[82lsju]

C'mon now Red State, that Rose Bowl team was crippled due to injuries.  Think both the "ironman" center and Walters were hurt and either didn't play or shouldn't have played.  [IIRC, the OL played one snap and then sat; Walters was hobbling around out there with some kind of injury].

The bottom line is that the O was not the same squad we saw all season.

But I'll give you that Wiscy controlled the ball more - as did a lot of team that year against Stanford, which had a mediocre (occasional big-play) D.  The O carried that team to the Rose Bowl.  Imagine that . . .

Stanford opened the game with a disregard for injury reports. It started Walters, its all-American receiver, despite a dislocated wrist; Howard, the mainstay defensive lineman, despite a torn knee ligament; and center Mike McLaughlin despite a knee injury. McLaughlin lasted only one play, but Walters and Howard were key elements in a surprisingly effective game plan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/02/sports...adena.html

[82lsju]

C'mon now Red State, that Rose Bowl team was crippled due to injuries.  Think both the "ironman" center and Walters were hurt and either didn't play or shouldn't have played.  [IIRC, the OL played one snap and then sat; Walters was hobbling around out there with some kind of injury].

The bottom line is that the O was not the same squad we saw all season.

But I'll give you that Wiscy controlled the ball more - as did a lot of team that year against Stanford, which had a mediocre (occasional big-play) D.  The O carried that team to the Rose Bowl.  Imagine that . . .

Stanford opened the game with a disregard for injury reports. It started Walters, its all-American receiver, despite a dislocated wrist; Howard, the mainstay defensive lineman, despite a torn knee ligament; and center Mike McLaughlin despite a knee injury. McLaughlin lasted only one play, but Walters and Howard were key elements in a surprisingly effective game plan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/02/sports...adena.html