It’s game week yet again for head coach Paul Chryst and the 2-1 Wisconsin Badgers.
After yet another idle weekend, the Badgers will return to the field three days from now and face the 5-1 and No. 10-ranked Indiana Hoosiers.
This hasn’t been the season that many had scripted for the Badgers, as through six weeks the team has missed as many games as they’ve played, two of which because of COVID-19 outbreak within their program and one because of an outbreak at Minnesota.
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Despite no longer being eligible for the Big Ten Championship game due to the conference’s six-game requirement, Wisconsin gets to close their regular season with two ranked teams in Indiana and No. 24 Iowa and still has a shot at facing Ohio State during the conference’s “championship week” on December 19.
But that’s all down the road, and the focus right now is on the Michael Penix Jr.-less Indiana Hoosiers that will travel to Camp Randall this weekend.
This isn’t the Indiana team we’ve seen Wisconsin defeat 10 times in a row. However, it also isn’t the team we’ve seen this season with Penix Jr. under center.
Here are five things the Badgers must do on Saturday if they want to bounce back after the Northwestern loss and keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive: