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Ohio State 31, Wisconsin 13. I think if you'd told the Badgers coming in that they would run twice as many plays as Ohio State; gain twice as many yards; force almost as many three-and-outs (six) as they allowed first downs (eight); and hold Terrelle Pryor below 150 yards total offense and pick him off once while limiting the Buckeyes to one offensive touchdown, I think the Badgers would have taken that game. The Wisky offense went on three different drives of at least 14 plays, on the road, which is the essence of Badger football.

Total points on those three drives? Three. The fine print of the above deal was a killer: The Buckeyes brought back two Scott Tolzien interceptions for touchdowns and broke a kickoff return for six in the third quarter, rendering the offense somewhat redundant -- which isn't a bad description for a group that spent two-thirds of the game on the sideline and only gained 184 yards.

But the real number of the game? Forty-five: The number of passes attempted by Tolzien. As solid as Tolzien was through the Badgers' 5-0 start, the script for controlling the ball was the same as it's always been for Wisconsin, i.e. controlling the line of scrimmage and grinding out yards with its thundering running backs. But big John Clay was bottled up for 59 yards on just three per carry; the "ball control" in this case came largely as a result of the back-to-back possessions after two of Tolzien's passes ended the wrong end zone, which forced him to take on a much larger share of the offense in one of the worst possible situations -- on the road, against one of the best defenses in the country. For all the Pryor hype and all the turnover on that side of the ball, clearly the D (and yes, the special teams, too) is still where the Buckeyes' Rose Bowl-minded bread is buttered.