| Wisconsin football tickets are always in | | | | Their Schedule |
| demand, no matter the circumstances. Since | | | | |
| the arrival of Barry Alvarez in 1990, the | | | | Wisconsin football tickets are never easy to |
| Badgers have enjoyed one of the most | | | | find, but the Badgers didnt necessarily add |
| successful runs of success in college | | | | to the intrigue with their schedule. The BCS |
| football, winning three Rose Bowl titles, | | | | measures a team in part by their strength of |
| appearing in several other big-time bowl | | | | schedule, and playing San Diego State, |
| games and producing a Heisman Trophy winner | | | | Western Illinois, Buffalo and Bowling Green |
| in RB Ron Dayne. | | | | isnt going to impress the computers or the |
| | | | voters. Wisconsin did have a game scheduled |
| However, the Badgers lost an icon after the | | | | with Oregon State this year, but the Beavers, |
| 2005 season, as Alvarez retired from coaching | | | | so its believed, pulled out at the last |
| and took on Athletic Director duties | | | | minute, forcing Wisconsin to scramble for a |
| full-time. He handed the reigns of his | | | | replacement. Regardless, this reality hurt |
| carefully-built program to Bret Bielema, who | | | | the Badgers polling and BCS number. |
| at the time was the youngest coach in | | | | |
| Division 1 football. Bielema was a bit of an | | | | Pre-Season Ranking |
| unknown with the national media, and the | | | | |
| Badgers were coming into 2006 with a very | | | | One thing thats becoming apparent under the |
| young team. Funny thing is, all they did was | | | | BCS is that most teams need to begin the |
| win nearly every game on their schedule, | | | | season with a high ranking in order to have a |
| finishing the regular season 11-1. No one | | | | shot at the BCS. Voters like a sure thing, |
| talked about them for the BCS, and no one | | | | and Wisconsin was anything but a known |
| mentions them with the best teams in the | | | | commodity this past summer. They had a new |
| country. Well explore why that is below. | | | | young coach, a talented but very young roster |
| | | | and several questions coming into their |
| The Powers in the Big Ten | | | | season. Their starting RB was a redshirt |
| | | | freshman, they had to replace their entire WR |
| Unfortunately for Wisconsin, the dominance | | | | and TE corps and their OL, always the |
| displayed by Ohio State and Michigan | | | | strength of Wisconsin, was an unknown aside |
| throughout the season overshadowed Wisconsins | | | | from the great Joe Thomas. All these |
| success. The Badgers didnt play Ohio State | | | | questions lead to the Badgers getting ignored |
| this year, and lost a hard-fought, | | | | in the polls, and they could never catch up. |
| early-season road game to Michigan. Until | | | | |
| those two played each other, neither had been | | | | Overall, though, theres nothing to apologize |
| beaten, and there was no room for talk of | | | | about when you go 11-1 in the Big Ten, and |
| Wisconsin after Michigan and Ohio State. Not | | | | whoever winds up playing Wisconsin in their |
| to mention, the BCS only allows two teams | | | | bowl game will find out just how underrated |
| from any conference to play in a BCS bowl | | | | they are. Wisconsin football tickets will |
| game, which pretty much kept Wisconsin out of | | | | also be snapped up for the game, as Wisconsin |
| the picture all season. | | | | fans are legendary for their festive support |
| | | | of the team on the road. |