Wisconsin 13, (9) Ohio State 31

The Buckeye offense had way too much rest in yesterday's win over the hapless Badgers of Wisconsin. The match ups showed Wisconsin with a strong offensive front line weighing in at somewhere around an average of 250 pounds per lineman. They allowed only 2 sacks in their previous five games. But, Wisconsin QB Tolzien also threw two pick 6's which helped make them also rans once again in the Horseshoe. That along with a TD scored by a kick return gave the Buckeyes all the scoring they needed on this Saturday.

Defense saved the day for a team ranked 9 which could not mount an effective, continuing offense. They were, however, tricked on 4th and long when the Badgers lined up for a field goal on the Buckeye 24. A miscue by the Buckeyes allowed the only TD against them. The Buckeye defense was constantly in the face of Tolzien forcing either hurried throws, holding from his offensive line or putting him on the turf.

On the other side, offensively speaking, Pryor could neither pass nor run. Seems the Badger defense was omnipresent. There was once exception and that was with two left in the first half. Pryor seemed to finally realize why he was on the field and leading the # 9 ranked team in the country. Unfortunately, that was almost a singular episode in his on-field antics.

Having said that, it was the strong Buckeye defense that got the job done. I bring that up again because a major Wisconsin newspaper's sports headline states ' Giving one away'. Guess it is tough to give credit where due. It also seems difficult to assign fault/blame to the real culprits, the Badger offensive line. Which, incidentally, the same newspaper touted so highly in yesterday's edition.

Let 'em fight it out. We all know the final score.