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Wisco Wednesday: The Mighty Ducks
It’s been 14 years since Wisconsin had a crack at #1 on their home turf. I just wish this was a different Wisconsin team going into the game.

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Week 10 Big Ten Picks

Last Week we went 3-5 ATS. That’s not ideal. Hopefully we can get back on track this week...

Wisco Wednesday: Do or Die vs The Hawkeyes

Take me down to Iowa City, where they drink Busch Light and the offense ain’t pretty. This will be a Battle of Backup QBs for the prestigious...

Week 9 Big Ten Picks

Last Week we went 4-3 ATS and correctly called the Illinois upset of Michigan. Let’s see if we can do a bit better in week 9...

Wisco Wednesday (a day late): Homecoming Week

After back-to-back road wins, Bucky is coming home. Is this team ready to compete with the number 3 Nittany Lions? Or will it be another splattering like...

Week 8 B1G Picks

All the B1G games picked against the spread. Let’s see if Walk on Fan has any idea what we’re doing...

Wisco Wednesday: Are the Badgers Good Now?

Wisconsin has outscored their opponents 94-13 in the last 2 weeks. Do I give Fickell credit, or are Rutgers and Purdue just that bad?...

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Wisco Wednesday: A Must Win Game

When was the last time Wisconsin lost to Purdue? Who should be on the field for Wisconsin?...

Wisco Wednesday: Going To LA

Is Locke ready for the bright lights of a sold out LA crowd? Does the bye week help Wisconsin at all? OR is conference play this year going to start very painfully?...

Wisco Wednesday: Hot Seat Talk

Badger fans want everyone fired, let’s entertain that thought. Also, Wisconsin doesn’t look like a bowl team this year. Yikes. ...

Week 3 – Some Thoughts on Some Games

Rivalries in week 3? Only 1 ranked matchup.. on Saturday. And a traditional Rose Bowl game in primetime...

Wisco Wednesday: It’s Bama Time

Last week was a little better. But with the elephant rolling into town, what can Wisconsin do to have a chance?...

Wisco Wednesday: Improvement is Mandatory 

Week 1 was almost a disaster. South Dakota is a real threat. We need a sign that Wisconsin is better than last year...

Tolly Predictions: The Playoffs

Who are the conference winners? Is the playoff dominated by the SEC and B1G? Bracketology has infected college football. ...

Tolly Predictions: The Big Ten

Who is winning the B1G? How many playoff caliber teams are there? These are our projections for the order of finish in the B1G this season...

Wisco Wednesday: Football is Here

Only 2 more days. What to know for Western Michigan. How many Badgers made the 53 at the next level?...

Wisco Wednesday: Full Regular Season Predictions

How many games can Wisconsin win in 2024? Where will the 3 rivalry trophies end up? And Wisco plays how many top 10 teams at home?...

Wisco Wednesday: Offense Preview

What do you know about Wisconsin’s Offense? Will Pauling is WR1. The OL has a rock-solid top 6. And there is a new Quarterback in Mad Town again...

The Ultimate B1G Roadtrip

How to see every B1G stadium in 1 season. It’s more doable than you think. You’ll even get to see some pretty incredible games in the process...

Wisco Wednesday: Bucky’s Out of Town

Training Camp is in full swing, but not in Madison. If YOU want to see the Badgers practice, where should you be, and when?...

Wisco Wednesday: New Badgers

How many new players are on the roster in 2024? What’s the positional breakdown of the new guys? Did the Badgers bring in more Freshmen or Transfers? There are 85 scholarships on an FBS football roster. How many of those 85 weren’t in Madison last year?...

Tolly’s Top 25 – Preseason

My ballot for the AP Top 25 - If they let me have one. Is it too early to talk about the top 25? Absolutely. But AP ballots are due on Thursday August 1st. So if I’m going to have my ballot ready in time, I have to do it now...

Thirsty Thursday: Turn Up Camp Randall

A Wisco Wednesday Special on a Thursday. Just what this week needed.  Camp Randall to Sell Beer, Wine, and Seltzer The drought is over on Friday August 30th, 2024. Wisconsin will become the 16th Big Ten team to sell beer to general seating at football games. The fact that most...

Wisco Wednesday: Where Does Wisco Finish in the New B1G?

The B1G Media has medium expectations for the Badgers in 2024. What does that mean for Wisconsin's record, and how do they think the rest of the B1G will shake out? Badgers Expected to finish 7th in the B1G Big Ten Media Days is this week. That means a lot of press...

Wisco Wednesday: Defense Preview

What do you know about Wisconsin’s defense? Safety Hunter Wohler is a beast. All the Linebackers are new. And Bucky picked up some of USC’s leftovers. What do you mean coaching changes? Mike Tressel is still the DC, right? That is correct, but his support staff has had a pair...

