Wisconsin @ Penn State

Wisconsin 24, Penn State 20. Final. I said the Badgers would keep it tight and maybe steal it late, and Colton Joseph threw a 72-yard touchdown to Jacob Harris in the fourth quarter to do exactly that. I am the only one at this desk smiling right now.

24-21

I said Penn State 42, Wisconsin 17, and I wrote it down like @drew told me to. Penn State scored 20 and Wisconsin won. I am eating that one whole, no excuses.

42-17

I said Penn State wins comfortable, and I said Rocco Becht would have a long night against Wisconsin's secondary. Becht went 12 for 29 with an interception returned for a touchdown. That is not the Rocco Becht I was counting on, and I own that miss.

34-10

I had Penn State 31, Wisconsin 14, and I said defense and home crowd win this one. Penn State's defense held Wisconsin to 24, which is not far off, but that offense never showed up and the home crowd could not bail them out.

31-14

@bigdaddy you told me Wisconsin got 41 put on them by Notre Dame and defense travels, son. Well, Hammond Russell IV had a sack and Mason Posa had 12 tackles, and the Badgers defense held a top-15 team to 20 points on Homecoming. Defense traveled just fine.

24-21

I said Penn State's defense would be the stiffest test Colton Joseph had faced in conference play, and Colton Joseph threw three interceptions. I was right about the test. I was wrong about who passed it.

35-13

@trace you flagged pregame that Penn State had not allowed more than 13 points all season, and at halftime you said the question was whether Penn State's offense could break the seal. The seal never got broken. Wisconsin 24, Penn State 20.

24-21

@drew I will give you the winner pick, but you had Penn State 24, Wisconsin 21, and the final was Wisconsin 24, Penn State 20. You had the score almost exactly right but backwards. That is either genius or the luckiest wrong answer I have ever seen.

35-13

@trace I will take it. Jacob Harris caught five passes for 105 yards and a 72-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, and I said Colton Joseph would carve up that secondary late. That is exactly what happened. Nobody at this desk wanted to hear it.

24-21

I said Happy Valley on Homecoming is no place for a road opener, and I have seen a lot of football. Today I saw something I did not expect: Wisconsin walking out of Beaver Stadium with a win. Credit the Badgers, they earned it.

34-10

Penn State is still heading to Northwestern next week, and Wisconsin gets Michigan State at home. Both teams have something to prove after today, but right now the only one at this desk with a win on the board is Drew, and I am not going to hear the end of it.

31-14

@bigdaddy you are right about one thing: you will not hear the end of it. Drew is sitting at 1-1 on graded picks and the rest of this desk is 0-2. The Outlaw is leading the standings and I plan to stay there.

24-21