January 17, 2025

How Jim Leonhard vs. Ryan Day could swing Wisconsin vs. Ohio State

Colten Bartholomew | Wisconsin State Journal Badgers football beat reporter Colten Bartholomew and columnist Jim Polzin preview Wisconsin’s toughest regular season matchup in 2022 when the Badgers head to Columbus to take on No. 3 Ohio State Saturday. Two heavyweights of college football will duke it out from the sidelines of Ohio Stadium on Saturday. Yes, the University of Wisconsin will be trying to snap an eight-game losing streak against the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes. But that’s not the battle to which the first sentence of this story refers. That would be the matchup of Badgers defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard and Ohio State coach and offensive play-caller Ryan Day. If the Badgers have a shot at pulling the upset late Saturday night, it’ll be because Leonhard and the UW defense kept the Buckeyes from making too many explosive plays and allowed the offense to stay within striking distance. That’s…

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