(WNFL/LEARFIELD) – The Wisconsin Badgers play host to Penn State at Camp Randall Stadium in what will be a test to see are the Badgers more like the team that lost to USC and to Alabama, like the team that has rolled to 3 straight wins or somewhere in between.
Badgers defensive co-ordinator Mike Tressl talked about Penn State’s offense.
And the challenge that the Nittany Lions present.
Tressl talked about his team’s pass defense since the USC game.
He also talked about what’s been different with the defense the last 3 weeks.
Tressl said that teams are still stealing signals, so they have to up their game in trying to limit that so PSU doesn’t know what’s coming.
Penn State points to ponder: Penn State meets Wisconsin for the 21st time in program history. Penn State leads 11-9 in the all-time series and has won five-straight matchups in the series. In 2021, the Nittany Lions opened the season with a 16-10 win in Madison. Sean Clifford threw for 247 yards and a touchdown, while Jahan Dotson had five catches for 102 yards and a 49-yard score. Ji’Ayir Brown sealed the game
with an interception on Wisconsin’s final drive.
- Tight end Tyler Warren set multiple records in Penn State’s win over USC. He hauled in 17 receptions for 224 yards and a touchdown, while adding a 4-yard rush and a 9-yard pass. His 17 receptions tied an FBS game record for a tight end, matching New Mexico’s Emilio Vallez (1967) and Northwestern’s Jon Harvey (1982). The 17 receptions are a Penn State record, bettering DaeSean Hamilton’s 14 grabs vs. Ohio State in 2014. Warren’s 224 receiving yards are a Penn State and Big Ten tight end record. Warren broke his own record of 146 receiving yards against Bowling Green and joined Harvey (208 yards vs. Michigan, 1982) as the only Big Ten tight ends with 200+ receiving yards in a game.
- Penn State is off to a 6-0 start for the second-straight season and is currently the only FBS team who has started 6-0 each of the last two seasons. Liberty could get to 6-0 with a win over Kennesaw State on Oct. 23. The Nittany Lions have started 6-0 for the 26th time in program history and the fourth time under James Franklin
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