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Is it just me or has Graham Mertz not been the same since dropping the Duke's Mayo Bowl trophy? A 16-for-35 passing day for 176 yards with one TD & two picks with a quiet running game is not the kind of spark that will mask short-comings in the offense.

— Rob Hernandez (@RobHernandezGLF) November 13, 2022

Gonna be tough to even qualify for @DukesMayonnaise bowl

— Tom Shepherd Sr. (@TomShepherd_Sr) November 13, 2022

The defense is fun to watch! Hope we can get the Axe back!

— Bill_Woj (@Slough_Creek) November 13, 2022

- D was SPECTACULAR x 1000
- Special teams still horrible.
- Offense still horrible.
- 3rd quarter still horrible.
- Mistakes still frequent.
- Mertz: just when we started to believe
- Allen clearly hurting.
- Team not very good.

— Chris Davis (@cdavis20000) November 13, 2022

Offensive line continues to be horrid. Their poor play translates to offensive struggles.

Defense deserved the win.

— MadCityCrain (@TherealJoeCrain) November 13, 2022

Frustrating for offense and ST to struggle, but Defense played great and the battled. Doesn’t change the fact that JL should be the HC.

— Todd (@pilprin) November 13, 2022

Offensive line play, special teams, and QB Graham Mertz all reverted back to what led Jim Leonhard to be named head coach. This was game #10 & AD Chris McIntosh has to really look at everything, including whether to hire the current head coach as the permanent replacement.

— Jeff Ostach☮️ (@jeff_ostach) November 13, 2022

If we didn’t know any better, would’ve thought Paul Chryst was on the sideline for this one. Pathetic offensive and special teams performance. Seemingly zero accountability. Defense played well against a horrendous Iowa offense, but still couldn’t keep them out of the end zone

— Brian Eich (@Brian_Eich) November 13, 2022

Is not sure leonards the guy. Brought them more excitement but didn't improve their mental part of the game to eliminate mistakes. Total team loss. I'd rather have an average consistent quarterback than supposed superstar that's inconsisent & good 10% of the time. Awful.

— David Zeier (@CheeseheadinOH) November 13, 2022

They should give Leonard the job tonight. Make a statement. Bad QB, line and special teams lost that game. Not the head coach.

— Eric M. Tostrud (@EricTostrud) November 13, 2022

This should signal the end of the Mertz era at UW. It’s time. Same mistakes in his third year as a starter. I wish he had been the QB we all thought he’d be. He’s not.

— Sam Oleson (@sam_olesonFDL) November 13, 2022

Leonard needs to get the job in time to fire the offensive staff, re-hire, and hit the trail for signing day & to capitalize on the portal. Move Bostad back to ILB if he wants to keep him. Mertz doesn’t need to take another snap for UW.

— Billy Lowry (@bilow88) November 13, 2022

No matter who the HC is this team is maddeningly inconsistent. The QB and special teams wasted a great defensive performance. Mertz is a coach killer

— Fred Ehle (@FredEhle) November 13, 2022

@BadgerFootball had better be all over every available Quarterback in the transfer portal. Can’t go into next season with this level of play at the position.

— Jordan Steward (@Jordan__Steward) November 13, 2022

A reminder of how far we have to go just to reach average. Also a reminder of the irrelevance of the #B1G West.

— Russ Evansen (@waunaruss) November 13, 2022

Mertz wouldn’t cut it at a D3 school. His only good performances are against abysmal defenses. Herbig, Benton, Torchio and the rest of that defense deserve far better than what they were given today.

— Eli (@ElijahJ1997) November 13, 2022

Badger offense all around was brutal. The Iowa D wanted to make the Badger offense one dimensional. The WI passing game made the offense zero-dimensional. Not sure if anyone was open or not but Mertz passes didn’t give many players a chance to make plays.

— Erik Grinde (@egrinde) November 13, 2022

I'm gonna guess that's the first time in college football history a team was held to 146 total yards (on 64 plays) and won by two touchdowns.

— Bill Pfeiffer (@billt209) November 13, 2022

A systemic failure. Mertz was very poor, but this program is paying the price for ignoring a serviceable passing game for years. Dreadful OL play, Allen has been bad all year, and the WRs are not Big Ten level players. Engram is not the answer. Throw $1.5 mm at a real OC.

— ryebadger (@ryebadger1) November 13, 2022

Given the constant ineptitude on offense, I'm just curious why no jet sweeps, no wildcat with Allen taking snaps, no Myles Burkett for a play or two. Anything! Acts of desperation are logical when you are desperate.

— Tom Nicholas (@NicholasCSI) November 13, 2022

Seems like the same thing we see in this state on Sundays…….

— Steven Stewart (@stew_stev) November 13, 2022

The hour that it looked like the badgers might be relevant was fun anyway

— Cappelle (@adamcappellein6) November 13, 2022

Super frustrating. The game was there for the taking and we blew it. Can't be giving an offense that is as inept as Iowa's a short field.

— Texas Chain Saw MATTacre (@popculturepsych) November 13, 2022

Time to hire a special teams coach

— Scott Hettenbach (@Hetty714) November 13, 2022

We won’t go anywhere with Mertz I hope Allen enters the portal to get somewhere where he is better used meaning a team that has a QB that compliments his skills, Mertz is garbage and scares no defense

— Scott Davis (@chilid19) November 13, 2022

Has to be a Burkett start next week

— Brian Gile (@briangile) November 13, 2022

I didn't know GB had a farm system AAA club in Madison.

— J. Burnett (@IntheweedsBigIE) November 13, 2022

Nope. No thoughts at all.

— Peter Healy (@PeterRHealy) November 13, 2022

Feels like we gave this entire game to them.

— Benjamin Saxon (@BenjaminSaxon) November 13, 2022

Basketball school,

— Jake Lund (@Jake_Lund) November 13, 2022