We’re in the middle of the holiday season and the Wisconsin Badgers are six days away from playing their Bowl Game and finishing the 2020 season.
It’s been a challenging season for everybody involved, and it hasn’t necessarily become one to remember for fans of the program.
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But back in August and early September, the Badgers weren’t even set to play a season, and as I’ve said numerous times finishing the year at all should be seen as a success.
The biggest thing to take away from the 2020 campaign should be the development of key young offensive players and the valuable experience that the schedule provided.
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The most significant of those guys is obviously redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz, who started the season with two tremendous performances but has really struggled since.
Nobody will remember the 3-3 regular season and the team’s three-game losing streak many years from now, as this period will be looked back upon as a valuable dress rehearsal of what Mertz, freshman RB Jalen Berger, freshman WR Chimere Dike and the youth on the team will bring to the field in future years.
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With today being Christmas Eve and the Badgers still six days away from taking the field again, here is a complete Christmas list for the Wisconsin football program: