Legendary Wisconsin coach and former athletic director Barry Alvarez came to the defense of current Badgers coach Luke Fickell after chants of "Fire Fickell!" rang out from the student section during Saturday's 27-10 loss to Maryland at Camp Randall Stadium, with boos cascading as Wisconsin headed to the locker room trailing 20-0 at halftime.

"I think it's embarrassing," Alvarez said Monday on ESPN Madison . "I think it's terrible, despicable. They're spoiled rotten. Here's a team that you've got young players trying to come on, they're competing, they're going to have a chance to get better, and you flip on them. We're early in the season and you flip on them and you're chanting for the coach (to be fired)."

The loss dropped Wisconsin to 15-15 overall under Fickell, who took over

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