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Football: Can defense return to 2017 form following poor 2018?

Summer is finally over and the Wisconsin Badgers are back.

Back like their dominant 13-1 2017 season? Maybe not completely. But after a disappointing 8-5 season during which they barely managed a winning record against Big Ten opponents, Head Coach Paul Chryst’s team is taking strides back toward 2017 form.

That team was built on a stingy defense, a strong offensive line and a game manager at quarterback handing the ball off to Jonathan Taylor 25 times a game.

The difference between the team’s success in 2017 and the lack thereof in 2018?