Despite injuries piling up before and during Wisconsin’s matchup with Ohio State, the Badgers were able to find themselves with a chance in the fourth quarter. Ultimately, Wisconsin’s offense could solve one of the nation’s best units in the Ohio State defense and the comeback effort fell short.
The Badgers came into Saturday night led by Braedyn Locke, who was making his second career start after Tanner Mordecai injured his hand against Iowa. Fast forward to the end of the first half, and Wisconsin lost star running back Braelon Allen for the rest of the night. Without their top two offensive contributors, the Badgers were unable to trouble Ohio State’s defense aside from the opening drive of the second half.
Here are five takeaways from Wisconsin’s loss to the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes: