Greg McElroy has the Wisconsin vs. Alabama game in Tuscaloosa this year as one of the top-10 non-conference games of the entire season. He circled that week three game on his calendar as a can’t-miss game. Sure, it could be partly because he’s an Alabama alum so he’s paying a bit more attention to what the Tide are doing but he didn’t shy away from an explanation.
On ESPN College Football’s “Always College Football,” McElroy shared his thoughts on the Wisconsin vs. Alabama game. He ranked it the 10th-best non-conference game of the season.
““A rare home-and-home game. This game was awesome last year, where Alabama went up to Madison, Wisconsin. They (the Tide) won that game, but, man, it was just cool to see those two helmets on the field at the same time. Two proud programs, two traditionally very physical programs. Just a fun matchup there that we will have there in week three of the college football season this year.””
Greg McElroy
Greg McElroy has circled Wisconsin vs. Alabama as a can’t miss game in week 3
The game didn’t go well for Wisconsin, and in many ways, it was a season-defining game for the Badgers. Two major things happened. The first was that they lost their starting quarterback, Tyler Van Dyke, for the season. The second was that it was the game that Luke Fickell realized that the defensive line had to get better for 2025. He saw firsthand that they couldn’t hang tough with a team like Alabama for a full game.
The Badgers ultimately lost the game 42-10, outmatched from about the middle of the first quarter through the end. It’s interesting that this is the game that McElroy circles, and instead of highlighting improvement for the Badgers, it talks about history and how cool it is that those two programs get to play each other.
Wisconsin fans are not optimistic about the rematch, but the Badgers should put up a much better fight this time.
McElroy’s other top non-conference games can be find on the youtube video, here. There are only two other Big Ten teams featured in the list.
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