Despite the wealth of in-state non-conference rivalry games reshuffled to Week 3 from the end of November in wake of conference realignment across college football this past season, yesterday's slate sadly yield no upset losses among any ranked teams. Therefore, most fans across the sport can probably forgive Wisconsin's insubstantial effort at home against the defending SEC champion Alabama Crimson Tide, especially given the latter entered favored to win by more than two touchdowns.
However, the game gradually devolved into a complete romp as the Badger faithful helplessly watched their team fall by a 42-10 final score. While the game saw itself thrown into chaos after medical officials carted starting Wisconsin quarterback Tyler Van Dyke off the field with an injury, fans in Madison did not seem to rationalize the result as easily as head coach Luke Fickell did in defeat.