Coached by Ohio State alumnus Luke Fickell, Wisconsin is trying to keep pace in the Big Ten West with a solid all-around team but dealing with a key injury at quarterback.
Ohio State is coming off its biggest victory of the season against then-No. 7 Penn State. But on the Buckeyes’ slate next is a conference road test as they try to hold their seat alongside Michigan atop the Big Ten East.
He left following the 2016 campaign to take a job as Cincinnati’s head coach, finishing with a 57-18 record with the Bearcats that included a New Year’s Six Bowl trip in 2020 and a College Football Playoff appearance in 2021, still the only from a Group of Five school. After surpassing 3,500 passing yards in each of his final two seasons with the Mustangs, Mordecai opened 2023 with a slight decline in his numbers against better competition, though still good enough to prove he was Wisconsin’s best choice at the position. In six games, Mordecai completed 63.7 percent of his throws for 1,127 yards and three touchdowns against three interceptions.in the team’s 15-6 loss to Iowa on Oct. 14.
Longo has still leaned on star running back Braelon Allen, whose 1,242 rushing yards in 2022 included 165 at Ohio State in Week 4. Allen has 704 yards on 120 carries for a rate of 5.9 yards per attempt with eight touchdowns this season. But a quarterback not capable of raiding opposing secondaries is a massive problem for the identity the Badgers are trying to establish on that side of the football.
Currently the nation’s No. 40 total defense, if Wisconsin finishes the season ranked there it would be its lowest finish in total defense as a team since 2005.
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