the Culver's jersey patch gave Wisconsin super powers

Wisconsin RB Bryan Jackson II, who played for USC the last two years: "Gritty ain't pretty. We played the harder football game, brought it to them, and they can't really do nothing with us. It's just two different types of football."

The former Trojan with his first touchdown as a Badger 😤

Does no one in the Big Ten, other than USC, have a great offense?

🦡 It's time: The Badgers MUST start Ryan Hopkins Against Iowa ‼️ 🦡 Colton Joseph’s 4.6% turnover-worthy play rate ranks dead last in the B1G. Joseph struggled with ball security at Old Dominion, but he made up for it with a ton of big time throws (more on this next paragraph). Last year, PFF credited Joseph with 17 big time throws at a 4.9% big time throw rate. This year, he’s only had 5 big time throws for a 2.8% big time throw rate, ranking third to last in the B1G. This isn’t new. He threw 10 picks on 290 attempts at ODU, three of them in one half at Indiana. His pressure-to-sack rate ranked 120th out of 168 starting QBs. The whole bet was that the big plays would travel to the Big Ten and the mistakes would get coached out. Instead the mistakes traveled and the big plays stayed in Norfolk. We’re getting the worst of both worlds with Joseph: A QB who struggles to protect the ball or make plays as a passing QB. He’s completing 54.7% of his throws. He’s 15th in the B1G in Total QBR. He’s gone two straight games under 100 passing yards: 6-of-16 for 66 at UCLA, then only threw for 58 yards with exactly one passing first down against a USC defense giving up 240 passing yards per game. Wisconsin has topped 400 yards of offense once all season, and that was against Western Illinois. Joseph adds a lot of value with his legs, but Ryan Hopkins is also a blazer. Hopkins runs a 10.66 100 meters and had the fastest 40 of any QB at the Elite 11 Regional and the Under Armour camp at 4.56. He’s 6'3", 201, with at least comparable speed. And the arm is what people were losing their minds over in August. Jake Butt stood on the Camp Randall sideline during Wisconsin’s camp and said Hopkins made throws he couldn’t remember seeing in many years, and that he made a few of them at that practice. Kenny Guiton said he’d never had a high school senior come in and split reps with the twos. Hopkins went out and won the QB2 job over Deuce Adams, a Power Four transfer with starts under his belt. So what’s the argument for starting Joseph over Hopkins at this point? That he’s that much better at correctly reading the edge rusher on a read option? If that skill was so valuable, the Badgers would be putting up more than 200 yards of offense against USC. The usual reason you don’t start the rookie is turnovers. That argument doesn’t work here. Joseph is the turnover problem. Hopkins has zero college pass attempts, and there’s plenty to be decided about him. What we know is that Joseph is not getting it done. We do not need more data. It’s time to start Hopkins now. #OnWisconsin

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Wisconsin EDGE Sebastian Cheeks vs USC: 🦡 2.5 Sacks 🦡 6 QB Pressures 🦡 81.0 Pass Rush Grade 🦡 17% Win Rate @BadgerFootball