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pick up four yards. They're very 250 yards this season, more —
patient in what they're doing."
by way of comparison — than
Andersen inherited out- Purdue has as a team.
standing running personnel, inSo that's what Purdue's up
cluding Gordon, a sophomore against in Madison.
who's averaging just under 13
History will not be on the
yards per carry and leading the Boilermakers' side.
Big Ten with an average of 159
"At the end of the day, it's
per game. Big, physical and fast, willpower," cornerback Ricardo
Gordon needed just 104 car- Allen said. "You've got to try to
ries to reach a thousand career enforce your will on somebody.
yards, faster than any back in Those players, they can play. It's
Wisconsin history.
one of the best offensive lines
His eight touchdown runs as I've ever played against. They
a Badger have covered an aver- will pound you down, and they
age of 36-and-a-half yards.
will get your best players out of
And he doesn't even start.
the game and they will keep doThat distinction goes to ing the grinding and the poundWhite, the understudy to former ing. You've just got to do your
Heisman candidate Ball the past job, and if you do your job and
few seasons. White's carried the you go as hard as you can, someball a team-high 45 times and body else is going to do their job
averages just under 100 yards and make the play." j
per game.
His numbers
have
probably
opponent newsstand
been beefed up by
• Wisconsin State-Journal: Badgers coming
garbage time work
off the 'game that never ended'
in
Wisconsin's
season- opening
• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Close games
shutouts of Massahave not been kind to Wisconsin
chusetts and Ten• UWBadgers.com: Purdue game notes
nessee Tech, but
(under "team" tab)
Clement's already
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R Wisconsin has owned the
Boilermakers in recent years, winning the past four meetings between these two teams by an average of nearly 32 points, beginning
with a 37-0 shutout in 2009 and also
including a game in which the Badgers posted the most points, 62, ever
scored against a Purdue team.
R The centerpiece of a Badger
defense that's converting to more
3-4 alignments is linebacker Chris
Borland, a 2012 first-team All-Big Ten
pick who leads the Badgers with 24
tackles thus far.
Tom Campbell
"(Borland) is spectacular," Purdue Josh Johnson tries to slow Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson in Purdue's most recent trip
coach Darrell Hazell said. "He might to Madison. Wilson's 205 yards passing and 76 yards rushing helped the Badger offense put
be the best guy in the country. The up 62 points, the most ever scored in a game vs. Purdue.
thing that makes him so good is
and 19 touchdowns in his career, averaging 16.6
that he's never off of his feet. I see guys trying to yards over his 140 receptions.
chop him. He's never off his feet and he plays with
such great energy. I don't think we'll see a better
NUMBER CRUNCHING
linebacker than (Borland) this week (all season)."
R 93-0: The combined score of Wisconsin's
R Senior wide receiver Jared Abbrederis has first two games, shutout wins over Massachusetts
long been an ideal complement for Wisconsin's and Tennessee Tech, respectively.
dominant running game and remains so, having
R 6: The number of touchdowns of 50 yards
scored three touchdowns and averaged nearly 17 or more Wisconsin has scored already this season,
yards on his 24 catches this season. The big-play most recently Melvin Gordon's 80-yard touchdown
receiver has now totaled 2,330 receiving yards run at Arizona State. j
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