Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Wisconsin’s postgame press conference recap

The Wisconsin Badgers took care of enterprise in Phoenix, profitable the Assured Charge Bowl over Oklahoma State by seven factors. 

Sport recaps:

Following the sport, Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell, star working again Braelon Allen, and inside linebacker Jordan Turner met with media members for the postgame press convention. With Allen (offense) and Turner (protection) taking residence MVP honors within the recreation, the trio of representatives for Wisconsin had a lot to say concerning the recreation and the long run in Madison.

Here’s a fast overview of what was mentioned after Wisconsin’s bowl recreation win at Chase Discipline in Arizona. 

Luke Fickell on the bowl win…

“Clearly I am actually excited, actually proud to be a part of this. These guys have accepted me the final three and a half weeks, and this was an unbelievable evening. I could not be trustworthy with you, these guys most likely know, I did not precisely know what to anticipate, and I am strolling out of right here actually impressed with so many issues, however most significantly their love, and their take care of each other. Their capability to maintain combating, I do not assume I noticed one adverse physique language or adverse factor mentioned on the sidelines.”

Luke Fickell on the significance of pulling Jim Leonhard up on stage through the postgame celebration…

“I believe he ought to have been up there from the get-go, to be trustworthy with you. I imply three and a half weeks, I do not know if that is sufficient time [for me] to face up there.”

“However I assumed it was actually essential, I assumed it was essential for him to be acknowledged, and I needed to verify I mentioned, greater than something, I respect how and what he is carried out for me, and the way he has dealt with these previous couple of weeks. I’ve bought the utmost respect, not only for him, however for what this place actually means, it confirmed me lots.”

Luke Fickell on appearing as a figurehead within the recreation and dealing with Jim Leonhard in addition to Bobby Engram…

“I had sufficient perception that I might management myself and never do an excessive amount of, however we had sat down really for some time this morning and simply form of went over every thing, and made positive we have been all on the identical web page of how we might go about dealing with among the situational stuff. I’ve at all times been a man that communicates, [I] talk higher with the defensive guys typically as a result of I spend a variety of time with these guys. We had a plan and we caught with the plan. We knew we wanted to be aggressive, we knew we have been at all times form of ensure guys have been all on the identical web page, and there was nice communication backwards and forwards all evening.”

Braelon Allen on the good thing about having a month off main as much as the bowl recreation…

“I believe it was very useful. I believe the coaches did a terrific job as we have been form of again into the swing of getting ready for this recreation, form of giving me a manageable load to the place I used to be getting in good work, but in addition not placing an excessive amount of of a beating on my physique all through that preparation. In the present day I felt superb, I used to be simply excited to have the ability to play form of feeling 100% once more, it was simply enjoyable to play.”

Jordan Turner on the play of the protection with out Nick Herbig and Keeanu Benton…

“All people understands that it is a subsequent man up mentality at Wisconsin. We misplaced NuNu [Keeanu Benton], we misplaced Nick [Herbig], however we nonetheless bought to get the job carried out, we bought to do our greatest on protection. How we did it? We performed collectively, we communicated, and we executed.”

Braelon Allen on the significance of profitable the bowl recreation…

“That was big. It was positively precisely what we needed. I am probably not an emotional particular person however simply considering again on every thing that we went by way of, relationship again to the spring with GB [Gary Brown], and form of simply the up and downs all through the season, like I mentioned, I am not very emotional, however in relation to this staff and my brothers it is form of laborious to manage. They have been there for me, and we have been there for one another each step of the way in which. I can not thank them sufficient.”

Braelon Allen on his pleasure degree for subsequent season…

“Extremely excited. Simply form of attending to have conversations with Coach Fickell has gotten me very excited. The staff [and] the blokes now we have coming again, clearly a bunch of playmakers who’ve expertise, and I believe we’ll be very harmful.”

Luke Fickell on the play of Chase Wolf within the bowl recreation…

“I assumed Chase did an outstanding job tonight. He managed what he might management, he took photographs when he wanted to take photographs, and I do not assume I ever noticed him bat an eye fixed, even after the interception. His capability to return again, that is a credit score to him, but in addition a credit score to those guys, as a result of I advised you there was no unhealthy physique language, nothing adverse it doesn’t matter what I noticed tonight.”

Luke Fickell on why he thinks Wisconsin has received eight of their final 9 bowl journeys…

“Bowl video games are 90% who desires to be there. All people desires to be there when the sport kicks off, however that means who desires to organize to be there. I actually do consider that. Like I mentioned, I am unsure I precisely knew what to anticipate fully tonight, however I do know what I’ve seen during the last three and a half weeks, that they needed to be right here, they needed to organize.”

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