The Wisconsin Badgers cruised into the bye week with a victory in their first Big Ten appearance of the season, defeating the Purdue Boilermakers 38-17 to improve to 3-1 in 2023.
While the victory was a good sign for things to come offensively, the Badgers did see some ups and downs defensively as Purdue continued to climb back in the second half before Wisconsin ultimately put the finishing touches to comfortably win by three scores.
What did head coach Luke Fickell take away from his team’s defensive performance? There’s still work to be done.