WATCH: Wisconsin TE Jake Ferguson voices a Week 1 hype video

Wisconsin TE Jake Ferguson voices a Week 1 hype video:

To prepare us for Week 1 of Wisconsin’s season, the Badgers put together a video that puts perspective on the last 21 months.

While the Badgers may have played a home opener last season, they never really felt like they were at home. While Wisconsin season ticket holders, students, and fans of all ages watched a season from their couches, it almost felt like a season barely took place. With fans absent from stadiums, we missed arguably the best part of college football. The Badgers are ready to once again pack Camp Randall for the first time in what has felt like an eternity.

Wisconsin TE Jake Ferguson and the entire team are ready to welcome you back to Camp Randall tomorrow afternoon:

Studs and duds from the Wisconsin Badgers’ 2020 football season

The Wisconsin Badgers closed their 2020 season Thursday with a 42-28 victory over Wake Forest in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Here are studs…

Alas, today is Jan. 1, and the year 2020 is finally behind is — most likely for the best in many ways.

For the Wisconsin Badger football program, 2020 began on a rough note with the team’s 28-27 Rose Bowl loss to Oregon on New Year’s Day.

As Badger fans know, it didn’t get any easier. The Big Ten Conference initially postponed the 2020 season, kickoff came in late October, the team saw starting quarterback Jack Coan break his foot before the season, three regular-season games were canceled due to COVID-19 and numerous injuries were suffered by key players.

But in the end, if there’s one word to describe the team it’s resilient. The Badgers could’ve shipped it in after a loss at Iowa capped a three-game losing streak and especially when the program experienced a COVID-19 outbreak and didn’t play for two weeks.

But the Badgers didn’t, and they finished the year two victories. That captures the resilience of the team and the football program as a whole.

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So as we look back upon the 2020 season, we do so while giving credit to everybody that worked hard to make this season happen, as well as to everybody in the locker room and on the coaching staff for battling through hardship and sacrificing a lot to successfully finish the year.

With that, here are studs and duds from the Badgers’ 2020 football season:

WATCH: The Wisconsin Badgers are Matt Leinart’s team to watch in 2021

FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff hosts discussed which Big Ten teams are worth watching next season. Matt Leinart chose Wisconsin football as his

During FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff today the hosts discussed which Big Ten teams are worth watching next season.

Several of the hosts chose Michigan due to the questions about their trajectory and head coach Jim Harbaugh possibly entering the hot seat after a rough 2020 season.

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Former USC quarterback Matt Leinart, however, chose Wisconsin as his team to watch next season.

“If you look at this season, obviously a struggling season especially offensively,” Leinart said. “But you look at what they have coming back. Brady [Quinn], your quarterback you love Graham Mertz going through some growing pains this year but he’s got a ton of talent. Jalen Berger the true freshman running back is an absolute stud, he’s back. Defensively they’re always solid but you talk about recruiting, they have a top-20 recruiting class in the nation and No. 3 in the Big Ten going into next season. That’s pretty good for Wisconsin, so you better believe Paul Chryst will have this football team in the Big Ten conversation when it’s all said and done at the end of the season.”

High praise from the former USC star, and praise that is deserved with what this team has going for them heading into next season. The 2020 season has been a tough one for many reasons, but the future is extremely bright in Madison.

 

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