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Looking forward to an interesting game.  Hopefully Bucky doesn't look as rusty as they did at the start of last week.

 

Game info and such: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

 

Some snippets about the game, full article is Here.

 

LESSONS LEARNED: Wisconsin defensive coordinator Dave Aranda raved during the week about the BYU no-huddle offense. The Cougars, 14th nationally in rushing at 258.8 yards per game, run an uptempo scheme that averages 89.8 plays per game. Aranda believes UW defenders should benefit from having faced the uptempo attack of Arizona State and the diverse attack of Illinois earlier this season. However, he added that he learned as much, if not more, than the players in those games. "There's a lot of lessons learned, from being too complicated at Arizona State," Aranda said. "I look at myself that way. When teams are going fast it's got to be simple. Get lined up and play. And at Illinois I was too basic and too conservative. So you take those lessons and try to apply them. And BYU is a scary-good offense. They move the ball on people. They get people tired. You see that ball getting snapped in 15, 17 seconds."

 

CENTER OF ATTENTION: Redshirt junior center Dallas Lewallen has been a stalwart in his first season. Limited to mop-up duty before this season because of knee injuries, Lewallen has given the unit toughness on the interior. But Lewallen will be watching from the sideline Saturday because of a leg injury suffered last week at Iowa. That means redshirt freshman Dan Voltz will be making his second start. Voltz's first start came at Ohio State and the Badgers were held to 104 rushing yards on 27 carries, both season-low totals. Determined to take away UW's running game, the Buckeyes crowded the line of scrimmage and controlled the space between the tackles. Voltz's No. 1 challenge Saturday will be to handle BYU nose tackle Eathyn Manumaleuna. The 6-foot-2, 305-pound senior has recorded 18 solo tackles and 19 assists. He can shift to end in a three-man front with his backup, Marques Johnson, taking over at nose tackle. "He'll do the job," UW coach Gary Andersen said of Voltz. "He is a great communicator. And he has had a good full week of practice this week, which will help him."

 

F them Polygamists Bucky!!

 

 

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White was simply spectacular, they don't win without him on the field today. 

 

Coaches need to do something to slow the game down for Stave, it seems he overthrows the more wide open a guy is.  Tighter coverage is almost always a late throw.  INT wasn't his fault though, not that it was a very good pass (another pass behind the receiver).  He's better than he started the year, but will need to really take a leap next year for this to be a top ten team.

 

Boreland makes the whole defense better.  What a player.    

 

 

I've never understood some of the James White bashing myself.  Sure, he's not the biggest or strongest guy but he's assignment sure and he's very shifty once he gets in the clear.  He's also a very good receiver- something that Gordon hasn't yet refined as a RB.  

 

BYU is no joke and in fact I'd say next to O$U they are probably the best D the Badgers will have faced on their schedule.   Getting Borland back in the fold was huge as well.  

 

They cleared their toughest hurdle remaining on the schedule and IMO they should run the table.  With Oregon losing I'm hoping at this point that Florida State trips up which in that case maybe Ohio State can end up in the NC game and the Badgers have a shot at a BCS at large bid.   That would be pretty cool.

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