That will do it for tonight. Again, your final score for tonight is LSU 28, Wisconsin 24; from NRG Stadium in Houston, have a great night.
Game Stats: First downs- LSU 17, Wisconsin 14 - Total yards- LSU 366, Wisconsin 318 - Passing yards- LSU 238, Wisconsin 50 - Rushing yards- LSU 128, Wisconsin 268 - Time of possession- LSU 31:58, Wisconsin 28:02.
This 28-24 LSU victory is their forty-sixth consecutive non-conference win, and their twelfth straight season opener win.
End of the Game
Q4 (0:14) - That knee should do it.
Q4 (1:09) - Hilliard picks up the first down to seal the Tiger's come-from-behind victory.
Q4 (1:40) - Incomplete pass brings the Badgers to a 4th and 12. Punting unit going out.
Q4 (2:23) - Wisconsin gets back the ball at their own 10 yard line.
Q4 (5:07) - Kenny Hilliard with a first down pickup for the Tigers.
Q4 (6:35) - INTERCEPTION- Ronald Martin intercepts McEvoy's pass.
Q4 (6:47) - McEvoy brings Wisconsin to 3rd and 10 with his incomplete pass.
Q4 (6:52) - Reggie Love nearly brings in a tough reception.
Q4 (7:18) - Clement helps the Badgers pick up another first down.
Q4 (8:10) - Badgers pick up much-needed first down. LSU's Jalen Collins injured on the play.
Q4 (9:29) - Wisconsin with a 2 and 7.
Q4 (9:41) - TOUCHDOWN LSU- Kenny Hilliard keeps the momentum going with an electrifying touchdown run. LSU 28, Wisconsin 24
Q4 (11:47) - Hilliard continues the momentum swing with a nice pickup.
Q4 (11:04) - Jalen Mills comes up with a huge interception.
Q4 (12:08) - Tigers have some serious momentum right now.
Q4 (12:08) - TOUCHDOWN LSU- John Diarse completes a 39 yard reception for his first career touchdown. After burning their first TIMEOUT of the half, Jennings found Quinn in the end zone for the two-point conversion. Wisconsin 24, LSU 21
Q4 (12:20) - Long pass to Trey Quinn falls out of his hands. 3rd and 21, LSU.
Q4 (12:56) - Following a botched pitch attmept, Leonard Fournette corraled in the backfield for a loss of 11 yards.
Q4 (13:32) - Jennings completes a 27 yard pass to Travin Dural for a huge Tiger first down.
Q4 (14:34) - LSU converts a third down, advancing to the Badger 47 yard line.
End of the 3rd Quarter
Q3 (0:06) - Injured Badger, Warren Herring, being taken off the field.
Q3 (0:20) - Meyer punts it away, marked out at the LSU 41 yard line.
Q3 (1:01) - 3rd and 8 for the Badgers after a short completion to Reggie Love.
Q3 (2:11) - FIELD GOAL LSU- Colby Delahoussaye adds a 47 yard field goal. Wisconsin 24, LSU 13
Q3 (3:36) - John Diarse catches a pass and makes some athletic moves to convert for the first down at the Badger 30 yard line.
Q3 (4:19) - Leonard Fournette having a bit of a tough night out there.
Q3 (5:34) - Jennings rushes for a Tiger first down.
Q3 (6:30) - Tiger defense completes the three-and-out. Meyer punts it away, and it goes out-of-bounds at the LSU 40 yard line.
Q3 (7:20) - Tigers force the Badgers into a third down.
Q3 (7:41) - FIELD GOAL LSU- Colby Delahoussaye knocks in a field goal to ease the Tigers' burden. Wisconsin 24, LSU 10
Q3 (8:08) - Jennings sacked to bring up 4th and goal.
Q3 (9:41) - All of a sudden, Tigers find themselves at the 4 yard line following a 44 yard pass to Travin Dural and a short Fournette rush.
Q3 (10:39) - Tigers can't get much going on offense, but they pulled off a fake punt that converted a first down.
