Wisconsin ’s start to the season, which includes a 42-10 blowout loss at home to Alabama last Saturday, understandably generated plenty of questions from readers. Here are the answers in this week’s installment of the Badgers mailbag.

Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell told reporters that he shared a clear message to his team after it suffered a 42-10 blowout loss to No. 4 Alabama on Saturday: “If you haven’t had your ass whooped before, you just did,” Fickell explained. “It’s a good old-fashioned ass-whooping, at home, which hurts.”