Wisconsin Badgers host Hawaii at Camp Randall tonight

In his absence, senior quarterback Joel Stave will need to continue his career-best pace, completing about 67 percent of his passes for 666 yards and six touchdowns with only two interceptions.

The Badgers learned this week that their starting tailback, Corey Clement will undergo Sports Hernia surgery and missed most if not all of the Big Ten season.

That doesn’t seem to faze the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. As it turns out, it’ll be one last chance for running backs Dare Ogunbowale and Taiwan Deal to prepare themselves for the start of the Big Ten Conference season next week against Iowa. The No. 21 Badgers outscored Miami (Ohio) and Troy 86-3 after a season-opening 35-17 loss to No. 12 Alabama, but must be well-prepared for a Rainbow Warriors’ team that hung tough with No. 1 Ohio State, trailing only 17-0 through three quarters two weeks ago before succumbing 38-0.

“Watched them play against Ohio State, and I have seen a couple of films of them”, he said.

Chow is a veteran whose experience coaching in big venues also dates back to stints as an assistant at BYU, Southern California and with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans.

It’s the first night game at Camp Randall Stadium for the Badgers since Bret Bielema’s squad welcomed Gary Andersen’s Utah State team on September 15, 2012 (and my, my – so much has happened since then). Putting pressure on USC transfer Max Wittek and the Warriors’ offense can lead to key mistakes.

Wisconsin’s senior quarterback looks poised working with Chryst in his first year in Madison as the head coach. They had a controversial win over Colorado to start the season and defeated UC Davis last week 47-27. Paul Harris’ 95-yard touchdown run was the long run for a score in school history. The junior running back has just the ball just eight times this year for 16 yards and was knocked out in week one against Alabama.

The competition will be stiffer in Madison. Schobert is fifth in the nation in sacks (4) and third in tackles for loss (7.5).

Wittek is considered a stand-up passer in the pocket, so Schobert and Biegel might be looking for a big night in the pass rush. If they aren’t playing well, Clement said this week that he would consider taking a redshirt to get this season back.