The Wisconsin Badgers ended their 2013 season with a tough
34-24 loss in the Capital One bowl to the South Carolina Gamecocks on New Years
Day. For the first time in four years, the Badgers did not finish the season as
the Big Ten champion with a trip to the Rose Bowl, but the Capital One Bowl is
still considered to be the best non-BCS Bowl.
The scoring got started when late in the first quarter,
Bruce Ellington caught a 39 yard touchdown pass from Conner Shaw to give South
Carolina the early 7-0 lead. The Badgers answered right back early in the
second quarter when Sam Amerson caught a 1 yard touchdown pass from Joel Stave
to tie the game at 7-7. With under seven minutes left in the second quarter,
Conner Shaw found Bruce Ellington through the air again, this time from 9 yards
out to give the Gamecocks a 13-7 lead. In the final seconds of the second
quarter, Jeff Duckworth caught a 3 yard touchdown pass from Stave to give the
Badgers a 14-13 halftime lead.
After a Jack Russell field goal on the Badgers opening possession of the second half, South
Carolina took momentum and never looked back. With
just over three minutes left in the third quarter, Bruce Ellington caught his
third touchdown pass, this time from 29 yards out, to give South Carolina the
20-17 lead. On South Carolina’s first possession of the fourth quarter, Conner
Shaw threw his fourth touchdown pass of the game, this time to Jeff Adams, to
give South Carolina the 27-17 lead. After Kenzel Doe returned the following
kickoff 91 yards to cut the South Carolina lead to 27-24, South Carolina went
on a long drive that resulted in a 1 yard touchdown run by Conner Shaw to give
South Carolina the 34-24 lead.
Stave got injured so Curt Phillips had to come in and finish
the game for him(by the way he played even worse than Stave did). Yes Stave did
throw a couple of touchdown passes in this game, but he still looked awful once
again. As I said before the bowl, it might be time for Wisconsin
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