Badgers Football 2015 Preview

NEW ERA BADGERS FOOTBALL 2015 PREVIEW

PAUL CHRYST has found his way back to UW and intends to stay

TOM OATES Badgers 2015 schedule more favorable than 2016

BIG, BAD ’BAMA Season-opening opponent Alabama has more incentive than usual

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WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL

No time like the present UW’s 2016 slate is much more difficult, so it’s important to capitalize this year

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wo years ago, it all looked so easy.

The schedule, that is.

The University of Wisconsin had just joined Ohio State and Michigan as the only Big Ten Conference schools to appear in three straight Rose Bowl games and, after two decades of upward mobility in the firmly set social strata of college football, the Badgers had positioned themselves perfectly to take another step, perhaps even into the sport’s upper crust.

Part of that was due to UW’s perennially underrated talent, part was due TOM to the rising confidence OATES level throughout the program and part was due to the momentum and visibility gained from reaching New Year’s Day bowls seven times in the nine years prior to the 2013 season. Mostly, though, the Badgers had a rare opportunity to gain ground on college football’s blue bloods because of their schedule.

The combination of season-opening

the Big Ten portion of it — gains a much national showcase games against SEC higher degree of difficulty. superpowers, low-stress non-conference Despite opening with a neutral-site games after that and a post-expansion game against mighty Alabama, ranked Big Ten schedule that avoided the conNo. 3 in the preseason Associated Press ference’s traditionally strong teams poll, the No. 20 Badgers don’t have gave UW’s already-respected program another ranked opponent on their regulara three-year window of opportunity to season schedule. Sure, accomplish something top-ranked Ohio State truly special. With For the real reason would probably await only a game or two UW in the Big Ten each season where the Badgers likely wouldn’t 2015 has a chance to be Championship Game, with a new coach in be favored, the thinkspecial, look no further but hometown favorite Paul ing was UW might be Chryst and a schedule able to spring an upset than the schedule. rife with potential wins, or two and get into the that game would reprenational title picture sent yet another opportunity should UW once or twice, thereby bolstering its case reach it. Heck, it might even be for a berth for inclusion among the nation’s elite in the four-team College Football Playoff. programs.

The Badgers have only themselves to Two years later, it still hasn’t happened.

UW didn’t exactly drop the ball during that blame for not capitalizing on their favorable schedule the past two seasons. time, having gone 20-7 and reaching two Despite some close calls in its biggest more New Year’s Day bowls under sincegames, UW couldn’t pull off the upsets it departed coach Gary Andersen. But the needed when it got onto the national stage.

Badgers didn’t exactly seize the opportunity, either. Now they are down to one final UW also lost one game each season — Penn State in 2013, Northwestern last year — chance before the schedule — especially

that it had no business losing.

The Badgers’ 2013 season was derailed when they lost twice in September. The first loss was at Arizona State when Andersen’s flawed end-game strategy didn’t leave them with enough time to attempt a potential winning field goal. The second came when they had no answer for Ohio State’s Braxton Miller and fell to the surprising Buckeyes by a touchdown in Columbus.

In 2014, UW opened with a neutral-site game against SEC power LSU at Houston. UW controlled the Tigers for three quarters before dropping a 28-24 decision as Andersen, apparently in a snit over something Melvin Gordon said at halftime, benched his star running back for much of the second half. Any chance at greatness ended a few weeks later in a 20-14 loss at Northwestern during which Andersen finally realized — too late — that Tanner McEvoy wasn’t the answer at quarterback.

Chryst offers hope that misguided coaching decisions are a thing of the past for the Badgers, who have talent and Please see OATES, Page 17

PHIL HANDS | ON THE 2015 BADGERS

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Assistant sports editors: Reed Southmayd, Art Kabelowsky.

CHRYST BACK WHERE HE BELONGS

CRIMSON TIDE READY FOR NEW WAVE

Michigan .................................... 28

From a boy who found ways to sneak into Camp Randall Stadium and then became a productive UW player before a highly successful assistant coaching stint at the school, It was no surprise when he returned to take over the program after Gary Andersen’s surprise exit in December. Page 4

Losses to Auburn and Ohio State at the end of last season have provided further motivation for Alabama heading into the season — starting with the Sept. 5 opener against UW in Arlington, Texas.

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BIG TEN HIGH-FIVES

2015 OPPONENTS

Penn State, Indiana................... 29 Who’s got the best chance to make the playoffs? What are the top non-conference games? Who are the impact transfers? Who are the impact freshmen? Tom Oates has the answers in his primer. Page 34 LET’S GO NATIONAL

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BADGERS BY POSITION

Alabama, Miami (Ohio), Troy, Hawaii ............................... 22

Quarterbacks, running backs ....12

Iowa ........................................... 23

Wide receivers, tight ends, offensive linemen...................... 14

Nebraska, Purdue, Illinois ......... 24

Linebackers, defensive linemen ......................15

Rutgers, Maryland .................... 25

Quarterbacks who could win the Heisman, must-see TV games, former UW coaches, coaches on the hot seat and faces in new places are among 15 topics. Page 38

Northwestern, Minnesota ......... 26

STATS & MAPS

Defensive backs ........................ 16

REST OF BIG TEN

Schedule, roster .......................... 6

Columnist Tom Oates: @TomOatesWSJ

Specialists ................................. 18

Ohio State, Michigan State,

Guide to Camp Randall ..............19

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JOHN HART — State Journal archives

Paul Chryst has come full circle at UW: first a player for four years, then an assistant for seven years, now the program’s coach. His only previous head coaching stint was three years at Pittsburgh.

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t wasn’t all that uncommon for the trumpet of an elephant to sound throughout the neighborhood where Paul Chryst grew up.

The same, perhaps with the right gust of wind, could be said for the University of Wisconsin band.

The Henry Vilas Zoo was one of the few things closer to his childhood home on Vilas Avenue than Camp Randall Stadium — a five-minute bike ride he and his friends made countless times growing up in Madison.

One way or another, football in hand, they always found a way onto the field.

“We could climb over fences,” said John Lindauer, a childhood friend of Chryst. “There were gates that we knew how to get through. We used to be able to pop a door over at the fieldhouse and sneak in that way.

There were tons of different ways.”

Even when they were spotted, they were often ignored. These were harmless kids, dreaming the stands were full, attempting to down punts inside the 5-yard line — anything that a tree-filled park wouldn’t allow.

Those days were some of Chryst’s first experiences at Camp Randall, a place he never leaves for good.

He endured the true lows of the Badgers’ football program as a player and helped it to some of its greatest heights as an offensive coordinator.

While staying at HotelRED when he was back in Madison to accept UW’s coaching position in December, Chryst said he peered across the street at the stadium.

It was difficult to gloss over any memories in that moment, even those that had nothing to do with

football.

“I remember being a paperboy and delivering six papers to the stadium,” he said at his introductory news conference. “I had one of my worst wipeouts on my bike. I hit the railroad tracks the wrong way and went to heal myself at the donut shop right down the road.”

No one has experienced UW like Paul Chryst.

When athletic director Barry Alvarez walked with him through the facilities in December, Chryst took greater notice of the memorabilia on the walls.

The players featured included old-timers he looked up to as a kid, former teammates and recent stars he helped succeed when he was an assistant coach. He had a connection to every era.

Please see CHRYST, Page 8

PAUL CHRYST | A FOOTBALL LIFE BORN

COLLEGIATE COACHING

Nov. 17, 1965, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, the son of George and Patricia Chryst. George Chryst played football at the University of Wisconsin and later served as an assistant coach with the program.

West Virginia, 1989, ’90: Graduate assistant under coach Don Nehlen. The Mountaineers went 12-10-1 during that stretch, including 8-3-1 in 1989.

UW-Platteville, 1993: Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks. The Pioneers went 3-7 under coach Jim Kinder, who took over when Chryst’s father, George, died Dec. 3, 1992.

Illinois State, 1995: Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks. The Redbirds went 5-6 under coach Jim Heacock.

Oregon State, 1997, ’98: Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks. The Beavers went 8-14 under coach Mike Riley during this stretch.

Wisconsin, 2002: Tight ends. The Badgers went 8-6 under coach Barry Alvarez, including 2-6 in the Big Ten. Oregon State, 2003, ’04: Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks. The Beavers went 15-10 under Riley during this stretch, winning bowl games both seasons.

Wisconsin, 2005: Co-offensive coordinator, tight ends. The Badgers went 10-3, including a 24-10 victory over Auburn in the Capital One Bowl in Alvarez’s final season. John Stocco’s 2,920 passing yards that season are the second-most at UW, topped only by Russell Wilson’s 3,175 under Chryst’s watch in 2011.

Wisconsin, 2006 to ’11: Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks. The Badgers went 60-19 during this span, winning back-to-back Big Ten titles the final two seasons. The Badgers averaged 44.1 points per game in 2011 and

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Platteville High School, 1980 to ’83: After living in Madison the first 14 years of his life, Chryst moved to Platteville when his father was hired as UW-Platteville’s football coach in 1979. Chryst was a threeyear starter at quarterback at Platteville High School, finishing his career with 4,000 passing yards and 40 touchdown passes.

Chryst was a first-team All-State honoree as a senior in 1983 despite missing much of the season with a thigh injury. When he was recovering from his injury, Chryst helped the coaching staff and even called plays at times. “It scares me,” Platteville coach Mark Berg told the State Journal at the time. “Sometimes he knows more football than me. He really has a grasp for the game.”

Chryst returned during the postseason and led Platteville to the WIAA Division 4 state title. In a 42-30 semifinal victory over DeForest, Chryst completed 25 of 37 passes for 338 yards and four touchdowns. In the title game, he had two TD passes in the Hillmen’s 16-6 victory over Mosinee.

M.P. KING — State Journal

Paul Chryst speaks during his introductory news conference on Dec. 17, 2014, at the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion. “To be able to come back to Wisconsin truly is special,” he said that day. “It is something you don’t take for granted.”

UW CAREER Badgers, 1984 to ’88: Chryst was part of UW’s 1984 recruiting class. He played for three head coaches during his five seasons: Dave McClain, Jim Hilles and Don Morton.

Chryst was recruited as a quarterback but also spent time at defensive back, linebacker, tight end, long snapper and holder during his career.

As a junior in 1987, Chryst appeared at quarterback and scored the go-

ahead touchdown during a 30-13 victory over Ball State. The following week, Morton moved him to tight end in UW’s veer offense.

Prior to his final game with the Badgers, a 36-0 loss at Michigan State on Nov. 19, 1988, Chryst told the State Journal: “Football is a simple game.

You don’t have to be a great athlete.

I’m not a great athlete, because there are guys who are faster, stronger and bigger than I am. But if you put your mind to it, you can do it.”

41.5 the previous season, the top two marks in program history. Five of the top 10 seasons in passing offense came during this stretch, as well as four of the top 10 seasons in total offense.

Pittsburgh, 2012 to ’14: Head coach, quarterbacks. The Panthers went 19-19 under Chryst. They were 3-4 against ranked teams, 11-9 at home, 7-9 on the road, 1-1 in bowl games and 5-9 in games decided by a touchdown or less.

Wisconsin, 2015: Chryst was hired on Dec. 17, 2014, exactly seven days after Gary Andersen abruptly departed for Oregon State after two seasons in charge of the Badgers. “As great a day as today is — and it is, it’s a great day — I also don’t want it to be the best day,” Chryst said at his introductory news conference. “I’m looking forward to going to work.”

PROFESSIONAL COACHING San Antonio Riders, WLAF, 1991, ’92: Wide receivers, running backs, tight ends. The Riders went 4-6 and 7-3 under Riley. The Riders’ quarterback was Jason Garrett, who now coaches the Dallas Cowboys.

Ottawa Rough Riders, CFL, 1994: Quarterbacks. The Rough Riders went 4-14 under coach Adam Rita.

Saskatchewan Roughriders, CFL, 1996: Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks. The Roughriders went 5-13 under coach Jim Daley.

San Diego Chargers, NFL, 1999 to 2001: Tight ends. The Chargers went 8-8, 1-15 and 5-11 under Riley.

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2015 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL PREVIEW | NAMES AND NUMBERS UW’S 2014 SEASON (11-3)

2014 STATISTICAL RECAP

GAME 1: Aug. 30, at Houston, Texas 2 7 0

3 7 6

4 F 0 24 15 28

GAME 2: Sept. 6, Camp Randall 1 Western Ill. ... 0 Wisconsin ..... 2

2 3 7

3 0 14

4 0 14

F 3 37

GAME 3: Sept. 20, Camp Randall 1 Bowling Gr. ..10 Wisconsin ... 14

2 0 27

3 0 21

4 F 7 17 6 68

2 0 0

3 7 17

2 0 7

ATT Gordon, M. 343 Clement, C. 147 McEvoy, T. 65

2 0 17

3 0 7

2 0 14

3 0 14

4 F 7 7 14 52

2 13 0

3 10 0

4 7 0

F 37 0

GAME 9: Nov. 8, West Lafayette, Ind. 1 Wisconsin ......... 7 Purdue ............3

2 17 3

3 7 10

4 F 3 34 0 16

2014 DEFENSE

1 Wisconsin ........ 7 Rutgers ......... 0

TD YPG 29 184.8 9 67.8 6 41.0

2 7 21

3 0 28

u

Rushing 1,765

4 F 7 24 7 59

VINCE BIEGEL The linebacker enjoyed a breakout season in 2014 that included 7.5 sacks and 16.5 tackles for loss.

2 13 0

3 3 8

4 F 7 26 13 24

GAME 12: Nov. 30, Camp Randall 2 3 10

3 0 7

4 F 7 24 14 34

GAME 13: Dec. 6, at Indianapolis 1 Wisconsin......... 0 Ohio State .....14

2 0 24

3 0 7

4 F 0 0 14 59

GAME 13: Jan. 1, at Citrus Bowl Auburn Wisconsin

1 7 7

2014 SPECIALISTS

1 Minnesota ....... 14 Wisconsin ........3

2 3 4 OT F 7 3 14 0 31 0 14 10 3 34

22

19

16

Fumbles lost

GAME 9: Oct. 31

6

vs. Rutgers Camp Randall Stadium; time TBA Series: UW leads, 1-0

Sacks Intercepby tions

GAME 10: Nov. 7 at Maryland Byrd Stadium, College Park; 2:30 p.m.

Series: UW leads, 1-0

DARIUS HILLARY One of three returning starters in the secondary who often manned up against the opposition’s No. 1 receiver last season.

TB 3

GAME 11: Nov. 21 vs. Northwestern Camp Randall Stadium; time TBA Series: UW leads, 57-34-5

GAME 12: Nov. 28 at Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, time TBA Series: Minnesota leads, 59-57-8

NO YDS AVG TB OB Endicott, A. 90 5,535 61.5 28 1 Gaglianone, R. 2 120 60.0 0 0

92

Att. Avg. Att. Avg. Badgers Opponents

Att. Made Att. Made Badgers Opponents

16

13

43.1

37.1

15

GAME 8: Oct. 24 at Illinois Memorial Stadium, Champaign, 2:30 p.m. Series: UW leads, 38-36-7

Kickoffs

NO YDS AVG LG Meyer, D. 54 2,020 37.4 57

61

GAME 7: Oct. 17 vs. Purdue Camp Randall Stadium; 11 a.m.

