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Badgers

Wisconsin is a run-heavy, grind-it-out offense averaging only 56.8 plays per game with a PPA/play of 0.06, which puts them right at the average line and well below what you would call an efficient or explosive unit. Their defense is permissive enough that opponents convert 40.7 percent of third downs and produce explosive plays at an 11 percent rate, meaning they are not the suffocating defense their brand suggests.

Every scrimmage snap split by down and distance. Run rate and pass rate are heat-shaded on a Maryland-red scale so the strong tendencies jump off the page. The top row is all downs combined.

The same run/pass tendency, re-cut by where the ball sits, the score on the board, and which half it is. Counts are real charted snaps; thin splits are flagged honestly. Run % and pass % are heat-shaded on the same Maryland-red scale.

Drive for drive: what Wisconsin does with the ball, next to what their defense gives up. Points per drive are estimated from the drive result (touchdown counts as seven, field goal as three). Everything here is computed from real CFBD drive data.

How the man calling it for Wisconsin thinks on fourth down, drawn from every fourth-down snap his offense has taken this season. "Went" means they ran a play (rush or pass); "kicked" means a field goal or a punt. The split is then cut by field zone so you know where he gets aggressive.

• ★If Maryland can stay within one score into the second half, Wisconsin's offense is statistically forced to pass more often, an area where their 34.2 percent third-down conversion rate suggests they are far less comfortable.
• ★Maryland should attack Wisconsin's secondary early and often, as opponents already choose to throw 52.3 percent of the time against them and generate explosive plays on 11 percent of snaps.
• ★In the red zone, Maryland's defense should expect run on roughly two out of every three snaps and align accordingly, since Wisconsin's 66.7 percent run tendency there makes them very easy to prepare for.
• ★Wisconsin's overall PPA/play of 0.06 puts them right at league average efficiency, meaning Maryland does not need to do anything exotic to keep pace, just win the line of scrimmage and stay disciplined on third down where Wisconsin converts only 34.2 percent of the time.

This is the charting layer. CFBD play-by-play does not carry coverage shells, blitz, or pressure, so the rates below stay blank until a game is broken down on film or pulled from Telemetry. The sample row shows the shape only, not real numbers.

This is the charting layer. Personnel groupings and formation families are not in CFBD play-by-play; they are tagged off the film or pulled from Telemetry, then drop straight into these tables. The sample row is illustrative shape only.

The numbers above come from charted play-by-play. The detail a coordinator wants next, special-teams maps, opponent media quotes, and player grades, comes off the film and the Telemetry feed. Each item below drops straight into this report once charted.

• Coverage and blitz tendencies by down and distance (Telemetry / PFF charting).
• Special-teams punt and kickoff location maps.
• Opponent media quotes from the weekly press conferences.
• Player grades, pressures, and coverage data from Telemetry.