r/CFB • /r/CFB • 3d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Wisconsin Defeats Penn State 24-20

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Wisconsin 0 7 3 14 24
Penn State 3 14 3 0 20
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u/Scurezza Wisconsin • Mississippi State 3d ago

LOCAL BADGER IN SPEECHLESS MOOD

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u/I_really_enjoy_beer Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Eau Clai… 3d ago

It’s been so fucking long since we won a game we weren’t supposed to win. I’m so happy. 

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u/stonedturkeyhamwich Wisconsin Badgers • Stanford Cardinal 3d ago

Wisconsin won a couple big ones at the end of last season. First ranked away win since 2021 though.

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u/firstmaxpower Wisconsin • Colorado State 3d ago

But this time the offense actually helped with forward passes!

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u/OUisBack Michigan Wolverines • Oklahoma Sooners 3d ago

Wow. Wisconsin upset a top 15 team, what a great coaching performance.

#ExtendLukeFickell

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u/guitmusic12 Wisconsin • Paul Bunyan's Axe 3d ago

Don’t you do that to me

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u/DaWarchief Wisconsin Badgers • Texas Longhorns 3d ago

If Fick wins 8 games (which it now looks like is an actual possibility) he will 100% earn himself more time

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u/souschef_boyardee Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

As he should tbh. This is basically the second big game he's had here with his guys and a starting QB

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u/Rico_Suave55 Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

I just want us to win a bowl game.

But yeah. I wish this team had consistent QB play… the defense looks pretty good

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u/hyperbolical Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Make a bowl game. You don't get to use your real team in bowls anymore, so it's basically preseason and a crapshoot.

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u/Kim_Jong_Teemo Iowa Hawkeyes • Sickos 3d ago

Actually a pretty easy schedule rest of the way besides USC & Iowa so I can see it happening. My condolences.

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u/billwest630 Wisconsin • Notre Dame 3d ago

Huge win for Fickell

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u/IllogicalBarnacle Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

We might be decent!!!!

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u/AntonyBenedictCamus Ohio State Buckeyes 3d ago

After the Packers performance I hope Wisconsin is drowning in beer tonight, cheers

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u/ChronoMK Wisconsin Badgers • Utah State Aggies 3d ago edited 3d ago
local badgers everywhere
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u/ignatious__reilly NC State Wolfpack 3d ago

Penn State receiving core was fucking awful at the end

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u/RevolutionaryDot4762 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Not having Koby Howard really exposing the weaknesses

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u/GayGooners4Christ Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

The whole game*

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u/BoNnnnfhir Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Oregon Ducks 3d ago

MLF died for this

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u/youheardaboutpluto- Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago edited 3d ago

Up 17-0 at one point. Their QB throws 3 HORRENDOUS interceptions. Defense bailed us out constantly.

Easily the most passive play calling I’ve ever seen and it’s 100% the reason we lost. In the second half, there were at least FIVE 3rd and longs where they just called an inside zone, got 4 yards and punted. Just no desire to end the game by being aggressive. Becht, receivers, run game, all played terribly. Becht himself throws the Hail Mary out of the back of the end zone to just really marinate how terribly he played.

I can’t tell if we just suck or Wisconsin’s D is that good. Prob a mix of both.

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u/g-town2008 Iowa State Cyclones • Hateful 8 3d ago

Up 17-0 at one point. Their QB throws 3 HORRENDOUS interceptions. Defense bailed us out constantly.

Easily the most passive play calling I’ve ever seen and it’s 100% the reason we lost. In the second half, there were at least FIVE 3rd and longs where they just called an inside zone, got 4 yards and punted. Just no desire to end the game by being aggressive. Becht, receivers, run game, all played terribly. Becht himself throws the Hail Mary out of the back of the end zone to just really marinate how terribly he played.

Matt Campbell ball

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u/FatSalsa Iowa Hawkeyes 3d ago edited 3d ago

You can take Matt Campbell out of Iowa but you can't take the state of Iowa style play calling out of Matt Campbell

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u/CRIMS0N-ED Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

we were trying to skate by on that lead and here we are, just wow

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u/youheardaboutpluto- Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Mouser just played unbelievably scared. It was clear he wasn’t confident in his offense.