Series: UW leads, 45-29-8

10 11

98

u

GAME 6: Oct. 10 at Nebraska Memorial Stadium, Lincoln; time TBA Series: UW leads, 5-4

Opponents

37

Punts

FGM-FGA PCT LG BLK Gaglianone, R. 19-22 86.4 51 0

YDS TD YPG 772 3 55.1 387 4 27.6 153 3 10.9

Badgers

MICHAEL CAPUTO Led the Badgers with 106 tackles and was the only Badger to be named a captain in the spring.

Field goals

GAME 5: Oct. 3 vs. Iowa Camp Randall Stadium; time TBA Series: UW leads, 44-42-2

ALEX ERICKSON The Badgers’ leading receiver (55 catches, 772 yards) a year ago, Erickson will be Stave’s top target again this season.

YDS TD AVG 14 0 7.0 107 0 26.8

The Badgers forced 16 turnovers in 2014 (six interceptions, 10 fumble recoveries).

Linebacker Derek Landisch earned all-Big Ten honors.

Total score NO 55 29 19

Erickson, A. Arneson, S. Gordon, M.

COREY CLEMENT Averaged 6.46 yards per carry and rushed for nine touchdowns behind first-round NFL draft pick Melvin Gordon.

Peneal, J. Others

Passing 2,352

GAME 11: Nov. 23, at Iowa City 1 Wisconsin.......... 3 Iowa ................3

CMP.-ATT.-INT YDS TD YPG Stave, J. 110-206-10 1,350 9 135.0 Phillips, C. 65-112-6 709 5 50.6 Houston, B. 1-3-0 6 1 1.0

NO 2 4

vs. Hawaii Camp Randall Stadium; 7 p.m.

Series: UW leads, 5-1

Receiving leaders

Interception leaders

GAME 10: Nov. 15, Camp Randall 1 Nebraska ....... 10 Wisconsin ........3

Passing leaders

Yards allowed

GAME 8: Nov. 1, at Piscataway, N.J.

48

First Second Third Fourth quarter quarter quarter qtr. / OT

JOEL STAVE Took over at quarterback in the fifth game against Northwestern and led the Badgers to an 8-1 record as the starter.

4 F 14 28 7 38

GAME 7: Oct. 25, Camp Randall 1 Maryland ......... 0 Wisconsin ......10

YDS 2,670 969 596

GAME 3: Sept. 19 vs. Troy Camp Randall Stadium; 2:30 p.m.

Series: First meeting

GAME 4: Sept. 26

Rushing leaders

4 F 7 14 3 20

vs. Miami (Ohio) Camp Randall Stadium; 11 a.m.

Series: First meeting

106 101

88 54

Running back Melvin Gordon and guard Kyle Costigan were first-team All-Big Ten picks.

Gordon was the runner-up in the Heisman Trophy voting.

GAME 2: Sept. 12

291

156

146

76

GAME 6: Oct. 11, Camp Randall 1 Illinois .......... 14 Wisconsin ....... 7

Opponents

Opponents 4,117

u

4 F 0 10 7 27

3 7 7

Badgers

Badgers 6,564

GAME 5: Sept. 27, at Evanston, Ill. 1 Wisconsin ..... 0 N’western ..... 3

vs. Alabama at Arlington, Texas; 7 p.m.

Series: UW leads, 1-0

Scoring, by quarter

GAME 4: Sept. 27, Camp Randall 1 So. Florida ....3 Wisconsin ......3

GAME 1: Sept. 5

Total net yards

2014 OFFENSE

1 Wisconsin ....10 LSU .............. 7

UW’S 2015 SCHEDULE

484

Big Ten teams UW will not face:

61.5

• Indiana (UW leads series, 40-18-2) • Michigan (Michigan leads series, 49-14-1) • Michigan State (Michigan State leads series, 30-22) • Ohio State (Ohio State leads series, 57-18-5) • Penn State (UW leads series, 9-8)

62 63.3

Att. Avg. Badgers

Att. Avg. Opponents

TE OLB OLB TE ILB ILB OL ILB DE ILB ILB OLB OLB DE OLB OL OLB LS OL OL OL OL OL NT DE OL OL OL OL

217 246 223 233 228 237 309 230 257 238 220 234 221 264 236 321 234 225 325 321 316 310 297 332 246 308 329 288 314

WISCONSIN’S 2015 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. 2 3 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 24

Name Joel Stave Tanner McEvoy Darius Hillary Corey Clement D.J. Gillins Michael Caputo Sojourn Shelton Jordan Fredrick Titus Booker Rafael Gaglianone T.J. Reynard Jazz Peavy Alex Hornibrook Natrell Jamerson Evan Bondoc Bart Houston D’Cota Dixon Thad Armstrong Robert Wheelwright Reggie Love Leo Musso Austin Ramesh Arrington Farrar Mark Saari Caleb Kinlaw Dare Ogunbowale Keelon Brookins John Damrow

Pos. QB WR/S CB RB QB S CB WR CB K CB WR QB CB S QB S QB WR WR S FB S RB RB RB ILB TE

Ht. 6-5 6-6 5-11 5-11 6-3 6-1 5-9 6-4 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-4 5-10 6-5 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-3

Wt. Yr. 219 *Sr. 231 *Sr. 187 *Sr. 219 Jr. 198 *Fr. 206 *Sr. 176 Jr. 208 *Sr. 187 Fr. 240 So. 170 Sr. 189 *So. 211 Fr. 191 So. 201 *Fr. 224 *Jr. 203 So. 213 *Jr. 202 Jr. 216 *Jr. 186 *Jr. 246 *So. 215 Fr. 208 *Fr. 190 *Fr. 200 *Jr. 213 *So. 225 So.

24 25 26 26 27 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 32 34 34 36 36 37 37 38 39 41 41 42 43 43 44 45 46

Ricky Finco Derrick Tindal Derek Straus Elijah Strong Bradrick Shaw Taiwan Deal Max Praschak Terrance Floyd Jake Whalen Serge Trezy Lubern Figaro Leon Jacobs Noah Stengel Derek Watt Chikwe Obasih Troy Laufenberg Joe Ferguson Andrew Endicott Bret Verstegen P.J. Rosowski Zach Hintze Jesse Hayes Henry Houden T.J. Watt Peter Roy Ryan Connelly Eric Steffes Nick Thomas Austin Traylor

WR CB FB CB RB RB OLB CB OLB RB S ILB WR FB DE RB S K S P K OLB WR OLB WR ILB TE ILB TE

5-8 185 So. 5-11 176 So. 6-1 227 *Sr. 6-0 170 Fr. 6-1 205 Fr. 6-1 220 *Fr. 6-2 198 Fr. 5-10 198 *Sr. 6-1 229 Fr. 6-2 202 *Jr. 6-0 181 So. 6-2 233 Jr. 6-2 201 *Fr. 6-2 236 *Sr. 6-3 268 *So. 5-10 190 Fr. 6-1 195 *So. 5-9 172 Jr. 5-11 182 Fr. 6-3 199 *Fr. 6-0 170 Fr. 6-3 233 *Sr. 6-4 194 Fr. 6-5 244 *So. 6-0 186 *Fr. 6-3 233 *Fr. 6-5 255 *Jr. 6-2 224 Fr. 6-4 245 *Sr.

UW OFFENSE: BY POSITION No. Name QUARTERBACKS 14 Thad Armstrong 7 D.J. Gillins 12 Alex Hornibrook 13 Bart Houston 2 Joel Stave RUNNING BACKS 6 Corey Clement 28 Taiwan Deal 22 Caleb Kinlaw 36 Troy Laufenberg 23 Dare Ogunbowale 20 Austin Ramesh 21 Mark Saari 27 Bradrick Shaw 26 Derek Straus 30 Serge Trezy 34 Derek Watt OFFENSIVE LINEMEN 71 Ray Ball 66 Beau Benzschawel 74 Hayden Biegel 64 Brett Connors 63 Michael Deiter 67 Jon Dietzen 77 Ian Dretzka 78 Jason Erdmann 73 Kevin Estes 79 Ben Hemer 75 Micah Kapoi 61 Tyler Marz

Pos. Ht. Wt. 213 198 211 224 219

47 47 48 49 50 51 52 52 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 65 66 66 67 68 69

Mitchell Herl Vince Biegel Jack Cichy Kyle Penniston Chris Orr Alec Ingold Jacob Maxwell Kellen Jones David Pfaff T.J. Edwards Ty DeForest Garret Dooley Zack Baun Alec James Joe Schobert George Panos Tyler Johnson Connor Udelhoven Tyler Marz Walker Williams Michael Deiter Brett Connors Ryan Ramczyk Olive Sagapolu Kelly Thomas Beau Benzschawel Jon Dietzen David Moorman Aidan McNamara

6-4 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-6 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-5 6-3 6-0 6-7 6-7 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-2 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-5 6-4

Fr. *Jr. *So. Fr. Fr. Fr. *Fr. *Sr. Fr. *Fr. Fr. *So. Fr. *So. Sr. *Fr. Fr. *Jr. *Sr. *Jr. *Fr. *Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. *Fr. Fr. Fr. *So.

70 71 73 74 74 75 76 77 78 79 81 82 84 85 86 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 96 97 97 98

Dan Voltz Ray Ball Kevin Estes Hayden Biegel Gunnar Roberge Micah Kapoi Logan Schmidt Ian Dretzka Jason Erdmann Ben Hemer Troy Fumagalli A.J. Jordan Andrew James Krenwick Sanders Alex Erickson George Rushing David Edwards Drew Meyer Zander Neuville Jeremy Patterson Jake Keefer Conor Sheehy Arthur Goldberg Billy Hirschfeld Connor Allen Jack Russell Andrew Ruzek Kraig Howe

OL 6-3 301 *Jr. OL 6-7 321 *Sr. OL 6-5 273 Fr. OL 6-7 299 *So. NT 6-4 299 Fr. OL 6-3 330 *Fr. OL 6-4 303 *Jr. OL 6-6 312 Fr. OL 6-6 326 Fr. OL 6-6 299 *So. TE 6-6 247 *So. WR 6-0 195 *Sr. WR 6-0 166 Fr. WR 6-2 204 So. WR 6-0 197 *Sr. WR 6-1 180 So. TE 6-7 239 Fr. P 6-3 189 *Sr. DE 6-5 255 *Fr. NT 6-3 335 *Fr. DE 6-3 273 *Sr. NT 6-4 272 So. DE 6-3 296 *Jr. DE 6-6 287 *Fr. P 6-0 170 Fr. K 6-0 175 Sr. DE 6-6 258 Fr. DE 6-3 241 Fr. * — Has used redshirt year.

Yr.

58 45 42 30

Joe Schobert Nick Thomas T.J. Watt Jake Whalen

OLB ILB OLB OLB

6-2 236 Sr. 6-2 224 Fr. 6-5 244 *So. 6-1 229 Fr.

DEFENSIVE BACKS 13 Evan Bondoc 9 Titus Booker 7 Michael Caputo 14 D’Cota Dixon 29 Terrance Floyd 21 Arrington Farrar 36 Joe Ferguson 31 Lubern Figaro 5 Darius Hillary 12 Natrell Jamerson 3 Tanner McEvoy 19 Leo Musso 11 T.J. Reynard 8 Sojourn Shelton 26 Elijah Strong 25 Derrick Tindal 37 Bret Verstegen

S CB S S CB S S S CB CB S S CB CB CB CB S

6-1 201 *Fr. 5-11 187 Fr. 6-1 206 *Sr. 5-10 203 So. 5-10 198 *Sr. 6-2 215 Fr. 6-1 195 *So. 6-0 181 So. 5-11 187 *Sr. 6-0 191 So. 6-6 231 *Sr. 5-10 186 *Jr. 5-10 170 Sr. 5-9 176 Jr. 6-0 170 Fr. 5-11 176 So. 5-11 182 Fr.

LONG SNAPPERS 60 Connor Udelhoven

LS

6-0

225

*Jr.

PUNTERS, KICKERS 96 Connor Allen 37 Andrew Endicott 10 Rafael Gaglianone 39 Zach Hintze 90 Drew Meyer 38 P.J. Rosowski 97 Jack Russell

P K K K P P K

6-0 170 5-9 172 5-11 240 6-0 170 6-3 189 6-3 199 6-0 175

Fr. Jr. So. Fr. *Sr. *Fr. Sr.

UW DEFENSE: BY POSITION Yr.

QB QB QB QB QB

6-5 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-5

Jr. *Fr. Fr. *Jr. *Sr.

RB RB RB RB RB FB RB RB FB RB FB

5-11 219 Jr. 6-1 220 *Fr. 5-10 190 *Fr. 5-10 190 Fr. 5-11 200 *Jr. 6-1 246 *So. 6-0 208 *Fr. 6-1 205 Fr. 6-1 227 *Sr. 6-2 202 *Jr. 6-2 236 *Sr.

OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL

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Paul Chryst chats with defensive end Alec James during an Aug. 10 practice at Camp Randall Stadium. Says former UW tight end Jacob Pedersen, whose final year at UW was 2013: “(Chryst) is one of the best coaches I’ve ever played for in my life. Just a genius.”

Chryst Continued from Page 4

“I think there’s a very strong loyalty that he has to this university,” Alvarez said. “(He) understands the formula that we have to win here. He understands the roots and the history of the program. He knows the state.

He knows the high school coaches. They know him.

“I think fit is always very important. You have to have someone that can identify with our fans and the state, and vice versa. I know Paul can do that.”

Ten years after Alvarez announced his retirement from coaching, he may have finally found the perfect fit to be his longterm replacement.

PREPARED FOR THE MOMENT Chryst’s senior year at UW in 1988 was one of the worst the Badgers had ever seen, and he could hardly do anything about it.

He began his career as a quarterback

but eventually switched to tight end after coach Don Morton didn’t believe he was a good fit as a signal caller in UW’s veer offense.

Chryst certainly wasn’t the team’s best player, and he didn’t hold the title of captain.

Still, he felt something needed to change after the Badgers’ winless start to the season bled through the end of October.

“Paul called a meeting of all the seniors,” former UW safety Paul Nowka said. “It was crazy. I remember some of the coaching staff came in and Paul actually ran the meeting.

Walking away from that, you realized you had someone who had a special gift to lead people, even as a player. That’s a moment that definitely stands out.”

It wasn’t long after that meeting the Badgers won their first and only game of the year over rival Minnesota.

“I think as we sort of started playing together and going through some ups and downs, you see someone’s true colors and true character through the trials and junk that we went through,” Nowka said. “Paul

always had a fierce loyalty to Wisconsin and to the football program.”

Nowka first met Chryst when he was being recruited by the Badgers and Chryst was a first-year player.

Even then, he noticed Chryst had an ability to see football differently than most players — a wiring to look at it from a broader perspective. “A natural coach.”

