Wisconsin might be skinny on the vast receiver place when it visits Rutgers for a Large Ten matchup Saturday afternoon in Piscataway, N.J.
Wisconsin’s Will Pauling, Bryson Inexperienced and Tyrell Henry every sustained a lower-body harm within the first half of final Saturday’s 52-6 victory over Purdue. Pauling is second on the group in receiving yardage with 21 receptions for 202 yards and a landing this season. Inexperienced has 12 catches for 154 yards, and Henry has one catch for 12 yards.
“We’ll take it daily,” Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell mentioned Monday. “Hopefully, although, these guys will be capable to go. But when they are not capable of follow, it is actually laborious to assume they’ll carry out in a recreation.”
Regardless of the depleted vast receiver corps, the Badgers (3-2, 1-1) outscored Purdue 31-0 within the second half. Wisconsin quarterback Braedyn Locke accomplished 20 of 31 passes for a career-high 359 yards and three touchdowns within the win, which ended a two-game shedding streak.
“You understand, we’ll create a plan on what they love to do offensively, however we’ll should cease the run and the go,” Rutgers coach Greg Schiano mentioned. “After which if you flip them over on protection, they’re actually well-coached. Very sound. Large up entrance. They will run at linebacker and (are) actually skilled within the secondary. So undoubtedly an awesome problem.”
Rutgers (4-1, 1-1) is coming off a 14-7 loss at Nebraska. The Scarlet Knights recorded 4 sacks and held the Cornhuskers to 55 yards of offense within the second half, however the Rutgers offense was 2-of-14 on third down.
Rutgers working again Kyle Monangai ranks second within the Large Ten in yards speeding per recreation (133.4), however Nebraska restricted him to 78 yards on 19 makes an attempt. Monangai has run for 667 yards and 6 touchdowns on 116 carries this season.
“I feel he’s, I would not say the center of the group, however the coronary heart of the offense, which means that he’ll get his touches,” Fickell mentioned. “And as he goes, they go. … He is a bodily, downhill again.”
Wisconsin has gained all 5 conferences between the packages and prevailed 24-13 final season in Madison, Wis.
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