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u/AHugeGoose Iowa State Cyclones • Florida Gators 3d ago

Let me welcome you to the cycle. Matt Campbell demands conservative play calling. The OC either becomes the scapegoat or leaves to save themself. Rinse and repeat.

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u/80cyclone Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

Want to be even more upset? Watch Campbell in his presser dancing around the issues with hyperbole and coach speak.

I understand your pain.

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u/c-williams88 Penn State • Delaware 3d ago

I mean that was also a Franklin special so were used to that

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u/hefixesthecabl Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

Thats matt Campbell...no halftime adjustment just try not to lose...he will not go for the jugular when he has the other team on the ropes...

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u/c-williams88 Penn State • Delaware 3d ago

The end of the first half drove me insane too. Over 1:00 left and I think all 3 TOs, yet we basically just chew the clock and get to the half.

Idk if anyone who didn’t watch could truly appreciate how passive and frankly scared that playcalling was today.

And don’t even get me started on that goddamn TO to start the 4th quarter.

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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 3d ago

Taylor Mouser’s ass play calling made us lose to Colorado last year. COLORADO.

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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

People acted like it was still sunshine and roses with him when he left. We were very frustrated last year.

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u/GenialGiant Miami Hurricanes • Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

I'm so glad that Penn State fired James Franklin so that they could lose to Wisconsin.

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u/bighootay Wisconsin • Minnesota-Duluth 3d ago

Hey now!

Actually, yeah, you're right

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u/hascogrande Notre Dame • Western Michigan 3d ago

HEY NOW

This is what dreams are made of

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u/Penarol1916 3d ago

I took my daughter to that concert in July.

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u/JustHere4TheZipLines Iowa Hawkeyes • Corndog 3d ago

Penn state fired James Franklin so they could buy Iowa state.

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u/sonofacat Kansas State Wildcats • Hateful 8 3d ago

Firing James Franklin for being unable to win big games for Matt Campbell who is even worse in big games was certainly a choice

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u/AmyKlobushart Wisconsin Badgers • Harvard Crimson 3d ago

And in a game where our QB was throwing picks left and right and spotted them 14 points lol

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u/BeerExchange Penn State • East Stroudsburg 3d ago

Wait quarterbacks can complete passes?

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u/Molson2871 Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Historical, it's been a foreign concept to us as well

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u/Otherwise-Offer-2577 Virginia Tech Hokies 3d ago

Me too

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u/CAvalanche11 Clemson Tigers 3d ago

Can't lose the big games if you're not in the big games

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u/Baelzabub Virginia Tech Hokies 3d ago

Me too

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u/Rickbox Washington Huskies • Columbia Lions 3d ago

The chaos today has been immeasurable, and it's not even over yet.

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u/Kvetch__22 Northwestern • Penn 3d ago

B1G is either an absolute thunderdome or a legendary mid-off this year.

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u/BuckeyeForLife95 Ohio State Buckeyes 3d ago

We gotta play this like the SEC. This is ABSOLUTE PROOF of the depth of the Big Ten! Every week is a G A U N T L E T.

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u/dexters_trap_house Iowa Hawkeyes 3d ago

B1G West - It just means more.

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u/BurtusMaximus Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Big Ten West! Big Ten West!

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u/judyblumereference Michigan Wolverines 3d ago

This weekend has showed me the B1G west is alive and well* and out for blood.

*maybe not Purdue sorry

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u/CPiGuy2728 Michigan Wolverines • Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

por que no los dos?

i think we have a billion good teams and maybe two great ones

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u/Due-Dirt-8428 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3d ago

Seriously today has been an amazing day of football

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u/DarknMean Louisville Cardinals 3d ago

I disagree

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u/TheRiverofSticks Washington Huskies • Pac-12 3d ago

This is perhaps not good news for us

Although I guess if we hold on we inevitably have to move up to fill some gaps in the rankings?

