Mailbag: How tied is Luke Fickell’s future at Wisconsin to Colton Joseph’s success?
Examining how tied Luke Fickell’s future is to quarterback Colton Joseph and where Wisconsin’s offense and defense stack up in the Big Ten.
Spring practice is underway for the Wisconsin football team, which means the Badgers have a clean slate. New faces, new systems, and a program that’s trying to find its footing after an underwhelming 4-8 season.
Naturally, that leads to questions — about how critical it is for the starting quarterback to stay healthy and produce for Wisconsin’s offense, about where this roster actually stacks up in the Big Ten, and about what it all means for the program’s direction moving forward.
“We’ve got to try to stay as healthy as you possibly can in the spring,” head coach Luke Fickell said. “You get limited reps with the number of guys, so it’s hard to get younger guys work, but then you never have a chance sometimes to figure out what you can really do by going live.
“So we’re going to try to work this progression… because we do need to find out a lot about not just ourselves but all the guys in the program.”
Let’s get into it.
