To put it bluntly, the Wisconsin Badgers' home game in Week 4 is a must-win. With the Maryland Terrapins coming to town, Luke Fickell may not be able to afford another slow start to the season leading the Badgers. At 2-1 on the season, he is probably doing what everyone expected him to do. Wisconsin beat Miami (OH) and Middle Tennessee before getting pulverized by Alabama in Week 3.
Should Wisconsin improve to 3-1 with a decisive win over Maryland in Week 4, Fickell may temporarily take himself off the hot seat. If the Badgers play with their food again in the first half and drop back-to-back games to Power Four opponents, Fickell may soon suffer the same fate as DeShaun Foster at UCLA and Brent Pry at Virginia Tech.