Does Luke Fickell have a point with all of his blabbering? The big doofus convention that happened once in Bikini Bottom is now a regularly occurring event in Madison, Wisconsin. Rather than actually caring about the deplorably atrocious product on the field, Fickell was given yet another undeserved chance to fix this thing. He cannot solve a children's floor puzzle, but he must fix Wisconsin's offense!
Riding a five-game losing streak, all to Power Four teams, and each of the last four being to Big Ten opponents, Fickell took to the podium on Monday ahead of what will certainly be a cross-country beating at the hands of the No. 6 Oregon Ducks. This team did unspeakable things to lowly Rutgers last week. Imagine what Dan Lanning's team will do against this Wisconsin team that cannot score?!
Fickell was asked about how to fix the offense. He was presented problems and offered no solutions...
"You know what? I mean, I don't know. There's, there's things each and every week that like, look, if we can't find a way to establish, you know, some run game. I mean, give our guys an opportunity to not be at second and eight, whether that's throwing the football, running the football, it's going to be tough, you know. I know there's, we have to take some more shots down the field. That's a simple thing to say."
The man continued on for another minute or so, repeatedly talking in circles. Clearly, the Jeff Grimes offensive coordinator hire is not taking. Neither is Hunter Simmons playing quarterback in the FBS, Danny O'Neil in the Power Four, or Billy Edwards Jr. switching Big Ten allegiances in the offseason. This tortured fan base has had enough. This might be the worst team in the entire Power Four now.
So instead of making goldfish trying to climb trees, let's remove the man from the big chair already.
Luke Fickell is destined so have Wisconsin scoring no points vs. Oregon
No, it is not fair that Wisconsin will end up playing what will surely be the three best teams in the Big Ten this season in Ohio State, Indiana and Oregon. It is not fair that the Badgers also draw Michigan, Illinois and Washington in league play. Having to play the second of a home-and-home with Alabama at their place was brutal. Wisconsin gets no breaks from its schedule, nor does it with Fickell either...
While athletic director Chris McIntosh giving him a vote of confidence is so undeniably rich at this point, all while bookworm university president Jennifer Mnookin goes about her business blissfully unaware to what is happening to the state's flagship university's football program, where do we even go from here? Maybe instead of playing Jump Around again, the fans should just walk out in protest?
With a cross-country flight coming up, there is still not enough time for Fickell to realize that the square peg does not go into the round hole. For the amount of money they are paying him to not score a single point at home in conference football games, expect for there to be a pizza party on the cross-country flight back to Madison from Eugene. Accountability is something Wisconsin despises.
Fickell may be a defensive-minded head coach, but he is being paid millions to rectify this offense.