Q3 (12:16) - Fournette returns the kickoff for 32 yards to his own 36 yard line.
Q3 (12:24) - TOUCHDOWN WISCONSIN- After taking inside the 2 yard line for a first down, Colton Clement takes it in for a touchdown. Wisconsin 24, LSU 7
Q3 (13:25) - McEvoy comes up just short of the first down, and the Badgers are going for it on 4th and 1 from the three.
Q3 (13:38) - Badgers facing 3rd and 7 after an incomplete pass near the goalline.
Q3 (14:35) - Melvin Gordon starts things of with a huge 63-yard run to the Tiger 12 yard line.
Q3 (14:55) - Trent Domingue with a huge 70 yard kickoff for a touchback.
Q3 (15:00) - LSU flagged for strange delay-of-game penalty before the kickoff even took place.
Halftime stat comparison: First downs- Wisconsin 10, LSU 6 - Total yards- Wisconsin 206, LSU 137 - Passing yards- Wisconsin 33, LSU 120 - Rushing yards- Wisconsin 173, LSU 17 - Time of possession- Wisconsin 17:20, LSU 12:40. Wisconsin holds a 17-7 lead over LSU.
Halftime
Q2 (0:18) - Wisconsin takes a knee to bring the half to a close, with a 17-7 lead over the Tigers.
Q2 (0:35) - Tigers flagged for delay of game. Keehn punts it away, his seventh punt of the first half, and it is downed at the Wisconsin 8 yard line.
Q2 (0:35) - Pass expertly defended by Wisconsin, falls incomplete to bring up fourth down.
Q2 (0:41) - Jennings' pass falls incomplete, and the Tigers find themselves with a 3rd and 10.
Q2 (0:56) - Badgers flagged for pass interference, LSU ball at the Wisconsin 42 yard line.
Q2 (1:16) - Jennings back in for the Tigers.
Q2 (1:16) - Tigers get the ball back at their own 31 yard line after Meyer's punt.
Q2 (1:33) - TIMEOUT LSU- Final timeout of the half, called after McEvoy stopped short of the first down marker to bring up a fourth down for the Badgers.
Q2 (2:15) - Keehn punts it 55 yards, catch defended heavily by the Tigers. Facemask penalty called on the punt against LSU. Ball at the Wisconsin 29.
Q2 (2:27) - Harris sacked for a loss, forces Keehn to come out to punt.
Q2 (2:57) - TIMEOUT LSU- Their second of the half, called mainly due to confusion on the field for Harris.
Q2 (3:39) - True freshman Brandon Harris comes in under center for LSU.
Q2 (4:21) - Meyer punts it 48 yards, and it is returned for 5 yards to the Tiger 29 yard line.
Q2 (4:32) - Punting situation for Wisconsin as the pass falls incomplete.
Q2 (5:08) - Clement knocked down around the line. 3rd and 6, Wisconsin.
Q2 (5:56) - Cory Clement gains 4 yards on first down.
Q2 (6:01) - Keehn punts it for 44 yards, and the Badgers fair-catch it at their own 14 yard line.
Q2 (6:09) - Tigers forced to punt following Jennings' incredibly overthrown ball.
Q2 (6:53) - DeSean Smith drops a would-be reception, and the Tigers are looking at second down.
Q2 (7:29) - Fournette returns the kickoff for 28 yards to the Tiger 29.
Q2 (7:36) - TOUCHDOWN WISCONSIN- Melvin Gordon breaks through for a 15 yard touchdown run. Wisconsin 17, LSU 7
Q2 (8:47) - Cory Clement rushes for 8 yards and a Badger first down.
Q2 (9:08) - Badgers facing a 3rd and 6.
Q2 (9:58) - Huge tackle by Jermauria Rasco on Gordon, behind the line. Second down, Wisconsin.
Q2 (10:10) - FUMBLE- After a short reception, the ball is knocked out and recovered by Wisconsin.
