Wisconsin’s 16-10 loss to Penn State on Saturday was defined by the Badgers’ red zone inefficiencies, turnovers and blown coverages in the secondary.
Despite all of the struggles, though, Wisconsin still had a fourth-down play on the Penn State 8 yard line to take the lead with under 2 minutes remaining.
The touchdown never came to fruition, though, as Penn State star safety Jaquan Brisker intercepted quarterback Graham Mertz and nearly put a seal on the Nittany Lions’ victory (Wisconsin would have another shot at the end zone with 30 seconds left, though Mertz missed an open Chimere Dike).
Speaking this week to reporters, Brisker likened playing against the Badger offense to playing against somebody in Madden. His reason? Because once the Badgers found something that worked, they continued to go to it in crucial moments.
The comment specifically referred to his late-game interception, as he knew Graham Mertz would try to find Jake Ferguson over the middle in that scenario.
This was the play he was referring to:
Here’s his full quote:
“I felt like Saturday was just like a video game. Once you run the same play in Madden you’ll keep running it. I play Madden so once I run the same play, I’m going to run that same play later in the game if it worked. They felt like it was working with number 84, especially when I was off on a side…Once they ran it in the beginning of the game, I figured they were going to run it again because it’s the first game…Also once they like one thing they’ll keep going to it. So it just happened just like that.”
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