UW, Northwestern Both Return From Byes To Face Each Other

Wisconsin and Northwestern both had byes last weekend, and one team could not scout the other on T-V as they get ready for their Big Ten opener Saturday in Madison. The tenth ranked Badgers are heavily favored, but the players say they don’t take Northwestern for granted as the Wildcats won two straight before the U-W won last year’s meeting 21-7 in Evanston. Junior safety D’Cota Dixon says Northwestern plays a physical game, and they know it will be a tough battle going in. Left guard Jon Dietzen, kickoff specialist P-J Rosowski, and backup corner Madison Cone are all questionable for Saturday with leg injuries — and receiver George Rushing is still out along with running back Taiwan Deal and defensive end Chikwe Obasih (cheek’way oh bah’see). Wisconsin is 3-0 and Northwestern comes in at 2-1.