Finding Florida State and Clemson A New Home

Have you ever sold your house with the assumption you’ll find a place to live after you're kicked out? That’s kinda FSU’s and Clemson’s approach to conference realignment right now. It’s a foregone conclusion that Florida State and Clemson are leaving the ACC. There are open lawsuits between the teams and...

Wisco Wednesday: 2 Byes and 2 Fridays

We previewed Wisconsin’s opponents last week, but there are a couple of quirks with this year's schedule worth talking about. Question: Why do the Badgers have 2 bye weeks in 2024? Answer: Because the season is based on holidays, not calendar dates. The Badgers aren’t special in 2024, everyone has 2...

Who Can Win the Natty?

There are 134 FBS teams. But let’s be honest, not all of them are capable of winning a national title. Who are the select few that could do it in 2024? There is a metric used to determine who is capable of winning the national championship that has never been wrong...

Wisco Wednesday: Badgers 2024 Schedule

It’s July, college football is 8 Saturdays away, and you still don’t know who the Badgers are playing this fall. Let’s fix that. No More B1G West In previous years, “Who do the Badgers play?” wasn’t really a question. 6 of their 12 games were against fellow B1G West schools: Minnesota...

B1G Environments Ranked

Where do the crowds actually affect the game in the B1G? What stadiums scare teams the most? EA College Football 25 The new college football video game comes out in a few weeks. Leading up to its release they have dropped a list. EA Sports College Football 25 toughest places to...

A Season of Change

A lot has changed in college football in the last year. Thankfully you’ve found this article that will catch you up to date with the biggest changes. The Big 10 (18) The Big Ten has dropped divisions. At the end of the season, the 2 teams with the best conference records...

Walk On Fan is Back

Walk On Fan, your favorite place for college football news and opinions, is back. June isn’t too early to start talking about football, right? This will be our second season covering everything to do with college football that we find interesting. Hopefully you find it interesting too. The plan is to...

Wisco Wednesday… On A Thursday: Free Agent QB Arrives in Madison

Free Agency in CFB. Does anyone sit anymore? Who is QB #1 in Madison? Wisconsin fans, you’ve seen this story before. You were just on the other side of it. Graham Mertz was a 4* QB fans thought would elevate the program. He showed promise in year 1, regressed in years...

Wisco Wednesday: Transfer Portal Open Season

The Transfer Portal is Open. A Camp Randall Update. Fullbacks are People Too. WR Exodus The transfer portal is open, and that means some Badgers are leaving. The top 3 WRs from 2022 all entered the portal on Dec. 4th Chimera Dike Skyler Bell Kiontez Lewis While I’m not thrilled about losing these guys, a lot...

B1G Bowl Games Announced

Dates, Locations, and Opponents Are Set. In a normal year, there are a lot of B1G vs SEC bowl games. This year, there are even more. College Football is racing towards a Power 2 and all other conferences are becoming less relevant. See, 13-0 FSU missing the CFP as proof. Of...

Tolly Predictions: B1G Bowl Games

Who Goes Where? Who Plays Who? These predictions are based on 4 things. Internet Rumors My Conference Title Game Predictions Gut Feeling Recent B1G Bowl Trends The B1G has a bowl draft structure where the bowls pick in a specific order, but the conference has to approve the pick. There are also back door...

Wisco Wednesday: A Good Ending to a Bad Season

The Ax is Back Home, But This is Not the Season Wisconsin Wanted Back in August. Looking Back: The Hurry-Up Raid Works Wisconsin 28 Minnesota 14 The Offense Clicked 2 Weeks, 2 games played, 2 good offensive performances. It’s a Wisconsin miracle. Was it the Air-Raid finally working? Kinda but not really the way...

Tolly Predictions: CFB Conference Title Games – P5 Edition

The Post Season Has Begun, It’s Time to Crown Some Champions. The outcome of these games will determine who makes the final iteration of the 4 team playoff. 7 of the 10 Power 5 teams competing next weekend have a shot to make the final 4 (sorry Louisville, Oklahoma State, and...

Tolly Predictions: CFB Conference Title Games – G5 Edition

The Post Season Has Begun, It’s Time to Crown Some Champions. The outcome of these games will not determine who makes the final iteration of the 4 team playoff. That will have to wait till next year when a G5 champion is guaranteed a spot in the 12 team playoff. There...

Wisco Wednesday: Rivalry Week

Down With Big Red. Down a Few Good Men for The Ax. Just One More Win. Last Saturday was incredible. Nebraska has still never possessed the Freedom Trophy in the Wisco-Nebraska series. Now it’s time to put a 2nd trophy in the case this week. Win the ax, and some interesting...

Why 5-7 is Good Enough to Go Bowling

There are 41 total Bowl Games with 82 spots available. Yes, certain conferences have tie-ins to certain bowls, But 82 is the number that matters. Teams can play in bowls not associated with their conference to make everything work. They just need 82 teams that have 6+ wins. If all...

