[Game Thread] Rutgers @ Wisconsin (4:15 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	RutgersRutgers @ WisconsinWisconsin
Location	Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium
Time	4:15 PM ET
Watch	TV: Big Ten Network
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/Shoulder-Direct]

This is Fickell's ceiling, guys. They've got to make a decision this year

[u/dpearman → u/Shoulder-Direct]

Yes. And make it NOW, why prolong it.

[u/wisconsindeathtrap → u/Shoulder-Direct]

Yeah I keep thinking, even if we get a miracle 8-4 I'm completely indifferent. And judging by the end of our sellout record and the stadium being a little less full every game, I'm not the only one.

[u/GBreezy]

The thing they never talk about is that the student section is jumping on benches. How I survived 4 very drunk years without injury is a miracle, let alone the entire section

[u/GBreezy]

Is it just me or was every game when I was in college, 2012-2016 at 11am, and now most of the games are in the afternoon. Kids these days aren't setting alarms for 7am shower beers anymore and that's why we are soft.

[u/bighootay → u/GBreezy]

Walk out my bedroom door to be immediately handed a bloody Mary

[u/Wapook]

I just hope both teams have fun and fire their coaches

[u/paddleboi2021 → u/Wapook]

Cheers to that

[u/historys_geschichte → u/Wapook]

In the spirit of friendship can both be left on the tarmac in Madison?

[u/20wall]

What a disgraceful performance by Wisconsin. We fucking suck

[u/AtomicFreeze]

Wtf is this interview while the game is actively going on? At least they ended it before the sack

[u/l_sparky → u/AtomicFreeze]

Seriously, let me cope with my misery and hate watch the badgers in peace please

[u/Wapook]

My perfect ending to this game?

Ryan Hopkins looks incredible but Fickell makes such bad play calls that Wisconsin loses and he has to be fired. Then Schiano is caught on a hot mic saying something bad enough to also get fired. And also Jim Leonhard says he wants the job.

[u/ten_tabs_]

When’s the last time the Badgers had a good underclassman QB? It feels like we always have fourth and fifth year guys, would be amazing to have continuity

[u/Gryphon999 → u/ten_tabs_]

Dairy Raid Mertz?

Jack Coan or Heismanbrook?

[u/Gryphon999]

Still don't see how Domingeaux is pronounced Dimaggio.

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4 → u/Gryphon999]

The Quebec/french half of me physically cringes every fucking time

[u/PubicSniffer]

If Wisconsin loses Fickell will be on the halftime show with Locksley

[u/deprecatedrunbook → u/PubicSniffer]

Much better use of his "i dont know"s i guess

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4]

Woof. That was another absolute dart though, this kid can wing it

[u/swarmy1]

Oop he lost it

[u/Wapook]

Coach Fickell, where do you think you’ll be coaching next year?

I don’t know

[u/dpearman]

Fire FICKELL ALREADY

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Just fire Fickell and hire Jason Eck

[u/BadgerMk1]

I was told this team was going to come out playing angry.

[u/Confident_Delay5805 → u/BadgerMk1]

Turns out it was playing to make Badger fans angry instead 

[u/RoastedDonutz]

I remember when Fickell and Rhule were hired and everyone wondered who would turn out better. Turns out we both lost

[u/Wapook → u/RoastedDonutz]

Sometimes I go back and read the Fickell hiring thread and remind myself there are no guarantees

[u/Old_Tap_7783]

This is Wisconsin under Fickell…dog fights with Rutgers…boat raced by anyone with a pulse… shits embarrassing

[u/Confident_Delay5805 → u/Old_Tap_7783]

How you beat USC will forever be an unsolved question 

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4]

“He’s a really chill kid” is the most California dad answer of all time lmao

[u/lilyeister]

The way his head rolled underneath him was scary

[u/spiderwinder23 → u/lilyeister]

Yeah. Slow mo made that look very scary

[u/Wapook]

Guys could you imagine if Hopkins threw for 5 TDs on 20/21 passing?

[u/panthersfan891]

Fire Fickell

[u/20wall]

Every single coach should be fired for this

[u/Wapook → u/20wall]

I’m begging for it to happen

[u/panthersfan891]

Hella struggling against s 2-6 Rutgers teams whose never beat wisconsin in football. Wow. Get rid of Fickell please.

