After dealing with cancelling all football activities for over a week, two QB’s and at least 13 other players testing positive for COVID-19, and multiple staff members out with the virus, Wisconsin football did what they have done best in the Paul Chryst era: they just played.
The dominance started early and often in Wisconsin’s 49-11 win at the Big House over Michigan. A leave no doubt first quarter in which the Badgers held the football for 11:33 of the opening 15 minutes had UW on top 14-0 after one. The Badgers never looked back en route to a 2-0 start.
With true freshman making major impacts, Wisconsin dominating time of possession, and a scoreline that was reminiscent of last season’s win over the Maize and Blue, here are five stats that defined last night’s performance: