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MADISON, Wis. -- The Big Ten gantlet is here for No. 11 Wisconsin.The Badgers must open conference play by facing three opponents ranked eighth or better in the AP Top 25 over the next three games. They face four ranked opponents over the next five games.It starts this weekend with a visit to No. 8 Michigan State.We see the rankings of our opponents, but were going to approach this Big Ten season like we always have, running back Dare Ogunbowale said. This is why we play at Wisconsin.Its hard to push around the Badgers (3-0), a program historically known for tough, hard-nosed defenses and a punishing running game.The defense remains strong, though there is plenty of uncertainty in the offensive backfield going into Saturdays showdown at Spartan Stadium.Out of the top four running backs on the depth chart, only Ogunbowale isnt on the injury report. Lead tailback Corey Clement is listed as questionable for Michigan State with a sore left ankle that he injured two weeks ago against Akron.And its unclear which quarterback will start handing off the ball to the running backs. Bart Houston is listed as the starter on the depth chart , but coach Paul Chryst on Monday left open the possibility that backup Alex Hornibrook could play as well, or even start.Hornibrook, who lost a competition in training camp for the starting job, may have thrown the race open again for his performance last week against Georgia State. He relieved Houston in the middle of the third quarter and led what had been a struggling offense on three scoring drives. Wisconsin avoided the upset and beat the Panthers 23-17 .Both have to be ready to play, to be sure. Im positive of that, Chryst said when asked if Houston was still the starter. I told them theyll be games when theyre both going to play. You do it in hockey, you have two goalies.The Badgers could just be trying to keep Michigan State guessing, too.Houston, a senior, has started all three games this season. He has completed 62 percent of his 71 passes for 527 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Hornibrook, a redshirt freshman, has played against Akron and Georgia State. He has a 76 percent completion rate on 17 passes for 183 yards with two scores and one interception.We need both of them to keep going ... You know what, Ill let the week determine all this stuff -- with whos going to play tailback, whos going to play left guard, whos going to play quarterback, said Chryst, running off a list other positions with depth questions.As for the schedule , Wisconsin is embracing the challenge after a few years of getting some breaks because of Big Ten scheduling quirks.After Michigan State comes a trip to the Big House to play No. 4 Michigan. The Badgers then get a bye week before hosting No. 2 Ohio State in prime time on Oct. 15.There is still no letup after that game, with a trip to Iowa and a visit from No. 20 Nebraska following Ohio State.The always even-keeled Chryst just wants his team to focus on the next game.Youve got to approach each week as its own week, Chryst said. The best way for us to act and be is in the moment, so were excited its Michigan State week.Game notes Besides Clement, RBs Taiwan Deal (right ankle) and Bradrick Shaw (right shoulder) are also listed as questionable, along with OL Jon Dietzen (right leg) and DE Billy Hirschfeld (left leg). ... Pass-catching TE Troy Fumagalli is not listed on the injury report after leaving the Georgia State game following Wisconsins first drive with a right leg injury.---Online: AP College Football: http://collegefootball.ap.org/---Follow Genaro Armas at: https://twitter.com/GArmasAP---This story has been corrected to show gantlet throughout. 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"I worked my entire life for it, and it has been taken away from me in one afternoon by a doctor I didnt know," said Troicki, whose ranking peaked at No. Lee Faker Sang-hyeok is a two-time world champion, five-time Korean league winner and the undisputed best player to ever download the game of League of Legends. Still, as he stands after his first game of his third World Championships, he isnt satisfied.After failing to win a fourth straight Korean championship, SK Telecom T1 was considered possibly weakened heading into the biggest tournament of the year. Faker and the rest of SKT quieted any critics with a blowout of North Americas Cloud9 in the defending world champions first game of the tournament.After summer split, SKT T1 as a team improved a lot, so in my opinion I didnt expect any struggle facing C9, Faker told ESPN after notching a vintage 5/1/4 score line on Syndra. The team lived up to the expectation of mine.The Worlds opener also marked the return of Fakers longtime jungle partner Bae Bengi Seong-woong, who was used sparingly across the year in professional matches in favor of rookie jungler Kang Blank Sun-gu. Although the Blank-infused team won the spring domestic season, IEM World Championship and Mid-Season Invitational, the youngsters inconsistency at the tail end of the summer season started to plague SKT. Bengis return to the lineup couldnt have gone smoother: The veteran ended with a 3/1/4 on Elise -- a champion for which he has a personalized SKT T1 skin (although he didnt use it in the game itself).My style is that I adapt to my jungler, Faker said. Bengi and [I] have a decent coordination and decent chemistry but its [not] like it is special. He isnt the only one [I can excel alongside].Obviously the game changes a lot, Faker said when asked if after four years of playing professionally he still loves loading up the game like he did as an amateur. But the core of the game remaiins the same, I believe, so I still enjoy playing the game, somewhat.dddddddddddd I really love playing ranked games, as well.Two players Faker is constantly compared to in the western region are his main rival from Korea for the title of best player in the world, ROX Tigers ace, Song Smeb Kyung-ho, and TSMs ace of the mid lane, S?ren Bjergsen Bjerg, who has been gifted the nickname North American Faker.[Bjergsen] deserves the title of North American Faker, said the man himself. I am not at all offended by it. Hes very much talented so itll be [extremely] entertaining to face him in the tournament.I think Smeb is a very talented player, as well. But I dont consider him an absolutely overwhelming player, yet; [however] if he performs really well in this tournament he could become [one of the best].Faker said that while both players are talented, he believes Bjergsen has a higher ceiling to become a star because of the developing North American scene and how many fans support him. In North America, Bjergsen can shine the brightest. Unfortunately for Smeb, he plays in a league with the best in the world.Bjergsen has more of a chance [with American players] to be a star, Faker said.ROX Tigers, Edward Gaming, even Team SoloMid have gotten more talk than SK Telecom T1 heading into the tournament. But Faker is still confident that if the Summoners Cup comes down to SKT T1 or ROX, he likes his chances.When we didnt make it to the Korean finals during the summer split, our condition was very bad, he said. Over the course of time weve recovered, so if we play [ROX] in the tournament, I think we have a higher chance of beating them. 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