Still hope

[Eda]

Just wanted to provide the annual mid-season reminder that the transative property does not apply in football.. got this from another forum...all in fun. From a Michigan Point of view


Thankfully Michigan is better than Ohio St.

also.. check this out

Iowa beat W. Michigan by 56pts.
Northwestern beat W. Michigan by 21pts. Which makes Iowa
35 pts better than Northwestern

Michigan beat Notre Dame by 11,
MSU lost by 4.
Which makes Michigan 15 pts better than MSU

MSU beat Iowa by 12, add in our +15 advantage to MSU and we are +27 on Iowa.

Iowa remember is 35pts better than Northwestern, so add on our +27 and we are
62pts better than Northwestern

Northwestern lost to OSU by 10. So 62 - 10 = 52...

Therefore we are 52pts better than OSU

Math can be fun!

 

[Eda]

Nothing like a Bye Week to refuel the optimism.

Nothing like a loss before the bye week to fuel the haters. It's been a long 1.5 weeks.

 

[ArvadaHawk]

I hope that Iowa can beat them, but they are the second toughest team in the conference. Wisconsin is a lot better than Iowa. Their offensive line averages around 320 pounds and I doubt that Iowa's pass rush can do much with them. Add to that, they probably have the best back that Iowa will face this year. He has home run capability, something Iowa's backs do not.

Offensively they will chew up the clock, keeping Iowa's offense on the sideline and wearing out the defense. Defensively they are better than Iowa overall. Their defensive line will cause Iowa problems. And with the exception of Powell, Iowa's wide receivers won't even test Wisconsin's defensive backs.

I don't know if this is still true after Saturday's games, but during the Wisky game, the commentators stated that Wisky had the #1 yards per carry rush offense in the nation (ahead of Oregons by like .01 yards, but still). That will be a very big challenge for our front 7, and if we go 8 in the box, we're going to get beat deep, probably multiple times.