July 3, 2024

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, Iowa, Illinois, Northwestern, Nebraska, and Purdue. This season the only guarantees from that group are the newly protected rivals Minnesota and Iowa. 

Well, even though everything in the B1G is different, for Wisconsin, not much has changed. They also have Northwestern, Purdue, and Nebraska on the schedule. So, the only B1G West school they miss this year is Illinois.

Any B1G East Schools?

Wisconsin plays Penn State at home and Rutgers on the road from the old B1G East. Penn State at home should be fantastic. At Rutgers will be… a football game.

The new Kids on the Block

With the collapse of the Pac-12, there are 4 new teams in the B1G (bringing membership to 18 members. Having a number in the name of the conference was not the best idea). The new teams are Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC. 

Wisconsin plays 2 of …