he had to say […]

With the Wisconsin Badgers hiring a new head coach in Luke Fickell, one of the first dominoes to fall in Madison is the apparent looming transfer of quarterback Graham Mertz to another program. Mertz announced his decision to move on from Wisconsin football and enter the transfer portal, via Twitter. pic.twitter.com/IRutP1IQCn — Graham Mertz (@GrahamMertz5) […]

The search appears to be over for the next head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats, with sources of Enquirer Sports saying that the program has found its replacement for Luke Fickell. Per Keith Jenkins, Cincinnati football will soon make an official announcement about Scott Satterfield becoming the newest head coach of the AAC program. Sources […]

Former Wisconsin interim football head coach Jim Leonhard will return to the Badgers as the team’s defensive coordinator under head coach Luke Fickell, according to a Sunday report from Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Badgers beat reporter Jeff Potrykus. It is unclear whether Mike Tressel, Fickell’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach with the Bearcats, will make the trip […]

Luke Fickell is now the head coach in Madison and will be leading the Wisconsin Badgers football program starting in 2023. He has some work to do to get Wisconsin back to where it was only a few short years ago, contending for Big Ten championships on a regular basis. That’s the angle we’re going […]

After six incredibly successful seasons at the helm, Luke Fickell has departed Cincinnati for Wisconsin ,with Kerry Coombs taking over as the interim coach. As the Bearcats move to the Big 12 this coming season, this search is among the most important in school history for their long-term stability. Luke Fickell’s annual salary at Cincinnati was […]

The Cincinnati Bearcats named cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator Kerry Coombs as the team’s interim head coach after Luke Fickell took the open job for the Wisconsin Badgers football program, according to a Sunday tweet from ESPN College Football Senior writer Pete Thamel. Luke Fickell was hired over Wisconsin interim head coach Jim Leonhard […]

The Wisconsin Badgers football program is finalizing a deal to make Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Luke Fickell its next head coach over interim head coach Jim Leonhard, among others, according to a Sunday report from ESPN. Twitter had more than its fair share of reactions to the hiring as a flurry of tweets either supported […]

The Wisconsin football program is lining up a major move to bring itself back to national relevancy, reportedly finalizing a deal for Cincinnati head coach Luke Fickell to take over in the same role in Madison. According to Pete Thamel, the Badgers are deep into discussions with Fickell over the chance to make him Wisconsin’s […]

The Maryland Terrapins take on the Wisconsin Badgers. Check out our college football odds series for our Maryland Wisconsin prediction and pick. The Maryland Terrapins are 6-2 and the Wisconsin Badgers are 4-4. This might seem to indicate that Maryland is a better team, and to be sure, Wisconsin has had a rough season, but […]

The day Auburn football fans were waiting for finally arrived on Monday. After poor performances on the field and seemingly endless controversy off it, Auburn finally canned head football coach Bryan Harsin after less than two seasons at the helm. It may have cost the school a hefty buyout, but it is well worth it […]