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During Wisconsin’s game against Western Michigan, the game nearly slipped away from the Badgers due to a brilliantly executed fake field goal that exposed a glaring flaw in the Badgers special teams unit.
For over a year, Wisconsin’s field goal block scheme had become painfully predictable. As spotlighted in a YouTube breakdown by Isaac Punts, whenever an opponent lined up on the hash, the Badgers staff consistently ran the same six-man rush, bringing pressure from the field side, thus leaving the weak side vulnerable with just a linebacker for coverage.
Here’s the full breakdown by Isaac
“It was something that we had prepared for in practice," coach Taylor told reporters. “I told our guys we were going to call it in a big moment and they were prepared to go execute it.”