Penn State Vs. Wisconsin 2011: Badgers Clinch Snobbily Named Division

If you were looking for the team in Madison that will be headed to the Big Ten Championship Game, it was pretty easy to spot. Wisconsin scored 35 points in the second and third quarters combined and then coasted to an easy 45-7 win for the right to face Michigan State next week.

The game also concludes one of the most tumultuous regular seasons in Penn State history, with Joe Paterno no longer on the sideline and much of the university leadership ousted after a scandal that begin in the football program. Fans now wait to see where the Nittany Lions will go in the postseason.

Montee Ball just scored another touchdown. This is important because it was his fourth of the day, but also because it was his 34th of the season. He’s basically a one-man team.

Ball has 68 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries, Wilson is 15-of-21 for 149 yards and two more touchdowns, and the Badgers are rolling. Wilson also has 43 yards on five rushes.

For Penn State, quarterback Matt McGloin is 5-of-10 for 70 yards, the early touchdown and an interception. The Nittany Lions have a solid rushing average at 5.1 yards a carry, but they’ve only run the ball eight times for 41 yards. It’s looking very much like Michigan State go ahead and start game-planning for a Big Ten title tilt against Wisconsin.

For more on Penn State, check out Black Shoe Diaries. For more on Wisconsin, check out Bucky’s 5th Quarter.