In fact, it would be difficult to find someone who played with Chryst that didn’t claim to forecast his bright coaching future.

And that wasn’t just due to his father, George Chryst, who began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at UW before successful stints at Edgewood High School and UW-Platteville.

“We used to watch film together,” former Badgers fullback Joe Armentrout said of Paul Chryst. “The things he was talking about adjustment-wise, you kind of scratch your head a little bit thinking, ‘Huh, he might know more or as much as the guy teaching us this stuff.’ ” These days, many laud Chryst’s ability

to adjust his offensive system to his personnel, one of many reasons why Bret Bielema wanted to retain him when Bielema took over for Alvarez in 2006.

Chryst spent the next six seasons as UW’s offensive coordinator, a lengthy time for someone who enjoyed as much success as he did.

He didn’t lack opportunities to leave, turning down offensive coordinator openings with the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Longhorns among others.

“I know that Wisconsin held a special place in his heart,” Bielema said. “He pulled on those emotions all the time, too. He was presented with numerous job opportunities, turned down many, many opportunities — and a lot of times for more money — to stay where he was at and what he felt was a really, really good situation for him and his family.”

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‘I know that Wisconsin held a special place in his heart. He pulled on those emotions all the time, too. He was presented with numerous job opportunities, turned down many, many opportunities — and a lot of times for more money — to stay.’

BRET BIELEMA UW coach during six of Paul Chryst’s seasons as an assistant Continued from Page 8

become familiar with the intricacies of how Alvarez had turned the program around after Chryst’s playing days.

That path to success was — and still is — unique to Madison.

It placed an emphasis on keeping the best in-state talent and recruiting athletes who also fit the university academically.

On the field, UW maintained the identity of a power running team that consistently produced some of the country’s top backs.

“If you try to make Wisconsin ordinary or model it after another program, you’re never going to have success,” Bielema said. “It’s its own, unique entity. A very unique recruiting atmosphere. A unique set of campus standards that you have to be aware of.

“I say all the time, if I hadn’t had those two years with Coach Alvarez before I took over, I don’t think we would have had near the amount of success. You were able to understand all the great qualities that we had to accent, but also understood the traditional pitfalls or speed bumps that lay in the way, and you’re able to move around them, navigate them.”

Chryst molded to that blueprint when he was the Badgers’ offensive coordinator.

He built strong relationships with high school coaches in the state, some of them who had already known his father well.

During his final year as the offensive coordinator in 2011, UW ranked sixth nationally in scoring and 11th in rushing.

“I thought those were the best offenses we ever had,” Alvarez said. “They were balanced. He could run it. It was physical and met what we think is the plan here to succeed, the type of players we can recruit.

Yet, off of that came a play-action game that was very difficult to defend.”

It’s no coincidence, with Chryst now in the head coaching role, 11 former Badgers players are now involved with the program, including two assistant coaches and four graduate assistants.

Those coaches, like Chryst, already know the path to success at UW. “(Chryst) is one of the best coaches I’ve ever played for in my life. Just a genius,” former Badgers tight end Jacob Pedersen said. “He brought back another great staff with him, guys who are passionate about Wisconsin.”

Former Badgers coach Gary Andersen became frustrated with UW’s academic standards for incoming freshmen during his short, two-year stay in Madison, which

JOHN HART — State Journal archives

Paul Chryst is greeted by Jill Steffes of Fond du Lac during the Football 101 event on June 24 at Camp Randall Stadium. The fundraiser offered 300 women the chance to learn and practice the basics of football, tour the team’s athletic facilities and interact with players and coaches.

could have played a factor in him leaving the program for Oregon State.

Bielema believes having prior experience and familiarity with any program before taking over as coach is vital — going as far to suggest athletic directors should have a coach-in-waiting already on the staff.

At UW, that’s only amplified.

“There are so many times when people take over a program and they put their trademark on it or their stamp, and sometimes it’s not going to work,” Bielema said. I think if the program is going to go in the direction that it was under Coach Alvarez and kind of what I did during my seven years there, I do think it takes a special kind of person to recognize what it is.

“Paul truly understands the environment there and how it’s going to have success.”

LONG-TERM COMMITMENT When asked in December if UW was a destination job for him, Chryst didn’t give an immediate answer.

It wasn’t because he was unsure whether he wants to spend the rest of his career as the coach of the Badgers.

He doesn’t exactly believe that’s his call to make.

Like Alvarez and UW men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan before him, he feels he needs to earn the right to retire as the Badgers’ coach.

“They earned the right to make it a destination job,” Chryst said. “I sure hope to work to try to make it that. But you’ve got to earn it, I believe.”

While Alvarez hopes and expects this to be the long-term hire Andersen wasn’t, that isn’t the reason he offered

him the job.

“You just try to hire the best coach you can, the best fit you can,” Alvarez said.

“You just want them to do a good job. I hired Paul because I thought he was the best coach for us.”

The Chryst era begins Saturday night in Arlington, Texas, but similar to any hire, it may take years before his work as the coach can be properly judged.

Like always, he’s as prepared as anyone.

Chryst now occupies a spacious office at the top of Camp Randall’s northeast corner, where sliding glass doors open up to a balcony overlooking the field that has provided him decades of memories.

He hopes there are plenty more to come.

“As great a day as today is,” Chryst said when he was hired, “I also don’t want it to be the best day.”

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QUARTERBACKS

Photos by M.P. KING — State Journal archives

Joel Stave

DEPTH CHART Projected starter 2 Joel Stave Backup 7 D.J. Gillins The rest 13 Bart Houston 12 Alex Hornibrook 14 Thad Armstrong

THE SKINNY 6-5

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West Chester, Pa. Ottawa, Ill.

The Badgers are 21-7 in Stave’s 28 career starts. UW’s all-time leader in quarterback wins is Brooks Bollinger with 30, so Stave is within striking distance. It’s also possible Stave could end his career as the Badgers’ all-time leader in passing yards; he needs 2,739 yards to pass Darrell Bevell (7,686). Of course, Stave is coming off a season in which he completed just 53.4 percent of his passes and finished with more interceptions (10) than touchdown passes (nine). The two players directly behind Stave on the depth chart — Gillins and Houston — are unproven.

GLASS-IS-HALF-FULL FORECAST

GLASS-IS-HALF-EMPTY FORECAST

UW coach Paul Chryst works his quarterback magic with Stave, who relaxes and enjoys a solid final season with the Badgers.

Stave becomes the program’s all-time leader in wins and puts his name near the top of the charts in other categories as well.

Stave struggles with consistency and plays poorly in key

RUNNING BACKS

road games against Nebraska and Minnesota. Fans clamor for Gillins or Houston, but neither is quite ready to lead the offense.

THE NUMBER

3.5

UW’s yards per passing attempt in its three defeats last season. Stave and Tanner McEvoy combined to complete 38.5 percent of their passes with one touchdown and nine interceptions in losses to LSU, Northwestern and Ohio State.

DEPTH CHART Tailbacks Projected starter 6 Corey Clement Backup 23 Dare Ogunbowale The rest 28 Taiwan Deal 27 Bradrick Shaw 22 Caleb Kinlaw 30 Serge Trezy 21 Mark Saari 36 Troy Laufenberg Fullbacks Projected starter 34 Derek Watt Backups 20 Austin Ramesh 26 Derek Straus

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Glassboro, N.J.

5-11 200 Jr.

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THE SKINNY Clement has rushed for 1,496 yards and 16 touchdowns, averaging 7.0 yards per carry, in two seasons as a backup. Replacing a Heisman Trophy runner-up is no easy task, but Clement has proven he’s ready to step into a featured role. Is anybody behind Clement ready, however? The only backup who has registered a carry at UW is junior Dare Ogunbowale Ogunbowale, who converted from defensive back early last season and finished with 193 yards and a touchdown as the Badgers’ No. 3 tailback. Deal is a powerful runner who would have played as a true freshman last season if not for a hand injury. Watt is a dependable blocker but only touched the Deal ball once last season. Ramesh was pressed into action last season while Watt sat out with a foot injury.

GLASS-IS-HALFFULL FORECAST Clement becomes UW’s next star tailback and gives the Badgers a 1,500-yard rusher for the fifth consecutive season. He’s fresh for the stretch run of the season because Ogunbowale and Deal are productive when called upon.

THE NUMBER

7

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GLASS-IS-HALFEMPTY FORECAST

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WIDE RECEIVERS

TIGHT ENDS Troy Fumagalli

DEPTH CHART

Photos by M.P. KING — State Journal archives

Alex Erickson

THE SKINNY

Projected starters

Erickson is coming off a breakout season in which he finished with 55 receptions for 772 yards. The other returning wide receivers combined for 22 receptions for 230 yards.

Finding a reliable No. 2 THE NUMBER option alongside Erickson will be important, but it may have to be a committee approach. McEvoy played safety in the spring but spent Receptions of 20 most of his time at wide yards or more last receiver in camp. He looks season for Erickson. like a natural receiver but is still learning the position’s nuances. Wheelwright’s only reception last season — a 17-yard touchdown in a Big Ten West Division title-clinching victory over Minnesota — was a big one. Fredrick, who had 13 receptions for 126 yards, had a solid camp. Peavy flashes potential but needs to be consistent and stay healthy. Love looks the part but hasn’t been able to crack the lineup consistently. Will Rushing and Sanders take a big step after quiet freshman seasons? In short, there are plenty of bodies and the hope is one or two players step up to give Erickson some help.

6-0 197 Sr. Darlington

3

6-6 231 Sr. Hillsdale, N.J.

Tanner McEvoy

Backups 16 Reggie Love

6-3 216 Jr. Boynton Beach, Fla.

15 Rob Wheelwright 6-3 202 Jr. Columbus, Ohio 9

Jordan Fredrick

11 Jazz Peavy

6-4 208 Sr. Madison 6-0 189 So. Kenosha

The rest 87 George Rushing

6-1 180 So. Miramar, Fla.

85 Krenwick Sanders 6-2 204 So. Jesup, Ga. 82 A.J. Jordan

6-0 195 Sr. Dayton, Ohio

32 Noah Stengel

6-2 201 Fr. Sheboygan

84 Andrew James

6-0 166 Fr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

43 Peter Roy

6-0 186 Fr. Muskego

41 Henry Houden

6-4 194 Fr. Madison

24 Ricky Finco

5-8 185 So. Hartland

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GLASS-IS-HALF-FULL FORECAST

GLASS-IS-HALF-EMPTY FORECAST

Erickson shines in his role as Stave’s security blanket and posts a 1,000-yard season. Stave also develops confidence in a pair of big targets, McEvoy and Wheelwright. Peavy stays healthy and provides the occasional big play.

Erickson does his part, but there’s nobody else UW can count on consistently. As a result, the Badgers’ No. 2 wide receiver finishes with fewer than 20 receptions for the fourth consecutive season. The lack of a productive passing game puts a ton of pressure on tailback Corey Clement and the running game to make plays.

DEPTH CHART

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN

Projected starters LT 61 Tyler Marz

6-7 325 Sr. Springfield, Minn.

LG 63 Michael Deiter

6-6 316 Fr. Curtice, Ohio

C 70 Dan Voltz

6-3 301 Jr. Barrington, Ill.

RG 75 Micah Kapoi

6-3 330 Fr. Kapolei, Hawaii

RT 62 Walker Williams

6-7 321 Jr. Tacoma, Wash.

Backups LT 64 Brett Connors

6-6 310 Fr. New Berlin

LG 67 Jon Dietzen

6-6 329 Fr. Black Creek, Wis.

C 58 George Panos

6-5 321 Fr. Hartland

RG 71 Ray Ball

6-7 321 Sr. Columbus, Ohio

RT 52 Jacob Maxwell

6-6 309 Fr. Greendale

The rest 66 Beau Benzschawel 6-6 308 Fr. Grafton 74 Hayden Biegel

6-7 299 So. Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

76 Logan Schmidt

6-4 303 Jr. Gotham, Wis.

65 Ryan Ramcyzk

6-6 297 Jr. Stevens Point

68 David Moorman

6-5 288 Fr. Northville, Mich.

69 Aidan McNamara 6-4 314 So. Madison 73 Kevin Estes

6-5 273 Fr. San Marcos, Calif.

77 Ian Dretzka

6-6 312 Fr. Delafield

78 Jason Erdmann

6-6 326 Fr. Richfield, Wis.

79 Ben Hemer

6-6 299 So. Medford

THE SKINNY The Badgers must replace three key players: right tackle Rob Havenstein, right guard Kyle Costigan and left guard Dallas Lewallen. Marz (27 career starts) and Voltz (20) return for their third seasons as a starter, but the rest of the group is inexperienced. It didn’t take Deiter long to secure a starting spot, but the other two openings on the line featured battles. Benzschawel and Biegel were the projected top two right tackles but battled injuries in camp. Kapoi emerged late in camp and moved ahead of Ball, who has played in 31 games without any starts. Williams, who has played in six career games, was moved to right tackle from left guard.

Center Dan Voltz

6-4 245 Sr. Columbus, Ohio 6-6 247 So. Aurora, Ill. 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-7

255 233 244 217 239

Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

Mount Calvary, Wis. Orange, Calif.

Delavan Middleton Downers Grove, Ill.

THE SKINNY

DEPTH CHART 86 Alex Erickson

Projected starters 46 Austin Traylor Backup 81 Troy Fumagalli The rest 44 Eric Steffes 49 Kyle Penniston 24 John Damrow 47 Mitchell Herl 89 David Edwards

The Badgers must THE NUMBER replace the dependable Sam Arneson, a good blocker who also finished his senior season with 29 receptions for Consecutive seasons 387 yards and a teamin which at least one leading four touchdown tight end has finished receptions. Traylor got the season with 20 or his first extended action more receptions. last season but is more of a blocker. Fumagalli caught 14 passes as a freshman, including 10 consecutive games with at least one reception at one point. Steffes, who has contributed mainly on special teams, was limited by an injury in the spring. The future at the position should be in good shape after UW added a pair of talented players, Penniston and Edwards, in the 2015 recruiting class.

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GLASS-IS-HALF-FULL FORECAST Fumagalli blossoms into a star in a Paul Chryst offense that relies heavily on tight ends. Traylor also becomes more of a threat in the passing game, particularly in Traylor the red zone.

GLASS-IS-HALF-EMPTY FORECAST Traylor is an effective blocker but doesn’t complement Fumagalli as a receiving threat, putting even more pressure on the wide receivers to deliver.

THE NUMBER

96

Combined career starts for Rob Havenstein, Kyle Costigan and Dallas Lewallen.

GLASS-IS-HALFFULL FORECAST More of the same from a unit that has developed a reputation as one of the best in the country.

Marz earns Marz first-team All-Big Ten honors and is surrounded by a group that grows up in a hurry.

GLASS-IS-HALFEMPTY FORECAST This group wasn’t a starstudded outfit last season, but the one thing it had going for it was chemistry.

That cohesion doesn’t come as easily with so many fresh faces and the line struggles to pave the way for the Badgers’ bread-and-butter ground attack.

