Wisconsin football lost starting quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. due to a non-contact injury during the first half of the Badgers' 17-0 season-opening win over Miami (OH), continuing a trend of QB injuries in Madison, but Luke Fickell said he doesn't believe Wisconsin is “snakebit.”

Sure, it would seem like it, with Tanner Mordecai, a transfer like Edwards, getting injured in 2023, and then transfer quarterback Tyler Van Dyke being knocked out for the entire season in Week 3 last year. But when asked after the game, Fickell was direct.

“Aw, no,” Fickell said [h/t the Wisconsin State Journal's Jim Polzin].

He continued: “More than anything, you just had to kind of keep a straight face and don’t show any emotions of any sorts. And I thought our guys did a really good job of that.”

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