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This season may not have gone according to plan for the Wisconsin Badgers, but they will get a chance to ring in the new year with a bowl victory over an SEC opponent on New Years Day. Wisconsin faces the LSU Tigers on Monday afternoon in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, but they will be an underdog in the matchup.
Wisconsin won’t get much relief in facing an LSU team without the best player in the country, quarterback Jayden Daniels (opting out), because the status of the Wisconsin roster leaves them undermanned against the Tigers, who will be pretty well-stocked outside of the absence of this year’s Heisman Trophy winner.
The Big Ten is 1-2 against the SEC so far this bowl season with Ohio State and Penn State each taking losses to Missouri and Ole Miss, respectively, in their New Years Six bowl games. Maryland picked up the win against Auburn in its bowl game. New Years Day will feature three Big Ten vs. SEC bowl matchups, including the College Football Playoff semifinal between Michigan and Alabama. Can the Big Ten gain an upper hand on the SEC in head-to-head matchups this year?
Here is how to watch Wisconsin take on LSU in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa.
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The big headline here is that LSU’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Jayden Daniels, will not play in the bowl game. Daniels is heading off to the NFL and has opted out of the ReliaQuest Bowl. Though he is the only opt-out for the Tigers, LSU has a handful of players that have entered the transfer portal as well, including two other quarterbacks, George Hamsley and Tavion Faulk. LSU will use Garrett Nussmeier as its starting quarterback for the bowl game.
Wisconsin’s season has been riddled with injury concerns all year long, and that will leave some players out of action in…
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Author : Nittany Lions Wire
Publish date : 2024-01-01 13:24:26
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