When the Wisconsin Badgers run the ball successfully good things happen, which has been the case since Barry Alvarez moved to Madison.
A dominating ground game paved the way for last weekend’s 34-7 smashing of Eastern Michigan.
While claiming their first win of the early season, the Badgers set an obscure college football mark for dominance.
While building a 24-0 halftime lead over the visitors at Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin rolled up 298 MORE rushing yards than their opponents.
No Football Bowl Subdivision team has been better at running the ball and stopping the opponents’ run game in a single half since 2017.
Coming up next for the team – after this week’s bye – is the big showdown with Notre Dame at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
Former Badger Jack Coan will start at quarterback for the Fighting Irish.
The official kick-off time was announced Monday as 11:00 a-m.
The game will be part of FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff series.
