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Badgers Bounce Back in a Blink Save Email Print
Posted: 3:36 PM Sep 6, 2008
Last Updated: 3:05 PM Sep 7, 2008
Reporter: Paul Gessler
Email Address: paul.gessler@wsaz.com

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MADISON, Wis. (WSAZ) - Marshall jumped out to a 14-0 lead early into the second quarter. Then the 11th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers woke up.

Wisconsin scored 51 unanswered points against the visiting Thundering Herd.

"It was a tale of two halves," Marshall Head Coach Mark Snyder said following the game.

Marshall held Wisconsin's number one running back P.J. Hill to 54 yards on 19 carries, but Hill scored two touchdowns, including the Badgers' first score.

Mark Cann completed 20 of 40 passes for 211 yards and 3 interceptions.

Marshall scored on one-yard touchdown rushes from Chubb Small and Darius Marshall.

Darius Passmore led all receivers with 95 yards on 7 catches.

Marshall comes home to play confernce opponent Memphis Saturday, Sept. 13.


FROM MARSHALL'S SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT:

MADISON, Wis. (MARSHALL SPORTS) - Allan Everidge led a powerful Wisconsin offense, delivering 308 yards and one touchdown through the air on 17-of-26 passing as the No. 11-ranked Badgers scored 51 unanswered points to erase an early Marshall lead.

Five Wisconsin players combined for 158 yards and six touchdowns on the ground. Wisconsin tallied 486 yards overall. The Badger defense forced three Marshall turnovers, including two interceptions by cornerback Niles Brinkley.

Marshall was led offensively by wide receiver Darius Passmore who finished the day with 95 yards on seven receptions. Freshman Mark Cann threw for 211 yards but had two costly interceptions. Darius Marshall led the Herd on the ground with 50 yards and, he accounted for both Marshall touchdowns.

The Herd startled a near capacity crowd of 80,386 in historic Camp Randall Stadium by jumping out to a 14-0 lead with 13:34 left in the first half.

Marshall's first score came on a one yard rush from Darius Marshall at 4:08 in the first quarter, just three plays after Cann connected with Passmore for a 36 yard completion to set the Herd up with first-and-goal.

Cann continued to complete crucial third down passes to keep the chains moving on Marshall's next drive, including a 25 yard screen to Lee Smith to the Badgers' one yard line. On the next play, Darius Marshall punched in his second touchdown to put the Herd up 14-0.

The Badgers regained control of the game and took the lead with scores on three of their final four possessions of the half. P.J. Hill and Zach Phillip recorded rushing scores of three and two yards respectively and Philip Welch booted a 45 yard field goal to give Wisconsin a three point lead heading to the locker room.

Marshall dug itself into a deep hole in third quarter, turning the ball over on three consecutive possessions. First, Cann was intercepted by Brinkley to set up Wisconsin deep in Herd territory. Wisconsin capitalized as Hill chalked up his second score of the day.

On his next drive Cann was picked off again, this time by Wisconsin safety Shane Carter. Once again a turnover quickly resulted in a Badger touchdown. Evridge hit tight end Garrett Graham for a 26-yard touchdown strike on the next play.

The third interception came from backup quarterback Brian Anderson whose pass bounced off Passmore's hip and was snatched by Brinkley. The Marshall defense was able to stall out the Wisconsin drive, but on their next possession the Badgers went 76 yards and John Clay became the third UW back to rush for a touchdown.

Bradie Ewing tacked on another touchdown for Wisconsin and Clay bulled his way in for his second score with 4:49 remaining.
Marshall will return to Joan C. Edwards Stadium next week for a 7 p.m. contest with Conference USA foe Memphis.


FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - No. 11 Wisconsin had to rally from an early two-touchdown deficit to Marshall, reeling off 51 straight points to turn a potential upset into a 51-14 walkover Saturday.

A loss would have snapped the second-longest home winning streak in major college football and cost the Badgers (2-0) momentum heading into a tough test at Fresno State.

But after watching Marshall (1-1) shut down its highly regarded running game, Wisconsin got big plays out of new starting quarterback Allan Evridge and the defense to pull out its 16th straight win at Camp Randall Stadium.

Evridge, a transfer from Kansas State who backed up Tyler Donovan last year, was 17-for-26 for 308 yards and a touchdown after throwing only 10 passes in Wisconsin's victory over Akron last week.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Posted by: John on Sep 7, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Yes, a real tailspin after a great start, so what do you do? You learn by the mistakes, and focus on Memphis. Go Herd !

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 7, 2008 at 08:16 AM
tim we pay him to win not to coach one half of football and this is not the first time this has happend find someone that can coach a 2nd half

Posted by: HERDFAN on Sep 7, 2008 at 03:15 AM
OK PPL WE NEED TO WAKEUP AND SMELL THE 4 YEAR OLD COFFEE .....OK YES WE HAD MOSS,PENINGTON,AND IF YA WANT TO PUT LEFTWICH IN THERE SOMEWHERE GO AHEAD ..AND THIS TOOK US TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF PLAY ? NO WE JUST THOUGHT IT DI IM SORRY TO SAY BUT WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT THE MAC ...WHY YOU SAY WELL FOR ONE MAC IT MEANS MARSHALL ARE CHAMPIONS ...BECAUSE THATS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL EVER BE A WINNING TEAM .....SORRY BUT BAD COFFEE WILL GIVE YOU A HEADACHE

Posted by: Aaron on Sep 6, 2008 at 07:49 PM
Bill Stewart should be FIRED!!! i really am starting to miss rich rod...Where was the caoching?!?!?!?! Where was the yelling at the players that screwed up?!?!?! I WANT A NEW GOOD COACH...before our program is completely RUINED!!!

Posted by: george on Sep 6, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Marshall is going to beat wvu because Bill stewart cannot coach and it was obvious today.he was an emotional hire and he stinks. FIRE COACH STEWART before it is too late.

Posted by: Tim on Sep 6, 2008 at 06:59 PM
Fire Snyder? We were totally out manned. We held up for 2 qts. MISTAKES killed us...it wasn't coaching..it was mental mistakes...INT's, The kick off out of bounds...WISC. IS THE NUMBER 11 Team IN THE COUNTRY...THEY ARE GOOD...Quit crying about the coach and support the team.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 6, 2008 at 06:01 PM
fire synder he can not coach

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 6, 2008 at 05:50 PM
fire synder he has shown time and time again he can not lead a team to a win

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