Studs and duds from Wisconsin Badgers 38-14 loss to Alabama Crimson Tide

Then at the start of the second half, he gave very poor effort on Alabama's 75-yard screen pass touchdown. He was on the opposite side of the field and appeared to be jogging toward the play until he released Ryan Williams was breaking free, and then Hill started sprinting again.

Cornerbacks Ricardo Hallman and Geimere Latimer also gave up big plays, and the safeties Preston Zachman and Austin Brown failed to limit the damage, too.

No one had answers on the back end of the defense.

Dud: RG Colin Cubberly and RT Emerson Mandell

Much like the secondary, the offensive line has plenty of blame to go around.

The two redshirt freshmen on the right side were the weakest link, though they weren't helped by the injury to center Jake Renfro that limited his consistency in the middle.

The right guard and right tackle struggled with communicating and passing off Alabama's blitzes and stunts, leaving backup quarterback Danny O'Neil under pressure far too often.

The same was true in the ground game, where Badgers running backs found little room to run.

The more experienced linemen on the left side of the offensive line gave up pressure too, but the Crimson Tide seemed to be targeting the young blockers on the right, and it paid off.

Stud: LB Christian Alliegro

It's hard to find many studs on a defense that gave up 38 points and couldn't stop the pass, but Alliegro was a key part of the Badgers largely shutting down Alabama's running game.

He consistently filled his gaps in the run fit, not always getting to make the actual stop but redirecting the ball-carrier into the arms of his teammates.

He was also the only player to successfully sack Simpson, getting home on a blitz in the second quarter.

His fellow linebacker Tackett Curtis also deserves some credit, but it Alliegro made the impact plays to stand out.

Dud: Penalties

Wisconsin's margin of error in this game was too small to beat themselves with self-inflicted wounds.

They didn't rack up a high volume of penalties, but the flags they did draw hurt them in critical moments.

In the first quarter, an offensive pass interference call negated a first down and led to a sack on the next play, followed by a punt

Then in the second, the Badgers had stopped Alabama on third down but Mason Reiger was flagged for a roughing the passer penalty and the Crimson Tide scored a touchdown on the very next play.

A false start, an offsides and a defensive holding put Wisconsin in more difficult down and distance situations and gave Alabama free yards.

The Badgers just couldn't afford that in a game like this.

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