Badgers escape with undeserved 16-14 win

It was supposed to be the game where the Badgers put two awful performances behind them and come out playing inspired football. They were supposed to be the team we expected before the season started. Instead, it was more of the same as the Badgers put out their third straight atrocious offensive performance, and the growing feeling is this may be what we see all season long.

If it werent for a long punt return by Kenzel Doe, the Badgers would have lost this game. After falling behind 14-3 early, Wisconsin got the punt return, then another touchdown from Montee Ball to take a 16-14 lead in the third, after Kyle French missed the extra point, his second missed extra point in six tries this season. From there, they hung on by their fingernails, as a shirt field goal was missed as time expired.

There has been a lot thing go badly for the Badgers through the first two games but I want to highlight the two numbers that terrify me the most.

0: the number of turnovers the Badgers have forced in the first three games. Many people have said the defense has been a bright spot so far this season, and they have played well, but their inability to create turnovers has not gone unnoticed by me.

31.1: The Badgers third down conversion rate, a stunning 24 percent drop off from last season. Not many games are going to be won if your converting less than a third of your third downs. Even more startling is the number of failed third and short attempts the Badgers put out Saturday.

Danny O Brien was pulled in this game but I hope he returns this week because Stave was horrendous in my opinion. Matt Canada still had no idea what hes doing playcalling wise, three weeks in a row now. Bret Bielema called an idiotic timeout with less than thirty seconds left in the game that baffled me and many others. Those are just a few observations from Saturdays game.

If this team plays like this all year they will go 2-6 in Big ten play. They better get it together offensively, through 3 games they are 113th in the country out of 120 teams in points per game, and this is against bad teams!

Im exhausted covering this team already this year, hopefully it gets better, because theres still nine games left.

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