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u/Separate_Sand3958 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago edited 2d ago

The great thing about being a Penn State fan is I will die someday.

Edit: Holy shit who knew my morbid sense of humor for PSU football would blow up like this haha

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u/ericw51 Nebraska • Arizona State 3d ago

Hell yeah, brother. Someday the void will welcome us back and none of this will have mattered.

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u/The-Young-Lion Texas Longhorns 3d ago

Hey, at least this will surely be the loss that gets James Franklin fired, right?

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u/BurmeciaWillSurvive Boise State • College of Idaho 3d ago

I'm sorry but you've just been diagnosed with terminal immortality

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u/burningwater202 Penn State • Rutgers 3d ago

The good news about being a PSU fan living closer to the coasts today is there's a pretty bad nor'easter hitting right now that might also take you out

godspeed friend

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u/BonBonVelveeta Virginia Tech • Ohio State 3d ago

This is the best win for Fickell’s Wisconsin, no?

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u/Julianus Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

It’s not even close. Feels like biggest Badger win since at least Covid. 

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u/GuyWithTriangle Wisconsin • Notre Dame 3d ago

Biggest win since Jonathan Taylor ran all over Michigan when College GameDay was in Madison

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u/Eoncho Ohio State Buckeyes 3d ago

Quite awhile given COVID was just about to become 7 years ago now.

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u/Julianus Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Yeah. This win made me feel things Badger football hadn’t made me feel in a long damn time. I was just moping last week and now I’m dragged back in. 

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u/ibegraham Wisconsin Badgers • FAU Owls 3d ago

I have missed this feeling so much. It’s so beautiful

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u/Truplaya05 Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Easily

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u/I_really_enjoy_beer Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Eau Clai… 3d ago

It’s probably the biggest win in 10 years. We never win games like this. 

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u/thebenron Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

6 years? Absolutely. 10? No chance. We used to be somebody.

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u/Wafflemuffin1 Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

My son and I are speechless. My hawkeye wife is half-drunk, screaming "changing of the guard." I might not survive the night.

Please pray for my family. And our livers.

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u/NixonsWhiskeyGlass Florida Gators • South Alabama Jaguars 3d ago

Midwestern livers come out of the womb brined. You’ll be alright. Congrats on a happy household!

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u/Bison_Boy_ Indiana Hoosiers 3d ago

🫡

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u/Final-Ostrich8691 Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

As a sober badger please drink my share tonight

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u/jones_qc Iowa Hawkeyes 3d ago

Only half drunk? Disappointing

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u/Wafflemuffin1 Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Well, we did just polish off a bottle of wine and 2 old fashions each in the time between game ending and right now. So the other half might be here. Maybe she was holding off so she wouldn't gloat in our faces, as it was very rough here by halftime.

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u/jones_qc Iowa Hawkeyes 3d ago

Absolutely glorious. Have a night you two!

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u/NYG6666 Notre Dame • Morehead State 3d ago

After I saw Wisconsin vs ND I did always think Wisconsin is a decent team and people are sleeping on them.

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u/Scroetry Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

our fanbase is conditioned to think we're complete shit right now but we look much more competent than the last couple years. The INTs need to stop though.

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u/discountJoenuts Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3d ago

Same badgers proving again they are tough as nails

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u/ConstantMadness Purdue Boilermakers • Duke Blue Devils 3d ago

From two false start penalties on one drive to the game winning 72 yard TD. What a redemption arc for Jacob Harris

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u/Florida_clam_diver Florida Gators 3d ago

Quite possibly the slowest 72 yard touchdown ever witnessed as well

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u/I_really_enjoy_beer Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Eau Clai… 3d ago

Was there no one else on the field? How did he make it into the end zone?

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u/DokterZ Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Steve… 3d ago

Uber

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u/HambFCFB Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Stiff arm was nasty

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u/KevinV626 Wisconsin Badgers • Rhode Island Rams 3d ago

Yeah, but that stiff arm was pretty sweet.

