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Luke Fickell recalls playing at Camp Randall from days at Ohio State: ‘It was never fun’

Eric Woods

By Eric Woods

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Luke Fickell spent his playing days at Ohio State having to play Wisconsin every year. He remembers playing at Camp Randall Stadium and what a hostile atmosphere it was.

Fickell also played against them as a coach at Ohio State. During his coaching tenure at Ohio State from 2002-2016, the Buckeyes lost 4 games to the Badgers. Two of those were at Camp Randall, and the rest of the matchups in Madison were Ohio State escaping by no more than a score.

Now, Fickell has the opportunity to be on the other side of that environment — one where everyone is rooting for him.

“Those guys over there are why I took the job, but just the atmosphere and the things of what college football really is — it’s what I’m really excited about,” Fickell said.