Wisconsin Fans Mad About Cal Poly Game, Want Badgers Left at Home for Holidays

Well, they could be mad about a promising season that fell into the bowels of sucktitude, too.

But one thing is certain. Wisconsin fans are mad about something.

One day after the Badgers valiantly escaped the depths of heartbreak against the mighty Mustangs of Cal Poly, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is running a poll about the upcoming postseason.

Apparently, Wisconsin's rally from a seemingly insurmountable deficit against a I-AA opponent (albeit a highly-ranked I-AA opponent) didn't impress anyone.

The question "If you could place Wisconsin in a bowl, where would you put them?" has been voted on by over 3,000 people as of this writing. Since it's a Milwaukee newspaper, it stands to reason that the majority of people voting in this poll are Wisconsin fans.

(Yes, I understand that this is not a scientific survey. However, the fact that people took time to click on the poll and vote tells me that at least a good portion of them have some passion for the subject.)

The options in the poll are the Alamo Bowl, Champs Sports Bowl, Insight Bowl, and Motor City Bowl. The final option is "Leave them at home". The results might surprise you. Or maybe not.

As of this writing, 43 percent of the voters want the Badgers left at home. Of the bowl options, Insight was in the lead, followed by Alamo.

I'm not sure it surprises anyone that Badger fans are disgruntled. Wisconsin gave away games against Michigan and Ohio State, got absolutely humiliated at home by Penn State, and managed to blow a double-digit fourth-quarter lead to Michigan State and lose a game they almost completely dominated.

From there, the Badgers managed to win three in a row, but one of those was against a Gopher team that was clearly heading in the wrong direction, and the last one was Saturday's escape against Cal Poly. Surely, they've seen enough of this bumbling, undisciplined team.

Perhaps the extra month of practice that a bowl berth brings with it will help this team as it prepares for next year. I'm not sure it will help them find a quarterback, some wide receivers, a defense that is capable of reading, reacting, and tackling effectively, or a punter, but it can't hurt.

Right?