IOWA AT WISCONSIN PREDICTION THREAD

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Who wins and challenges Minny for the West title, and by how much?

  • Iowa, by 3 or less

    Votes: 12 14.8%

  • Iowa, by 7 or less

    Votes: 14 17.3%

  • Iowa, by 10 or less

    Votes: 5 6.2%

  • Iowa, by 11 or more

    Votes: 5 6.2%

  • Wisky, by 3 or less

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Wisky, by 7 or less

    Votes: 14 17.3%

  • Wisky, by 10 or less

    Votes: 17 21.0%

  • Wisky, by 11 or more

    Votes: 14 17.3%
  • Total voters
    81
  • Poll closed .
proudhawkfan21 said:
Hawks 27-24. I know, I know....it just has a feel for defense setting the tone on both sides. Two of their scores will be set up by a turnover and good field possession. Two will be from "looks like we cant stop them" kinda drives. My guess is the 1st drive and middle of the 4th qtr with Iowa up 27-17. In between, defensive score and 2 short field TDs drives for the Hawks. One sustained drive resulting in fg. Both defenses make a big impact here, just both deal with short fields. I'm describing us by the book..all of the things you see from Iowa...except converting. I think we convert into a couple more td's this week....now excuse me while I throw up.

Yes, this is the week Goodson gets worked heavily...comparatively...into the game plan. Two weeks to prepare for his use out of the backfield on routes and check down opportunities.
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With a 27-24 tone I don't see either defense setting the tone. If the defenses are setting the tone I don't see either team putting up 20 or more.
 
seepig said:
Spoken like a true homer. I'm going to watch and just shake by head by the ineptitude of the offense. Playing Wisconsin anywhere coming off a bye week is bad news. D will be on the field alot and keep us in it. We will make a terrible TO deep in our territory and possibly have less than 12 first downs. Kirk will once again try and fight in a phone booth only to come out with all of us shaking our heads saying we could'a won that game but didn't. This is a TRUE wash, rinse and repeat. The definition of insanity people.
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Iowa hasn't given up a run of over twenty yards all season, held the #4 team in the country to 17 points, in a game they should have won, Jack Coan is awful, and Schott is back on the inside, where he was very good early in the year. Prepare to be surprised.

Edit: bet the under though.
 
Ian Pike Hammer said:
To me, this is the pivotal game of the year. Been waiting for this one since Sept. Very hard to win at Camp Randle Stadium, though it's been done; and recently. Badgers have shown that they can be beaten.However, it's been widely publicized Iowa will sell out and put 8 in the box to try to stop the Wisc. awesome running game. Badgers do have a dangerous passing game, so our defensive backs will be "on an island" much of the game. You can bet Nate Stanley really, really wants to win this game! That doesn't mean he will show up, however.
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Iowa's defense is good, but very vulnerable to the inside run. Taylor will run for 150+. Iowa's offense is ineffective on the road in big games. The offense can't adjust when there is a lot of crowd noise.

Wisconsin 24 Iowa 6
 
I have a hard time buying that Iowa gets held under 10 points. Wisconsin's defense has either blanked teams or given up at least 2 TD's. Iowa's lowest output of the season, 3 points, came in a trial by fire situation for a new offensive line configuration in AJ's first game back. The next lowest against Penn State was only a week later and we still managed over 10 points behind Stanley's 286 yards passing. I think we're healthier and better up front which will mitigate the primary factor in Iowa's 2 losses, Stanley getting pummeled. If Iowa keeps him moderately clean, I think we put up 17+ points. We have a more proven TE now that should give Stanley a bit more confidence in the red zone and makes Wiscy account for yet another target in our increasingly diverse passing attack. Spread the field to get Goodson and the running backs more space and our offense will have enough umph to do it's job.

As for the defense, I think Phil has the guys talking a big game about bottling up Taylor. But, unless I missed something, that's always our MO. Bottle up the run and force the pass. I feel relatively comfortable with our linebacker situation and think we can contain Taylor to under 150 yards and a TD. Wiscy's passing game isn't anything special. NW made the blueprint and Illinois and OSU followed it. Coan is an excellent game manager, but he has yet to show the ability to win games when it's all on him. To his credit, I think he gets the ball where it needs to be, but they just don't have the horses at receiver that they usually do.

