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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 […]

The Purdue Boilermakers take on the Wisconsin Badgers. Check out our college football odds series for our Purdue Wisconsin prediction and pick. The Purdue Boilermakers have never won the Big Ten West Division championship. The Big Ten went to a divisional setup with a conference championship game in the 2011 season. A total of 11 […]

The Wisconsin Badgers take on the Michigan State Spartans. Check out our college football odds series for our Wisconsin Michigan State prediction and pick. The Wisconsin Badgers have entered a new era. Now we get to find out how permanent or long-lasting that era will be. The school fired head coach Paul Chryst after an […]

Matt Rhule is back on the market, folks. After an abysmal stint in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers, it appears the former Baylor head coach is headed back to the college ranks with one school or another. A few jobs have already opened this season, and a few more are expected to come open […]

Paul Chryst was shockingly fired by Wisconsin football this past Sunday after a 2-3 start to the season. Chryst, who had been the Badgers’ coach since 2015, had compiled double-digit wins in his first three seasons, though the program has been trending downward since then. Still, it’s pretty surprising to see a coach who has […]

In one of the first shocking moves of the 2022 college football season, the Wisconsin Badgers decided to move on from long-time head coach Paul Chryst. With plenty of worthy candidates already being linked to the open position, it makes sense that this could very well be the most intriguing job that needs to be […]

The Paul Chryst in Madison has just ended, with the Wisconsin Badgers parting ways with the head coach after a poor start to the 2022 college football season. Losing a job is always a hard experience to go through, but Chryst can take heart from the fact that he is still going to end up […]

The Wisconsin Badgers are sitting in dead last in the Big Ten after an 0-2 start in conference play. The Badgers, who are 2-3 on the year, hit the reset button in a big way on Sunday, making the shocking decision to fire head coach Paul Chryst amid their slow start. ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg broke […]

When news broke that Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s lingering hamstring injury would keep him out of action for Week 4 of the 2022 NCAA season, it was a pretty big bummer for fans of Ohio State football. Sure, the team is incredibly deep, and they’ve defeated their first three opponents by a combined score of 143-43, but […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is preparing for training camp to begin next week, but he couldn’t help but take notice of his beloved Ohio State football dealing with a flurry of injuries ahead of their Big 10 opener against Wisconsin on Saturday. That raised the question, can Bron actually play a college sport […]

The return of running back TreVeyon Henderson for Ohio State football against Wisconsin will be a huge boost for their offense, but it appears they’ll be missing another key weapon for C.J. Stroud. Star wideout Jaxon Smith-Njigba won’t play versus the Badgers due to the same hamstring injury that kept him out in Week 2. […]

The Wisconsin Badgers take on the Ohio State Buckeyes. Check out our college football odds series for our Wisconsin Ohio State prediction and pick. The Wisconsin Badgers have been such a consistent team over the past 12 years. They played in the first Big Ten Championship Game in 2011. They played in three of the […]

CJ Stroud and the third-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes are set to take on fellow Big 10 opponent the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday night. But given the current state of these two teams, it could prove to be a very one-sided affair. Ohio State is one of the hottest teams in the country. With a Heisman […]

Ohio State football is off to a perfect 3-0 start this season after blowing out Toledo 77-21 last weekend. But, star running back TreVeyon Henderson appeared to suffer a leg injury, coming out of the locker room with a walking boot following an opening drive TD. Ryan Day spoke about the injury on Tuesday though […]

After a strong 38-0 win versus Illinois State, Wisconsin football could not repeat their feat against Washington State. The Badgers lost 17-14 at home, enough to take them out of the college football rankings after being in the top 20 since the preseason. Now, Wisconsin will try to return to the rankings with a convincing […]

The Wisconsin Badgers dropped a shocker this past weekend after losing to Washington State Cougars, 17-14, in Week 2 of their 2022 college football season. We’ll look at some takeaways from the Badgers’ shocking loss to Washington State. All of the good momentum that Paul Chryst’s Badgers squad seemed to build with its season-opening victory […]

For the longest time, the first few weeks of the college football season were effectively looked at as a tune-up, where powerhouse programs would go toe-to-toe against non-Power-5 Conference foes in order to get ready for their conference schedule. Sure, there would be the occasional marquee contest in order to drum up national attention for […]

The Washington State Cougars take on the Wisconsin Badgers. Check out our college football odds series for our Washington State Wisconsin prediction and pick. The Washington State Cougars narrowly escaped against the Idaho Vandals in Week 1 of the new college football season. The result has to send shockwaves of anxiety through the WSU fan […]

As expected, the Wisconsin Badgers are making life hard for the Illinois State Redbirds, and perhaps no play has summed up how wide the gap is in terms of talent between these two football programs than his ridiculous 96-yard touchdown by Wisconsin football running back Braelon Allen in the second period. GOING, GOING, GONE 💨💨 […]

Check out FanDuel’s 2022 college football over under win total odds, including the Wisconsin over under win total prediction, part of our college football odds series. The Wisconsin Badgers have been a noticeably consistent program ever since Barry Alvarez authored a remarkable turnaround in the early 1990s. Since Alvarez guided the Badgers to the 1993 […]

Regardless of just how many teams get added to the Big 10 conference, the Wisconsin Badgers will continue to be one of college football’s most consistent squads. Heading into their 2022 season, the Badgers have a few questions to answer, especially if they want to win their division. The Badgers have produced seven-consecutive winning seasons […]

The Michigan Wolverines finally shed their demons last season. Jim Harbaugh’s team brought home the Big Ten crown on the way to its first-ever College Football Playoff berth. It was the Wolverines’ first conference championship since 2004, and first outright since 1997. Michigan will be a force in the Big Ten once again in 2022. […]