Position-by-position grades, report card for the Wisconsin Badgers’ 2020 season

The Wisconsin Badgers wrapped up their 2020 season with a 42-28 victory over Wake Forest in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Here is a full grade…

The Wisconsin Badgers wrapped up their 2020 season with a 42-28 victory over Wake Forest in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, giving them a 4-3 record and head coach Paul Chryst his fifth bowl victory in six tries.

The season was a challenging one for many reasons, though the team rallied down the stretch and closed their schedule with two important victories—the first retaining Paul Bunyan’s Axe against Minnesota and the second putting their record over .500.

Related: Final game grades, report card for Wisconsin vs. Wake Forest

Heading into next season a lot should return to normal, with an early outlook seeing the team go through a semi-normal training camp and play their full Big Ten and out-of-conference schedule.

But before we turn focus to 2021, there is work to be done to wrap up the recently-finished campaign.

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Here are position-by-position grades and a full report card for the Wisconsin Badgers’ 2020 season:

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3 positives and 3 negatives from Wisconsin football’s 2020 season

The Wisconsin Badgers’ 2020 football season was full of positives and negatives to take away, with Graham Mertz starting at quarterback

The Wisconsin Badgers’ 4-3 2020 season did not go the way any predicted.

With the cancelation of the season, the pause due to COVID-19 cases and the three straight losses, the story of the 2020 Wisconsin Badgers was not one anybody saw coming.

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But that’s what college football is, and now it’s about moving forward with positives to take away from the year.

Here are 3 positives and 3 negatives from the Badgers’ 2020 football season:

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