Wisconsin Runs Off 21 Straight to Bury Rutgers 31-10
Ryan Hopkins had averaged 1.5 Promethium points over his previous three games. Against Rutgers he scored 26.6. Wisconsin beat Rutgers 31-10, and the quarterback who had barely registered all season threw three touchdown passes on 18 of 24 for 241 yards.
It was tied at 10-10 late in the first half, after Dyzier Carter caught a 30-yard touchdown from AJ Surace with 3:21 left in the second quarter. That was the last Rutgers would be heard from. Wisconsin scored the final 21 points: a 26-yard Gavin Lahm field goal just before the half, a 22-yarder in the third, an 11-yard touchdown to Ryan Schwendeman (with a two-point pass to Eugene Hilton Jr. for good measure) and a 66-yard touchdown to Jacob Harris early in the fourth.
Take the two-point conversion out and the game is still 29-10. Wisconsin did not need it. Wisconsin had 363 yards to Rutgers' 255, and the defense picked up five sacks. Rutgers did not turn the ball over, no interceptions and no lost fumbles, and still scored one touchdown. Surace went 14 of 24 for 161 yards and a touchdown and lost 14 yards on nine carries.
Wisconsin goes to 6-3 and has plenty to be happy about. Rutgers falls to 2-7. The only Wisconsin blemish was a lost fumble by Hopkins (yes, the one with 26.6 points).
If you need a fantasy takeaway, it is that Wisconsin's pass catchers had a good day all at once: Hilton, Harris and Schwendeman each found the end zone, all in the same game.