Welcome to the calendar year 2024, a year during which Wisconsin football will face the new era of the Big Ten schedules.
The Badgers are coming off a disappointing 2023 campaign. A 7-6 record was highlighted by inexplicable losses to Indiana and Northwestern, and the fourth straight year of falling short in the Big Ten West.
Well, the West is now no more as the Big Ten expands to 18 schools and moves toward a new scheduling model.
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Wisconsin will need to step up its game to compete in the new Big Ten format. The years of coasting through the West schedule to Indianapolis are gone; now 2024 sees contests against Alabama, USC, Penn State and Oregon.
A key to the program turnaround will be to what level Phil Longo’s offense works. 2023’s results were underwhelming, and made this year’s performance even more critical.
Here is our first shot at Wisconsin’s projected depth chart on offense for the 2024 season: