When No. 9 Notre Dame faces No. 12 Wisconsin at Soldier Field in late September, it Will Likely be the first time the Irish are underdogs in 2021, but the headlines will naturally focus on Notre Dame starting quarterback and former Wisconsin transfer Jack Coan.
Understandably so. All quarterback transfers garner notice and facing one’s old team within a month of helming his new one amplifies that attention.
But the more pertinent storyline will wonder about the Badgers’ return to form after a dismal 2020.
2020 REVIEW
Wisconsin’s 2020 was somehow more interrupted by the pandemic than almost any other program in the country, and yet of the Badgers’ personnel availability problems a year ago, only some of them tied to the pandemic.