Wisconsin's Run Game: Back to Glory?

0:00On April 29th, Wisconsin's football team is dead set on earning back its running back U Crown, like the days of Ron Dane and Jonathan Taylor, tearing up fields. Those glory years had superstar backs powered by elite offensive lines, but the badgers tank lately, going 9-15 over two seasons with. Week rushing numbers, 116 yards per game last year, ranking 116th nationally, and just 3.31 yards per. Coaching shifts kicked in under loop fickle, who brought in an air raid guy as offensive coordinator, leading to more passes than runs for the first, time in decades. Even after firing that coordinator last November, the run game stayed rough, with Wisconsin knew the bottom and yards per play despite running 60. 0.9% of the time. Players feel the heat from alumni visits during spring practice, where Dane and others stressed the basics, like knowing your blocks in the O-Lines, moves. New running backs coach, Jaden Everett, keeps it real, saying they ain't claiming any

1:01titles yet, and backs like Darian Dupree took fickle's average. Room jab personally to step up. The roster got a full refresh, with transfers like Abu Sama from Iowa State, Brian Jackson from USC, and Nate Palmer from TCU, plus a mobile. Quarterback in Colton, Joseph, who rushed for over 1,000 yards last year. Up front, fifth online coach in six years, Eric Mateo's grabbed portal guys from Mississippi Oklahoma State, and more, aiming to rebuild that dominant. Trinch mentality. If the O-Line clicks and starts demanding run it again, behind them, Wisconsin could crank up the ground attack and put fickle back on solid ground. Come fall.