MADISON - The Wisconsin football team didn't win the game, but it beat the spread.

UW was a 33½-point underdog to Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 25, but in losing, 21-7, held the Ducks to their second-lowest yardage total of the season. The Badgers also scored their first touchdown in 14 quarters and their first points in 11.

Wisconsin (2-6, 0-5 Big Ten) has lost six straight games, but the performance was arguably the team's best of the streak. It was definitely the Badgers ' most competitive.

Based on our readers' questions, some couldn't believe their eyes.

"Did Oregon play its second team?" one reader asked. Another asked if the weather helped Wisconsin's cause.

Readers also wanted to know about Danny O'Neil's future at quarterback and Jeff Grimes' future as the offensive coodinat

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