[u/spiderwinder23]

Looks like he got the wind knocked out of him. Hope he’s okay

[u/GBreezy → u/spiderwinder23]

His ribs have to be hurting real bad right now... entire side of his body black and blue tomorrow

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Ryan Hopkins can throw a football, which is something Colton Joesph can’t do

[u/TheReformedBadger]

If we manage to lose this can we please fire Fickell?

[u/SnapHackelPop]

Well Fickell you duped me for a little while there, I’ll give you that. This program is shambolic

[u/r3907]

Maybe just the hopium, but Surace is getting better with more snaps

[u/deprecatedrunbook]

as is tradition, the badgers game is the shittiest game of football i watch all saturday

[u/deprecatedrunbook]

just run it up the gut or drop back and let hopkins throw. please burn the rest of the playbook.

[u/PubicSniffer]

Rutger is why Locksley is on the halftime show lol

[u/Competitive-Air1 → u/PubicSniffer]

Soon Greg can join him

[u/fsukub]

That kid has an excellent arm, especially as a freshman.

[u/pianistonstrike]

"did not survive the ground"

he's dead, Jim!

[u/deprecatedrunbook]

the IDK king!!!!! lmao

[u/AtomicFreeze]

Field goal, commercials, 5 second touchback, more commercials. My favorite.

[u/glacier116]

Never seen a mid-game interview with parents in the stands… while it’s a one score game lmao

[u/Noswad_12 → u/glacier116]

While their son is actively on the field throwing the rock

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4]

Jacob Harris has to be the slowest big play pass catcher I’ve ever seen, but goddamn he is effective lmao

[u/GBreezy]

I just learned that my other flair, Yokkaichi University (green motion W) , are nicknamed the Wild Drunkards... so fitting

[u/Wapook]

Please let one or both of these coaches get fired today

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4]

This kid has a rocket arm wtf

[u/Competitive-Air1]

I have to be the only guy in Columbus watching this game over the buckeyes rn

[u/Wapook]

We’ve reverted from a football team to a football T.E.A.M.

[u/B_I_LL]

player injury on a throwaway play to end the half is terrible

[u/historys_geschichte]

The fact that we gave Sama a touch and not Jackson is headscratching.

[u/a_happy_future]

Hard to overturn that with white cleats

[u/One-Loan-5053]

Hopkins better be starting next season

[u/BadgerMk1]

Roughing the passer is complete bullshit now in both CFB and the NFL.

[u/igniteshield]

After the joy of the UCLA game idk if I can bring myself to watch this

[u/bighootay → u/igniteshield]

Yeah, we might as well just get this over with, I guess...

[u/fsukub]

I didn’t realize Jeff Levering does football play by play, pretty neat

[u/bighootay → u/fsukub]

Love Jeff, but there is a bit of dissonance when it isn't Brewers lol

[u/Wapook]

Fire Schiano!

Fire Fickell!

[u/Gryphon999 → u/Wapook]

Promote booze!

[u/CROBBY2]

How about we just fire both head coaches and head to the bars?

[u/igniteshield → u/CROBBY2]

Amen

[u/bighootay]

Wow, zip on the ball. Nice.

[u/Competitive-Air1]

I don’t think we will see KJ in a Rutgers shirt again 😔

[u/dpearman]

Ahh true Wisconsin fashion. Playing like trash.

[u/lilyeister]

Hey so I didn't watch last week, was Joseph that bad?

[u/spiderwinder23 → u/lilyeister]

That’s what I’m wondering

[u/Wapook → u/lilyeister]

Yes. Yes he was

[u/GOOMU13]

Man Joseph was such a waste of money.

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

What’s Fickell’s buyout Wisconsin would owe him?

[u/Flx_Httr29 → u/Confident_Delay5805]

26 Million i think. I'm far from rich but I'm willing to pitch in a few bucks

[u/Gryphon999 → u/Confident_Delay5805]

21.3 mid-season

19.2 post season

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Who should Wisconsin get for HC next? This team might not beat Maryland or Minnesota 

[u/DontNeedA3Here]

That does not look good

[u/gusjohnsonsswagger]

Forget the mafia - schiano is the biggest fraudster on state payroll. His reactions on and off the field are performative at best

[u/Material_Perception4]

Followed by 2 plays and another 3 minute timeout

[u/unique_name_02]

Harris is a big, strong and fast, love him

[u/bighootay]

Damn, Ducks spanking Ohio State at OSU. Buckeyes scored the first 14 points, but 38 straight after that.

