College Football · Week 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1
#25 Wisconsin
L 0-30 at Iowa · Sat, Oct 31 · 5-3 overall
Misery Index · Despair · ▲ from 33
A 30-0 shutout at Iowa has the fanbase blaming a Gophers psyop and done believing in Fickell's corner.
The emotional rollercoaster
Wisconsin fans’ misery during the game, every 15 minutes. Up is worse.
What happened
Wisconsin visited Iowa on Halloween and left with a 0-30 loss, a shutout that dropped the Badgers to 5-3 and sent the misery index from 33 to 84. The turning point was the realization that no corner had been turned, with one fan pleading to "stop letting Fickell trick us." The most popular theory blamed a billionaire Gophers fan funding the quarterback spending as a "psyop." Others counted five straight losses to Iowa and retreated to "baseball world." Halloween suited a team that had spent October dressed as a contender.
What fans said
“I am convinced that there is a billionaire Gophers fan who pumps money into the Wisconsin NIL fund as a psyop under the condition that UW spends at least a million dollars on the worst QB in the transfer portal.”
u/DonStrock790▲ 991gallows humor
“Stop letting Fickell trick us into thinking we have turned the corner”
u/IndependentPast684▲ 191frustration
“So we overpaid for a guy who also can't. Bold strategy. Our architect AD of this shitshow snuck out the back door too.”
u/ArthurMorgansInhaler▲ 51betrayal
“Overall, football in Wisconsin is on shaky ground. Gonna keep living in baseball world for the rest of the season.”
u/dudemcbob▲ 24despair
“Wisconsin is an excruciatingly unserious football program. There zero excuses for being this unprepared for this game.”
u/COLORADO_RADALANCHE▲ 22rage
“losing to Iowa 5 years in a row is embarassing af”
u/VisibleAct▲ 10rage
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