The Penultimate Weekend – Week 12 Picks

SEC West Cupcake Week, My Picks For This Week, It’s Almost Over You want game picks? Well, I’ve got game picks. I’ve got more picks than I’ve done for any week all season. I also have a short rant about some certain teams scheduling practices that I need to get off...

SEC Black Monday Came Early: 1 Game Played = 2 Coaches Fired

Usually, a coach gets fired mid-season after an embarrassing loss or a train wreck string of ineptitude and obvious regression. But something strange happened last Saturday. 2 SEC teams played; the score was 51-10, and both coaches were fired following the game. Put another way: Texas A&M beat Mississippi State 51-10...

Wisco Wednesday: Rock Bottom And Still Digging

Is The Bowl Streak in Jeopardy? What About Nebraska Feels So Familiar? There has to be 1 goal at this point: save the bowl streak. That means getting 1 more win in the last 2 games. I think Bucky can do it, but I also thought he would handle Indiana...

A Pipe Dream: The B1G West is Still Open… Barely

We don’t say #BuckyByAMillion for nothing around here. No matter how bad it gets, if there’s a sliver of hope we’ll find it and cling to it. Wisconsin can still win the Big Ten West #NotDeadYet Well, actually no one is dead yet. (Except Purdue sorry spoilermakers, boiler down). Yes, that means Minnesota...

3 Weeks Left – Week 11 Picks

Just Picks, no more, no less I didn’t have the time or energy to do a preview piece this week. That’s on me. But, I do still want to put out game picks for the week to be consistent on that front. This is a super short article that is really...

Wisco Wednesday: Oh No

Was That The Real Badgers? Am I Actually Scared of Northwestern? So I guess the Badgers are actually bad. How can a team that hung with Ohio State till the 4th quarter get beat by the worst team in the Big Ten. The short answer: Injuries and Coaching. The coaching part...

Will OU and UT Leave the Big 12 On Top? – Week 10 Preview

The Last Bedlam, SEC division races, Pac-12 Quarterback Showdown. This is the Big 12’s week to shine. The top 6 teams in the conference all play each other, and 5 of the 6 only have 1 conference loss so far. Who is going to the Big 12 title game is likely...

Wisco Wednesday: Moving On

Mistakes and Bad Luck Against OSU. Some Michigan Thoughts. I Pity Wisconsin’s next Opponent. This is a weird Wisco Wednesday piece if I’m being honest. The meat is in the middle where I look at what’s going on around the rest of the B1G. I don’t have as many thoughts...

Is it a Quiet Week? Or Will Some Big Upsets Hit? – Week 9 Preview

A Pac-12 Elimination Game, A Possible Upset in the Big 12, and An ACC Matchup with Title Implications. It’s not the greatest college football weekend if we're being honest here. I’ll be watching games, but there is no national needle mover like OSU-PSU or Bama-Texas. In a normal year that game...

Wisco Wednesday: Hope is a Dangerous Thing

A Resilient Road Comeback. An OG Braelon Performance. Madison’s Super Bowl Saturday. It feels better to be a Badger fan right now than it has in a long long time. Going into the 2021 season felt kinda like this, but Wisco was 1-3 by week 4. 2019 felt like this...

Tolly’s Top 25 – Post Week 8

My ballot for the AP Top 25 - If they let me have one I have some short explanations for my picks in groups of 5 from 1 to 25. Then, at the bottom, I have the top 40 all in one list with the AP rankings in parentheses. As usual...

What to Watch by Conference – Week 8 Preview

The 1st B1G game, The 3rd Saturday in Oct., and what’s good in the other Conferences. Week 8 of College football is here. We are well past the halfway point and getting into the meat of conference schedules. With conference play dominating the schedule in week 8, I decided that is...

Wisco Wednesday: The Badgers are Down Bad

Mordecai went down. The defense gave up only 13, but the offense couldn’t score. Wisconsin is way behind schedule in Fickell’s year 1. Fickell’s first season as HC had 1 very clear and attainable goal. Win the division in the last year of its existence, and build on that success...

Tolly’s Top 25 – Post Week 7

My ballot for the AP Top 25 - If they let me have one I have some short explanations for my picks in groups of 5 from 1 to 25. Then, at the bottom, I have the top 25 all in one list with the AP rankings in parentheses. I’m closer...

Time for the B1G… I Mean Pac-12, to Shine. – Week 7 Preview

Offense #1 vs Offense #2, USC’s first real test, and A West Championship Game. It’s the Pac-12’s week to dominate the CFB landscape. The top 2 teams in the conference have a record setting showdown in the PNW. USC gets to show the country if they can win against good teams...

Wisco Wednesday: Might the Badgers Actually be Good? 

Still undefeated all time vs. Rutgers. The first team to 15 points wins this week. Mordecai can run now? The Badgers play the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday. It’s easily the most important game of the season. I know they play Ohio State too, but no one is expecting Fickell to win...