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Wisconsin quarterback Billy Edwards is not expected to play this week due to a knee injury.

Sophomore Danny O’Neil will start at quarterback after taking over for Edwards in the previous game.

Coach Luke Fickell expressed confidence in backup quarterbacks Danny O'Neil and Hunter Simmons.

MADISON – The update from Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell was short, sweet and disappointing to anyone holding out hope that quarterback Billy Edwards would be ready to play this week.

“I don’t believe that Billy will be playing,” Fickell said during his weekly press conference Tuesday, Sept. 2. “He didn’t practice, so obviously Danny (O’Neil) would be the guy we would go with and Hunter (Simmons) would be the backup and we would proceed from there.”

Fickell shared no mo

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