Playing in front of 105,301 fans Saturday afternoon at the Horseshoe in a showdown of Big Ten conference unbeatens, the Wisconsin football team was able to double Ohio State’s total offensive yards and limit dual threat quarterback Terrelle Pryor to 122 yards of offense. If only total yards were directly correlated to total points.
The Badgers were outclassed 31-13 by the Buckeyes for the third time in head coach Bret Bielema’s tenure due to 21 points given up with the defense sitting on the bench. Two touchdowns came directly off junior quarterback Scott Tolzien’s interceptions and the third touchdown — possibly the final nail in UW’s coffin — was a Buckeye kick return for a score.
“It is a 31-13 game and 21 points were scored when our defense wasn’t on the field,” Bielema said. “Any time that happens you have no chance of winning on the road in the Big Ten.”
The Badger Herald: Sports: Wisconsin can’t handle Horseshoe, loses 31-13
Kind of sad when points for the other team are scored when the Badgers' offense is on the field.
But Tolzien was under tremendous pressure all day from the Ohio defense.
Hope this was just a bad day.
10-12-2009, 08:51 AM
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