TEAM NOTES

Today’s captains: senior WR Chimere Dike, senior QB Tanner Mordecai, senior ILB Maema Njongmeta, senior OLB Marty Strey.

UW came back to win after trailing 21-7 in the third quarter. The comeback marked Wisconsin’s first 14-point comeback since erasing a 14-0 first quarter deficit vs. Wake Forest in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in 2020.

o The second-half 14-point comeback was UW’s first since a win over Purdue on Nov. 17, 2018. Wisconsin trailed 13-27 in the 4th and won 47-44 in OT.

o The last time the Badgers won in regulation after trailing by 14 in the second half in a Big Ten game was Oct. 2, 1982 at Purdue. Wisconsin trailed 24-10 in the third quarter and won 35-31.

Wisconsin improved to 2-0 in Big Ten road games this season. The Badgers have won their first two conference road games in two of the last three seasons (2021, at Illinois and at Purdue).

With UW’s victory, HC Luke Fickell has not lost back-to-back regular season games since 2017, his first year at Cincinnati. He’s won 8 consecutive regular season games coming off losses.
UW has now won 12 of its last 14 meetings with the Fighting Illini, dating back to 2008.

The Badgers have won 6 of the last 7 matchups in Champaign, dating to 2011.
Since Illinois’ 6-game win streak ended with a 35-10 Badger victory in 1993, UW owns a 21-5-1 record in the all-time series.

Wisconsin improved to 42-13 (.764) vs. the Big Ten West since the league moved to its current divisions in 2014. That is the top mark in the conference, ahead of Iowa’s record of 38-19 (.667).

UW forced a three-and-out in Illinois first drive. The Badgers have forced three-and-outs on the opponents’ first drive in 3 of the last 4 games.

Wisconsin converted 10-of-17 (58.9%) on third downs, marking the third time in the last four games converting at least 50%.

The Badgers held Illinois to 100 yards passing after entering the game allowing just 150.0 passing yards during conference play, which ranked 8th nationally.

That Braelan Allen can last an entire game and "take on more" to help the offense. Prove me wrong young man!!

Kechahuna? Renfro? Yacamelli? A WR stepping up and catching a few deep balls? Locke play solid? Badgers getting 5+ sacks vs a OLine that has looked like a sieve the whole season? Should be interesting.

Just watched his first half of the year highlights. Damn, kid can sling it. He’s a man among boys out there
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What are your 3Cs against Illinois?

Stay tuned.

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Do we go with the "game manager" Burkett? Or the raw potential of Evers? Either way, I would think that we'd see a LOT of BA. From what I've seen from Burkett, I haven't seen a huge arm, so maybe we'd go with shorter crossing routes. With Evers, I see a huge arm and great running ability. Is accuracy a problem with him, or is it just him learning the playbook? Something we have to think about considering the poor O-line play

We are going to see if this group of kids will quit on their coach like last year and see if they buck up and win against Illinois and put up a fight against OSU.

I really don't like that the coordinators don't talk to the media.

In Fickel's Monday Presser, gotta give the last guy asking a question a shoutout because he asked a touch question. Fickell handled it well, but I think he's starting to back track a bit.

Wisconsin vs Nebraska volleyball​

COST TO ATTEND MATCH​

Get-in price: $248
Pair of Section A1 tickets: $1,396-$1,792
Highest-priced pair of tickets: $2,682

i love this, yea the prices are insane, but as a proud girldad, frickin love the excitement and demand.

https://wisconsin.rivals.com/news/three-burning-questions-heading-into-week-8-illinois

What else are we dying to see this week?

Let @Clint Cosgrove @Jon McNamara and me know what you want to hear about.

They have Hallman as one of the CB’s.

I haven’t followed the team that closely this season but sort of shocked he’s been that good.

Must be playing better than I thought.

https://wisconsin.rivals.com/news/h...raedyn-locke-in-the-eyes-of-badgers-receivers

This was a fun one.

BadgerBlitz - On the recruiting front: Wisconsin Badgers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini

Wisconsin and Illinois, which square off Saturday in Champaign, had some key head-to-head recruiting battles.

wisconsin.rivals.com

A lot of connections and storylines to follow this week between these two programs.

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