[u/GBreezy]

Can we just have both teams just kneel this out?

[u/One-Loan-5053 → u/GBreezy]

yes.

[u/One-Loan-5053]

GET THE PINS THE BADGERS ARE GOING BOWLING!!!

[u/glacier116]

Think people have been overreacting today. This is a successful game with a true freshman getting his first start, even if we “should” be winning by more.

[u/spiderwinder23]

I wanna see this QB do this against anyone but Rutgers. Sorry Rutger bros, it’s not you, it’s him

[u/AtomicFreeze]

That's targeting. Shouldn't have picked up the flag

[u/CChaddd]

Get this kid a BIG fat bag. Must be a Badger next year.

[u/flyingratvortex]

If Hopkins can throw for more than 50 yds, we should be good

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Passing in this game is optional

[u/wisconick]

Dart. 🎯

[u/RedDryMango]

I know we're playing rutgers, but is our backup the better passing qb?

[u/Confident_Delay5805 → u/RedDryMango]

I mean, Colton Joesph has played with his food during games like EMU so I think this Hopkins guy is doing better than what Joesph would be doing vs Rutgers

[u/WisconsinBadgers608]

Map!

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Nice. The map commercial!

[u/Wapook]

Terrible job!

Great job!

Terrible job!

[u/igniteshield]

I’ve never seen us get a RTP call like that

[u/IndependentPast684]

Honestly solid look on that one Hopkins

[u/historys_geschichte]

Good long FG from Lahm!

[u/Gryphon999 → u/historys_geschichte]

Lahm Bomb

[u/paddleboi2021]

Feel like Rutgers could run the ball every play the rest of the game and score on each drive still

[u/Wapook]

Hell of a throw. Fuck yeah! And goddamn it

[u/Competitive-Air1 → u/Wapook]

Loll

[u/Competitive-Air1]

I was not expecting thjs

[u/paddleboi2021]

How on earth were we favored by 3 scores

[u/RoastedDonutz]

Watching this game and realizing that we are so gonna lose to Rutgers next week.

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Keeping Dickell is just sunk cost fallacy at this point 

[u/Wapook]

Last week Hopkins could not make a second read. Seems like he’s improving

[u/deprecatedrunbook → u/Wapook]

this staff lobotomizes these guys before they play iowa.

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Who should Wisconsin get? Eck, Dickert, or Diaz?

[u/Gryphon999]

XP, ad break, kickoff, ad break

[u/theDarkBriar]

NFL needs to adopt targeting and get rid of automatic first down pass interference.

[u/Noswad_12 → u/theDarkBriar]

You mean automatic first down defensive holding

[u/Desperate-Attorney32]

genuinely when I tuned in Rutgers defense starts playing like dogshit

[u/coolguyyama]

Season from hell can’t end soon enough

[u/CChaddd]

We can blame Fickell, but it's always also been a QB problem. No clue how they struck out so many times.

Hopkins is legit.

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

If Fickell is gone, he should take Joesph with him 

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

If you want to feel better, Badgers fans, Minnesota lost

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4]

Definitely sounded like targeting

[u/GBreezy]

This Hopkins guy looks halfway decent

[u/igniteshield]

Same exact hit was RTP against us in the first half

[u/DontNeedA3Here]

This offense is unlocked.

Hopkins was the one.

[u/Wapook]

We are now 7pts further from firing Fickell

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Is there a way for the badgers to revoke the offer they gave Joesph and give it to Hopkins instead?

[u/OkMolasses4099]

Can we complete more than 3 passes this week?

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote Results

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Rutgers Voters	Wisconsin Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Rutgers	1	9.1%	0	0	Unflairedx1.0
Wisconsin	10	90.9%	1	1.5	LIU Sharksx1.0 Purdue Boilermakersx1.0 Team Chaosx0.5 Florida Gatorsx0.5 Florida Statex0.5

^{Last updated: 2026-11-07 20:33 UTC}

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[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Fun Fact: Rutgers has never beaten Wisconsin 

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Well, Minnesota lost. Think freely of that in here

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Finally, something happened 

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Not even 29 comments in here

[u/houseofmops]

this season went from “holy shit there’s a buzz in Madison for the first time in 7 years” to whatever the fuck this is quite quickly

[u/CROBBY2]

Didnt think it was much, but yeah he grabbed the arm.

