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I read WSJ daily.  I've had enough of his shtick.  Mostly because he's such an NFL honk.   He really does loath Michigan.

lots of rumors that Tarik Black might be a go for Wisconsin. Black posted something vague and cryptic on his twitter and the rumors are out of control. Please be true.

I'm reading the same. It's on twitter, on the radio, and - super weird - may have broken first by the commentators in the USF-Tulsa game.
Mostly I'm confused. (1) That's a lot of smoke but I don't know if it's real. (2) If real, how unlike Harbaugh to have let it out before gametime! (3) Just like with Solomon practicing last week, I am incredulous at how accelerated this recovery has been. Actually with Black it seems even harder to believe since there's relatively little benefit to bringing him back too early (the WRs have more than enough depth for the offense to function "normally").

We're on the verge of a maxed out FB/HB/TEs in a phonebooth battle, so this is apropos:

Also, after wasting that glorious meme above, Ben(ch) Mason barely featured. Michigan really advanced the QB read-option in this one. I'm always curious how much of that (extensively flashing new offensive themes/looks all of a sudden) is specifically about the opponent at hand, how much is about giving future opponents more to prepare for, and to which extent the answer can be both.

Really didn’t expect that outcome at all. Wisconsin has quite a few curious calls in this game. I’m not sure why they continued to try to pass during important downs. A couple notable times it blew up in their face when they seem to run to the left side at will. Odd. Would have been frustrating to be a Badger fan tonight.

Patterson still confuses me, which I know I’m the minority here. He made some great plays with his legs. Also made some great throws. BUT.. something is up with him throwing down field when a receiver isn’t wide open. He is either incredibly reluctant to throw a pick or he doesn’t see the field well. I really think it’s the forward because his judgment and seeing the defense on option reads tonight was fantastic. I’d be ok with him taking a few more chances. Kid definitely has a great arm.

Ok. Finally, a big Harbaugh win. Now do it again.

Agree on the score being unexpected. As for your two questions. I think I can explain both of those (or at least I noticed both during the game and can share my best guess from then):
About Patterson, 

• if you're talking about why he had such happy feet (looked physically unsettled early), giving up on his routes in the 1st quarter: Only from recollection, I think those were all quick routes and exceptionally well covered. So quitting on them was the right idea and would explain why he pulled the ball and seemed reluctant to throw. (A good follow-up question is *why* these athletic WRs and TEs were so well covered versus a deeply injured UW secondary)
• if you're talking about why Michigan struggled so much against zone defense. I have no idea. It's a good question. I think it's fixable, though

As for UW and why it stopped running in the 2nd half: Michigan's pass D ruined their aerial game. Until that final drive, Hornibrook had only passed for ~25 yards. Which allowed the Michigan defense to load the box and crash on every play, whether run or not. And I'll admit, UW still successfully ran on a lot of those. Their OL is incredible. However, once Michigan started crashing like that, the results became high variance. About 50/50 between 5-7 yard gains and 2-4 yard gains. So running had two issues: (1) if you can't break a big one, it's almost impossible to go the whole length of the field like that versus this defense. Because eventually, it's likely that you'll get two of those 2-4 yard gains out of three plays and force a punt. So they needed to somehow beg Michigan to unload the box. (2) Running more often would only have dripped the clock away faster.
(Of course at that point, it barely mattered and trying to pass didn't work. But I think it's best to evaluate the decision not on whether it worked but on whether it made good sense. And I think this did.)

That was an ugly 2nd half for any UW fan to watch, starting with roughing the snapper. I've seen that called against UW twice now.

That was an ugly 2nd half for any UW fan to watch, starting with roughing the snapper. I've seen that called against UW twice now.

Not to say the outcome would change, but that was at a most critical time in the game, where they had forced Michigan into a punt on their first possession of the second half. Like the announcers, I think it was quite embellished by Cheeseman, evidenced by the sideline celebration afterward.  I suspect a good piece of coaching on UMs part.