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Wisconsin, Luke Fickell playing the long game after offensive growing pains in Year 1

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Luke Fickell hired Air Raid playcaller Phil Longo as offensive coordinator in 2017 .

The Wisconsin Badgers finished 7-6 , threw just 14 touchdown passes all season .

The conference has largely remained a run-first league -- a Jeep made for the long winters of the Upper Midwest .

Four schools from the Pac-12 will play their first Big Ten games this season.

The Big Ten ranks last among Power 5 leagues in scoring, plays per game and designed runs.

Half of the lowest-scoring teams in the Power 5 are from the Big Ten.

Ohio State has averaged more than 41 points per game in the playoff era and posted a Big Ten -best 115 -15 record.

The league has been known as a hotbed for big bodies and hulking tailbacks.

Wisconsin wants NFL -caliber players at every position on the depth chart.

But it can't lure elite quarterbacks and receivers by playing old-school football.

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