UWBadgers.com Senior Writer Mike Lucas offered his observations from Wisconsin's 23-21 win over USC in the Holiday Bowl. Get it straight from the source by following @LucasAtLarge on Twitter.

Vince Biegel capped successful night by pledging his return for his final year of eligibility in 2016. More committed than ever to Badgers

— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) December 31, 2015

Sojourn Shelton credited Caputo, Hillary & McEvoy for nurturing him as player & grooming him as leader. Will lead young secondary next year

— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) December 31, 2015

Bloody but unbowed Joel Stave put a punctuation mark on his career with the way he managed UW offense vs USC. Was rock steady in ever phase

— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) December 31, 2015

On "natural" sack trick Jack Cichy beat TE cutoff block on 1st. Split center/guard on 2nd. Bowled over TB on 3rd. Rivaled Schobert vs Auburn

— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) December 31, 2015

Tailback rotation played key role with Ogunbowale, Clement & Deal each contributing. Will need to lean on tailbacks while breaking in new QB

— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) December 31, 2015