(WNFL/LEARFIELD) – The Wisconsin Badgers welcome the Purdue Boilermakers to Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday.
Coming off a loss to USC on Saturday, Luke Fickell met with the media on Monday to talk about the task in front of the Badgers.
Right off the top, Fickell talked about the need for his team to be better at playing complementary football.
Fickell then went on about that topic.
Fickell also spoke about quarterback Braedon Locke.
What was his message to Braedon Locke before the start of the USC game?
The Badgers come into Saturday’s game with a 2-2 record.
Purdue which is 1-3 has struggled offensively to the point where on Sunday they fired their offensive co-ordinator Graham Harrell.
Notes: Wisconsin has won 17 consecutive meetings with Purdue and has claimed the last 8 meetings in Madison. The Badgers have not lost
to Purdue since 2003.
- With Big Ten play underway, UW owns a 59-31 (.656) record against Big Ten opponents over the last 10 full seasons (since 2014). Ohio State (83-7) and Michigan (68-22) are the only programs to post more Big Ten wins over that span.
- Wisconsin has won 17 straight meetings with the Boilermakers. Only 3 Power 4 programs hold longer active winning streaks over current conference opponents. The only Big Ten program with a longer active win streak over a conference opponent is Ohio State (vs. Indiana, 29 games).