ear the end of last week's Media Day, Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen found himself
standing in the passageway that opposing
teams take to enter and exit the field in the south
end zone of Camp Randall Stadium. He paused to
look around. Did he remember walking out of here
last September?
"Yeah, I do,'' Andersen said softly.
He couldn't remember how noisy it was on the
night of Sept. 16, 2012, when his underdog Utah
State team ran on to the turf before the opening
kickoff. He was too focused on the game plan to
hear anything. But he does remember walking back
to the locker room after a heartbreaking 16-14 loss.
"That was an extremely tough moment,'' he said.
Utah State outplayed Wisconsin in the first half
and took a 14-3 halftime lead. But the Aggies surrendered the momentum in the third quarter on
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Utah State outplayed Wisconsin in
the first half and took a 14-3 halftime
lead. But the Aggies surrendered the
momentum in the third quarter on
Kenzel Doe's electrifying 82-yard
punt return for a touchdown.
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Kenzel Doe's electrifying 82-yard punt return for a
touchdown. Montee Ball finally put the Badgers on
top with a 17-yard scoring run later in the quarter.
Kept alive by a missed extra point, the Aggies
weren't done yet. The defense held Wisconsin to
only one first down in the fourth quarter, which ultimately opened the door for quarterback Chuckie
Keeton, who drove Utah State into position to pull
off a monumental upset on its final possession.
But it didn't happen. Josh Thompson missed
a 37-yard field goal with six seconds left. Shortly
after leaving his players, Andersen delivered his
postgame remarks to the media. "We expected to
win when we walked in here,'' he said. "We didn't
get it done; they made one more play than we did.''
Last Friday while he stood in that passageway
― dressed in Wisconsin gear ― Andersen was reminded of the sequence of events in the final sec-
