Michigan's defense has shown its hand and Wisconsin is not exploiting it

Hunter Simmons the new Wisconsin QB starter. | John Fisher/GettyImagesThe Wisconsin Badgers marched down the field on the first drive of the game and scored a touchdown. It was balanced, it was efficient, and it sent a surge of hope throughout Badger nation. Then, they went cold for the rest of the quarter with five straight punts. The problem was that the Wolverines figured out the Wisconsin attack and began aggressively defending against it.

Michigan learned that Wisconsin was going to baby their new starting quarterback, Hunter Simmons. Giving him all sorts of quick options and easy checkdowns, but mostly running the football. The Wolverines began to attack that exclusively, crashing down…