One of the most encouraging signs as the University of Wisconsin football team went through practice this week was that Troy Fumagalli looked like himself again.
The senior tight end has been limited by a left leg injury for about a month, but he was moving well and making plays as the No. 5 Badgers prepared to face Maryland. Most importantly, Fumagalli felt good enough after each session to come back the next day and do it all over again.
“And,” UW coach Paul Chryst said, “it carried over.”
Fumagalli’s presence was felt over and over during UW’s 38-13 victory over the Terrapins on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium, and nobody was more thankful for that than sophomore quarterback Alex Hornibrook.