The University of Wisconsin football team was in position Saturday night to reprise its stunning victory over Ohio State from five years ago.
       
The frenzied sellout crowd of 81,608 at Camp Randall Stadium was in full throat after the Badgers took the lead late in the fourth quarter at almost the identical point in the game.

But the biggest difference from five years ago is UW didn't have to worry about quarterback Terrelle Pryor back then.

The heralded freshman led No. 14 Ohio State on an 80-yard touchdown drive for the winning touchdown in a 20-17 victory over No. 18 UW. Pryor scored the winning touchdown himself, keeping the ball on an 11-yard run around left end with 1 minute, 8 seconds to play.

UW coach Bret Bielema suffered his first home loss in three seasons, which snapped a 16-game winning streak.

"It was nice to be an undefeated coach at home," Bielema said. "But it's not a stat I'm looking for. I'm just looking for wins this year. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get two of them."

It dropped the Badgers to 3-2 overall and a shocking 0-2 in the Big Ten Conference, virtually killing whatever title hopes they had. Ohio State improved to 5-1 and 2-0.

"We're 0-2 on paper and everything, but I feel we played probably our best ball," junior linebacker Jaevery McFadden said. "We knew Pryor and (running back Chris Wells) were going to get their yards, it was all about limiting them and containing them. I felt like we were doing that and that last drive, it just slipped away."

Pryor showed remarkable poise on the final drive, starting at his own 20-yard line with 6:26 remaining.

"It was incredible the way he handled himself that last drive," said Wells, who rushed for 168 yards. "It was great for our team and for that young guy. He's a special player and he has so many great things ahead of him."

Until that point, the Badgers had done a fairly good job of containing Pryor. He finished with only 20 net rushing yards and a long run of 11 yards. Until the final drive, he had only passed for 85 yards.

But he came up big when it was needed. He had three huge completions for a total of 59 yards in the drive. He overcame an incompletion on his first play and also a second-and-15 at one point.

While Pryor was holding it together, the UW defense that played so well for so much of the game, made critical mistakes down the stretch. Pryor had completions of 19 and 27 yards over the middle to Brian Hartline, who was wide open on both of them.

McFadden admitted he bit on a crossing route in front of him on the first one.

"I thought Pryor would throw the under (route), the way he was looking, and I broke on the under and he threw right behind me," McFadden said. "It was on me. I should have dropped back to the dig."

On the next one, Pryor bought time by scrambling in the pocket, which allowed Hartline to get open.

Even then, while protecting a four-point lead, the defense just had to keep the Buckeyes out of the end zone. Instead, the Badgers made it easy for Pryor.