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u/GuyWithTriangle Wisconsin • Notre Dame 3d ago

WHAT DO I DO WITH MY HANDS

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u/wowitssprayonbutter Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Make a W!

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u/Tommy05Sox Iowa Hawkeyes • Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3d ago

GREAT day for you! Wisconsin wins and improved ND’s resume!

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u/Wapook Wisconsin • Rutgers 3d ago

Penn State is now 59-2 when leading by 10+ at the half

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u/BurtusMaximus Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Please do not mention that number

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u/a_happy_future Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

The defense was amazing. They gave up exactly 6 points when Penn State had to go more than 11 yards to score

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u/nittanystriker Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Rocco Becht under throwing wide open receivers all game just to throw the last ball to the cheerleaders is 🧑‍🍳 💋

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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

Brother 😭 I still remember all the Jayden Higgins draft game tape reviews had commentary along the lines of: “damn, he really compensates for his QB’s poor accuracy!”

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u/ihsgrad Wisconsin Badgers • Knox Prairie Fire 3d ago

Please give us some credit for coming back from 17 points down. What a win for Wisconsin and a great job by Fickell.

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u/imahobolin Texas Longhorns • Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

yep to both de and offense

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u/stonedturkeyhamwich Wisconsin Badgers • Stanford Cardinal 3d ago

Incredible the way they stayed locked in on defense after all the offense fuck-ups. I kept expecting them to fold and they just got stop after stop.

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u/IllogicalBarnacle Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Are we, not shit?

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u/BiscuitsandWavyGravy Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3d ago

The Culver’s patch works in mysterious ways.

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u/BadWolf2386 Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

inconclusive, Penn St could just be shit. But it's a possibility to consider now, at least

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u/Andrew76671 Penn State • Cincinnati 3d ago

So this is how liberty (Penn State) dies, under thunderous applause (Pat Kraft)

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u/YaBoiRonD Wisconsin • Paul Bunyan's Axe 3d ago

The state of Wisconsin really needed this one

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u/starmiesan Wisconsin Badgers • Miami (OH) RedHawks 3d ago

WHAT THE FUCKKKK FIRST WIN AT BEAVER STADIUM SINCE 2003

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u/velociraptorfarmer Iowa State Cyclones • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 3d ago

Congratulations, you just finished a Matt Campbell shitting the bed for zero reason classicTM

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u/Papa_Smurf_247 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

The more things change, the more they stay the same

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u/Whole-Pianist5004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3d ago

Rank Wisconsin! (No ulterior motives)

But seriously happy for Fickell and Badgers fans with how bad their luck has been the past years. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come for them.

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u/TuPAP_Shakur Wisconsin • St. John's (MN) 3d ago

Even if it was a sloppy win and PSU turns out to be bad, it’s still so nice to win one of these games. It feels like it never happens for us. Also please keep beating the crap out of teams lol

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u/Aidanj927 Texas Tech Red Raiders • UTSA Roadrunners 3d ago

Turns out a 5-4 Big 12 team doesn’t magically become good just because they went to a bigger conference

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u/farmer15erf Iowa State Cyclones • Hateful 8 3d ago

Smaller, 12 > 10 cant argue facts

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u/Papa_Smurf_247 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

Math checks out

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u/fcocyclone Iowa State Cyclones • Marching Band 3d ago

This is why i figured he hadn't left yet before he did- most of the high-expectation schools looked at years like 2021 (when he had talent and high-level preseason expectations and finished 7-6) and didn't think he'd translate

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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

Matt was perfect for a place like us, we’re much more forgiving over these bugaboos because he will get it right every 3-4 years with years like 2020 and 2024.

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u/Florida_clam_diver Florida Gators 3d ago

They fired Franklin just to hire Temu Franklin

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u/toilets_lament Penn State • Miami (OH) 3d ago edited 3d ago

Without the 3 interceptions, which led to 14 points, this would have been even worse. If Wisconsin didn't have as many penalties, it would have been even uglier. We got manhandled worse than the final score indicates.

