The Wisconsin Badgers will take the field at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday and open their 2021 season against the Penn State Nittany Lions.
The game will show us a lot about who this 2021 team is, as both they and the Nittany Lions are set for bounce-back seasons after struggling for the most part last year.
Related: BadgersWire’s official 2021 Big Ten football season predictions
It won’t be the result that tells us that story, though, as Penn State will be a really tough test. What will do that is how Graham Mertz looks in his first action of the season, what the defensive end position looks like without Isaiahh Loudermilk and Garrett Rand and whether Jalen Berger and Chez Mellusi can form a lethal duo in the backfield.
As part of our season preview series, I went through the roster today and focused on five players that are set to surprise this season.
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