Outside linebacker Nick Herbig (far left), nose tackle Keeanu Benton (middle) and quarterback Graham Mertz talk with reporters after Wisconsin’s 52-21 loss to No. 3 Ohio State Saturday night inside Ohio Stadium. COLUMBUS, Ohio — In case you’re wondering, the most lopsided defeat in University of Wisconsin football history came two games into the program’s second season of existence. I know that because I spent part of the first quarter Saturday night combing through the Badgers’ fact book for that information. That’s how ugly and out of hand this Big Ten Conference opener was before 15 minutes even had elapsed off the clock at Ohio Stadium. The fact that record didn’t get broken doesn’t make a 52-21 loss to No. 3 Ohio State any less ignominious for UW, which was humiliated on national television. Buckeyes fans showed up dressed in black and this ending up feeling like a funeral for…
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