Credit to where credit is due. Reporters have been getting some extra flak this year for not asking the tough questions, when that's a loaded issue and not easy to unpack. However, Zac Bellman of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel decided to go after an issue that's been circulating around Luke Fickell lately: Is he actually blatantly doing a terrible job of recruiting the state of Wisconsin? Yes, he is.
Bellman and the Journal Sentinel asked 13 high school coaches if Luke Fickell has made recruiting the state of Wisconsin a priority. 10 of the 13 answered that he isn't, that's astonishing, and yet confirms what has been rumored for a while.