The Badgers From The Past Decade: How'd They Do? Part Four

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 14, 2011 6:37 PM CST

Part One: Wisconsin vs. Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, and Ohio State
Part Two: The Teams Wisconsin didn't face as much (Purdue, Michigan State, and Illinois)
Part Three: The Rest of the Big Ten (Michigan, Penn State, and Indiana)
Part Four: Wisconsin's Infamous Nonconference Schedule

This area is rough. Very rough. We have NOT been the greatest in scheduling by any means.

2000, 4-0

vs. Western Michigan, W 19-7
vs. Oregon, W 27-23
vs. Cincinnati, W 28-25
@ Hawaii, W 34-18

2001, 2-2

vs. Virginia, W 26-17
@ #7 Oregon, L 31-28
vs. Fresno State, L 32-20
vs. Western Kentucky, W 24-6

2002, 5-0

vs. Fresno State, W 23-21
@ UNLV, W 27-7
vs. West Virginia, W 34-17
vs. Northern Illinois, W 24-21
vs. Arizona, W 31-10

Wisconsin's 2-6 record in Big Ten play practically necessitated 5 non-conference games.

2003

@ West Virginia, W 24-17
vs. Akron, W 48-31
vs. UNLV, L 23-5 (WTF?!)
vs. North Carolina W 38-27

West Virginia "shared" the Big East Championship with Miami.

2004, 3-0

vs. UCF, W 34-6
vs. UNLV, W 18-3
@ Arizona, W 9-7

Note: Post-2004, no Big Ten team has played only 3 nonconference games in a season

2005, 4-0

vs. Bowling Green, 56-42
vs. Temple, W 65-0
@ North Carolina, W 14-5
@ Hawaii, W 41-24

2006, 4-0

"@" Bowling Green (at Cleveland Browns Stadium), W 35-14
vs. Western Illinois, W 34-10
vs. San Diego State, W 14-0
vs. Buffalo, W 35-3

This was a VERY weak schedule. San Diego State finished 3-9 overall, with all 3 wins coming in MWC play. Bowling Green finished 4-8, and 3-5 in MAC Play (they also got massacred 35-7 in Ohio Stadium at the hands of you-know-who). Buffalo? 2-10. Coupled with a middling FCS Opponent, and you have all the ingredients for an AWFUL SOS.

2007, 4-0

vs. Washington State, W 42-21 (Only game they've played in All-Red Uniforms)
@ UNLV, W 20-13 (STOP SCHEDULING THEM!)
vs. Citadel, W 45-31 (WTF)
vs. Northern Illinois, 44-3

2008, 4-0

vs. Akron, W 38-17
vs. Marshall, W 51-14
@ #21 Fresno State, W 13-10
vs. Cal Poly SLO, W 36-35 OT (This was a bad, BAD Wisconsin team)

2009, 4-0

vs. Northern Illinois, W 28-20 (The first offensive play of this game for the Badgers was a touchdown)
vs. Fresno State, W 34-31 2OT
vs. Wofford, W 44-14
@ Hawaii, W 51-10

2010, 4-0

@ UNLV, W 41-21
vs. San Jose State, W 27-14
vs. Arizona State, W 20-19 (BAD SPECIAL TEAMS)
vs. Wofford, W 70-3

The common opponents?

UNLV in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, and 2010
Fresno State in 2001, 2002, 2008, and 2009
Northern Illinois in 2002, 2007, and 2008
Hawaii in 2000, 2005, and 2009
West Virginia in 2002 and 2003
North Carolina in 2003 and 2005
Arizona in 2003 and 2004

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I guess we’re going to schedule UNLV over and over again, no matter how many times they threaten to bite us in the @$$.

"Are you joking? Star Trek V is the standard against which all badness is measured!" Raj Koothrappali from The Big Bang Theory

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 14, 2011 9:04 PM CST reply actions

As long as we play decent we'll pound UNLV every year.

I really want Bielema to schedule Austin Peay again (we won 70-3).

"Gotta Chris Paul mind state, I'm never outta bounds"
-Jayceon Taylor

by BlackPack-fan on Jan 26, 2011 5:52 PM CST up reply actions

I want to have Cal Poly on the schedule again

And destroy them so badly that their terrible kicker doesn’t even have one opportunity to miss an extra point.

Bucky's 5th Quarter - All Badgers, all the time.

by Adam Tupitza on Jan 26, 2011 8:33 PM CST up reply actions

That game was our season in a nutshell

my goodness, was that just an awful performance ON SENIOR DAY. Geez…

I’d have taken a game against Wake Forest instead of that crap from an FCS school.

"Are you joking? Star Trek V is the standard against which all badness is measured!" Raj Koothrappali from The Big Bang Theory

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 26, 2011 11:24 PM CST up reply actions

got my mind on my money

they schedule UNLV cause they make BANK on badger fans, like my parents, going to vegas every year. Vegas makes a ton, badgers sell a bunch of tickets, they sell fans travel packages. I mean, would you rather have them playing Western Michigan at home? I’ll accept the UNLV game, but they quit messing around with those I-AA teams. Weak non-conference schedules are my least favorite thing about college football.

by mladwig0 on Feb 4, 2011 11:47 AM CST up reply actions

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Badgers Football Schedule

UNLV	Thu 09/01	W 51 - 17
Oregon St. Building The Dam	Sat 09/10	W 35 - 0
@ Northern Illinois Red And Black Attack	Sat 09/17	W 49 - 7
South Dakota Coyotes	Sat 09/24	W 59 - 10
Nebraska Corn Nation	Sat 10/01	W 48 - 17
Indiana The Crimson Quarry	Sat 10/15	W 59 - 7
@ Michigan St. The Only Colors	Sat 10/22	L 31 - 37
@ Ohio St. Along The Olentangy	Sat 10/29	L 29 - 33
Purdue Hammer and Rails	Sat 11/05	W 62 - 17
@ Minnesota The Daily Gopher	Sat 11/12	W 42 - 13
@ Illinois Hail to the Orange	Sat 11/19	W 28 - 17
Penn St. Black Shoe Diaries	Sat 11/26	W 45 - 7
@ Michigan St. The Only Colors	Sat 12/03	W 42 - 39
@ Oregon Addicted To Quack	Mon 01/02	L 38 - 45