Q2 (10:27) - LSU flagged for a false start penalty. 2nd and 15.
Q2 (10:27) - Jennings' long pass to Travin Dural falls incomplete.
Q2 (10:35) - Meyer punts it 50 yards, to the LSU 29 yard line.
Q2 (10:47) - McEvoy's rush comes up short, and Wisconsin is forced to punt, faced with a 4th and 7.
Q2 (12:18) - Keehn boots a 63 yard punt that goes out-of-bounds at the Wisconsin 17 yard line.
Q2 (12:28) - LSU forced to punt after Jennings' pass falls just away from intented reciever Fournette.
Q2 (13:33) - Wisconsin's Drew Meyer records a 23 yard punt. Tigers take over at their own 16 yard line.
Q2 (13:38) - Badgers faced with a 3rd and 5 after McEvoy's pass falls incomplete.
Q2 (13:45) - TIMEOUT LSU- First of the half.
Q2 (14:18) - Ericson records another first down, but this time it's on the ground, as he rushes to the outside for a 14 yard gain.
Q2 (14:53) - Alex Ericson makes a tough grab near the sideline for a first down.
End of the 1st Quarter
Q1 (0:14) - Gordon flies through the line for a Badger first down.
Q1 (0:49) - Wisconsin faced with a 3rd and 3 after Gordon is stopped short on a nice run.
Q1 (1:56) - Melvin Gordon's nice rush to the outside is taken back by a holding penalty on the Badgers, who will play first down from inside their 10 yard line.
Q1 (2:03) - Badgers call for a fair catch on Keehn's punt. They take over at their own 14 yard line.
Q1 (2:13) - Tigers forced to punt after an incompletion.
Q1 (2:49) - Fournette continues to be bottled up. Gains about a yard, and the Tigers are faced with a 3rd and 12.
Q1 (3:23) - Jennings loses three yards on first down.
Q1 (3:35) - An illegal block-in-the-back penalty hampers an otherwise nice LSU punt return. Ball around midfield.
Q1 (3:46) - Badgers forced to punt from their own end zone after a second straight McEvoy incompletion.
Q1 (3:52) - Jalen Mills nearly intercepts McEvoy's pass on second down. All the momentum seems to have swung LSU's way.
Q1 (4:40) - Kwon Alexander and the Tiger special teams coverage make sure the Wisconsin kickoff return is no longer than six yards. Badgers will take over at their own 8 yard line.
Q1 (4:47) - TOUCHDOWN LSU- Anthony Jennings hits a wide open Travin Dural for an 80 yard touchdown pass. LSU 7, Wisconsin 10
Q1 (5:07) - FIELD GOAL WISCONSIN- Rafael Gaglianone nails in a 51-yard field goal. Wisconsin 10, LSU 0
Q1 (5:12) - McEvoy forced to throw it away on third down. Field goal attempt for the Badgers.
Q1 (6:00) - McEvoy's long pass falls incomplete. Second down, Wisconsin.
Q1 (6:29) - Tanner McEvoy avoids defenders to scamper forward to the LSU 37-yard line. First down, Wisconsin.
Q1 (7:09) - Melvin Gordon rushes forward for little to no gain on first down.
Q1 (7:21) - The Tigers are forced into another punting situation, after a short gain and an incomplete pass. Keehn shanks the punt, as it only travels 19 yards. Badgers could capitalize on this position.
Q1 (8:18) - Zagzebski is being carted off the field on a stretcher, to cheers from both sides of the stadium. Hoping it's not severe.
Q1 (8:18) - An injured Badger, Konrad Zagzebski, is down on the field. Both teams are knelt down on the field, looking on in concern.
Q1 (8:18) - Hilliard rushes forward for three yards. Second down, LSU.
Q1 (8:51) - Jennings pass complete to Kenny Hilliard for around ten yards. First down, LSU.
Q1 (8:59) - The Tigers were stopped up during their first possession, now they need to wake up. Fournette returns the kickoff to the LSU 27 yard line.
