This past Saturday, Northwestern dropped its third straight game, this time to the Iowa Hawkeyes. Now, the ‘Cats will travel north to Madison to take on one of the hottest teams in college football in the Wisconsin Badgers. The two teams have gone back and forth these past few years, with NU winning the most recent matchup last season. Here are three things to know about Wisconsin.

The Badgers love to run the ball

Graham Mertz was supposed to be the biggest thing in college football last year, especially after hanging five touchdowns on Illinois in week one of the shortened 2020 season.