The Outback Bowl is the site of this New Year’s Day clash between the Wisconsin Badgers (9-3) out of the BIG 10 and Tennessee Volunteers (9-4) of the SEC. The Badgers and Vols will square off at 11 a.m. ET and the game will be televised by ESPN.Oddsmakers at Bodog (Bodoglife.com) have installed Tennessee a 2-point favorite (ATS) with a 58 total.
Erik Ainge is 25-10 as a starter in his career. Ainge is third in Tennessee history in career passing yards with 8,335 and third in total offense with 8,106 yards. Arian Foster had 815 yards rushing, 245 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns in eight games prior to the SEC Championship, but rushed for only 55 yards and caught two passes for 20 yards in that game. Lucas Taylor leads the team with 73 catches for 1,000 yards.
Jack Ikegwuonu led the Big Ten with 14 passes defended in conference games and ranks second in the league in overall games with 16 passes defended. Matt Shaughnessy leads Wisconsin with 16 tackles for loss. Shane Carter leads the conference and ranks No. 3 nationally with seven interceptions. Jonathan Casillas is Wisconsin's leading tackler for the second consecutive season (he has 86 thus far). Nick Hayden is third on the team in QB sacks and fourth in tackles for loss.
Tennessee and Wisconsin have met just once previously on the gridiron, and that matchup was also of the bowl variety. The Volunteers defeated the Badgers 28-21 in the Garden State Bowl in East Rutherford, N.J., on Dec. 13, 1981… That win capped UT's 1981 season with an 8-4 mark under head coach Johnny Majors …Tennessee owns a 6-5 all-time bowl record against current members of the Big Ten Conference …A Tennessee win over Wisconsin would give Fulmer a school-record eight bowl wins.
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