Q1 (9:05) - TOUCHDOWN WISCONSIN - Reggie Love rushes for 45 yards for a score. Wisconsin 7, LSU 0
Q1 (9:30) - Gordon rushes for twenty yards to the LSU 45 yard line. First down.
Q1 (10:10) - Gordon rushes for a loss of one yard to the Badger 35 yard line.
Q1 (10:48) - Tanner McEvoy completes a six-yard pass to Alex Ericson for a first down.
Q1 (11:48) - Melvin Gordon gains eight yards on his first carry.
Q1 (12:18) - Jennings' pass broken up to force fourth down. Jamie Keehn nails a long punt that is marked out at the 24-yard line.
Q1 (12:54) - Fournette takes his first carry from scrimmage, and he gains a couple. 3rd and 5.
Q1 (13:57) - Jennings keeps it himself for a first down.
Q1 (14:54) - Leonard Fournette returns the kickoff for thirteen yards. Anthony Jennings comes out as the Tigers' starter tonight.
9:07 PM EST - Our kickoff will take place at 9:15 PM EST.
9:02 PM EST - Both of these programs would like to prove that they are championship-caliber, and the path to doing so begins tonight.
8:56 PM EST - The LSU Tigers and Wisconsin Badgers are preparing to kickoff their 2014 campaigns in a matter of minutes.
8:41 PM EST - LSU has a history with neutral-site season openers; they faced TCU and Oregon in Arlington, Tx. last season and in 2011, respectively. They won both matchups.
8:38 PM EST - Heading into this matchup, the Tigers have won their last eleven season openers, and Wisconsin has won their last sixteen.
8:34 PM EST - We are growing ever closer to kickoff from NRG Stadium in Houston.
8:28 PM EST - If Leonard Fournette is as good as advertised, the Badgers may have a tough time stopping him and the LSU offense with the inexperience they have.
8:23 PM EST - Outside linebacker Vince Biegel is very talented, as he recorded 25 tackles last year in backup duty as a redshirt freshman. He will be flanked by senior Derek Landisch who has recorded 81 tackles over the previous three years.
8:19 PM EST - Replacing the entire front seven is going to be tough, and to ask them to do so against a talented team like LSU is even tougher.
8:15 PM EST - The key for Wisconsin, both tonight and throughout the season, is the defense. Only 3 starters and all of those are in the secondary.
8:09 PM EST - Another player for Wisconsin to look out for is Corey Clement. He played sparingly in 2013, usually in a backup role. He played in 8 games, totaling 547 yards and 7 touchdowns on 67 carries. That comes out to an 8.2 average for each carry. Like Gordon, he has great speed. It will be interesting to see how much he factors into this game.
8:05 PM EST - We all know about Melvin Gordon for the Badgers, but the unknown commodity is Tanner McEvoy at quarterback. He is reportedly a better athlete and has better mobility than Joel Stave. Still, without much film at the FBS level, it is difficult to know how well he will, or can, play at the quarterback spot.
8:00 PM EST - As you can see, that schedule certainly favors the Badgers to reach the Big 10 title game. They have an outside chance of making the playoffs, but they need to take care of LSU, run the table, and win in the Big 10 Championship game. That is no easy task.
7:53 PM EST - As of right now, this will be the toughest test for Wisconsin in 2014 before a possible appearance in the Big 10 Championship Game. The Badgers schedule is as follows: vs. LSU, Western Illinois, Bowling Green, South Florida, at Northwestern, Illinois, Maryland, at Rutgers, at Purdue, Nebraska, at Iowa, and Minnesota.
7:45 PM EST - A bit more on the Badgers in 2013. They had a tendency to struggle against teams that were successful in the passing game. Hackenberg (Penn State), Kelly (Arizona State), and Shaw (South Carolina) all did well againt the Badgers.
7:37 PM EST - The Badgers had a cleaner 2013, chalking up fifty-four penalties, for 474 yards.
