Last year, there was a lot of change under the new Wisconsin football coaching staff. One of those changes included heading southwest 71 miles to UW-Platteville for the start of fall training camp.
The reasoning behind the change was to help players lock in for the season and avoid some potential distractions at home; to keep them from being too comfortable and complacent. This is common practice in football, especially in the NFL.
They rented out the football facilities at UW-Platteville for an astounding $150,398 to avoid those distractions. Now, for the second straight year, the Wisconsin football team will spend the first two weeks of fall camp in Platteville at the UW-Platteville facilities, according to a press release from the Pioneers.