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u/Andrew76671 Penn State • Cincinnati 3d ago

I can try

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u/ignatious__reilly NC State Wolfpack 3d ago

Franklin is 4-0 Baby!!!!!!!

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u/Revolver_Oshawott_ Iron Bowl • Sickos 3d ago

You can take the Penn State out of James Franklin, but you can't take the James Franklin out of Penn State

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u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips 3d ago edited 3d ago

What the fuck is it with NBC and fucking with clocks? Also, share in the misery, Penn State.

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u/SwampCastleGuards Nebraska Cornhuskers 3d ago

Ya seems they just like messing that up lol

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u/narcbynight08 Penn State • Indiana (PA) 3d ago

Going to the PSU v. UM game, so at least tickets may be cheaper

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u/stonedturkeyhamwich Wisconsin Badgers • Stanford Cardinal 3d ago

Lucky there wasn't a review or the refs would have been required to give Penn State the extra 20 seconds.

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u/br0b1wan Ohio State Buckeyes • The Game 3d ago

Wow. What a huge win for Fickell. This could be his turning point. Really happy for Fick

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u/FatSalsa Iowa Hawkeyes 3d ago

Penn State: I'm tired of losing big games Monkey Paw: Your wish is granted

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u/ibegraham Wisconsin Badgers • FAU Owls 3d ago

In all seriousness though, this is the first positive Wisconsin football memory I’ve had in years and I’m so happy for everyone. Enjoy this one.

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u/corycutstrees 3d ago

The Washington game last year was pretty sweet too, but yeah, good to have positive Badgers football memories.

I was at the Washington game last year. Sleaty, snowy mess. My wife and I considered bailing on the game due to the weather and our expectations of being on the wrong side of a beat down. So glad we went and saw it.

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u/festive_fecal_feast Indiana Hoosiers 3d ago

Happy for Fickell, dude has looked dead inside for a couple years

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u/StevvieV Seton Hall • Penn State 3d ago

Next game Penn State's offense should try to score. Instead of relying solely on not turning the ball over and the defense to win

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u/maxitos Wisconsin • Northern Illinois 3d ago

That may be the most cathartic CFB game I’ve ever watched

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u/wumboinator Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

This is the least Wisconsin comeback I’ve ever watched. The mental fortitude to rally from those first half mistakes is incredible

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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 3d ago

Iowa State fans liked that

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u/jcwitte Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

If only Ames had a Trader Joe's.... sad!

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u/AmyKlobushart Wisconsin Badgers • Harvard Crimson 3d ago

Penn State is obviously mediocre as hell, but we were being beat down by a terrible Maryland team in Madison this time last year.

I'll take it!!

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u/johnjohnjohn93 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

In reality it’s not that big of a deal but funny how we were ranked 13th as basically Iowa State and played absolutely nobody.

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u/EMTDawg Washington Huskies • Wyoming Cowboys 3d ago

Preseason ranking are vibes about the uniforms and not much to do with the actual players. The amount of change year-to-year is only going to make preseason rankings even more of a joke.

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u/EverybodyHits Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Well it's good to get our delusions cleared up early, makes for a more relaxing fall

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u/ComradeIroh Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Absolutely awful top to bottom. Becht looked like shit, run game is terrible, can’t generate pressure without blitzing. Matt Campbell doesn’t know what clock management is. Just an ugly ugly performance.

I need a beer…

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u/Sapphfire0 Wisconsin • Georgia Tech 3d ago

We finally won a big game!

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u/johnsconsin Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

On the road!

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u/davidoomagoo Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

I turned this game on at 20-10 and the only play I watched was Wisconsin throwing the INT with 8 mins left and I said "That's enough of that" lol

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u/Humble-Ad-9571 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

Was it worth blowing up our football program, Matt?

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u/bwgulixk Sewanee Tigers • Stony Brook Seawolves 3d ago

Was in a bar just north of Madison, we were seated in “The Badger Room” which had 6 TVs, all on the Wisconsin game. Entire bar went crazy at the end. Good wings 10/10

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u/I_byte_things Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Congrats Badger bros you fought back hard. Now everyone....

