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Fumagalli figures to play a key role in the Badger offense this year.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011, the Huskers and Badgers have had a number of high-stakes contests that have led to a budding rivalry between Big Ten powers, and this week’s battle for the Freedom Trophy was no different. It was still anybody’s ball game late in the fourth as momentum swung back and forth, but eventually it settled with Wisconsin (1-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) defeating Nebraska (0-2, 2-4) 23-21.
Defense wins championships. It’s an old adage, but one that has withstood the test of time. Over the past decade, ignoring Auburn’s sieve of a defense in 2010, NCAA Championship teams have had, on average, the fifth-best defense in the country.
Even with the offense totaling 320 yards and possessing the football for more than half the game, the Badgers struggled to form any semblance of a rhythm in their 10-6 loss to No. 22 Iowa last Saturday.
Wisconsin will look to avenge its close loss against Iowa last year.
1. Protecting the ball
Redshirt junior Dan Voltz has decided to retire from football. Voltz suffered a serious knee injury last season and was transitioning to a new position.
In movies and TV shows, high schools often feature two stereotypes: band nerds and jocks. Dan Voltz would have been the character that defies the societal norms, a Troy Bolton-esque protagonist that excels athletically and musically. Maybe he’s not exactly like Zac Efron’s character from “High School Musical,” but Voltz has a love for both music and football.
The first full week of conference action is in the books for the Big Ten, and everybody has been left with a whole slew of new questions regarding the state of the conference.
All throughout preparation during Iowa week, the idea repeated ad nauseam was that the Big Ten is all about physical football. That one mysterious, flawed and essentially empty idea wove itself into a tapestry of non-answers about what Big Ten, and the Wisconsin-Iowa rivalry, really is at its core.
With nine minutes left in the third quarter, No. 1 Ohio State, the defending national champions, found itself trailing Indiana 10-6.
Before Hall of Famer Barry Alvarez built the football house known as Camp Randall, he was a Cornhusker. In fact, Alvarez was the leading tackler for Nebraska during the 1967 season in Lincoln. Alvarez credits much of his success building the Wisconsin football program to the practices and values that he learned in his time at Nebraska.
Wisconsin’s senior tight end Austin Traylor, who expanded his role in the offense this season, will be out 4-8 weeks with a right arm injury, as first reported Thursday morning by the Wisconsin State Journal’s Jason Galloway.
When a football game is described as a battle in the trenches, usually it refers to ground and pound football that is won and lost based on which team’s line can get the stronger push up front. When Wisconsin (0-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) takes on Nebraska (0-1, 2-3) this weekend, it won’t be a traditional trench war, but the game will hinge on the performances of both team’s big men on the line of scrimmage.
When people think of Big Ten football, they typically think of smashmouth running and strong defense, resulting in a low-scoring, close game. Wisconsin’s 10-6, conference-opening loss to Iowa fell in line with that archetype, but it was much more brutal.
After a rough sophomore season, Sojourn Shelton has impressed so far in his junior campaign.