No one saw the upset win of the UCLA Bruins over the Penn State Nittany Lions. UCLA was sitting at 0-4 without a head coach (following the firing of DeShaun Foster earlier this season), and Penn State was ranked in the top ten. Yet, they pulled it off. As stunning as that is, it says a lot about the current state of Wisconsin football. They may actually be the worst team in the conference.
There are really two angles to UCLA's shocking win, the first is above. Who's worse than Wisconsin right now in the Big Ten? It was UCLA, but they now have one Big Ten win, one ranked win, and one top-ten win all in one fell swoop. Luke Fickell can't claim any of that this season, and has never done either of the latter two since becoming the head coach for the Badgers.
Maybe you could argue it's the Northwestern Wildcats or the Purdue Boilermakers. Yet, Purdue hung tough with Illinois all day, and Northwestern already has three wins. Sure, you could argue those things, but there's a legitimate case that the worst team in the Big Ten is Wisconsin. And let's be real, those fan bases are nowhere near as proud as Badger Nation; those teams are used to losing.
Wisconsin should learn from UCLA and fire the head coach
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The other angle a Wisconsin fan should take is less of a mopey one and more of a "See what UCLA did?" The Bruins fired their head coach, and instead of waiting for next season to pull off something stunning, they did it immediately. This win wasn't coming under Foster; it just wasn't. It took the shake-up, the new energy, the elevated play-callers, to pull this off.
Wisconsin should learn from the Bruins and fire its head coach. UCLA showcased that doing just that can actually make the team better immediately. Maybe that wouldn't happen with the Badgers and the two-win season would still be loading, but it's better than sitting on a coach who gave up on his team against Michigan.