I think Iowa shocks the Badgers at home and and takes it 17-13 behind 250 yards passing and 2 TD's from Stanley (one passing and one qb sneak over the goal line).
 
Wisky 21 - Iowa 9 The only way the Hawks win is if Stanley has a good/great game. Unfortunately, I think he will be getting pounded which will lead to mistakes.
 
cincyhawk said:
Iowa hasn't given up a run of over twenty yards all season, held the #4 team in the country to 17 points, in a game they should have won, Jack Coan is awful, and Schott is back on the inside, where he was very good early in the year. Prepare to be surprised.

Edit: bet the under though.
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Thanks for the insight very glad the Schott kid is back this week. I did not see the 2 deeps this week. That's good news. Coan is terrible particularly if you make him move a bit...can we get that done with the 4 man rush. The podcast from Wisconsin suggested that they aren't the usual studs on the Wisconsin OL so that's good. If we can play clean we have a better shot. The D is good enough to keep us in every game (recall we did give up 20 against a back up QB at Purdue).
 
seepig said:
Thanks for the insight very glad the Schott kid is back this week. I did not see the 2 deeps this week. That's good news. Coan is terrible particularly if you make him move a bit...can we get that done with the 4 man rush. The podcast from Wisconsin suggested that they aren't the usual studs on the Wisconsin OL so that's good. If we can play clean we have a better shot. The D is good enough to keep us in every game (recall we did give up 20 against a back up QB at Purdue).
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That Purdue score was padded in bogus time and was nowhere near as close as it appeared. We were up 19-10 with under 3 to go, held them to a FG, then accidentally punched in a TD too quick to go up by 26-13 about 40 seconds later. We went into prevent D and let them eat up the rest of the clock while trying to get out of there without any injuries. So really, 20 points is more like 13 considering that if Sargent wouldn't have burst through for the quick TD, it would have been 22-13. Just like those basketball games that get the final score padded with bogus time free throws.

Also, very similar to last years 21-17 game that turned into 28-17 after the ball inexplicably bounced off a wide open Smith-Marsette's hands for an interception and a play to run out the clock went for a TD.
 
N8theGr8 said:
That Purdue score was padded in bogus time and was nowhere near as close as it appeared. We were up 19-10 with under 3 to go, held them to a FG, then accidentally punched in a TD too quick to go up by 26-13 about 40 seconds later. We went into prevent D and let them eat up the rest of the clock while trying to get out of there without any injuries. So really, 20 points is more like 13 considering that if Sargent wouldn't have burst through for the quick TD, it would have been 22-13. Just like those basketball games that get the final score padded with bogus time free throws.

Also, very similar to last years 21-17 game that turned into 28-17 after the ball inexplicably bounced off a wide open Smith-Marsette's hands for an interception and a play to run out the clock went for a TD.
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Youre talking about the fullback counter to Ingle, which also cost us Nick Niemann for a month because he hurt his hamstring trying to run Ingle down.

Niemann had just been beat in coverage against Davis or Taylor for the go ahead TD. Tough 4th quarter for Niemann.
 
N8theGr8 said:
That Purdue score was padded in bogus time and was nowhere near as close as it appeared. We were up 19-10 with under 3 to go, held them to a FG, then accidentally punched in a TD too quick to go up by 26-13 about 40 seconds later. We went into prevent D and let them eat up the rest of the clock while trying to get out of there without any injuries. So really, 20 points is more like 13 considering that if Sargent wouldn't have burst through for the quick TD, it would have been 22-13. Just like those basketball games that get the final score padded with bogus time free throws.

Also, very similar to last years 21-17 game that turned into 28-17 after the ball inexplicably bounced off a wide open Smith-Marsette's hands for an interception and a play to run out the clock went for a TD.
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Not to mention the atrocious "false start" call against Purdue.
 
The poll currently stands at 43-34, Badgers. Curiously, no-one thinks Iowa will lose by a FG
or less.
 
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