Five things we learned after a day of Badgering the witnesses, a different kind of “shout-out” on Twitter and tears, tears for old Notre Dame: What would Carlos Zambrano say about our local FBS teams? “We stinks.” Northwestern is 1-3 after four home games. Illinois is winless against non-FCS opponents. NIU is winless, period. Notre Dame is 1-3 after losing to the team that lost to Northwestern. What in the name of Otto Graham, Dick Butkus, Garrett Wolfe and the Four Horsemen is going on here? Did these players and coaches spend training camp in the bleachers at Wrigley? Wisconsin could end up as the greatest two-loss team — ever. After fileting Michigan State, the Badgers already have two victories over top-10 teams. Wisconsin had not done that since 1962. Next up is a trip to fourth-ranked Michigan. Then the Badgers host Ohio State, which should be 5-0 and ranked no worse than No. 3. (Louisville could climb to No. 2 with a win at Clemson.) Bottom line: If Wisconsin goes 10-2 with losses to Michigan and Ohio State but wins the Big Ten title game, the College Football Playoff selection committee should not even debate whether to take the…
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