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MADISON, Wis. -- Backup quarterback Alex Hornibrook led No. 9 Wisconsin to three scoring drives in the second half, helping the sluggish Badgers avert an embarrassing upset with a 23-17 win on Saturday over Georgia State.Hornibrook took over for Bart Houston late in the third quarter with Wisconsin stuck in an offensive malaise. The freshman finished 8 of 12 for 122 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Penniston with 7:25 left to give the Badgers the lead for good, 20-17.Wisconsin (3-0) heads into Big Ten play next week at No. 12 Michigan State with questions at quarterback. Houston, a senior making his third career start, was 10 of 18 for 91 yards.Im proud of what Alex did, and how he came in. Im not planning anything right now except appreciating this win, coach Paul Chryst said.Georgia State (0-3) played well after losing its first two games by a combined 79-35.Conner Manning threw for a career-high 269 yards and a score. Kyler Neals 9-yard touchdown run with 11:36 left gave the Panthers a brief lead before the Badgers defense reasserted itself.Our kids fought every down. There are no moral victories for Georgia State. Im very disappointed, coach Trent Miles said.THE TAKEAWAYGEORGIA STATE: The Panthers can build on a respectable effort against a Big Ten power after losing to Ball State and Air Force in its first two games. With two of Wisconsins top running backs hurt, a defense that was allowing an FBS-worst 394.5 yards rushing per game gave up just 187 on Saturday. On offense, coach Miles team softened up Wisconsins rough-and-tumble defense with quick and short passes over the middle.WISCONSIN: Dont put the blame for Wisconsins early offensive problems solely on Houston.The Badgers need to work on their offense inside the 30 after having to settle for two field goals on two first-quarter drives. They came away scoreless on two other drives after losing a fumble near the goal line and missing a 30-yard field goal at the end of the first half.We just werent in rhythm. Thats it, Houston said.Starting tight end Troy Fumagalli and running back Taiwan Deal both left with right leg injuries after Wisconsins first drive, and the team was already without top running back Corey Clement, who sat after rolling his left ankle in the 54-10 win over Akron on Sept. 10.UP NEXTGEORGIA STATE: After a bye next week, the Panthers wrap up a three-game road swing with a trip to Sun Belt Conference favorite Appalachian State on Oct. 1.WISCONSIN: The two-week honeymoon period is over in an otherwise brutal schedule. 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Daytona was no exception; several drivers who were already in a precarious position in terms of the Chase got swept into a 22-car big one on Lap 90 of 160.?Jamie McMurray triggered the massive pile-up, and he also took one of the biggest hits in terms of the Chase. McMurray entered the Daytona weekend on the bubble among drivers who havent scored a race win in 2016, and the 34th-place finish Saturday knocked him out of the top 16 if the Chase started today.?Conversely, Tony Stewart solidified his position in the Chase despite crashing with 11 laps remaining to be classified 26th. That still put Stewart nine places ahead of Brian Scott and helped him move ahead of Scott into 30th place in the point standings, which is a requirement for him to be Chase eligible, making him one of the evenings big winners.?Because the Chase field is determined first by race winners, one spectacular Saturday night or Sunday afternoon could land a surprise driver in the field. With Stewart making it into the top 30, there are now 11 race winners this year all in the top 30, currently leaving five positions open through points.? ?Tony winning last week takes up another spot, so it makes us have to work a little bit harder, said Kyle Larson, who helped his cause with a sixth-place finish in his Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Its going to be tough making the Chase if we dont get a win, so Im happy about the points we earned tonight.?Heres a look at how several drivers vying for a place in the Chase fared at Daytona:?Winner: Austin Dillon -- What a difference a year makes for the driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Dillon ended the rain-delayed 2015 Coke Zero 400 with a mangled race car after being launched into the fence on the final lap in an incident that left five spectators injured. This year, despite being among the 22 drivers involved in the big wreck on Lap 90 of 160, Dillon brought his car home in one piece in seventh place. After being two points to the good for a Chase place before the race, Dillon now has a 25-point cushion.?It was a solid night for us, Dillon said. Made a lot of ground from 18th to seventh and wish we could have got a bit more, but Im proud of our day. These are wild and crazy races, and its a lot better to come home seventh on all four wheels than upside down.?Winner: Ryan Blaney -- Rookie Blaney came into Daytona two spots out of making the Chase by points, and he left as the last driver in. As Team Penske showed with Brad Keselowski winning and Joey Logano finishing fourth, the Fords were fast, and Blaney spent time at the front of the field before being delayed in a pit incident. He worked his way back into the top 10 but got swept into Stewarts wreck, ending the day 14th for a net gain of 16 points on the day.? ?It was a long night for sure, Blaney said. We were still fast affter the thing in the pits -- got up to sixth, I think, and we were in a good spot until [Stewart] wrecked, got turned in front of us and it hurt the right-front pretty bad.dddddddddddd Weve got nine more races [before the Chase]. I just want to run the best we can and well see how the points shake out.?Winner: Trevor Bayne -- The 2011 Daytona 500 winner made the biggest points gain of the night, a net of plus-27 after a third-place finish in the Roush Fenway Racing Ford. Bayne gained two places in the standings and is now seventh among drivers hunting the five remaining Chase berths, 10 points behind bubble man Blaney.?Overall a really solid points day for us, Bayne said. Its not a win that we need to get in the Chase, but its a great step in the right direction for making it in on points.?Winner: Kyle Larson -- Larson dodged a bullet when his Ganassi teammate McMurray bounced his Chevrolet off the No. 42 Target car. Larson held on and brought the damaged car home in sixth place, putting him 19 points behind Blaney after a net gain of 14 points on a Chase berth.?A really good night, Larson said. A lot of guys around us in the points had bad nights so we made up some points on them, which is good. We just have to keep digging. We have something like eight races left until the Chase (actually nine), so thats a lot of time as long as we dont have any DNFs. There are some good tracks coming up for me and for our team, so hopefully we can go there and execute.?Non-winner: Jamie McMurray -- The former Daytona 500 winner didnt have any luck Saturday. A bump with his teammate Larson appeared to cut a rear tire, sending McMurrays Ganassi Chevrolet into the spin that collected more than half the field. The No. 1 car got out for a few more laps to gain a couple of extra points over those that sustained terminal damage, but a 34th-place finish was severely damaging to his Chase hopes. After arriving on the bubble, McMurray is now four points behind Blaney for the 16th spot.?It seemed like a tire maybe went down and it actually felt like I hit oil, McMurray said. Its unfortunate but its just part of plate racing.?Non-winner: Kasey Kahne -- With his position at Hendrick Motorsports being publicly questioned despite holding a contract with the team, Kahne didnt need a bad result at Daytona. But he got one, finishing 30th despite a mammoth effort from his crew to get the No. 5 Chevrolet back on track some 40 laps down. Kahne was one spot out of making the Chase before Saturday nights setback, and although he dropped another two places at Daytona, he remains just 13 points behind Blaney, the same deficit he faced coming in.?Non-winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- The master of restrictor-plate racing never looked comfortable this time at Daytona, qualifying his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 16th and rarely troubling the top 10. Dale Jr. bulldozed through the 22-car melee but sustained enough damage to keep him at the tail of the field for the rest of the night. His 16th-place finish dropped him to third among winless drivers, but he still managed to make a net gain of nine points on the Chase bubble. Hes now 24 points to the good.?I just rode around, he said. I couldnt get in there and get two and three-wide because the car needed a couple lanes to run well. ' ' '