7:34 PM EST - In 2013, the Tigers commited ninety penalties, for 732 yards.
7:30 PM EST - Fifth-year senior linebacker Chris Borland led the Badger defense in tackles last season, putting up 112 (seventy-three solo tackles).
7:28 PM EST - Cornerback Jalen Mills and linebacker Kwon Alexander look to be leaders this season on the much-touted LSU defense.
7:26 PM EST - Wisconsin's scoring by quarters in 2013 goes as follows: 1st-103 points, 2nd-135 points, 3rd-95 points, 4th-120 points.
7:24 PM EST - LSU's scoring by quarters in 2013 goes as follows: 1st-131 points, 2nd-114 points, 3rd-103 points, 4th-117 points.
7:22 PM EST - Wisconsin had more total offensive yards than the Tigers in 2013, posting 6251 yards to LSU's 5893 yards.
7:19 PM EST - Although they lagged on the ground, the Tigers led the way in passing yardage last season, racking up 3263 yards (251.0 average per game), in comparison to Wisconsin's 2562 (197.1 per game). However, most of LSU's yardage was produced by Zach Mettenberger, who the Tigers will have to do without this season.
7:17 PM EST - Melvin Gordon led the way for the Badgers' ground game, with over 1600 yards gained. Terrance Magee is the returning rushing leader for the Tigers, as he was only behind Jeremy Hill's huge season.
7:15 PM EST - Wisconsin recorded 3689 rushing yards last season, while the Tigers posted 2630. The Badgers also averaged more per rush, putting up 6.6 yards to LSU's 5.0 yards.
7:12 PM EST - In 2013, the Tigers outscored their opponents 465-286, while the Badgers outscored their opponents 453-212. LSU averaged 35.8 points per game, and Wisconsin averaged 34.8 points per game.
7:09 PM EST - LSU sophomore QB Anthony Jennings is expected to get the nod to start tonight, but he will face some steep competion for snaps this season in freshman Brandon Harris.
7:08 PM EST - Wisconsin ended last season with two consecutive losses, against Penn State and South Carolina (Capital One Bowl).
7:05 PM EST - LSU is entering this contest riding a three-game win streak dating from last season (with wins against Texas A&M, Arkansas, and Iowa), and Les Miles' Tigers have an opportunity to post a second consecutive win against a Big Ten team, as they closed out 2013 with an Outback Bowl win against Iowa.
7:03 PM EST - Both squads are ranked in the nation's top fifteen, as Wisconsin holds the #14 position, and LSU clocks in a tick ahead at #13.
7:01 PM EST - The Badgers ended 2013 with a second-place finish in the Big Ten Leaders' Division, only behind Ohio State.
6:58 PM EST - The Tigers finished in third place in the SEC West, behind Auburn and Alabama.
6:47 PM EST - LSU is 2-0 all-time versus the Badgers, notching their triumphs in 1971 (38-28, at Wisconsin) and the following year (27-7, at LSU). Under Les Miles' tenure at LSU, the teams have not yet met on the gridiron.
6:20 PM EST - The Badgers, on the other hand, returned only eleven starters, with four of those on the offensive line.
6:14 PM EST - The Tigers returned fourteen starters this season, including five offensive players, seven defensive players, and two specialists.
6:09 PM EST - Wisconsin finished 2013 with a 9-4 (6-2 Big Ten) record, with losses against Arizona State (32-30), Ohio State (31-24), Penn State (31-24), and a 34-24 loss to South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl.
6:07 PM EST - In 2013, LSU finished the season 10-3 (5-3 SEC). The losses came against Georgia (44-41), Ole Miss (27-24), and Alabama (38-17). The Tigers notched a 21-14 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Outback Bowl.
6:03 PM EST - The season opener for both squads, this matchup, set to be played in Houston's NRG Stadium, will kick off at 9:00 PM EST.
6:00 PM EST - Welcome to LIVE coverage of the Wisconsin Badgers vs. LSU Tigers.