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"Definitely,'' Taylor said softly. But his words carry weight. "In my opinion,'' Bielema said, "the best lead- ers a lot of the times are the guys that say very little and do a lot on the field. But when they speak, a lot of people listen.'' That was the scenario at halftime of the Michi-
gan State game. While the Badgers were self-de- structing in a variety of ways, the Spartans were exploding for 23 points in the second quarter. "It just got to the point,'' Taylor said, "where I
felt like I needed to say something. I wanted to try and help everyone get up because no one was really talking and they had their heads down. "I'm confident in our football team, so I spoke up and said, 'Why are we down? We just have to come back and do what we do? We're going to get the ball for the offense and they're going to score.'
"I just felt like I had to say something. The
whole halftime I was thinking to myself, 'Some- thing has got to happen because we're a lot bet-
» Taylor's greatest hits Mike Taylor leads the Badgers in tackles this season with 86 total stops. That includes seven tackles-for- loss, a number that trails only team-leading Chris Borland's 10.5. Here's a look at Taylor's tackles, game-by-game:
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Season Total
6 9 5
10 14 13 7
22 86
ter than we showed.' And it just came out.'' Having been in locker rooms with strong lead- ers has rubbed off on Taylor, a redshirt junior. "I know that when I was younger,'' he said, "I
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