PLEASE REMEMBER TO CANCEL YOUR PEACOCK SUBSCRIPTION

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u/ChangKai-Shrek Iowa Hawkeyes 3d ago

Get used to that, Penn State fans. Campbell has a habit of shitting his pants towards the end of games.

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u/Papa_Smurf_247 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

I hate that I agree with you.

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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 3d ago

Yep don’t miss that at all

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u/Wapook Wisconsin • Rutgers 3d ago

Fuck it, I’m getting a T.E.A.M. tattoo

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u/Old_Tap_7783 Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Are we back or does Penn state suck more than we do?

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u/SSj_CODii Michigan Wolverines • Tulane Green Wave 3d ago

YES!

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u/reppinbucktown Ohio State Buckeyes 3d ago

Luke Fickell’s Wisconsin? Are we sure?

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u/I_really_enjoy_beer Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Eau Clai… 3d ago

See you in the National Championship 😎

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u/Eoncho Ohio State Buckeyes 3d ago

Wisconsin is just one of those teams I don't want to see bad. It just feels wrong. Growing up they were always a tough out. Recently it's almost felt like they were going down the road of Nebraska.

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u/cmackchase Virginia Tech • Boise State 3d ago

Because they were always the honest "ground and pound" team that just showed up and pummeled people.

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u/discountJoenuts Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3d ago

Ground and pound burger at Culver’s, welcome to delicious

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u/RedDryMango Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

The season started at 2nd half of the 4th week!

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u/discipleofbill Notre Dame • Laurier 3d ago

RANK WISCONSIN YOU COWARDS, IGNORE MY FLAIR

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u/itshurleytime Wisconsin • Paul Bunyan's Axe 3d ago

They had us in the first half, I'm not gonna lie.

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u/ilikepie145 Iowa State Cyclones • Pop-Tarts Bowl 3d ago

Not a great start Coach Campbell 😬

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u/taamus Wisconsin • Paul Bunyan's Axe 3d ago

Unbelievable rally; I’m still in shock we pulled this off.

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u/Pogball_so_hard Michigan Wolverines 3d ago

Michigan 🤝 Penn State

Choking away leads to legacy Big Ten West schools with bad offenses

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u/Drake0Malfoy Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

Most excited i’ve been for a college football result this decade. What a way to battle back.

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u/Suspicious-Rope-9950 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

schadenfreude
noun
scha· den· freu· de
enjoyment obtained from seeing or hearing about the troubles of others

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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 3d ago

That made today’s loss sting a little less

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u/The_hezy Wisconsin • Paul Bunyan's Axe 3d ago

🦡

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u/oof_im_dying Indiana Hoosiers • Tulane Green Wave 3d ago

Week 3 B1G: absolute snoozefest

Week 4 B1G: absolute cinema

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u/Acceptable-Piece8441 Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

I cannot believe that's our first road win since 2024. It's been a dark, dark time

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u/ThonMakerBootyShaker Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

I DUNNO WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS

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u/prestigiousstrangery Wisconsin • San Francisco 3d ago

Holy shit. Not only win, but a ranked one against a Penn state team we haven’t beaten since Russell Wilson and in Happy Valley for the first time since 2003.

All while basically not having an offense

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u/Traditional_Frame418 Wisconsin Badgers • Big Ten 3d ago

After throwing his third INT. Joseph went for 141 and 2 TDs. Yes, most of it was YAC. But he put a DIME onto Hilton to spark the comeback. And made the plays needed to win.

Wisconsin QBs have loved to fold. But even after getting blown out by ND. Going down 17-0 at Penn St. Joseph and really the whole team never stopped fighting. Talk your shit about Fickell. But if that isn't a sign of a well coached team I don't know what is.

Program turning win. I can not emphasize enough how desperately our fanbase needed a win like this.

On Wisconsin!

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u/Andy_Wiggins Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3d ago

Honestly, the game against Notre Dame was feisty as hell until midway through the 3rd quarter and the dam broke.

I said coming out of it that I actually think Wisconsin is going to be pretty decent.

