Saturday’s matchup between No. 19 Northwestern and No. 10 Wisconsin serves as the de facto Big Ten West championship game. The conference’s questionable tiebreaker rules state that a 5-1 Wisconsin team would earn a trip to Indianapolis over 7-1 Northwestern if the Badgers were to win Saturday.
UW has lost two matchups to a COVID-19 outbreak and can’t afford to miss another to still be eligible for the Big Ten Championship game.
Here are three things to know about the Badgers of Madison.
Wisconsin has earned its reputation as “Offensive Line University”
Wisconsin is strong on both sides of the ball and boasts an impressive offensive line, which comes as no surprise given that ESPN named Wisconsin the No.