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Wisconsin Badgers (Official Thread)

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BB73 said:
Imagine his diet, and how constipated he must be.
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LordJeffBuck said:

Taylor had 20 carries for 52 yards (2.6 average) in today's game.

Taylor had 15 carries for 41 yards (2.7 average) in the 2017 Big Ten Championship game.
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JONATHAN TAYLOR'S KRYPTONITE TURNS OUT TO BE A POISONOUS NUT IN OHIO

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In 35 collegiate games, Jonathan Taylor has run for over 100 yards 29 times and for well over 5000 total yards rushing. That puts him 5th all-time in the Big Ten, and he could easily end up second before the end of the season. He is the quintessential Wisconsin running back, carrying his offense while a caretaker quarterback generally just hands off to him and thanks the ghost of Ron Dayne that he has a tailback to make him look a whole hell of a lot better than he actually is.

This system has been Wisconsin's M.O. since the beginning of time, and as far as the Badgers are concerned since the Barry Alvarez days, it's been pretty successful.

Unless you're Taylor and you're playing Ohio State.

Taylor's worst game of his career in terms of yards was against the Buckeyes in the Big Ten title game in 2017. In that 21-27 loss, Taylor ran for just 41 yards on 15 carries and 2.7 yards per carry, and his inability to get anything going on the ground very well may have been the deciding factor in that game.

What's really wild is that he's the third premiere Wisconsin running back in a row to not be able to find any success against Ohio State; neither Melvin Gordon or James White ever averaged more than 4.5 yards per carry against the Buckeyes during their entire careers. Montee freaking Ball was the last major Wisconsin running back to do it almost a decade ago, and both times that he was able to pull off the feat the Badgers lost.

One small consolation for Taylor is that after this, probably his worst game since that fateful night in Indianapolis, he doesn't have to wonder "what if?" It's unlikely that his 52 yards on 20 carries (for just 2.6 ypc) were the deciding factor in a game that Ohio State literally ran away with, but it'll be frustrating for him if once again, the team in Columbus stood in his way of a Big Ten championship.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...onite-turns-out-to-be-a-poisonous-nut-in-ohio
 
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LordJeffBuck said:

Taylor had 20 carries for 52 yards (2.6 average) in today's game.

Taylor had 15 carries for 41 yards (2.7 average) in the 2017 Big Ten Championship game.
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Dobbins had 17 carries for 174 yards (10.2 average) in the 2017 Big Ten Championship game
Dobbins had 20 carries for 163 yards (8.2 average) in yesterday's game.

That's 37 carries for 337 (9.1 per carry) Might be time for the nation to take notice who the best tailback in the B1G is.
 
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Dryden said:
Coming out in a 4-4-3 with Smith and Cornell as DEs, dropping Young to ILB, and adding Hilliard as the OLB on the boundary was wizardry.

I am 100% confident in saying no defensive staff OSU has had since Pagac or Tenuta was this creative

Wisconsin had to burn a timeout the first time they saw it.
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That was one of my favorite plays of the game.

They were scared to death of Young in the middle, called a timeout to get a play in to specifically counter that, which was a screen, which Chase Young still made the tackle on for no gain.

It literally made me laugh out loud, with the proper usage of the word literally.
 
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That's the problem with adopting a song or something as your own - when you lose on the road, the other team is likely (and well within their rights) to shove it back in your face. It would be the same if other bands would play Hang on Sloopy while beating tOSU - which wouldn't bother me personally, but might bother some Buckeye fans.
 
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