The Wisconsin Badgers avoided disaster in their 2024 college football season opener against the Western Michigan Broncos. The Badgers were about 24.5-point favorites heading into last Friday’s game at Camp Randall Stadium, but they won by just 14 points, 28-14.
However, a win is a win and Wisconsin still has time to get itself together and perform better on the field.
The Badgers will have another seemingly inferior opponent this coming weekend as the FCS South Dakota Coyotes come to Madison. This time, Badgers head coach Luke Fickell wants his team to take advantage of their home-field advantage, especially the energy from the crowd, which he believes Wisconsin failed to maximize against Western Michigan.
By Tony Liebert of Sports Illustrated:
“We didn’t capitalize on the home field advantage, that’s on us,” Fickell said. “If there’s one thing that really sticks out to me that we need to do better, it’s capitalizing on what we were given and the atmosphere that we weren’t able to really get going.”
South Dakota enters this weekend’s game off a 45-3 victory over the Northern State Wolves on Aug. 29.
Wisconsin Badgers beat Western Michigan in opener
Against the Broncos, Badgers quarterback Tyler Van Dyke passed for 192 yards on just 21-of-36 completions, while Chez Mellusi and Tawee Walker had 74 and 66 yards, respectively, and a touchdown each.
The Badgers had a three-point lead at halftime but scored just three points in the third quarter, outscoring Western Michigan 15-7 in the final quarter. In all, Wisconsin gained 388 yards to 261 against Western Michigan.
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