Montee Ball Ties Barry Sanders' Touchdown Record In 2012 Rose Bowl

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Montee Ball Ties Barry Sanders' Touchdown Record In 2012 Rose Bowl

By Jason Kirk  @JasonKirkSBN on Jan 2 2012, 6:05p +

How do you respond to the longest touchdown in Rose Bowl history? If you're the Wisconsin Badgers, you just keep doing Wisconsin Badgers things, because you score a lot of points anyway. So no problem!

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Russell Wilson continued flaying the Oregon Ducks defense early in the second quarter, starting from his own 36 and finding Nick Toon and Jared Abbrederis, but it was again Montee Ball who starred. Driving in his second touchdown of the day, Ball tied Barry Sanders' single-season touchdown record with his second of the day.

Haters would point out that it's taken Ball 14 games to do what Sanders did in 11, but 39 touchdowns in a single year is nothing to scoff at. Here's how the latest happened:

For more on the Rose Bowl, visit Wisconsin blog Bucky's 5th Quarter and Oregon blog Addicted to Quack, plus Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and Big Ten blog Off Tackle Empire.