Can Offense Win Championships?

One of the things you will hear coaches in nearly every sport say is that defense win championships. If that is the case, the Badger football team isn't going to win too much this year. The Wisconsin defense looked anemic, especially in the first half, but thankfully the Badger running game is still one of the best in the country.

Here are my quick thoughts of today's game:

• The uni's scared me right from the start. For those who remember, the last time the Badgers wore alternate uniforms, they got smoked in their season opener versus Colorado on national TV, at home, and at night! When it was 20-7, I was really worried.

• Brian Calhoun started slow, but then turned it on. He seemed to be tentative hitting the holes in the first half, but once he got comfortable he showed the talents that have been touted since his transfer was announced.

• The secondary is really missing Scott Starks and Jim Leonhard. Hopefully someone steps up VERY soon and can fill those holes, because the Badger secondary was burned all day long. i don't want to see what experienced Big Ten QB's will do against this D.

• The improvements at Camp Randall looked very nice. A couple new video boards and some new seating, but it just didn't look like Camp Randall on TV. I'm sure it will grow on me, especially since everything I have heard about the renovation is nothing but glowing. I need to get there very soon!

• I had the game on in the car for a little and I remembered how much I like Matt Lepay. He is a great announcer for both football and basketball, which is something to say. He is almost as ingrained in my mind with Badger sports as Bob Uecker is with the Brewers. Let's hope Lepay stays around that long...I don't know why he wouldn't.
  

I'm sure I could go on for a while, but I am tired, so I am going to sleep! Great start to the college football season, and the Badger's season. I am getting a little more optimistic about the season, but I will not be convinced until we see what happens against Michigan