Badgers Dominate at Home

There is probably not really a need to write about the Badgers 62-17 win over Purdue, but I thought after the last two devastating weeks for Wisconsin football, we could concentrate on the positive for once.

There isn't really too much to say about the game expect that the Badgers dominated. It took about a quarter for the wheels to really get rolling, but once they did, this one was never in doubt. Montee Ball continued his great season, rushing for a career high 233 yards and scoring three more touchdowns, bringing his season total to 23. That puts him only 3 away from the all-time Big 10 record. He should have no trouble breaking that record in the final 3 games. Russell Wilson went 15-20 with 2 TDs, another solid game for Russell. But truth be told, Purdue is not very good. We will not judge our season on how we play against the Purdues and Indianas, but how we do against the top teams. We still have a very good chance at a BCS bowl.

Let's take a look at the remaining schedule for those in contention for the Leaders Division.
Wisconsin: @MIN, @ILL, PENN STATE
Ohio State: @PUR, PSU, @MICH
Penn State: NEB, @OSU, @WIS

The schedule definitely favors Wisconsin, but we can't really look past Minnesota and Illinois because we haven't won a game on an opponents home field yet this season. What worries me would be Ohio State getting hot and running the table with Penn State losing their final three games. This would tie Wisconsin with OSU and we'd lose on head-to-head. I'm not certain of the tie-breakers for a three way tie, which is also still possible. If it is head-to-head again, OSU would be 2-0, Wisconsin 1-1, and PSU 0-2. But if it is BCS ranking or overall record, then Wisconsin would go to the Big Ten Championship game.

All we can worry about is taking care of our own business. I think the rest will fall into place. Best case scenario, Penn State loses to Nebraska and beats Ohio State, setting up a winner take all match in Madison (night game please ABC) November 26th.

Enjoy.