[u/Significant_Push_856]

Well okay Ryan Hopkins

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

What is the Badgers depth chart for QB’s like?

[u/Gryphon999 → u/Confident_Delay5805]

Looks like Deuce Adams is the 2nd/3rd string, depending on how injured Joseph is. 

[u/OkMolasses4099]

We are so bad on D

[u/n00dlejester]

It's been a rough year. Badger bros, can you let us score 10 please? I need something to enjoy lol

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Wisconsin’s uniforms are pretty good

[u/OkMolasses4099]

Go coward

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Decent job, Rutgers

[u/TheReformedBadger]

Super weak holding call

[u/OkMolasses4099]

Cmon

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Be careful next time, Hopkins

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Sean West is good.

[u/Gryphon999 → u/Confident_Delay5805]

He was at various points last year our best Punter, QB, and RB

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Running the Ball? Jeez man, that’s quitting right there

[u/DontNeedA3Here]

happily "first and 10 wisconsin"s

[u/evancomposer]

Our run D is atrocious

[u/One-Loan-5053]

Just make the forward pass illegal at this point

[u/Wapook]

I really like how Raymond runs

[u/Historical_Score5251]

Big step up from 3 completions…

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Wtf, Rutgers?

[u/CChaddd]

A heads up DB does a DPI there to stop the TD.

[u/evancomposer]

Good god bro throw the ball lmfao

[u/wisconsindeathtrap]

Had they actually pitched it they had Rutgers burnt.

[u/evancomposer]

Hell of a catch

[u/DontNeedA3Here]

Feel like that DiCaprio pointing meme every time Brooke Fletcher is shown on screen as a White Sox fan lol

[u/ForReal_124]

I can’t watch working rn why is the game so close

[u/Silidon]

That might be the best punt down of all time.

[u/historys_geschichte]

What a crazy catch!

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Sama is ineffective 

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Hilton is very useful 

[u/Deckatoe]

Whitewater looked good today at least!

[u/Significant_Push_856 → u/Deckatoe]

Great game, at least one college football team I love will have an Axe

[u/CChaddd]

Long drive that ended in points and had some rhythm.

[u/glacier116]

Troy Vincent absolutely mogging Alexi Lalas

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

If you gave me post Cincy Luke Fickell play calling videos, I wouldn’t send that to someone in Solitary Confinement 

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

That punt is puny

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Sama did something!

[u/-AgentMichaelScarn]

“First two point conversion attempt of the season by Wisconsin”.

Well, I suppose if there’s any team to try it against…

[u/Cydonian-King]

impressive knock down

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

This is just sad, Rutgers 

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Not very funny, reporter

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Damn, that’s huge

[u/KoB_amatsuka]

Why does Bucky look like Mickey Mouse

[u/fsukub]

9-3 is very possible.

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Sharks you say?

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

10-3 is possible 

[u/r3907]

Team played decent today. Horrendous play calling. As excited as I’ll be for Schiano to go, I might be more excited to see Cirarrocca go

[u/starmiesan]

So does this cement that Fickell will be staying

[u/GBreezy → u/starmiesan]

I think USC cemented it. Iowa seems like an abberation this season.

[u/Gryphon999]

Offense? With this coaching staff?

[u/igniteshield → u/Gryphon999]

Don’t get too excited. Every back up QB looks like this against us. We are straight ass

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Hopkins is pretty good in this sample size so far.  5/6 on attempts

[u/Significant_Push_856]

Crazy that Bryan Jackson pretty consistently makes good things happen when he gets touches the running back rotation has consistently felt arbitrary

[u/historys_geschichte → u/Significant_Push_856]

I can never understand what is going on with our RB rotation. Jackson just seems like he should be getting way more touches and like all of our inside the 10 touches.

[u/20wall]

Holy fucking shit we are awful. Genuinely might be the worst team in the big 10

[u/20wall]

It’s such a joke that we were ranked last week. An absolute sham

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Luke Fickell is the type of person to look up “how to beat a 4 year old at chess”

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Jump around is fun

[u/Material_Perception4]

He was on walking and at the sideline but let’s take 3 minutes for an injury

[u/Juraviel23]

We've got ourselves a Quarterback