After a couple of early season slip-ups including blowing a 17-point lead in the opener to LSU, the Wisconsin football team is 9-2 and 6-1 in the Big Ten with a home date against Minnesota to determine the Big Ten West winner. A trip to Indianapolis hangs in the balance.
The Badgers have plenty to be thankful for this season. It looked like it could have been a doomed year after one of the largest and most productive graduating classes departed last season, leaving the Badgers with no starters left from their front seven. Plus, the team had to cope with the graduation of its best receiver in Jared Abbrederis.
Let's take a look at four things the Badgers have to be thankful for as Thanksgiving rolls around, which includes people, places and things on and off the field, starting with one that's entirely out of the control of the team: the schedule-makers in the Big Ten.