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LINEBACKERS

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN DEPTH CHART Nose tackle Projected starter 94 Conor Sheehy

6-4 272 So. Milwaukee

Backup 92 Jeremy Patterson 6-3 335 Fr. Screven, Ga. The rest 65 Olive Sagapolu

6-2 332 Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif.

74 Gunnar Roberge 6-4 299 Fr. Seymour

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6-3 268 So. Brookfield

Backups 93 Jake Keefer

6-3 273 Sr. Woodville, Wis.

57 Alec James

6-3 264 So. Brookfield

The rest M.P. KING — State Journal

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THE SKINNY

Inside Projected starters 53 T.J. Edwards 32 Leon Jacobs Backups 50 Chris Orr 52 Kellen Jones The rest 43 Ryan Connelly 51 Alec Ingold 24 Keelon Brookins 45 Nick Thomas 54 Ty DeForest Outside Projected starters 47 Vince Biegel 58 Joe Schobert Backups 48 Jack Cichy 41 Jesse Hayes The rest 42 T.J. Watt 56 Zack Baun 55 Garret Dooley 59 Tyler Johnson 30 Jake Whalen 29 Max Praschak

Gone are starting linebackers Marcus Trotter and THE NUMBER Derek Landisch. The duo combined for 177 tackles last season, including 28 for loss, and Landisch finished with a team-high Yards lost by nine sacks. Edwards and opponents on Jacobs emerged from Landisch’s 16 tackles the spring as their likely behind the line of replacements, but both scrimmage last season. missed time in training camp with injuries. Orr, a true freshman, had an impressive camp. Jones, a graduate transfer from Clemson, didn’t arrive in the program until late in the summer. The picture on the outside looks better with Biegel and Schobert returning.

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GLASS-IS-HALF-FULL FORECAST Biegel and Schobert continue to wreak havoc in opponents’ backfields and serve as the spark for the type of turnover binge that coordinator Dave Aranda believes this defense is capable of producing. On the inside, Edwards and Jacobs grow into dependable starters with bright futures.

GLASS-IS-HALF-EMPTY FORECAST The inexperience at inside linebacker is too much to overcome and leaves the UW defense vulnerable in the middle.

As good of a 1-2 punch as Biegel and Schobert are, the backups behind them are mostly unproven.

91 Zander Neuville

6-5 255 Fr. Waupaca

96 Billy Hirschfeld

6-6 287 Fr. Okauchee, Wis.

52 David Pfaff

6-2 257 Fr. Mequon

98 Kraig Howe

6-3 241 Fr. Dayton, Ohio

66 Kelly Thomas

6-6 246 Fr. Racine

97 Andrew Ruzek

6-6 258 Fr. Stevens Point

THE SKINNY

THE NUMBER There wasn’t a star in this group last season, though departed veterans Konrad Zagzebski and Warren Herring were Sacks for UW’s solid. Goldberg saw his defensive line last first extensive action last season, with Obasih’s season and played at both 1½ leading the way. tackle and end. He’ll be at end this season because the coaching staff trusts Sheehy to take over on the inside. Obasih and James are potential breakout performers now that they have a full season under their belts.

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GLASS-IS-HALF-FULL FORECAST The no-name group does its part plugging holes and leaving the glamour work for outside linebackers Vince Biegel and Joe Schobert, and safety Michael Caputo.

GLASS-IS-HALF-EMPTY FORECAST The loss of Zagzebski and Herring is too much to take and a small, relatively inexperienced unit gets pushed around by physical Big Ten offenses and Alabama.

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DEFENSIVE BACKS

The most experienced position group on the team returns three players — Hillary, Shelton and Caputo — with a combined 79 career starts. Caputo led the Hillary team with 106 tackles last season and also recovered a teamhigh four fumbles. It remains to be seen how extensive McEvoy’s role will be as he also spends time at receiver, Shelton but Musso was active in camp and Figaro made seven starts as a true freshman last season.

Even though nickel back Devin Gaulden transferred to Wake Figaro Forest for his final season, the Badgers are deep at cornerback because Jamerson, who played wide receiver, has made a solid transition.

GLASS-IS-HALF-FULL FORECAST Caputo continues to wreak havoc as a ballhawker, but he’s not the only one in the secondary. Shelton and Hillary, who were reliable cover guys last year but were part of a cornerback group that didn’t register a single interception, join Caputo as playmakers in the back end.

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GLASS-IS-HALF-EMPTY FORECAST There are a handful of players on this team that UW can’t afford to lose for an extended stretch, and Caputo is one of them. An injury to the senior would change the dynamic of this group and the entire defense.

THE NUMBER

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Five Badgers poised for breakout seasons in 2015 T.J. EDWARDS

COREY CLEMENT

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN INSIDE LINEBACKER

JUNIOR TAILBACK

OK, so maybe you’re probably thinking that Clement is too accomplished to be on a list of breakout candidates.

There’s some truth in that. Clement has more rushing yards (1,496) and 100-yard games (seven) than five of the top backs in UW history at this point of their careers. That list includes Melvin Gordon (719; 2), TerClement rell Fletcher (942; 3), Brent Moss (958; 2), Billy Marek (1,213; 6) and Montee Ball (1,387; 6).

But imagine what Clement can do in a featured role? The most carries he’s logged in a game to this point is 17 while climbing the ladder from No. 3 tailback as a freshman to Gordon’s backup last season.

UW has had a 1,000-yard rusher in 10 consecutive seasons and 20 of the last 22. Over the past four seasons, the average output of the Badgers’ leading rusher is 1,987 yards.

Now it’s Clement’s turn to post some gaudy totals.

UW’s two starting inside linebackers last season, Derek Landisch and Marcus Trotter, accounted for 28 tackles for loss and 12½ sacks.

Edwards Both players are gone, and Edwards will step into Trotter’s “Mac” spot provided the shoulder injury he sustained in camp doesn’t linger.

A year ago at this time, Edwards was still learning how to play linebacker after spending most of his high school career as a quarterback.

He played some defense as a prep, but it was at safety.

But Edwards, when healthy, has impressed coaches with his ability to make plays. He’s smart, athletic and embraces the physical aspect to playing linebacker.

TANNER McEVOY

SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER/ SAFETY

MICHAEL DEITER

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Deiter has been impressing UW coaches with his composure and ability to pick up things quickly since he stepped on campus as a 17-yearold early enrollee in the winter of 2014.

UW entered training camp looking to fill three open starting spots to complement senior left tackle Tyler Marz and junior Deiter center Dan Voltz. It didn’t take long for the 6-foot-6, 316-pound Deiter to secure a starting spot at right guard, where he’ll replace Kyle Costigan.

Marz will get most of the attention on this offensive line, but this could be the start of a stellar career for Deiter based on what he’s shown to this point. The amazing part is Deiter doesn’t turn 19 until September.

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Corey Clement

TROY FUMAGALLI

SOPHOMORE TIGHT END Fumagalli caught at least one pass in 12 of 14 games as a freshman and finished with 14 receptions for 187 yards.

Those numbers should go up in a Paul Chryst offense that traditionally has been friendly to tight ends.

At 6-6, 247 pounds, Fumagalli is a

big target who also is athletic and can stretch the middle of the field.

Another positive development for the UW tight end group has been the play of senior Austin Traylor, whose receiving skills have improved dramatically. Known more for his blocking skills — he had three receptions for 24 yards as a junior — Traylor also should benefit from playing in Chryst’s system.

Fumagalli

McEvoy has been a man on the move throughout his three years with the Badgers.

He went from quarterback to wide McEvoy receiver to safety and then back to quarterback. Now, he’ll be asked to play on both sides of the ball.

McEvoy spent the spring at safety, where he worked alongside senior Michael Caputo on the No. 1 defense.

At 6-6, 231 pounds, McEvoy gives the Badgers a big, athletic player with range on the back end of the defense.

But that size also can come in handy at wide receiver, a position in which UW needs to develop some help for senior Alex Erickson. McEvoy looked like a natural at receiver during the first week of camp and should be able to give senior quarterback Joel Stave a big target to throw to at times.

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New UW offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph will face a supreme test in the opener — Alabama’s defense is filled with returning players, including a front seven considered to be the nation’s best.

Oates

Badgers are in the weaker West Division, well away from traditional Big Ten powers Continued from Page 2 Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Michigan State, all of which now reside experience in many areas but will need in the East. Although games at Nebraska to stay healthy in critical ones such as and Minnesota won’t be easy and those running back, offensive line and inside with Iowa are always closely contested, linebacker. But for the real reason 2015 UW is regarded as the team to beat in the has a chance to be special, look no further West. than the schedule.

Finally, UW’s two crossover opponents UW opens with Alabama at Arlington, in Big Ten play are Maryland and Rutgers.

Texas, and while the Crimson Tide are Both fared reasonably well after joining angry after missing out on the national the conference last year, but both lost title the past two years, the Badgers found senior quarterbacks and aren’t expected out with LSU last year that the best time to challenge the big four in the East. to play an SEC power is right off the bat.

Compare that schedule to next year’s The NFL draft took its usual bite out of and you will start to understand why UW Alabama, and though the replacements needs a sense of urgency this season. In are often supremely talented, they also 2016, the Badgers will start with LSU at are generally raw early in the season, Lambeau Field and face a much more difincreasing the chances for an upset. ficult Big Ten schedule. Indeed, UW will The rest of UW’s non-conference open conference play with road games at schedule has 3-0 written all over it.

Michigan and Michigan State followed by Miami (Ohio), Troy and Hawaii had a a home game against Ohio State. combined 9-28 record last season. In its Clearly, the window of opportunity preseason rankings of the 128 FBS teams is about to slam shut on UW. Not that it this season, sbnation.com had all three can’t beat any of those teams, it’s just that of UW’s post-Alabama non-conference it’ll be a lot harder for UW to ascend to opponents in the bottom 13. elite status when they’re all on the schedThe Big Ten also did UW a favor when ule at the same time. it realigned its divisions prior to last season, this time choosing geographic Contact Tom Oates at toates@madison.com sanity over competitive balance. The or 608-252-6172.

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THE SKINNY

Kicker Projected starter

Gaglianone made 14 consecutive field goals to end his freshman season and finished 19 of 22 overall. His long was a 51-yarder on his first attempt, in the opener against LSU, and he added a 50-yarder at Iowa. It wasn’t such a banner year for Meyer, who averaged a careerlow 37.4 yards while attempting more rugby-style kicks.

Backup quarterback Bart Houston even attempted seven punts.

10 Rafael Gaglianone 5-11 240 So. Sao Paulo, Brazil Backups 97 Jack Russell

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GLASS-IS-HALF-FULL FORECAST

THE NUMBER

Gaglianone picks up where he left off last season and continues to be a legitimate scoring weapon, giving UW legitimate options when drives stall at the opponents’ 30-yard line and beyond. The new coaching staff is a breath of fresh air for Meyer, who regains the confidence he had during a freshman season in which he averaged 41.5 yards per punt.

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Players in program history with at least two field goal conversions from 50 yards or more in the same season.

Gaglianone joined Taylor Mehlhaff (2006) Philip Welch (2009).

GLASS-IS-HALF-EMPTY FORECAST Gaglianone has a sophomore slump and is inconsistent from 40-plus yards. Meyer improves his net average but is still prone to the occasional shank that plagued him as a junior.

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Your game-day guide: Getting into, out of and around

There are so many reasons 80,321 fans pack Camp Randall Stadium for just about every University of Wisconsin home football game. Of course, there’s the excitement of Big Ten Conference football. But the location, facility and football program all have rich histories, building traditions that are cherished today.

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You’ll want to “Jump Around” with the student section at the end of the third quarter. Even the visiting teams will sometimes get into the act.

If you’re a UW alum, sing along to “Varsity” at the end of the UW Marching Band’s halftime performance.

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bringing the capacity to 63,710. The latest renovations to the stadium eliminate the running track around the football field.

1861: Col. S. Park Coon, in command of the Second Wisconsin regiment, names the Civil War training camp after Gov. Alexander Randall, who appointed him.

1922: A fire destroys the old wooden grandstand.

1965: The upper deck addition is completed, along with the two-story press box.

1917: The first game is played in the new stadium with the Badgers

1958: The playing field of Camp Randall is lowered by 10 feet allowing for the addition of more seats,

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1850s: The land where Camp Randall now sits is used by the Wisconsin Agricultural Society for the State Fair and horse races.

1951: Work is completed on the north end zone seats, raising the bleachers to the same height as the main east and west sections.

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THE VIEW FROM ALABAMA

Bad taste fuels renewed hunger A program that prides itself on national success is eager to erase 2014’s unexpected finish

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USCALOOSA, Ala. — Center Ryan Kelly positioned himself in the back of the interview room of the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility, facing his first media scrum of the new season minutes after Alabama wrapped a fall camp practice on Aug. 6.

He glanced around the group of reporters, waiting out the awkward silence until every phone or tape recorder was pointed his way.

After a warm-up inquiry about how he compares his first fall camp at Alabama to the final one of his career, he took on a run of questions about the Crimson Tide’s shortcomings JASON a year ago.

GALLOWAY from He spoke on the high expectations of the fan base, how hungry his team is after coming one win short of a spot in the national championship game and responded to, “Is winning a national championship or not the difference between how the senior class is remembered?”

Finally, he was asked if some needed reminding that Alabama was just eight months removed from winning the SEC championship.

“I look at the ring every now and then,” he said. “It doesn’t feel like we even won. … After we lost to Ohio State, it was like all that season was for nothing.”

His lack of hesitation seemed to give his answer honesty, as if that surely wasn’t the first time since Jan. 1 he had viewed Alabama’s most recent conference title in an un-meaningful

BRYNN ANDERSON — Associated Press

Alabama fans run to get an autograph from coach Nick Saban during fan day Aug. 9 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

manner.

As a 2011 graduate of the university, this wasn’t all that surprising to me.

When I first enrolled at Alabama, the football program was trying its best to escape years of mediocrity. By the time I was a senior, the Tide’s 10-win season was considered by many as massively underachieving.

“More people in New York City, more people in Madison, more people in Oshkosh, you say something about the state of Alabama, they know about our football down here,” said Eli Gold,

entering his 27th season as the radio voice for the Tide.

“Everybody was grasping for that return to ultimate greatness, if you will. And once Nick Saban showed up and got things turned around, the expectations for many are, ‘You’ve got to go 14-0, 15-0 every year.’”

I traveled back to my home state earlier this month to see how those in Tuscaloosa are viewing the upcoming season opener against the University of Wisconsin.

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The focus was more internal — making sure the Tide recaptured the identity it portrayed from a few years ago.

A team that gave up 44 points to rival Auburn a month before its devastating loss to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff wants to install a greater reliance on its power running game and eliminate the late-season losses that have crushed it the past two seasons.

“They didn’t finish well these last two years,” said Marq Burnett, an Alabama beat writer for

the Anniston Star. “Even Nick Saban has questioned the team’s mindset, and he wonders whether teams are afraid to play Alabama anymore and whether or not they lost a little bit of that bully-onthe-block (personality) where they make teams quit and made teams fear them before the game even started.”

That doesn’t, however, mean the game Sept. 5 is any less important for Alabama.

