Coming off their bye week, the Wisconsin Badgers are getting another tough test, facing the No. 20 Michigan Wolverines on the road in the Big House.
Wisconsin is on a two-game losing streak, getting blown out by the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Maryland Terrapins. The big question all season has been the health of quarterback Billy Edwards, who is out against Michigan on Sunday.
Edwards attempted to return against Maryland, but clearly wasn’t 100 percent and re-aggravated his knee injury after one
drive. Danny O’Neil played in relief, but struggled in the loss.
That is leading to a surprising change on Saturday, as third-string quarterback Hunter Simmons will get the start, with the Badgers trying to create a spark offensively.
He’ll be playing behind a new center, as Davis Heinzen has moved to the interior to replace an injured Jake Renfro. Heinzen started the year at left tackle.
In addition to Renfro and Edwards, the Badgers will be without safety Preston Zachman once again.
QUESTIONABLE
TE Tucker Ashcraft
C Kerry Kodanko
OUT
QB Billy Edwards
S Preston Zachman
S Luke Emmerich
DT Charles Perkins
OLB Evan Van Dyn Hoven
OL Kevin Heywood
OL Jake Renfro
OL Barrett Nelson
TE Emmett Bork
WR Ben Lemirand
DL Torin Pettaway
Heading into the afternoon, the Badgers are seen as 17.5.5-point favorites, with the over/under set at 43.5 points.
Check out all of our gameday pieces ahead of Wisconsin’s Week 6 contest.
Leave all your thoughts down in the comments below as our first half game thread is officially underway! We are changing things up this week, having a game thread for the first half and a game thread for the second half, so stay tuned for that at halftime.
