Gauntlet arrives for No. 11 Wisconsin with QB, RB questions

Tyler O’Connor has a little ways to go to develop into the kind of passing threat the Spartans have seen vs. the Badgers – he’s averaging 215.5 yards per game but just 22 passing attempts per game. Chryst subsequently dodged answering who would start by telling reporters that the team needed both quarterbacks to be ready to play.

“We need both of them to keep growing”, the second-year Badgers coach said. Hornibrook led the offense to two touchdowns and a field goal on three of his first four drives, injecting life into the seemingly monotonous offense.

The two battled throughout fall camp before Houston was named the starter on August 25, nine days before the team opened the season against LSU.

Houston was still listed as the No. 1 quarterback on the Badgers’ updated depth chart that was released Monday, but the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported lateSunday that Hornibrook will start against the Spartans. Clement is Wisconsin’s leading rusher with 98.5 yards per game.

Now that we’ve had a few days to take in the Wisconsin win over Georgia State, we look at some takeaways from the 23-17 victory. He completed eight of 12 passes for 122 yards with one touchdown pass and one interception.

“It drives me nuts”, Chryst said of the red-zone failures. This week, we’ve got to prepare, and they both have to do a great job of preparation.

“They were struggling with Bart Houston”, Long said of UW’s starter, who finished 10 of 18 for 91 yards. And for us to be as good as we can, I still believe that, that we’re going to need both those guys. Alex earned the right to play [on Saturday]. We will need them both. “It was a good football team and you knew it and the kids knew it”. “If we could each grow and learn from them individually and grow from it, then we collectively learn and grow”. I know that we’ll have a good plan and we know that we’ve got to play well, and you’re going to have to be physical against this team. They face four ranked opponents over the next five games. The Badgers hold their home opener on October 7 against Ohio State at 7 p.m.at LaBahn Arena.

Even in a game that put a lot more pressure on the defense, the defense came to play once again.

“I think what it was mostly, or as much was those games meant something”. Hornibrook, a redshirt freshman, has played against Akron and Georgia State.