Badgers Using Play-Action On 1st Down To Open Things Up Offensively

Jonathan Taylor rushed for 189 yards and five touchdowns against Kent State, but this isn’t the “three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust” offense Wisconsin has been known for in the past.  The Badgers used play-action nine times on first down.  With a schedule including Michigan State, Illinois, Ohio State and Iowa looming, coach Paul Chryst wants to give opponents a new look.  Quarterback Jack Coan only played six series against the outmatched Golden Flashes, but they ended with six touchdowns.  Using the threat of the best runner in college football to draw in defenders, Coan connected on 12-of-15 passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns, sitting out most of the second half.