NO. 3 ALABAMA (0-0) vs. NO. 20 WISCONSIN (0-0)
8 p.m. EDT * AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas * ABC & 97.3/99.3/105.1 FM
THE MATCHUP
Wisconsin’s tailback tandem last season of Melvin Gordon and Corey Clement combined for 3,536 rushing yards, setting a Bowl Subdivision record for teammates. Gordon, who rushed for 2,587 yards and was the Heisman Trophy runner-up, is now with the San Diego Chargers, but Clement is back for his junior season behind a rebuilt offensive line that sustained injuries in preseason camp and was mixing and matching its right side as recently as this week. How the Badgers do up front offensively will be critical against an Alabama defensive front that is the deepest and potentially the most talented of the Nick Saban era. “You would have liked to have had more snaps, absolutely, but at the same time, they are going through it together,” Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said in his news conference this week. “I think that there can be some benefits from that, as they go through and watch the tape, but the bottom line is they’ve all got to communicate.”
ONE TO WATCH