If Luke Fickell has any thought which of his quarterbacks will begin for the Wisconsin Badgers towards Ohio State on Saturday, he’s doing the whole lot he can to maintain it a secret. Wisconsin football bucked one among its standard traits this week, leaving extra questions than solutions at QB.
Wisconsin has largely been without its preferred starting QB since Week 1. UW introduced in Billy Edwards Jr. from the switch portal this offseason, however the former Maryland Terrapins starter suffered a leg injury within the season-opener. Edwards tried to play towards his former crew in Week 4, however exited the sport throughout Wisconsin’s second offensive drive.
After Wisconsin’s blowout 37-0 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes, Badgers head coach Fickell gave a peculiar update on his injured starter, however one among Fickell’s two backups, Danny O’Neil or Hunter Simmons, appears more likely to start this weekend when UW hosts the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes.
Assuming Edwards, who Fickell mentioned Saturday he does “not have indication on when precisely he’s going to be out there,” stays sidelined, the Badgers could have “a bit of little bit of a contest” to find out whether or not O’Neil or Simmons will begin towards OSU, Fickell mentioned in his Monday press convention.
Sometimes, Wisconsin makes one quarterback out there to the media every week for interviews. Which signal-caller is made out there is a considerably dependable indicator of the Badgers’ presumed starter. UW has bucked that pattern previously, nevertheless, making O’Neil out there earlier than its matchup with the Michigan Wolverines. O’Neil mentioned, on the Tuesday forward of that matchup with the Wolverines, he had been working towards with the number-one offense, however Simmons ultimately got the start in Ann Arbor.
Danny O’Neil says he continues to get the vast majority of reps in follow because the #Badgers QB.
He says Billy Edwards Jr. continues to follow, working his method again. pic.twitter.com/JJcTS4WVGu
— Kedrick Stumbris (@KedrickStumbris) September 30, 2025
Given the choice to not make a QB out there for interviews, it appears Wisconsin is making an attempt to maintain any assumptions about its starter this weekend to a minimal. To this point for the Badgers, O’Neil has completed 70.6% of his passes, throwing 5 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Towards Iowa, Simmons accomplished solely eight of his 21 cross makes an attempt for 82 yards. He was liable for three first-quarter turnovers, which resulted in 17 factors for the Hawkeyes.
