Wisconsin Football: Four reasons the Badgers will beat Western Kentucky
By Joe Orlofski
4. Home field advantage
In the past 11 years, the Badgers have gone 67-9 in Camp Randall Stadium.
That is a tremendous record at home, and most of those losses came against ranked conference foes. WKU is far from ranked currently.
Not only will WKU have to endure 80,000 fans screaming, but they will also have to deal with the hype of a Badger season that is full of hope. It’s the first game, on a Friday night under the lights, of a year in which the Badgers have a shot to go to the Playoff.
On top of that, the Badgers will continue their numerous famous game day traditions, the biggest, of course, being Jump Around.
Whether it’s Jump Around, the slow/fast/reverse/split wave, singing to Brown Eyed Girl or Sweet Caroline, or just the student section in general, the WKU offense will have to deal with a ruckus Camp Randall.
Finally, Wisconsin has been fairly secretive in a new addition to Camp Randall: Area Red.
No one is quite sure what this is yet, but I can imagine it will only make things more difficult for opposing teams. WKU will not be able to handle the noise or the adrenaline this coming Friday night.