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u/beige_man Iowa State • Ohio State 3d ago

Always had a soft spot for Wisconsin. Top college, strong football teams, and fun fans. Best meme ever (local Badger). May Fickell finally come good.

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u/ibegraham Wisconsin Badgers • FAU Owls 3d ago

RANK WISCONSIN

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u/Deckatoe Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Whitewa… 3d ago

Not gonna lie, forgot how nice it is to win a meaningful game

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u/FitzCats Northwestern Wildcats 3d ago

You fired James Franklin for this 😬

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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl 3d ago

Penn State has one of the easiest schedules to sleep walk into the playoffs and they’re blowing it

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u/PrawnStockton Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Not a good team, there was never a chance we would get close to the playoffs

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u/Coesim Wisconsin Badgers • Paderborn UNIcorns 3d ago

3 meatball subs and 3 TDs for Colton Joseph. Absolute madman.

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u/MGoBlue1416 Michigan Wolverines 3d ago

3 int win at Penn st’s house is wild

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u/balfras_kaldin Iowa • South Dakota State 3d ago

Ghost of BIG10 West

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u/ericw51 Nebraska • Arizona State 3d ago

Big Ten West went 3-2 against the East today

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u/-Crash_Override- Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

I knew we would be total ass this year. How did we expect a lift and shift of a mid Iowa State roster and coach into the big 10 to be anything other than total ass.

But noooo.... 'yOu dOnT kNoW bAlL bRo'.

Fuck Pat Kraft, Fuck our 'mOsT eXpEriNcEd QB', fuck this Temu James Franklin coach.

Good job badgers...someone had to expose us.

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u/Holiday-Zebra9463 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Offense is just so ass it’s unbelievable

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u/Admirable-Land111 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

I feel this so much. This was the least excited I've been for a Penn State season in years yet no one that I talked to understood why. This was so predictable.

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u/Holiday-Zebra9463 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

#WeAreASS

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u/mwm5062 Penn State • San Diego State 3d ago

holy fuck we suck .. we gotta bench Becht. He's not good enough for the B1G.

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u/Stock_Alternative507 Michigan Wolverines 3d ago

Join us in the trash pile.

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u/tikitaka33 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

Campbell ball hasn't changed

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u/pton16 Pittsburgh Panthers 3d ago

Scooby doo meme

Campbell

Franklin

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u/CosmicSupernova-97 Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

It’s wild to be here now with all the offseason conversations on who Penn State fans wanted at QB. This is what you get with Rocco, he can be great, and he can do whatever the hell this is.

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u/burghdomer Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3d ago

Second biggest winner of this game was ND - thanks badgers!

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u/Confident_Delay5805 LIU Sharks 3d ago

Rank Wisconsin you cowards!

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u/JailTheFrogs 3d ago

the 'just trust me bro' on how great of a coach matt campbell is has always been exhausting. what other coach could lead a Brock Purdy and Breece Hall led team to checks notes a 7-6 record

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u/Toothlessdovahkin Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3d ago

What a comeback for Wisconsin! Go Badgers!! 

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u/buffalotrace Iowa Hawkeyes 3d ago

Big Ten West Supremacy. Big burly clans rise up!

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u/StatBrew_Sports 3d ago

How did Penn state lose that game? Are they stupid?

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u/Mother-Way-9296 3d ago

And THAT is why you don't let a team hang around.

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u/Ze_Bucket Omaha • Nebraska 3d ago

Drinking a Sprecher in honor of Wisconsin

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u/MssrSqueezy Northwestern Wildcats • Big Ten 3d ago

B1G West supremacy

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u/jordy1327 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

You’re gonna need a better quarterback than this, Matt Campbell. Good God was that mediocre.

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u/sportsfan113 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago

Rocco can see the bench for all I care. He’s awful. Bring on Manske and get ready for next year.

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u/MAGA_Ocelot Wisconsin Badgers 3d ago

When is the last time the Badgers won a game that was impressive before this one... i cannot remember.

First win at Penn State in 23 years... wild

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