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NO. 3 ALABAMA SEPT. 5 | AT&T STADIUM, ARLINGTON, TEXAS BOSS Nick Saban is 86-17 in eight seasons at Alabama, but the Crimson Tide — gasp — haven’t won a national title since the 2012 season. Saban will no doubt want payback against the Big Ten after Alabama’s 2014 season ended with a 42-35 loss to Ohio State in a College Football Playoff semifinal. Saban was 1-2 vs. the Badgers during his five-year stint at Michigan State in the 1990s.

After going 2-6 in his first season in 2007, Nick Saban has guided Alabama to an 84-11 record that includes national titles in 2009, 2011 and 2012.

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Senior linebacker Reggie Ragland was second on the team with 95 tackles last season, including 10½ for loss, after replacing NFL firstround pick C.J. Mosley in the starting lineup. Ragland also recovered three fumbles, but he says a point of emphasis for the Crimson Tide this season is to create even more turnovers. They tied for 65th nationally in that category last season with 20.

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beginning of fall camp, but the game itself couldn’t be more meaningful.

A bad taste from the Tide’s loss to Ohio State has lingered for months, and the only way to get rid of it is to beat UW. “There’s enough guys here that haven’t even won a bowl game, (much less) a national championship game,” Kelly said. “The way we did all season long, dominating until the last game, everybody’s kind of falling apart, so that’s one of the biggest things we’ve gotten back to. I can see the change in the coaching staff and the players, too, and the attitude we bring every day.”

While this game may not be considered a must-win scenario in the first week of the season, the importance of moving past Ohio State and starting down a path that meets expectations may make it feel that way for the Crimson Tide.

“If you lose that opening game, I think there would be a lot of panic, to be honest,” Burnett said.

You could also argue for this opening game in Arlington, Texas, to be UW’s most important of the season.

The Badgers want to make a statement entering Paul Chryst’s first season as coach, and there wouldn’t be a better way to do that than upending a top-five team in Week 1.

BREAKDOWN Ragland is part of a front seven on defense that returns five starters.

The entire front of defensive coordinator Kirby Smart’s 3-4 defense — junior tackle A’Shawn Robinson, senior end Jarran Reed and junior end Jonathan Allen — is back. Allen was second on the team with 11½ tackles for loss in 2014. “We’re going to have a very, very good front seven, and I think it’s important that the secondary does not give up the kind of explosive plays we gave up at the end Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland of the season last year,” Saban said.

BURNING QUESTION Does Alabama have enough offensive firepower to win a national title?

Junior tailback Derrick Henry returns after rushing for 990 yards and 11 touchdowns last season, but the Crimson Tide have to replace wide receiver Amari Cooper. The fourth overall pick in the NFL draft, Cooper accounted for 16 of Alabama’s 32 touchdown receptions last season. Count on a star emerging from a group of former blue-chip recruits that includes Robert Foster, Chris Black and ArDarius Stewart. But as of early in camp, Saban still hadn’t decided who would be replacing Blake Sims, who threw for 3,487 yards and 28 touchdowns last season as a senior, at quarterback.

The group of contenders includes senior Jake Coker, who began his career at Florida State, and some highly regarded — and green — underclassmen.

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BOSS The RedHawks went 2-10 in 2014, Chuck Martin’s first season after taking over a major rebuilding project.

Martin had previous head coaching experience at the NCAA Division II level, where he led Grand Valley State to a 74-7 record from 2004Martin 09. That run included back-to-back national titles in 2005 and ’06 and a Division II-record 40-game winning streak from 2005-07. Miami went winless the season before Martin arrived, and its 42-41 victory over Massachusetts in Week 6 last season snapped a 21-game losing streak.

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Senior defensive end Bryson Albright led the RedHawks with six sacks and eight quarterback hurries last season. Albright has 12 sacks and 21 tackles for loss in his career. His brother, Alex, played two seasons with the Dallas Cowboys before sustaining a career-ending back injury during a 2013 preseason game.

BREAKDOWN The RedHawks have eight starters returning on defense, but one of the players they have to replace is cornerback Quinten Rollins, a second-round draft pick of the Green THE NUMBER Bay Packers. Rollins was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Year last season after recording seven of the Consecutive losses team’s 11 interceptions. away from home Miami isn’t quite as for the RedHawks experienced on offense, since a 56-49 vicwhere only three starttory at Akron on ers return, but Martin Sept. 29, 2012. can see some momentum building. “We’re bigger, stronger, faster, and we have way more depth, way more athletes,” Martin told the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News early in training camp. “We had so many depth issues at certain positions last year that we had to adjust practice to account for the fact we would be running kids into the ground. It’s nice to be able to do what we want to do and not worry about having enough DBs, enough O-line guys. We can actually run a normal practice.”

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BURNING QUESTION Who will play quarterback? Miami has to replace Andrew Hendrix, a Notre Dame transfer who threw for 3,280 yards with 23 touchdowns and nine interceptions last season. His replacement will be either redshirt freshman Gus Ragland or senior Drew Kummer, who attempted 10 passes as Hendrix’s backup last season. Ragland led Cincinnati Moeller High School to back-to-back state titles in 2012 and ’13 and accounted for 52 touchdowns — 22 passing, 30 rushing — as a senior.

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Years since UW and Alabama have played.

The Badgers beat the Crimson Tide 15-0 in Madison on Nov. 3, 1928.

Included in the contract for Saturday night’s game: • Wisconsin will be designated as the away team and wear white jerseys.

• The Badgers will occupy the north sideline, while “Wisconsin” will be painted in the east end zone.

• The game officials will come from the Big 12 Conference.

• UW will receive $4 million for the game.

• UW was provided a minimum of 25,000 tickets to re-sell to fans.

• The Badgers received 250 complimentary tickets, along with two 20-person suites and one field level club (capacity 350 people) free of charge.

• Each team will have an opportunity for a practice or walk-through in AT&T Stadium on Friday.

• Either team could have opted out of the game had their respective conference moved to nine conference games this season.

• The SEC and the Big Ten will have the right to distribute the game on a delayed basis “throughout the universe.”

A win also would position UW, with a soft schedule the rest of the way, to accomplish something truly special in Chryst’s first year.

This was already perhaps the biggest game in the country on opening weekend.

A win for either team, for slightly different reasons, could make for a special season.

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First-year coach Neal Brown’s expertise is on offense. He’s spent the past seven seasons as a coordinator, with stops at Troy, Texas Tech and Kentucky. Brown runs a no-huddle, fast-paced system that he hopes will energize a program that went stale under Larry Blakeney, who had coached the Trojans since 1991 and saw the program through the transition from Division II to the Football Championship Subdivision and later the move to the Football Bowl Subdivision.

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Sophomore quarterback Brandon Silvers completed 70.5 percent of his passes last season, an NCAA record for a freshman. He finished with only three interceptions in 271 attempts and should get a chance to flourish with Brown calling plays. It also helps that Troy’s receiving corps includes a trio of seniors that includes Bryan Holes, who had 34 receptions for 474 yards and five touchdowns last season.

BREAKDOWN

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It wasn’t long ago that Troy was a power in the Sun Belt Conference under Blakeney. The Trojans won at least a share of five conference titles from 2006-10, going 32-5 in Sun Belt play during that stretch. But Troy hasn’t had a winning season since that run and went 3-9 last season, which is why Brown returns to Alabama to try to turn things around.

Troy’s opening five weeks of the season should be interesting with trips to North Carolina State, UW and Mississippi State greeting Brown and Co. “I’ll tell you what our goal is within our football program: It’s to be the most improved team in our conference and really try to be the most improved team in the country,” Brown said.

Troy quarterback Brandon Silvers

BURNING QUESTION Can the Trojans stop anyone? Troy ranked 111th out of 125 FBS teams in scoring defense, allowing 36.2 points per game. Brown hired Vic Koenning to rebuild the defense, and Koenning’s top priority will be figuring out a way to stop the run. The Trojans gave up 246.1 yards per game on the ground, the eighth-worst total in the country. Troy’s biggest playmaker on defense is senior safety Montres Kitchens, who had six interceptions in 2014.

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BREAKDOWN

This could be a make-or-break campaign for Hawaii coach Norm Chow, who is 8-29 in three seasons. Chow replaced both of his coordinators after a 4-9 season, but what the Warriors really need is more talent across the board.

Chow

Tom Mason is the new defensive coordinator at Hawaii after spending the previous seven seasons in the same role at SMU. Mason will keep Hawaii’s 3-4 defense but will add some aggressive wrinkles to it. Some of Mason’s best work came in 2012, when SMU blitzed on about 70 percent of its snaps and forced 37 turnovers. “I know my personality,” Mason said.

“I can’t be one of those bend-but-don’t-break guys. I’m not going to sit in a base coverage in a four-down scheme and let teams go up and down the field and hope that we stop them.

We’re going to be the aggressor and we’re going to get after ’em and force turnovers. That’s the way I’ve got to coach defense. I can’t coach that other way. It bores me.”

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It’s been a revolving door at quarterback, and now it’s senior quarterback Max Wittek’s turn. A transfer from USC who started two games for the Trojans in 2012 after Matt Barkley got hurt, Wittek considered Louisville and Texas before picking Hawaii because he felt comfortable with Chow. The two had made a THE NUMBER connection when Chow tried to recruit Wittek to UCLA when he was an assistant there. “His quarterback pedigree speaks for itself,” Wittek said of Chow, whose resume includes working with Heisman Trophy winners Ty Detmer (BYU), UW’s average Carson Palmer (USC) and Matt Leinart (USC). margin of victory in The good news for Wittek is he should have four games against plenty of reliable targets. Quinton Pedroza and the Warriors since Marcus Kemp, who combined for 115 receptions 1996. last season, are back. And Vasquez Haynes and Devan Stubblefield will return to the lineup after missing last season due to injury.

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BURNING QUESTION Will a tough opening slate take the wind out of Hawaii’s sails? The Warriors open the season by hosting Colorado. After that, three of their next four games are on the road against Ohio State, UW and Boise State. A year ago, Hawaii never recovered from a 1-4 start that included losses to Washington, Oregon State and Colorado that were decided by a total of 18 points.

“It’s a challenge,” senior center Ben Clarke said of the team’s early slate, “but it’s a great opportunity.”

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BREAKDOWN

A significant portion of the Iowa fan base feels the school isn’t getting enough bang for its buck from Kirk Ferentz, who signed a 10-year extension prior to the 2010 season that guaranteed him close to $40 million. Since that point, the Hawkeyes are 34-30 overall, 19-21 in Big Ten play and 0-3 in bowl games. Overall, Ferentz is 115-85 in 16 seasons at Iowa.

It’s easy to pin the blame on the quarterback, but Iowa’s lack of playmakers on offense has been a major issue as well.

Senior Jordan Canzieri and junior LeShun Daniels will try to breathe some life into the running game, while senior wide receiver Tevaun Smith returns after catching 43 passes for 596 yards and three touchdowns this year. But Iowa has to replace both of its offensive tackles, including Outland Trophy winner Brandon Scherff, and the interior starters on its defensive line.

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It’s not the only reason for Iowa’s extended stay in the land of mediocrity, but inconsistent quarterback play has not helped.

The job now belongs to junior C.J. Beathard, the grandson of former NFL executive Bobby Beathard. Not long after Iowa’s 2014 season ended with an embarrassing 45-28 loss to Tennessee in the Gator Bowl — the Volunteers led by five touchdowns heading into the final quarter — Ferentz unveiled an oddly timed depth chart with Beathard’s name on top. The message was clear to Jake Rudock, who started 25 of the 26 previous games for the Hawkeyes but saw the writing on the wall and decided to transfer to Michigan for his final season.

“I think the whole story is about C.J.’s development, quite frankly, and it’s probably over the last 16 to 18 months that we’ve been able to watch him,” Ferentz said of Beathard, who has made one career start. “It was a decision that we thought was important to make for the well-being of our football team.

We wanted to get that clearly defined and give everybody an opportunity to move forward.”

BURNING QUESTION Will this be Ferentz’s swan song? The cost of buying out Ferentz’s contract has reportedly dipped below $10 million, so the possibility of Iowa pulling the plug after another dismal season is realistic. It’ll be interesting to see what satisfies the fan base: If, say, the Hawkeyes finish with an 8-4 record against a relatively weak schedule, is that good enough to help Ferentz keep his job?

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NEBRASKA OCT. 10 | MEMORIAL STADIUM, LINCOLN, NEB. BOSS Mike Riley, one of the truly nice guys in the coaching world, has done and said all the right things since being hired at Nebraska. The honeymoon with Cornhuskers fans won’t last long if Riley can’t win games. Riley is the anti-Bo Pelini, a grump who wore out his welcome. Say this for Pelini, he was consistent: The Huskers finished with exactly four losses in each of his seven seasons. Riley never finished with fewer than four defeats in any of his 14 seasons at Oregon State, where he went 93-80 over two stints.

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS One of the more interesting story lines will be whether junior quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. will blossom under Riley. Armstrong threw for 2,695 touchdown and 22 touchdowns last season and is also a dangerous runner (705 yards, six touchdowns). Nebraska’s offense lost one of its weapons for an extended stretch when sophomore wide receiver De’Mornay Pierson-El injured his foot in practice on Aug. 18. Pierson-El, who returned three punts for touchdowns last season, and also caught 23 passes for 321 yards and four touchdowns as a freshman, is expected to miss six to eight weeks.

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BREAKDOWN

Nebraska coach Mike Riley

Nebraska ranked in the bottom half of the Big Ten in all four of the major defensive categories, and junior safety Nate Gerry was blunt in his assessment that a lack of communication and leadership was part of the issue. Gerry felt like he wasn’t taken seriously last season by his upperclassman teammates. “Last year I kind of got the cold shoulder sometimes because I was one of the younger guys,” Gerry said at Big Ten Media Days. “Sometimes nobody really wanted to look up to a younger guy. It was kind of tough. I’m pretty excited for this year, where I can speak up and hopefully people will really hear me.” Gerry is one of six returning starters on defense, a group that includes junior defensive tackle Maliek Collins.

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Combined rushing yards for the Badgers in their past two games against the Cornhuskers. UW rushed for 539 yards and eight touchdowns during a 70-31 victory over Nebraska in the 2012 Big Ten title game and produced 581 yards and seven touchdowns during a 59-24 victory in Madison last season.

BURNING QUESTION Will it be a difficult transition from Pelini to Riley for the Nebraska players? There was so much negativity surrounding this program the past few years that Riley’s approach has to be a breath of fresh air for the Huskers. Change is never easy, but Riley said he appreciates how the players have accepted the new staff with open arms. “I’ve been really impressed with this team, the closeness that they’ve had with one another. The feelings that they have about the place that they’re at,” Riley said. “They really believe in Nebraska.”

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BOSS Purdue coach Darrell Hazell remains incredibly positive despite a rocky start to his tenure. “I’m extremely excited about this football team,” said Hazell, who is 4-20 through his first two seasons, including 1-15 in the Big Ten. “And there’s a lot of reasons I say that. You take a look at our football team, they just look like a Big Ten football team.”

