What it Means: Wisconsin Dominates Maryland
Wisconsin football kept the perfect season intact with a dominating 38-13 win over visiting Maryland on Saturday from Camp Randall Stadium.
Wisconsin football continued to do what it does best, especially on defense, en route to rolling to a comfortable win over Maryland.
The Badgers moved to 7-0 on the season with a 4-0 mark in conference play. As a result, Bucky holds a 2.5 game lead over Nebraska and Northwestern in the Big Ten West.
On Saturday, the start looked a big like the Nebraska game. Maryland found some early success running the ball out of spread formations.
Another Edwards. Another long @B1GFootball TD.
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) October 21, 2017
First it was Gus on Rutgers, now it's TJ on @BadgerFootball. 7-0 'Sconnie. pic.twitter.com/2mhb2Lg0p9
Then, some pressure up them middle courtesy of Garrett Dooley led to a wobbly pass. Do everything ILB TJ Edwards snagged it and ran it back for 6.
However, Wisconsin didn’t exactly seize the moment on offense after that. The next two possessions ended in turnovers. First, a bad Alex Hornibrook overthrow followed by a Jonathan Taylor fumble.
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But the defense rose to the occasion limiting the Terps to 22 yards on 13 plays and just a single field goal. The Wisconsin offense opened up after that and scored touchdowns on its next two series to open up a 21-3 lead.
Maryland actually fumbled on a kick return but Rafael Gaglianone missed a 39-yard field goal.
Nonetheless, the teams traded touchdown drives to start the second half leaving Maryland too much work to do. The Terrapins never got closer than 28-13 as the Badgers scored the final 10 points of the game.
In the end, a fairly comfortable win for the cardinal and white.
Most significantly, Hornibrook rebounded from the interception to go 16/24 for 225 yards and two touchdown passes. Meanwhile, Troy Fumagalli looks back to fully fit as he caught seven passes for 83 yards. If that battery is working, the Badger offense becomes uniquely dangerous.
Because the defense still dominates everything in sight. Despite losing Chris Orr for the day to an arm injury.
#Badgers LB Chris Orr (right arm) told coach Paul Chryst he didn't think injury was serious. We'll see this week.
— Jeff Potrykus (@jaypo1961) October 21, 2017