Thamel indicates that no deal has been signed, but the Badgers are pushing to have Fickell locked down within the next 48 hours.
Fickell started four seasons as a nose guard for Ohio State from 1993 to 1996, setting a school record with 50 consecutive starts. In 1999, he joined Ohio State's staff as a graduate assistant, and then, after spending a year coaching Akron's defensive line, returned to Columbus, serving 15 years as a Buckeye staffer, most notably 11 seasons as defensive coordinator and one year, 2011, as interim head coach.
He was hired by Cincinnati in 2017 and is 57–18 in five seasons with the Bearcats, winning three conference titles and after finishing the regular season 13-0 in 2021, earning the first College Football Playoff berth for a program outside of the FBS Power 5. If hired, Fickell would replace Paul Chryst, who was canned mid-season after a 2–3 start. Chryst, who was born in Madison and played quarterback for the Badgers, was 67–26 over eight seasons with the Badgers, winning the Big Ten West three times.
Wisconsin just put the Big Ten on notice, Luke will turn that program around and make them into a national contender.
Maybe The Ohio State should look into it
Before we get a chance
Everyone bashed Fickell when he was here as an assistant and now all of a sudden he's Vince Lombardi.
Noooooooooo
He would be so much smarter to stay in Cincinnati and wait for a better opportunity than Bucky Badger, that’s a place to go and kill your career
Congratulations on a great hire, LukeFickell. OSU screwed up hiring Day over Luke. He was instrumental with silver bullet top 5 defenses year after year! Not been the same since!
Hartline to UC
How do we let or own just walk! 🤯
Done deal
Damn! I thought he was holding out for the Ohio State gig!
Looks like this is happening
Do people not remember him having the worst record in years at OSU during his interim season? Our ceiling is no higher with Fickell
Good luck to him if he does end up there. Just feels like he is going to stay with Cincinnati for a bit longer.
Good Luck with that.
Good for him. Ryan Day is our coach. 45-5 in 4 years
Luke needs to call Gene first
I hope he doesn't leave Cincinnati. As a Buckeye fan, it hurt when he left. They'll have to offer him a bunch of money. He has like 5 kids.
Seems like a lateral move at best tbh. He goes there and still can’t recruit at a high level. If I was him I’d bet Day loses to TTUN again next year.
He hopefully waits a year until Day wets the bed again and comes home to OSU.
Make a move quick OhioStateFB
Come to Ohio State please
Luke is waiting for Day to get canned. I can’t see him going up to Madison
Lol. No chance.
1 Vrable which is probably a pipe dream to leave the nfl and 2 Luke.
He holds out one more year and he’s probably gonna get a call from Gene Smith.
😂 well there goes Days replacement to a competitor 😂 better fire Day now before he’s gone.
No budget, no recruiting coordinator and Alvarez pulling strings behind the scenes. Luke is way beyond going to a place that will handcuff the program like that.
Wisconsin and Nebraska getting good candidates with the state they’ve been in recently is great for the B1G at least
Can he come be the HC at Ohio State instead?
BarstoolBigCat
Don’t turn me into a salty bit*h
As a Gopher fan that is concerning!
Ohio State needs to target him
That’s fine. Vrabel is the next Head Coach at THE Ohio State 👍🏻
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