By kickoff on Saturday, the Badgers could even be in a position in which they have already clinched the West. Nebraska, which is tied with Wisconsin atop the West, would be eliminated with a loss at Iowa on Friday.
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Everything turned on the next play. Wisconsin QB Alex Hornibrook also went down with an injury.
Minnesota: The rough fourth quarter overshadowed a terrific first half for Minnesota.
SMU (5-7, 3-5) missed a chance to become bowl eligible in its regular-season finale amid rumors coach Chad Morris is a candidate to become Baylor’s new coach.
UW 38, Minnesota 34 (2005): Will Minnesota and UW fans ever forget the improbable ending at the Metrodome that left Gophers coach Glen Mason stunned and Alvarez howling that he had seen it all? Last weekend, Leidner was held under 200 yards passing for the fifth time in his last six games, but the Golden Gophers defense recorded seven sacks in a 29-12 win over Northwestern. Minnesota is going for its ninth victory, but it hasn’t beaten a team that now has a winning record. The Gophers (8-3, 5-3) will get another chance to snap the skid when they meet No. 5 Wisconsin (9-2, 6-2) Saturday at Camp Randall.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Trace McSorley completed 17 of 23 passes for 376 yards and four touchdowns and No. 8 Penn State beat Michigan State 45-12 to win the Big Ten East on Saturday.
“A little route miscommunication, but I don’t know”, Leidner said.
Intangibles: Wisconsin – The Badgers have won 12 straight meetings. Safety Damarius Travis was seven months old in Florida and had yet to walk. Berenson said the duo has given MI some of the best goaltending the team has had in a long time.
Maybe this is the year that Minnesota finally breaks through against Wisconsin.
“That’s my job. I didn’t do it very well”, he said Tuesday. Going in to the break the Badgers would trail 17-7 after giving up 226 yards to the Minnesota offense.
“I know it is important to the people of this state and it is important to our kids”, Minnesota coach Tracy Claeys said. Two interceptions led directly to Wisconsin touchdowns that changed the game’s complexion.
Leidner played his best football in a long time in the first half Saturday. Go to our Facebook page and “like” us! “We screwed it up”.
His replacement, Gary Andersen, stayed at Wisconsin for nearly two seasons before leaving in December 2014 to take the Oregon State job.
“On that third step, (Leidner) was ready to fire it and the receiver wasn’t ready”, said Shelton, who added another interception late in the fourth quarter. A 32-yard run by quarterback Mitch Leidner set up an early field goal, and his 35-yard pass to Drew Wolitarsky set up a second-quarter touchdown that gave Minnesota a 17-7 lead.
“A couple of plays here or there”, Travis said. “They had a lot of young offensive (linemen), and now they’ve got that year of experience, and they’re playing awfully well up front”. “It’s just insane how a couple of plays can turn your season”. Devin Singletary ran for 257 yards and three scores for the Owls (3-9, 2-6).
Then came the first interception – eerily similar to his costly red zone mistakes at Penn State and Nebraska – followed by the all-too-predicable implosion. Usually it’s like, “By the time you wake up tomorrow, this is gone” but we said that by the time they get on the plane tonight, the match is forgotten about.
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He remembers watching college football shows through the season in which prognosticators predicted Wisconsin’s demise at various points during the year.
