Wisconsin football given unfavorable prediction vs. Notre Dame

The Wisconsin Badgers football team knows it has its work cut out for it in Week 1.

Wisconsin returns to Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to take on Notre Dame in a Week 1 matchup on Sunday, September 6.

CBS Sports' Brad Crawford took a stab at making some "way-too-early" predictions, and Badgers fans certainly won't like to hear what he had to say.

"Wisconsin is not where it wants to be as a program under Luke Fickell, a leader in the crosshairs of his administration and boosters after consecutive losing seasons. He's 17-21 overall since leaving Cincinnati as one of the nation's fastest-rising coaches," Crawford wrote.

Instead of breaking down the game at hand, Crawford asked: "What does Notre Dame have to do to get a home game to begin the season?" He spiraled into a conversation on how the Fighting Irish have opened away from home for six straight years, but is "expecting Notre Dame to dominate much of its slate."

His prediction sees Wisconsin falling, 41-10. A 31-point loss to open the season would be far from ideal, but at least the Badgers know it would be against a team with College Football Playoff aspirations.

Either way, there's still plenty of time between now and September 6. Wisconsin will have a new quarterback, and there's a completely different feeling in the air after it ended last year with a pair of ranked wins. Taking down Notre Dame isn't out of the question, but clearly, they'll have a lot of doubters to prove wrong.

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