Wisconsin Badgers Game Day: Utah State

Game Day Vitals

• Utah State Aggies (2-0) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (1-1)
• Date and Kickoff Time: Sat, Sept. 15, 7:00 p.m. CT
• TV Info: Big Ten Network
• Tickets: B5Q's TiqIQ Store (For an intro to TiqIQ, head here).

Opponent Vitals

• Utah State Aggies, Logan, Utah, WAC, UtahStateAggies.com
• Season to Date: Beat Southern Utah, 34-3, in Week 1; Beat Utah, 27-20 (OT) in Week 2
• Returning Starters: 12 (6 offense, 6 defense)

Utah State Coaches

• Head Coach: Gary Andersen
• Top assistants: Offensive Coordinator/Quaterbacks Mike Wells, Defensive Coordinator Dave Aranda (first year), Associate Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties Bill Busch, Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs/Tight Ends Mike Sanford

Utah State Key Players - Offense

• Quarterback Chuckie Keeton (sophomore): 44-for-57 (77.2 percent), 520 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT
• Running back Kerwynn Williams (senior): 32 carries, 158 yards (4.9 per carry), 1 TD
• Wide receiver Matt Austin (senior): 7 catches, 147 yards (21 yards per catch), 1 TD
• Wide receiver Chuck Jacobs (senior): 6 catches, 82 yards (13.7 yards per catch), 1 TD
• Tight end Kellen Bartlett (senior): 10 catches, 68 yards (6.8 yards per catch), 1 TD

Utah State Key Players - Defense

• Defensive end: Al Lapuaho (senior): 7 tackles (1 for loss), 2 quarterback hits
• Defensive end: Jordan Nielsen (freshman): 5 tackles (2 for loss), 2 sacks - 16 yards
• Linebacker Kyler Fackrell (freshman): 15 tackles, 2 quarterback hits
• Linebacker Zach Vigil (junior): 15 tackles (0.5 for loss), 1 pass break-up, 1 blocked kick
• Linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu (senior): 15 tackles (2.5 for loss), 1 sack - 12yards, 3 quarterback hits
• Cornerback Nevin Lawson (junior): 10 tackles, 1 pass break-up
• Free safety McKade Brady (senior): 15 tackles (1 for loss)

Again, pardon the simplicity of this post. We're going for substance over style here, until we're able to get our hands on some pretty pictures. Also -- and you can expect this every week -- we'll have additional opponent coverage in a Q&A with our tremendous SB Nation network of blogs.