THE NUMBER Hazell noted that the Boilermakers collectively have added 420 pounds of lean muscle mass since January. “We’re starting to look the part,” he said.

Consecutive losses to end the season BIG MAN ON CAMPUS for Purdue after it reached the Senior cornerback Frankie midway point with Williams is Purdue’s best cover a 3-3 record. guy — he had three intercep-

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tions last season — but his value to the Boilermakers goes way beyond his work in the secondary. “He provides the leadership for this football team,” Hazell said. “He’ll be one of our leaders. But his skill set is so high at so many different things. He’ll be a kick returner. He’ll be a punt returner. But he’s also one of those guys you can ask to play man-to-man coverage on the outside and allows you to play eight and nine man fronts. So he’s going to be a tremendous weapon for us this year.”

BREAKDOWN The Boilermakers, like several teams in the league, are working through issues at quarterback.

Junior Austin Appleby started part of last season and is the frontrunner in this year’s race, but he’s pushed by freshmen David Blaugh and Elijah Sindelar. Senior Danny Anthrop gives Purdue a No. 1 option at wide receiver, but the Boilermakers have to replace Associated Press archives its top two tailbacks — Akeem Hunt Purdue wide receiver and Raheem Mostert.

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BURNING QUESTION Is Hazell’s job in jeopardy? Probably not yet, but Purdue is going to have to start showing some improvement between now and the end of the 2016 season. Fan apathy is growing. But, in fairness to Hazell, he took over a program that was in terrible shape after the Danny Hope era.

Even before Purdue gets to Big Ten play this season, it will be tested with a game at Marshall and home contests vs.

Virginia Tech and Bowling Green. “I think the key to our success this year will be the month of September,” Hazell said. “We have to get off to a good start. We have enough good players in our locker room right now to make plays against good football teams. So it’s very important for us to get off on the right foot.”

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Junior quarterback Wes Lunt, when healthy, was good last season. The transfer from Oklahoma State finished with 14 touchdowns and only three interceptions in 241 pass attempts, but he missed five games due to injury. The Fighting Illini suffered a major blow when Lunt’s favorite target, Mike Dudek, tore the ACL in his knee during the spring. But Beckman said Dudek, who had 76 receptions for 1,038 yards last season, is improving and could return to the lineup before the target date in October.

BREAKDOWN Beckman made it clear at the Big Ten Media Days in July that he didn’t want to talk about the allegations that came his way over the summer. It began when former Illinois offensive lineman Simon Cvijanovic aired complaints of mistreatment on Twitter and continued when former wide receiver Kenny Knight alleged that he was thrown to the ground by Beckman during a practice in 2013. “You handle it,” Beckman told the Chicago Tribune when asked about the allegations. “You focus on the future. You focus on the current team. You respect what other people might be saying, but you focus on making this team better.”

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BURNING QUESTION Will teams run all over the Fighting Illini again this season? Illinois was last in the Big Ten and ranked 115th nationally in rushing defense after allowing 239.2 yards per game. Despite those awful numbers, Tim Banks is still running the defense and has a

veteran unit — 10 of the projected starters are upperclassmen — with which to work. “I really believe our defense did an outstanding job at the end of the year,” Beckman said, referring mainly to a 16-14 victory over Penn State.

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BOSS Kyle Flood is 23-16 in three seasons at Rutgers and carried some momentum into the offseason after ending the season with a road win at Maryland in the regular-season finale and a convincing victory over North Carolina in the Quick Lane Bowl.

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Spartans at home this season, but it’s going to be tough for Flood and Co. to match the team’s win total from a year ago. “The one thing I would tell you that really jumps out when you play in the Big Ten and certainly the Big Ten East (Division) is the margin for error is so slim,” Flood said. “It is so slim.

And not only you have to be ready to play every week, but then when you do have that win that’s really exciting for your team and your fan base or maybe you have a disappointing day, you better be ready to turn the page because that next game is coming and it’s only seven days away.”

Senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo could have entered the NFL draft after hauling in 55 passes for 1,086 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, but he decided to stick around for his final season at Rutgers. “When he BURNING QUESTION made a decision to come back to Rutgers for his senior year, our program got better,” Can Rutgers get the ball in Carroo’s hands Flood said. “And it gave him an opportunity consistently? Gary Nova ranked third in the to do some things in his career that he had Big Ten in passing efficiency last season, but not accomplished yet and he’s gone and Flood has to be a better football to find a new quarterback. player as well before he THE NUMBER His options are sophomore makes his transition to the Chris Laviano, who has next level.” appeared in five games,

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and sophomore Hayden Rettig, a transfer from Yards per play allowed by LSU. Laviano had the lead Rutgers went 8-5 last seaRutgers last season, which coming out of spring, but son, which can be viewed ranked last in the Big Ten Rettig was making a strong as a successful season and 113th in the nation. run for the starting job in considering the Scarlet training camp. The other Knights were making significant change on their Big Ten debut. But look closer at the results and you’ll find four offense for the Scarlet Knights is a new playlosses — to Ohio State, Nebraska, Wisconsin caller, Ben McDaniels, who took over after and Michigan State — by a combined margin Ralph Friedgen retired. Friedgen will remain on staff as a special assistant to Flood. of 180-44. Rutgers get the Buckeyes and

BREAKDOWN

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BOSS Randy Edsall is 20-30 in four seasons at Maryland. The Terrapins are coming off back-to-back 7-6 seasons, and Edsall admitted their debut season in the Big Ten was an eye-opener. “We found out it was a really a lineman league,” Edsall said. “That you had to be able to win in the trenches if you were going to be successful, week in, week out, year in, and year out.”

per game. (UW finished with 311 during a 52-7 stomping of the Terps in Madison.) Maryland loaded up on big bodies in its 2015 recruiting class as part of its attempt to survive in a physical league.

BURNING QUESTION

Who’s going to be Maryland’s quarterback?

The Terrapins have to replace C.J. Brown, but at least they have some options. Juniors Caleb Rowe and Perry Hills started games BIG MAN ON CAMPUS early in their careers, and Maryland’s biggest scoring threat doesn’t Maryland added THE NUMBER even play on offense. Junior cornerback WilOklahoma State liam Likely, who shared the Big Ten lead with transfer Daxx six interceptions, returned two of them for Garman late in touchdowns. He led the Big Ten and ranked the summer. fourth nationally in kickoff return yardage Garman, a senior (31.0), including a 100-yard touchdown Games in which who began Maryland allowed return vs. Stanford in the Foster Farms Bowl. his career at at least 40 points And against West Virginia, Likely returned a Arizona, started last season. punt 69 yards for a score. Do not kick to this eight games for man. the Cowboys last season and BREAKDOWN finished with 2,041 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Maryland made some significant changes on “This is going to be an interesting battle,” defense in the offseason. Edsall parted ways Edsall said. “Daxx and Caleb and Perry are with defensive coordinator Brian Stewart and going to fight it out and we will see how it promoted linebackers coach Keith Dudzinski all unfolds. They are all eager and they are all hungry and they all want to be the guy. to run the defense. But the biggest change We’ll see how it goes.” Making matters even is a transition from a 3-4 defense to a 4-3, a more challenging for whoever emerges with move Edsall believes will help the Terrapins the starting job: Maryland has to replace two do a better job of stopping the run. In 2014, receivers — Stefon Diggs and Deon Long — Maryland ranked 97th nationally in rushing defense after giving up more than 200 yards who combined for 113 receptions in 2014.

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BURNING QUESTION

Pat Fitzgerald, who is 60-53 in nine seasons at Northwestern, isn’t in jeopardy of losing his job. But after going to five consecutive bowl games from 2008-12, the Wildcats have produced back-to-back 5-7 seasons.

Will Northwestern’s quarterback play improve? Granted, Trevor Siemian battled injuries last season. But the senior still finished the season with seven touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and neither he nor backup Zack Oliver had THE NUMBER more than one passing TD in a game. Problem is, there’s no obvious candidate to fill in. Northwestern began the spring with a three-man race between Oliver, a senior, sophInterceptions for omore Matt Alviti and redshirt Godwin Igwebuike freshman Clayton Thorson. during his freshman It ended the spring without season in 2014. They a winner. Fitzgerald said the all came against UW competition would continue and Igwebuike was into the spring and added that an equal-opportuhe and offensive coordinanity thief: He picked tor Mick McCall would use a off both Joel Stave variety of factors to determine and Tanner McEvoy a starter, including picking the in the end zone. brain of the team’s veterans.

“I think Mick and I do a pretty good job of listening to the team and what they think is best,” Fitzgerald said. “We’ve used that in the past, and it’s been a pretty good indicator.

Who do the guys really trust?”

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Tailback Justin Jackson rushed for 1,187 yards and 10 touchdowns as a freshman. He finished with 162 yards on 33 carries during a 20-14 upset win over visiting UW. Jackson went over 100 yards five times in Big Ten play and also went over the century mark during a non-conference victory over Notre Dame.

BREAKDOWN The Wildcats are celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the team that went to the Rose Bowl. Fitzgerald was a linebacker on that team and hopes a little karma rubs off on his current outfit. But he also couldn’t help but point out one major distinction between that era and the state of his current program. In 1995 and ’96, when Northwestern won 19 games overall and went 15-1 in Big Ten play, it went 8-2 in one-possession games. Over the past two seasons, Northwestern was 3-8 in such games over the past two seasons. “That was one of our hallmarks — we won those games,” Fitzgerald said. “The last two seasons we haven’t done that.”

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THE NUMBER There’s little question Jerry Kill has done an Senior cornerback impressive job providBriean Boddy-Calhoun ing some stability to had five interceptions the Minnesota program. and forced two fumbles Consecutive Kill, who’s 25-26 in four last season. He’s part of victories over the seasons, helped the a unit that helped MinGophers for the Golden Gophers produce nesota finish 18th in the Badgers, who have a winning record in Big nation in pass defense won 18 of 20 overall Ten play last season for in the series. last season at 193.5 the first time since 2003 yards per game. and guided them to a January bowl game for the first time in 53 years. But Kill is 0-3 BREAKDOWN in bowl games at Minnesota and, more Quarterback Mitch Leidner completed importantly, 0-4 vs. the rival Badgers only 51.5 percent of his passes as a in the battle for the Paul Bunyan Axe. sophomore, including 37 percent over “We got three trophies,” Kill said, the Gophers’ final three regular-season referring to the haul Minnesota made with victories over Michigan, Iowa and games. But Leidner played well vs. Missouri in the Citrus Bowl — he completed Nebraska. “But … we haven’t had the 14 consecutive passes at one point Axe in a long time. I think that’s been — and gained even more confidence the issue.”

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He’s particularly confident in a group of running backs that includes senior Rodrick Williams Jr., redshirt freshman Rodney Smith and sophomore Berkley Edwards. Minnesota will get a test right out of the gate when it hosts TCU.

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Michigan fired Brady Hoke, whose victory total fell from 11 to eight to seven to five, and replaced him with a $40 million-plus savior: Jim Harbaugh. The Wolverines’ fan base is giddy, and rightfully so — Harbaugh has a proven track record that includes an impressive rebuilding job at Stanford and a trip to the Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers.

Harbaugh played for the late Bo Schembechler at Michigan and made it clear he wants to build the program by using many of the same principles as his former coach. “If we could do it the way Bo did it, that would be something to aspire to,� Harbaugh said. “Not a day goes by, really, where I don’t think about coach Schembechler from the time I leave my house to go to the office — I live about five houses away from where Bo lived.�

Mark Dantonio has accomplished a lot at Michigan State, where he’s 75-31 overall in eight seasons and has led the Spartans to 53 wins over the past five campaigns.

Michigan State has won four consecutive bowl games and has finished ranked among the top five teams in the nation in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the mid-1960s. Yet it’s clear Dantonio thinks it’s time for the Spartans to make the next step. Yes, Michigan State is knocking on the door of playing for a national title. “Keep trying to strive forward,� Dantonio said. “Keep trying to move the process forward, and be as good as you can possibly be.�

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun has 16½ career sacks, including eight last season. He declined a chance to enter the NFL draft in order to spend one final season anchoring a defensive front that Dantonio says “is maybe as talented a group as we’ve had since I’ve been ‌ at Michigan State.â€?

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Harbaugh will steal most of the spotlight this season, but keep an eye on redshirt freshman safety Jabrill Peppers.

One of the highest-ranked defensive players in the 2014 recruiting class, Peppers missed most of last season with a leg injury and was granted a medical redshirt.

BREAKDOWN Michigan’s defense, which ranked No. 7 overall in the nation in yards allowed and No. 27 in scoring defense, wasn’t the issue last season.

The problems were on the other side of the ball, where the Wolverines ranked 109th or worse in scoring, passing and total offense. Michigan quarterbacks finished with 18 interceptions and only 10 touchdown passes and there’s uncertainty at that position entering this season. Junior Shane Morris ended spring camp in the top spot, but Jake Rudock arrived from Iowa for his final season and is clearly the most experienced quarterback on the roster. Rudock only threw five interceptions in 2014 and ball security is a big selling point with Harbaugh.

BURNING QUESTION How long will it take Harbaugh to turn the program around? The situations are very different, but consider Harbaugh’s run at Stanford: He took over a one-win team and won four, five, eight and 12 games in his four seasons with the Cardinal. The Wolverines have a lot of chasing to do in terms of catching up with rivals Ohio State and Michigan State, but Michigan is still a national brand and Harbaugh should have no trouble landing top recruits.

THE NUMBER

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Michigan’s turnover margin in 2014. Only three teams in the country — Washington State, Eastern Michigan and Georgia State — were worse in that category.

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer

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THE NUMBER

25-1

All Urban Meyer has done during his first three seasons at Ohio State is win 38 of 41 games and the inaugural College Football Playoff title. Not too shabby, but the scary thing for the rest of the Big Ten is that the Buckeyes are only getting better. Fourteen starters return from last season’s 14-1 team.

That 2014 group was ahead of schedule, and Meyer and Co. continue to stockpile talented recruits from Ohio and beyond.

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Junior tailback Ezekiel Elliott rushed for 1,878 yards and 18 touchdowns last season. A significant chunk of that production — 696 yards and eight touchdowns — came during a closing stretch that included victories over UW in the Big Ten title game and wins over Alabama and Oregon in the playoff. No wonder Elliott is the Las Vegas favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.

BREAKDOWN The Buckeyes had a three-headed monster situation at quarterback that made practically every program in the country jealous, but that competition was reduced by one when Braxton Miller moved to wide receiver.

Miller, a two-time Silver Football winner as a dual-threat quarterback, gives the Buckeyes another weapon on the perimeter to go along with Michael Thomas, Jalin Marshall, Dontre Wilson, Corey Smith and Noah Brown. The only real suspense heading into the season

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Ohio State’s record vs. Big Ten opponents since Meyer arrived.

That includes 24 consecutive wins in regular-season games.

