Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema says that if they played a game today Kyle French would be his starting kicker, not three-year starter Philip Welch. Welch apparently is suffering from a leg injury.
Leg injury or not, coach Bielema has stated from the get go that the competition is open and by all accounts French has been banging them home in practice. Still, you don't just replace a veteran kicker the caliber of Welch unless there is a reason, and now we know why.