The Wisconsin football team has a bye this Saturday before a Halloween match-up with Purdue at Camp Randall Stadium. Nonetheless, there is plenty of news to digest, from Mike Taylor's season-ending injury, to John Clay and Garrett Graham recovering from setbacks to 2009 potentially being a year of unprecedented parity in the Big Ten.
Here are your Badger Bits for Thursday:
UWBadgers.com - Remembering the Heisman: Week 7
JSOnline.com - Badger therapy: Positive thinking
JSOnline.com - Injury to Taylor opens door at linebacker for Borland
JSOnline.com - Death, taxes and criticizing the offensive coordinator
BadgerBeat.com - Around the Big Ten: Hawkeyes look to burnish resume with another road win
BadgerBeat.com - Blog: Geoffrion cleared to play; Bennett will start
BadgerBeat.com - Report: Havenstein commits to UW football team
BadgerBeat.com - Blog: Eaves sees progress from Davies
ESPN.com - Big Ten blog: Second-half outlook: Wisconsin
-Jake Harris