Guys, here's a start of a thread for the current game. Gonna have to start getting paid for this

Is that we move beyond beating Minnesota as a big deal each year.

Guessing Chryst's name will pop up for a handful of jobs. This one doesn't seem all that unrealistic. I don't have any idea if Chryst still wants to be a head coach.

By his "chopping" with the seniors, my guess would be no. I think, AT BEST, he's a 5th round pick right now.. I think that if he comes back, he improves his NIL and with a better team (hopefully), he balls out. We'll soon see!

Do the Badgers bring the Axe back to Madison today?

TEAM NOTES

• Today’s captains: senior WR Chimere Dike, senior QB Tanner Mordecai, senior ILB Maema Njongmeta, senior OLB Marty Strey.
• Wisconsin claimed its first win overMinnesota since 2020, moving ahead in the matchup with a 63-62-8 all-time lead.
• Wisconsin has claimed the Axe 17 times over the teams’ last 20 meetings.
• After holding on to the Freedom Trophy with an overtime win over Nebraska last week, UW has won 28 of its last 35 games with a traveling trophy on the line.
• With the win, Wisconsin has now totaled 22 straight winning seasons since 2002. That streak is the longest among Power 5 teams.

CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS (ACTIVE, P5)
Team Winning Seasons
Wisconsin 22
Oklahoma State 18
Alabama 17
Clemson 13
Georgia 13
Ohio State 12

The Badgers now own a 44-14 (.759) record vs. the Big Ten West since the league moved to its current divisions in 2014. With the East-West format, ending, that finishes as the best in the West.

RECORD VS. BIG TEN WEST (2014-PRES.)
Team W-L %
Wisconsin 44-14 .759
Iowa 41-19 .683
Northwestern 32-27 .542
Minnesota 29-30 .492

Head coach Luke Fickell is the 3rd-straightBadger HC to win 3 Big Ten road games in his first season.

Wisconsin went 3-1 in conference road games, marking only the second time since 2018 that UW has had a winning record in Big Ten road contests.

The Badgers went 7-for-14 on 3rd downs and are 23-for-46 on 3rd downs over the last3 games.

Wisconsin has outscored opponents 162-83 in the second half and overtime this season.

Wisconsin ran for 267 yards, its most rushing yards in a Big Ten game this season and most since racking up 314 against Buffalo in the season opener.

The Badgers allowed 0 sacks on Saturday as UW has only given up 18 sacks this season and 13 in Big Ten Conference games.

The Badgers committed just 3 penalties, tied for the second-fewest on the season and the fewest since committing 2 against Rutgers on Oct. 7. The Badgers didn’t commit a penalty in the second half.

The Badgers wore white socks, white pants, white jerseys and white helmets with white face masks. It was the third time this season the Badgers wore that combination and UW improved to 2-1 when doing so (atWSU, at Illinois).

https://wisconsin.rivals.com/news/braelon-allen-s-dominance-in-the-axe-game-was-years-in-the-making

Unsurprisingly, lots of really good quotes and emotion after this one.

Selfishly hoping for Detroit. Players not sharing my opinion, I’m sure.

I think Allen is a very good college RB...but looking at the guys in the NFL I just don't see where he fits...how does he compare to previous badger backs? ..i mean JT was a 2nd round pick...I just don't see the explosiveness that NFL backs need to have..Jon is there any possibility he is transferring?

Michigan is giving 23.5 points. I would say Michigan will cover.

Stay tuned.

How would you rank Wisconsin's transfer portal needs?

I'm not trying to get ahead of myself here (because I think that we could make a nice run this year), but we only lose Wahl after this year. I personally think that Hodges leaves and possibly Illver, and hopefully that's all. I'd like to add a power forward to replace Wahl and let Winter develop his body more. Freitag could be HUGE for this team as I think that his skill set is off the charts! Robison looks like a great shooter, but still a slim guy who I think is at least a year away. Can we add another athletic Storr type athletic PF? I hope so!