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Will losing coordinator Pat Narduzzi, who left to become Pittsburgh’s head coach, affect Michigan State’s defense? Continuity should be much of an issue because Narduzzi chose to promote Harlon Barnett and Mike Tressel into co-coordinator roles. “They’ve both had opportunities to leave and become coordinators or co-coordinators or go into the NFL ‌ and they’ve stayed the course,â€? Dantonio said. “I think they deserve this opportunity.â€? The good news for Barnett and Tressel is that Michigan State’s front seven is loaded with talent and experience. One position to watch is cornerback, where the Spartans are, well, green.

Can the Buckeyes repeat as national champion? The talent is there, but so is the pressure. Meyer was asked at Big Ten Media Days is he was concerned about complacency or the team having a giant target on its back?

Yes, he said, but he liked how the Buckeyes took care of business academically and in the weight room during the offseason, two indicators to him that his group has the right mindset. It wasn’t a perfect offseason, however. Five key players are suspended for the season opener at Virginia Tech, a group that includes Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Joey Bosa, a junior defensive end.

Michigan State defensive end Shilique Calhoun

is who will be delivering the passes, and both options are fantastic: J.T. Barrett, who accounted for a Big Ten-record 45 touchdowns (34 passing, 11 rushing) last season as a redshirt freshman before getting injured in the regular-season finale vs. Michigan; or junior Cardale Jones, who produced three jaw-dropping performances in the postseason.

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BOSS The Nittany Lions went 7-6 in James Franklin’s first season despite dealing with NCAA-imposed scholarship reductions from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

The on-the-field restrictions have been lifted and the Nittany Lions’ roster is finally starting to bulk up again. “We have a two-deep at every position now that’s available to play in games,” Franklin said.

“Some positions three deep, which I know sounds crazy. But the way we’re going to be able to practice, the way we’re going to be able to develop, it’s going to have a major impact on everything.”

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Christian Hackenberg had an uneven sophomore season, finishing with more interceptions (15) than touchdown passes (12), but it’s hard to be an efficient passer when you’re running for your life. Penn State’s offensive line situation was a mess last season, resulting in a league-high 44 sacks.

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5,952

Passing yards for Hackenberg through his first two seasons. He’s being projected as a first-round pick in the 2016 NFL draft.

BREAKDOWN Somewhat lost in a 7-6 season was that Penn State ranked No. 2 nationally in total defense, No. 3 in rushing defense, No. 7 in scoring defense and No. 9 in passing defense. Six starters return from that unit, including first-team All-Big Ten defensive tackle Anthony Zettel. More importantly, Franklin held on to defensive coordinator Bob Shoop, who was courted by LSU during the offseason.

BURNING QUESTION How much will Penn State’s offensive line improve? Franklin feels much more comfortable with the group than he did a year ago at this time.

Four starters are back and the Nittany Lions added two veterans who will add to the depth at the position: left tackle Paris Palmer, a junior college transfer; and center Kevin Reihner, a graduate transfer from Stanford. Franklin doesn’t want anybody singing the offensive line’s praises just yet, however. “I would really appreciate if any of you guys are willing to write some nasty article about them,” he said at Big Ten Media Days, “to continue to motivate them to continue to push them throughout the season.”

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Indiana took a step back in Kevin Wilson’s fourth season, going 4-8 after a 5-7 season in 2013. The Hoosiers haven’t finished with a winning record in Big Ten play since 1993 and are a dreadful 19-85 — a .183 winning percentage — since going 4-4 in 2001. Wilson knew what he was getting into when he was hired, but he certainly expected to be better than 14-34 through four seasons and he says he understands why fans are getting impatient. “We’ve done a lot, whether it be window dressing and all the things we do it make it more, quote, fan-friendly,” Wilson said. “But you’re coming to the game. Everyone wants to see you win and we need to win football games.”

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Junior tailback Jordan Howard has some huge shoes to fill after replacing Tevin Coleman, who bolted for the NFL after rushing for 2,036 yards and 15 touchdowns last season. Jordan Howard brings experience after rushing for 1,587 yards and 13 touchdowns last season at UAB, which dropped its program. The NCAA allowed players such as Howard and wide receiver Marqui Hawkins, who also ended up at Indiana, to transfer without the penalty of having to sit out one season.

BREAKDOWN The Hoosiers’ 2014 season fell apart after quarterback Nate Sudfeld went down with a shoulder injury midway through the year. Backup Chris Covington sustained a season-ending knee injury in the same game, leaving Indiana’s passing game in a world of hurt. Indiana only had one touchdown pass during the second half of the season, making Coleman’s monster season even more impressive. Sudfeld, a senior, is back and carries some impressive career numbers — 4,306 passing yards with 34 touchdowns and 13 interceptions — into his final season with the Hoosiers.

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he Big Ten Conference is teeming with talented, experienced quarterbacks this season.

And that’s just at Ohio State.

The defending national champion Buckeyes are so rich at quarterback that Braxton Miller, a two-time offensive player of the year in the conference, was moved to H-back. Subbing for an injured Miller, J.T. Barrett was named the All-Big Ten quarterback last year. When Barrett got hurt late in the season, thirdstringer Cardale Jones led Ohio State to dominant victories over the University of Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game and Alabama and Oregon in college football’s inaugural playoff.

Jones and Barrett are back battling for the starting

job at Ohio State with Miller waiting in the wings, but the quarterback riches don’t end there for the Big Ten. Michigan State’s Connor Cook and Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg are likely first-round NFL draft picks. Seven other teams return their preferred starter from last season and Michigan has former Iowa starter Jake Rudock on campus.

Ohio State’s national championship mercifully got the national media off the Big Ten’s back, but it came at a price. The Buckeyes’ title actually came a year ahead of schedule, which means coach Urban Meyer’s team is absolutely loaded this time around.

Michigan State, which lost only to national finalists Ohio State and Oregon last season, is consid-

ered the only Big Ten team in the Buckeyes’ league.

Unfortunately for the Spartans, they are also in the Buckeyes’ division, the powerful East.

UW, which has played in three of the four Big Ten championship games, is considered the West Division team most likely to lose to Ohio State in the final. That’s harsh, but the Badgers’ 59-0 loss to the Buckeyes in last year’s final convinced many that there is a growing disparity between the Big Ten’s divisions.

But that’s the West’s problem. Meyer’s toughest job is trying to figure out how to keep three elite quarterbacks happy. While he does that, here is a primer on Big Ten football this season:

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Quarterback Cardale Jones and the Ohio State mascot celebrate after the 42-20 victory over Oregon in the national title game on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas.

FIVE TEAMS WITH THE BEST CHANCE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS

TOP FIVE POTENTIAL SURPRISE TEAMS

1. Ohio State: With most key players back from a national championship team, Buckeyes start out No. 1 nationally.

2. Michigan State: Spartans must win at Ohio State but might have slim chance for final four even if they don’t.

3. Wisconsin: If Badgers upset Alabama

1. Penn State: Nittany Lions have a cushy non-conference schedule, a physical defense and a talented quarterback.

2. Iowa: Hawkeyes have underachieved under Kirk Ferentz, but new quarterback and experienced defense provide hope.

3. Northwestern: If Wildcats can sort out their quarterback situation, they could get

in opener, they could be favored every week until Big Ten title game.

4. Nebraska: Penn State and Michigan might be superior to Cornhuskers, but road to Big Ten final is easier in West.

5. Penn State: If only the Ohio State and Michigan State games weren’t both on road. But spring one upset and ...

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back to a bowl game.

4. Indiana: Nate Sudfeld’s return could leapfrog Hoosiers over Rutgers and Maryland, who lost their quarterbacks.

5. Illinois: Quarterback Wes Lunt was effective prior to breaking a leg, so he gives Illini a puncher’s chance.

TOP FIVE CONFERENCE GAMES

1. Michigan: Fans expect an immediate turnaround under Jim Harbaugh, but Wolverines went 5-7 last year for a reason.

2. Nebraska: Mike Riley is a winner, but new coach’s friendly demeanor and pro-style schemes will be jolt for Huskers.

3. Maryland: After finishing third in East in Big Ten debut, Terps must replace quarterback and seven defensive starters.

4. Wisconsin: Lots of ifs on offense, where tailback and line must stay healthy and quarterback and wide receivers must improve.

5. Minnesota: Upward trend under coach Jerry Kill could stall after skill positions (except quarterback) were wiped out.

TOP FIVE NON-CONFERENCE GAMES

1. Michigan State at Ohio State, Nov. 21: The de facto Big Ten championship game for the second consecutive year.

2. Ohio State at Michigan, Nov. 28: Urban Meyer-versusJim Harbaugh subplot should rekindle Big Ten’s best rivalry.

3. Wisconsin at Nebraska, Oct. 10: Coaches may be new, but Big Ten West title should be on the line once again.

4. Michigan State at Michigan, Oct. 17: Spartans have beaten Wolverines in six of last seven meetings. Really.

5. Wisconsin at Minnesota, Nov. 28: Gophers getting testy since Badgers have held Paul Bunyan’s Axe for 11 years.

1. Wisconsin vs. Alabama at Arlington, Texas, Sept. 5: Could Badgers make it back-to-back wins for Big Ten over Crimson Tide?

2. Oregon at Michigan State, Sept. 12: Spartans have payback in mind after blowing lead in 46-27 loss at Eugene last year.

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HIGH-FIVES >> TOM OATES’ BIG TEN PRIMER FIVE EASIEST CONFERENCE SCHEDULES 1. Wisconsin: Maryland and Rutgers are crossover foes and UW is in soft Big Ten West. Tough roadies at Nebraska and Minnesota, though.

2. Iowa: Hawkeyes face Maryland and Indiana in crossover games with East.

Only drawback? Must play Wisconsin and Nebraska on road.

3. Ohio State: Buckeyes get Penn State, Michigan State and Minnesota at home.

Only difficult road game is closer at Michigan.

4. Nebraska: Road opponents are Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers and Minnesota. Cornhuskers will be favored in all but Gophers game.

5. Penn State: Crossover games against Illinois and Northwestern offset difficult road games at Ohio State and Michigan State.

FIVE TOUGHEST CONFERENCE SCHEDULES 1. Rutgers: As if loaded Big Ten East wasn’t tough enough, Scarlet Knights get Wisconsin and Nebraska from West.

2. Illinois: Crossover games with Ohio State and Penn State leave Illini with only Purdue as a Big Ten breather.

3. Maryland: With Wisconsin and Iowa as crossover foes, Terrapins could easily start out 0-6 in conference.

4. Michigan State: Scary November includes games at Nebraska and Ohio State and home closer against Penn State.

5. Minnesota: In five-week stretch, Gophers play Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio State and Iowa — the last two on the road.

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Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott

TOP FIVE HEISMAN CONTENDERS 1. Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Ohio State: Three straight 200-yard rushing games carried Buckeyes to Big Ten, national titles.

2. Connor Cook, QB, Michigan State: Quarterbacks always win the Heisman and never-rattled senior is Big Ten’s best.

3. Ohio State’s quarterback: Whoever starts from among Car-

dale Jones, J.T. Barrett and Braxton Miller is a contender.

4: Christian Hackenberg, QB, Penn State: Great receivers, improved line, easy schedule gets junior back on track.

5. Corey Clement, RB, Wisconsin: Paul Chryst knows how to utilize a tailback better than any coach in college ranks.

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Ohio State offensive tackle Taylor Decker

TOP FIVE OUTLAND CANDIDATES (INTERIOR LINEMEN) 1. Taylor Decker, OT, Ohio State: Star of veteran line that helped Buckeyes score 42 or more in 11 of last 13 games.

2. Anthony Zettel, DT, Penn State: Led Nittany Lions in tackles for loss (17), sacks (8), interceptions (3).

3. Jack Conklin, OT, Michigan State: Has the talent to supplant Decker as Big Ten’s

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best offensive lineman.

4. Maliek Collins, DT, Nebraska: Quick playmaker should thrive in Cornhuskers’ aggressive new defensive scheme.

5. Dan Voltz, C, Wisconsin: If junior can stay healthy, could be the best of a strong crop of Big Ten centers.

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1. Connor Cook, Michigan State: Cool customer should improve even more on his 4. Nate Sudfeld, Indiana: Was one of Big 24-8 touchdown-to-interception ratio.

Ten’s best until he suffered season-ending 2. Cardale Jones, Ohio State: Should shoulder injury on Oct. 11. start over J.T. Barrett and Braxton Miller, 5. Tommy Armstrong, Nebraska: Must both first-team All-Big Ten in past. complete more than 53 percent of passes in 3. Christian Hackenberg, Penn State: Numbers suffered behind a porous line but Mike Riley’s new pro-style scheme.

TOP FIVE OFFENSIVE PLAYERS (NON-QUARTERBACK DIVISION) 1. Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Ohio State: Cardale Jones was terrific but it was Elliott who fueled title drive.

2. DaeSean Hamilton, WR, Penn State: Speedster caught conference-best 82 passes as a freshman in 2014.

3. Corey Clement, RB, Wisconsin: Badgers’ starting tailback automatically

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4. Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State: Whoever starts at quarterback will have team’s leading receiver back.

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1. Braxton Miller, H-back, Ohio State: Buckeyes are flush with receivers, but ex-quarterback starter is too gifted to sit.

1. Jordan Howard, RB, Indiana: Rushed for 1,587 yards, 13 touchdowns at UAB before program was shuttered.

2. Corey Clement, RB, Wisconsin: With Melvin Gordon off to NFL, it’s Clement’s show coming off of 949-yard season.

3. C.J. Beathard, QB, Iowa: Junior’s mobility, strong arm and quick release made

Jake Rudock expendable in Iowa City.

4. Montae Nicholson, S, Michigan State: Speed, hitting ability he showed as freshman will bolster suspect secondary.

5. Michael Rose-Ivey, OLB, Nebraska: Late-season sensation in 2013 is back after sitting out 2014 with knee injury.

2. Jake Rudock, QB, Michigan: Graduate transfer started two seasons for Hawkeyes before losing job last year.

3. Paris Palmer, OT, Penn State: Junior college transfer will plug hole left by

Donovan Smith at left tackle.

4. Ty Isaac, RB, Michigan: Coach Jim Harbaugh likes big backs and USC transfer is 6-foot-3, 240 pounds.

5. Wayne Lyons, CB, Michigan: Former Harbaugh recruit at Stanford an 11th-hour replacement for Blake Countess.

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Ohio State defensive end Joey Bosa

TOP FIVE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS 1. Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State: Forget the Big Ten, he might be the most dynamic defensive player in nation.

2. Shilique Calhoun, DE, Michigan State: Big Ten quarterbacks were praying Calhoun would enter NFL draft.

3. Darron Lee, LB, Ohio State: On defense loaded with great linebackers, his playmaking ability stands out.

4. Antony Zettel, DT, Penn State: Consistently disruptive force in middle of rugged Nittany Lions defense.

5. William Likely, CB, Maryland: Small in stature, but six interceptions were huge for Terps last season.

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Top five position groups

1. Jabrill Peppers, S, Michigan: All-world recruit played briefly last season before he was shut down by injuries.

1. Ohio State quarterbacks: Braxton Miller and J.T. Barrett have been fifth in Heisman voting, Cardale Jones won national title.

