Badgers Impressive, But

The Badgers showed they aren't quite dead yet with their ten point victory over Illinois Saturday.

They might have salvaged their season. Certainly getting to six wins to become bowl eligible, with lightweights Indiana and Cal Poly still in the schedule, is a pretty much foregone conclusion.

However, I would caution Badger Nation from jumping on the 'they're ok' bandwagon. They aren't. They still have problems.

They didn't beat Juice Williams Saturday as much as Juice helped Wisconsin's cause with turnover after turnover. The Illini still made some plays on offense, which tells me that the Badgers still have problems on the defensive side of the ball.

As far as the offense is concerned, let's not crown Dustin Sherer the savior just yet. Yes he had a good game, but if he were really that good we would not have had to wait until last week against Iowa to see him in the starting lineup.

Wisconsin still has a major problem under center. Look at some of the other QB's in the league. Terrelle Pryor and Darryl Clark, for instance. They are both dual threats. They can run and throw. When was the last time Wisconsin had a QB like that? Never.

Redshirt Curt Phillips is said to be the answer to that particular problem. Let's face it. None of us knows if Phillips really is all that. We haven't seen him play. If he pans out like some of the other recent Bret Bielema recruits then he'll fall short of those expectations.

And if that happens, then the firebretbielema.com people really will have a case.