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Wisconsin defeated three top 10 teams this year and lost by a touchdown to two others.Now comes the hard part of the schedule: Saturday at Northwestern (noon ET, ABC).Huh? Dont laugh.The Wildcats (4-4, 3-2), who come into the contest tied with the No. 8 Badgers (6-2, 3-2), Minnesota and Iowa for second place in the Big Tens West Division -- one game behind Nebraska, have been a genuine thorn in the side to their neighbors to the north. The two campuses are only 142 miles apart.Wisconsin hasnt won at Ryan Field since 1999, a span of 17 years. The teams have met 10 times since with the Wildcats claiming a 6-4 advantage, including all four games played in Evanston.So maybe for an outsider looking in the contest doesnt seem as big for Wisconsin as playing LSU in Lambeau Field or handing Nebraska its first loss of the season 23-17 in overtime last week, but Badgers coach Paul Chryst has preached to his squad the importance of remaining focused heading into a November stretch that also includes games with Illinois (2-6, 1-4), Purdue (3-5, 1-4) and a season-ending showdown with Minnesota (6-2, 3-2).I think it is easy to buy into what people may be saying on the outside as far as getting through the gauntlet and this being the easy part of the schedule, Wisconsin cornerback Sojourn Shelton told UWBadgers.com. No part of playing college football games (is) easy. Our whole thing is just not getting complacent. I think weve played pretty good football. Now its just staying consistent.Youve got to try and ignore all the outside noise because none of it matters, Chryst said. We know this is a tough stretch.Especially with the way Northwestern played in October. The Wildcats went 3-1 with road wins at Iowa 38-31 and Michigan State 54-40 and a home victory over Indiana 24-14. The lone loss came last week at No. 6 Ohio State 24-20.The 3-1 October helped take some of the sting away from a poor 1/3 September that included back-to-back home losses to Western Michigan 22-21 and Illinois State 9-7.Its easy to come and show up for an Ohio State, or a Michigan State or an Iowa -- weve got to show up every game, and its really biting us in the butt right now, Northwestern quarterback Clayton Thorson said. Were a 4-4 football team, a .500 football team, and we know we shouldnt be.Northwestern would have shared the division lead had it beaten Ohio State last SaturdayIt obviously didnt start the way we wanted it to, spotting them a couple scores, but the guys didnt flinch and kept swinging, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said after the game. And, you know, we ended up one punch short.Buckeyes running back Curtis Samuel ran for a 3-yard touchdown with 9:43 left to break a 17-17 tie for a 24-17 lead. The Wildcats drove to the Ohio State 3 but had to settle for a 33-yard Jack Mitchell field goal that cut the deficit to 24-20.Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett converted a pair of third downs on the late drive that ate up the clock and denied Northwestern a final possession.Thorson was 22 of 42 for 256 yards with a touchdown and a first-quarter interception for Northwestern. Austin Carr, the Big Tens leading receiver, caught eight passes for a career-high 158 yards while Garrett Dickerson had a career-best eight grabs for 43 yards and a TD.Thorson has 15 touchdown passes, tied with Dan Persa (2010) for ninth all-time in a season at Northwestern.Carr, who caught a pass in his 17th consecutive game, moved into seventh in school single-season history with 878 receiving yards.Meanwhile, Wisconsin used a strong running game, in particular from Corey Clement, to knock off Nebraska.Senior Dare Ogunbowale rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown, Clement added 82 yards and freshman Bradrick Shaw scored a touchdown.I thought the run game was big, Chryst said.The passing game was a different matter. Redshirt freshman quarterback Alex Hornibrook started, but fifth-year senior Bart Houston ended the game. Hornibrook was 10 of 16 for 71 yards and a touchdown, while Houston completed 4 of 7 passes for 43 yards. 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An application by the taxman to wind up debt-ridden London Welsh has been adjourned until after Christmas.Officials at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) had asked for the club, which in the 1960s and 1970s boasted some of the biggest names in Welsh rugby among its ranks, to be wound up at a Bankruptcy & Companies Court hearing in London on Monday.But a judge -- Registrar Christine Derrett -- adjourned the application until Jan. 23 to give creditors time to hold a meeting.A judge had analysed the case at a hearing in October when a barrister representing HMRC indicated that the club owed more than ￡90,000 in tax.London Welshs website says the club was founded in a Fleet Street hotel in 1885 by a group of Welshmen living in the capital.In the 1960s and 1970s, internationals including John Dawes, JPR Williiams, Gerald Davies, John Taylor and Mervyn Davies featured in line-ups during a golden age.ddddddddddddThe club is now mid-table in rugbys second tier, the Championship.Last week, London Welsh chairman Gareth Hawkins said the club aimed to go into voluntary liquidation.He said there was no alternative.London Welsh has reached a difficult point in its illustrious history, said Hawkins in a statement posted on the clubs website.Due to a playing budget of ￡1.7million and gates at games numbering as low as 400, the clubs current business model is totally unsustainable.The debts accrued from trading in this way have left the club with no alternative but to seek liquidation. 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