2. Ohio State linebackers: Joshua Perry and Darron Lee return outside and heavy-hitting Raekwon McMillin takes over inside.

3. Michigan State offensive line: All-Big Ten picks Jack Conklin and Jack Allen lead best line in Mark Dantonio era.

4. Penn State wide receivers: Junior Geno Lewis and three sophomores, led by DaeSean Hamilton, give Lions unmatched firepower.

5. Wisconsin secondary: Cornerbacks are third-year starters and safeties Michael Caputo and Tanner McEvoy are versatile playmakers.

2. T.J. Edwards, ILB, Wisconsin: Badgers were wiped out inside, but Edwards, an athletic redshirt, made plays all spring.

3. L.J. Scott, RB, Michigan State: Spartans went into Ohio and outrecruited Buckeyes for big, versatile tailback.

4. Brian Cole, WR, Michigan: True freshman can play almost anywhere, but likely will be needed as a slot receiver.

5. Jeff Jones, WR, Minnesota: Academically ineligible in 2014, he’ll play wide receiver after being considered for tailback.

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Top five coaching changes to watch 1. Jim Harbaugh, head coach, Michigan: Wolverines gained tremendous momentum by bringing back famous alum, but can it carry over into season?

2. Paul Chryst, head coach, Wisconsin: Badgers were veering off course under Gary Andersen. Native son Chryst will put them right back on it.

3. Mike Riley, head coach, Nebraska: With engaging persona and pro-style offense, Riley doesn’t fit Huskers’

profile, which is a good thing.

4. Ed Warinner, co-offensive coordinator, Ohio State: Line coach takes over play-calling duties for weapon-laden unit that scored 44.8 per game.

5. Harlon Barnett and Mike Tressel, co-defensive coordinators, Michigan State: Under fiery Pat Narduzzi, Spartans defense was top 10 last four years.

Top five coaches with something to prove 1. Tim Beckman, Illinois: A 4-20 Big Ten record and allegations of player mistreatment put Beckman on hot seat.

2. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa: That 26-25 record since 2011 is making eight-figure buyout look more and more doable.

3. Kevin Wilson, Indiana: Dynamic offense is fun to watch, but a bowl trip would make Hoosiers fans even happier.

4. Darrell Hazell, Purdue: Six straight season-ending losses, lack of playmakers have fans grumbling already.

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1. STRIKE THE POSE A quarterback has won the Heisman Trophy each of the past five seasons, including Oregon’s Marcus Mariota in 2014. Going back even further, quarterbacks have won 13 of the past 14 times.

The most likely candidate to keep that streak alive is TCU senior Trevone Boykin, who finished fourth last season after throwing for 3,901 yards and a programrecord 33 touchdowns.

Boykin and Ohio State junior tailback Ezekiel Elliott are listed at 5-to-1 co-favorites by Bovada.

Elliott rushed for 1,878 yards and 18 scores last season while helping the Buckeyes win a national title.

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Or maybe it will be one of his teammates. The two players competing for the Buckeyes’ starting quarterback job — sophomore J.T. Barrett and junior Cardale Jones — are among the favorites on Bovada’s list.

Barrett, who set a Big Ten record by accounting for 45 touchdowns (34 passing, 11 rushing) last season before getting injured in a victory over Michigan the final week of the regular season, is listed at 9-1.

Jones, who replaced Barrett and was brilliant in three postseason games, is part of a quintet at 12-1 that includes Georgia sophomore tailback Nick Chubb, LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette, Auburn junior quarterback Jeremy Johnson and USC senior quarterback Cody Kessler.

Mississippi State senior quarterback Dak Prescott and Clemson sophomore quarterback Deshaun Watson round out the top 10 favorites at 16-1.

UW junior tailback Corey Clement, who takes over for Gordon as the featured back in an offense with a history of piling up huge rushing totals, is a long shot at 66-1.

2. MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Everybody can agree that the first College Football Playoff was a smashing success.

OK, maybe not everyone. The Big 12 — particularly co-champions Baylor and TCU — is still grumbling about being left out of the semifinals.

Ohio State got in instead and, as the No. 4 seed, knocked off Alabama and Oregon to give the Big Ten its first national title in 12 years.

The Buckeyes are favored to defend their title, per Bovada. Here’s the list of favorites.

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One spot in the postseason format that includes six major bowl games is reserved for the top-rated team from the “Group of Five,” which includes the AAC, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt.

Boise State got the invite last season and made the most of it, beating Arizona 38-30 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Broncos and their 17 returning starters have a good shot at crashing the party once again, but they’ll have to find replacements for quarterback Grant Hedrick and tailback Jay Ajayi and hold off Utah State in the Mountain West. The Aggies get senior quarterback Chuckie Keeton back and host Boise State midway through the season.

Here are three other “Group of Five” teams to keep an eye on this season: Memphis: The Tigers went 10-3 last season, and that included respectable road losses to UCLA and Ole Miss. Memphis is the favorite to repeat in the AAC, though it has to replace eight starters from a defense that was

No. 11 nationally in points allowed.

Another double-digit victory total might lead to coach Justin Fuente being lured to a bigger program.

Bowling Green: The Falcons went 8-6 and advanced to the MAC title game under first-year coach Dino Babers last season despite losing starting quarterback Matt Johnson to a hip injury in the opener. Babers’ fast-paced offense should run smoother in Year 2, especially with Johnson back in the lineup.

Western Kentucky: The Hilltoppers played the role of spoiler last season. Marshall was well on its way to one of the major bowls until it fell to Western Kentucky 67-66 in overtime in the Conference-USA finale. The Hilltoppers finished in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense, passing offense and total offense, with quarterback Brandon Doughty throwing for 4,830 yards and 49 touchdowns last season. Even if coach Jeff Brohm’s team doesn’t end up in one of the marquee games in January, count on it to continue putting up eye-popping numbers.

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5. STOCK MARKET Here are three teams whose victory totals are expected to go up, perhaps significantly, this season: Auburn (8-5): The Tigers raced out to a 7-1 start in 2014 and were in the playoff picture. What followed was ugly, a 1-4 finish that included a 34-31 overtime loss to UW in the Outback Bowl.

Auburn’s only win during that span came against Samford, a Football Championship Subdivision team. But the Tigers should be able to bounce back with seven starters returning on defense and a host of playmakers for coach Gus Malzahn to work with on offense.

Notre Dame (8-5): The Fighting Irish started 6-0 last season before losing a heartbreaker at Florida State.

They ended up losing five of their final six games of the regular season, including blowouts on the road against Arizona State and USC and

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close losses at home to Northwestern and Louisville.

Beating LSU in the Music City Bowl gave Notre Dame some momentum heading into the offseason and, with 17 starters returning, the Irish are being mentioned as a possible playoff participant.

Oklahoma State (7-6): The Cowboys endured a five-game losing streak that ruined a 5-1 start. Oklahoma State closed with wins at Oklahoma in the regular-sea-

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son finale and vs. Washington in the Cactus Bowl and returns quarterback Mason Rudolph, who provided the Cowboys with a spark. The really good news for Mike Gundy’s team: It gets TCU, Baylor and Oklahoma at home this season.

And here are three teams who are going to have a difficult time matching what they did in 2014: Florida State (13-1): The Seminoles’ quest for back-

to-back national titles ended with a dud — a 59-20 loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl, a semifinal game. Quarterback magician Jameis Winston, who pulled rabbits out of his hat in close games, is gone.

Plus, Florida State’s schedule includes trips to Georgia Tech and Clemson.

Mississippi State (10-3): The Bulldogs still have senior quarterback Dak Prescott, but seven starters are gone on offense and another eight have to be replaced on defense. And there’s the matter of running the gauntlet that is the SEC West Division.

Oregon (13-2): Make no mistake, the Ducks are still loaded with talent on both sides of the ball. But the combination of losing Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota and a challenging slate – road games against Michigan State, Arizona State and Stanford – could cause the Ducks to take a step back.

6. CATCHING UP WITH THE EX Bret Bielema’s abrupt departure from UW feels so long ago now that the Badgers have been jilted by a second coach.

Bielema’s third season begins at Arkansas, and hopes are high in Fayetteville.

The Razorbacks exceeded expectations in 2014, going 7-6 overall. They were just 2-6 in the SEC, but back-to-back shutout victories over LSU and Ole Miss were impressive and four of their defeats were by a touchdown or less.

It’s not a Bielema offseason without a little transition. This time, he had to replace offensive coordinator Jim Chaney, who left for Pittsburgh.

Bielema tabbed Central Michigan head coach Dan Enos to run Arkansas’ offense.

Bielema sells power football at Arkansas, which explains why the team’s media guide features five

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offensive linemen.

The Razorbacks suffered a blow during training camp when senior tailback Jonathan Williams sustained a season-ending foot injury, but the offense still has senior quarterback Brandon Allen and junior tailback Alex Collins. And the defense returns six starters from a unit that ranked No. 10 nationally in scoring defense and total defense in 2014.

Scorned UW fans got some pleasure out of watching Bielema struggle during his first season at Arkansas, and they may get to enjoy that feeling again this season with a different target.

When Gary Andersen shocked everyone by ending his tenure with the Badgers after two seasons, one of the most puzzling aspects of the move was his destination: Oregon State, a difficult job in what has become one of the

8. BIG STEP Former UW-Whitewater coach and Jefferson native Lance Leipold takes over at Buffalo, which went 3-4 last season in the MAC and 5-6 overall.

Leipold, who replaces Jeff Quinn, went 109-6 in eight seasons at Whitewater. That run included six NCAA Division III national titles.

Leipold brought longtime defensive coordinator Brian Borland along with him from Whitewater, along with offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki.

The Buffalo staff also includes former UW assistant Rob Ianello, who serves as Leipold’s associate head coach and recruiting coordinator and also oversees the wide receivers.

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9. LEADER OF THE PACK North Carolina State went 8-5 last season under former UW assistant Dave Doeren, an improvement of five victories from the former UW assistant’s first season with the Wolfpack.

The biggest reason for the boost in the win total was the play of quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who threw for 2,606 yards and added 529 rushing yards in his first season as a starter after

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North Carolina State should be 4-0 when Louisville comes to town on Oct. 3 and, provided it improves a defense that allowed at least 30 points in six games last season, could improve on its win total again.

top two conferences in the nation.

The Beavers went 2-7 in the Pac-12 last season under Mike Riley, whose move to Nebraska opened the door for Andersen to escape to a program that he feels better fits his program-building philosophy.

Andersen has his work cut out for him at Oregon State, which has recorded doubledigit win totals just twice in program history.

10. BADGERS IN CONFERENCE-USA Former UW assistant Charlie Partridge went 3-9 during his first season at Florida Atlantic.

Partridge’s expertise is on the defensive side of the ball and there’s plenty of work to do in that area. The Owls ranked 108th nationally in scoring defense, 112th in rushing defense and 110th in total defense.

It didn’t help matters that Florida Atlantic opened the season with games at Nebraska and Alabama. The result was an 0-2 start by a combined score of 96-7.

Meanwhile, former Badgers assistant Dan McCarney is 22-27 in four seasons at North Texas. McCarney, who played a key role in the UW rebuilding job under Barry Alvarez, will visit his old stomping grounds this season when North Texas visits Iowa on Sept. 26.

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As usual, there was a great deal of coaching turnover in college football in the offseason. Here are three programs with fresh faces in charge to watch: Florida: The Gators fired Will Muschamp and hired Jim McElwain, who was 22-17 in three seasons at Colorado State. The Gators have won a combined 11 games the past two seasons after going 11-2 under Muschamp in 2012. Florida’s offense has been anemic, but McElwain should help in that area.

Pittsburgh: Paul Chryst went 19-19 in three seasons with the Panthers before leaving to take the UW job, but he left plenty of talent in the cupboard for former Michigan State defensive

coordinator Pat Narduzzi.

Pitt, led by junior tailback James Conner and junior wide receiver Tyler Boyd, could open some eyes in the ACC this season.

Kansas: Since following up a 12-1 season in 2007 with an 8-5 mark the next year, the Jayhawks have gone 17-55 under three coaches: Mark Mangino, Turner Gill and Charlie Weis. Now it’s David Beatty’s turn. Beatty doesn’t have any head coaching experience, but he was successful in his role as wide receivers coach/recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M and knows the Kansas program well after serving two stints as an assistant with the Jayhawks.

12. IS IT GETTING WARM IN HERE? Here are three coaches on the hot seat entering the season: Mike London, Virginia: The Cavaliers are 23-38 in five seasons under London.

Virginia seems to do well in the recruiting rankings, but it hasn’t translated to wins on the field.

Al Golden, Miami (Fla.): Golden, who was reportedly in the running for the UW job when Bielema left in 2012, is 28-22 in four seasons with the Hurricanes.

A three-game winning streak got Miami to 6-3 last

season, but it dropped its final four games to limp into the offseason. Finishing with a losing record was particularly puzzling when the NFL draft rolled around as Miami had five players selected in the first three rounds.

Paul Rhoads, Iowa State: Five consecutive losing seasons and a combined five victories in 2013 and ’14 have put pressure on Rhoads to deliver.

At least last season’s 2-10 mark included a 20-17 victory at Iowa.

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13. ON THE MOVE Here are three players who have found a new home and hope to make an immediate impact.

Everett Golson, Florida State: The senior quarterback threw for 3,445 yards and accounted for 37 touchdowns (29 passing, eight rushing) at Notre Dame last season. Now, he’ll try to pick up where Jameis Winston left off with the Seminoles.

Vernon Adams, Oregon: The senior quarterback made the move from Eastern Washington, where

he went 28-6 and threw a Big Sky Conference-record 110 touchdown passes in three seasons as a starter.

Adams is a perfect fit for the Ducks offense on paper, but he didn’t arrive in camp until mid-August because he needed to pass a test to graduate from Eastern Washington.

Blake Countess, Auburn: The cornerback transferred from Michigan, where he started 30 games over three seasons and had six interceptions as a sophomore.

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There weren’t any major rules changes in the offseason, but here are three that are worth knowing: ‌A 15-yard unsportsmanlike foul will be called on players who push or pull opponents off piles. This occurs most frequently after fumbles. ‌Instant replay reviews will be allowed to determine whether a kicking team player blocked the receiving team before the ball traveled 10 yards on onside-kick plays. ‌Officials will treat illegal equipment issues — such as jerseys tucked under the shoulder pads or exposed back pads — by making the player leave the field for at least one play until it is corrected. The player may remain in the game if his team takes a timeout to correct the equipment issue.

The Football Championship Subdivision sometimes gets lost in the shuffle, but it’s worth noting that North Dakota State is chasing its fifth consecutive national title.

The Bison, who have 19 players from Wisconsin on their roster, beat Illinois State 29-27 in the 2014 title game.

UW-Whitewater will try to win its third consecutive title — and seventh in nine seasons — though the Warhawks will have to do it without Leipold.

Kevin Bullis, previously Whitewater’s defensive run game coordinator and defensive line coach, takes over for Leipold.

In Division II, Minnesota State is one of the favorites to win a national title. The Mavericks’ roster includes 36 players from Wisconsin.

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