Badger of Honor
Fansided

What’s wrong with Wisconsin Football?

By Tanner Nestle

ANN ARBOR, MI - OCTOBER 13: Head coach Paul Chryst of the Wisconsin Badgers look on during warmups prior to playing the Michigan Wolverines on October 13, 2018 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, MI - OCTOBER 13: Head coach Paul Chryst of the Wisconsin Badgers look on during warmups prior to playing the Michigan Wolverines on October 13, 2018 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
2 of 5
Next
Wisconsin Football offensive line
LINCOLN, NE – OCTOBER 07: Offensive lineman Tyler Biadasz #61 of the Wisconsin Badgers snaps the ball to quarterback Alex Hornibrook #12 against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

The offensive line has been underwhelming

This is the weird one. Jonathan Taylor is the top rushers in the country and the Badgers have been able to move the ball on the ground against good defenses this year, but it hasn’t been enough.

More from Badger of Honor

This line was supposed to be the best in Wisconsin history, easily the best in the country this year, and an overwhelming force that opposing defenses could have no answer for. Instead, in two of the three losses this year against BYU and Northwestern, the line has been putrid.

Shockingly, against Michigan, who might have the best defense in the country this year, the offensive line played well and got Taylor some quality runs early on. It just wasn’t enough to keep the team in the game, so it didn’t matter in the end.

If there’s ever one thing to never worry about with the Wisconsin football team, it’s the offensive line. It’s been one of the best units in the country since the stone age. Once we saw that that group was struggling early in the year it should’ve been a sign that things just weren’t right in Madison.

This weekend in Happy Valley they’ll have a chance to assert themselves and save the season. Penn State’s defense is atrocious and the Badgers should be able to run all over it. But I’ve reached a point where I’m done fully trusting this team do anything. It just isn’t that good this year.