Wisconsin releases injury report ahead of Week 1 showdown against Buffalo
Luke Fickell is preparing for his first game as the leader of Wisconsin, and he’ll have Buffalo in Week 1.
Ahead of kickoff, the Badgers have released their injury report for Saturday’s game. Here’s who will be off the field for Fickell’s first go-round with Wisconsin.
Questionable
- No. 26 Grady O’Neill
Out
- No. 7 Michael Mack
- No. 12 Trech Kekahuna
- No. 12 Max Lofy
- No. 15 Tommy McIntosh
- No. 37 Riley Nowakowski
- No. 43 Jackson Trudgeon
- No. 49 Cam Large
- No. 57 Jake Renfro
- No. 59 Aaron Witt
- No. 77 Peyton Lange
- No. 81 Angel Toombs
- No. 89 Jack Pugh
- No. 99 Isaiah Mullens
Alas, many believe Wisconsin won’t have much difficulty handling the Bulls, but it’ll be a fascinating look at Fickell’s new-look Badgers regardless. A new era begins at 3:30 p.m. ET for Wisconsin, and it’ll be up to the Badgers to get started on the right foot.
Luke Fickell reveals what success will look like in Year 1 at Wisconsin
Expectations are high for Luke Fickell at Wisconsin. After leading Cincinnati to the College Football Playoff as a member of the AAC, there is a lot of long-term excitement for what Wisconsin could become under his leadership.
Before that long-term success can occur, though, the Badgers need to start year one under Fickell. It’s one they’d like to find success in. However, for the time being, Fickell has decided to stay relatively vague about his definition of a successful first season.
“Playing our best ball at the end of the year,” Luke Fickell said. “I know that’s pretty vague and that’s a way of not answering the question in a lot of ways, but it is.”
In his first year at Cincinnati, Fickell went just 4-8. However, the Bearcats finished relatively strong as they built for the rest of his run at Cincinnati.
On top of that, Luke Fickell also knows that if Wisconsin is playing its best at the end of the season, the opportunity to win the Big Ten West and play for a conference championship will be in their grasp.
“If we’re consistent. If we continue to grow and we’re playing our best ball at the end of the year, I think we’ll have everything in front of us. We’ll have an opportunity in those last three or four weeks to put ourselves to play for a championship, and that’s what it comes down to.”