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Early 2025 projection has Wisconsin Badgers back in bowl game they recently dominated

CBS Sports has Luke Fickell restarting the Badgers bowl game streak in 2025 with a return to a game they dominated just a few years ago.
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Dec 27, 2018; Bronx, NY, USA; Wisconsin Badgers linebacker T.J. Edwards (53) and fullback Alec Ingold (45) and running back Taiwan Deal (28) and running back Chris James (5) and running back Jonathan Taylor (23) pose for a photo with the trophy after the 2018 Pinstripe Bowl against the Miami Hurricanes at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
Dec 27, 2018; Bronx, NY, USA; Wisconsin Badgers linebacker T.J. Edwards (53) and fullback Alec Ingold (45) and running back Taiwan Deal (28) and running back Chris James (5) and running back Jonathan Taylor (23) pose for a photo with the trophy after the 2018 Pinstripe Bowl against the Miami Hurricanes at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images | Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

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The Wisconsin Badgers 22-year streak of bowl games ended with their 5-7 season in 2024.

But even with a rough 2025 schedule, Luke Fickell has a good shot at restarting that streak.

CBS Sports released early projections for every bowl game next year, and they have UW returning to a bowl they dominated just a few years ago.

College football analyst Brad Crawford has the Badgers playing in the Pinstripe Bowl against NC State.

The Wolfpack are coming off a 6-7 season that ended in a loss to East Carolina in the Military Bowl.

Wisconsin last played in the Pinstripe Bowl in 2018, when they dominated the Miami Hurricanes in a 35-3 victory.

It was a rematch of the Orange Bowl from the year before, with a much more dramatic victory for UW.

The Badgers underperformed for the high expectations they had for that 2018 season, but they capped it off with an exclamation point over the ACC opponent.

Johnathan Taylor rushed for over 2,000 yards that season, adding 200 more in the Pinstripe Bowl on his way to winning the Doak Walker Award.

Wisconsin doesn't have nearly the same expectations in 2025, but another emphatic bowl victory would be just what the doctor ordered for Fickell to get the team headed in a positive direction.

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LORIN COX

Lorin Cox is the managing editor of Wisconsin Badgers on SI. He has been covering Badgers sports since 2014, when he was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin. He previously wrote for the Wisconsin State Journal, NBC Sports Chicago and USA Today Sports Media Group, and he is a former analyst for Pro Football Focus.

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