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Luke Fickell tried to explain why his Billy Edwards Jr.-Danny O'Neil plan didn't work

Luke Fickell did everything in his power to ruin Wisconsin's season before it ever even really began.

Danny O'Neil, Wisconsin Badgers | John Fisher/GettyImages

There is coaching malpractice, and then there is whatever Luke Fickell decided to do to his poor Wisconsin Badgers football team on Saturday. Rather than give Danny O'Neil all the first-team reps and build an offensive game plan around his skills, once again the allure if Billy Edwards Jr. got the best of him. Edwards started, made one good throw, got hurt again, and never returned to the game.