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[trj]

While I agree that Wisconsin is very good they should have lost today. Purdue beat themselves with turnovers and penalties. They blocked a punt and should have had a touchdown but the guy fell down and they missed a field goal. Later they were driving again and threw an interception. The Purdue defense held them scoreless in the second half. This game was at Wisconsin. It will be a big challenge but I think the Hawks can beat Wisconsin.

I roll my eyes at this because that is the narrative for every Wisconsin game. Hornibrook’s play doesn’t matter they still win.

 

[DDThompson]

Yes let's waive white flag now....
Please

Sorry. Got body-snatched by a hater-glass-always-empty fan.

Purdue is playing above expectations so they look insurmountable too.

 

[DDThompson]

Wisconsin plays boring run first football. Yawn.

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

Wisconsin has not played a team with a winning record. I think they are beatable as soon as they play someone with a pulse. I mean,..Florida Alantic did beat Bethune-Cookman, but I'm not ready to say they are a top tier football team. Wisconsin is a pretender at this juncture for me.

With that schedule though...we have to pray for the douche head coaches in Minnesota or Michigan can pull one out of the fire. I'm just not sold on Wisconsin's offense or defense.

 

[HawksMN]

Wisconsin has not played a team with a winning record. I think they are beatable as soon as they play someone with a pulse. I mean,..Florida Alantic did beat Bethune-Cookman, but I'm not ready to say they are a top tier football team. Wisconsin is a pretender at this juncture for me.

With that schedule though...we have to pray for the douche head coaches in Minnesota or Michigan can pull one out of the fire. I'm just not sold on Wisconsin's offense or defense.

MN is not beating WI.

 

[Adam]

MN is not beating WI.

I feel differently. It is in the college sporting tradition for some middling team with some new hungry coach to rally for 1 game against some proposed giant and snake bite them. I think Minny has more than a punchers chance to beat Whisky. I think the same applies to the Iowa Minnesota game this year. Also Purdue has me legitimately worried.

 

[NCHawker]

I do so hope I'm wrong and will eat crow but I don't see any way we don't get blown out there thus year. :/

I'll withhold judgement on W until they play somebody with a pulse. I think If Iowa plays well (big IF) they'll have a chance to win.

 

[Adam]

I'll withhold judgement on W until they play somebody with a pulse. I think If Iowa plays well (big IF) they'll have a chance to win.

The truth is Iowa pretty much always has a chance to beat their opponent. I know that alot will cite the recent bowl performances as contrary to my statement, but I believe those games have been more of an outlier than the norm.

 

[ChosenChildren]

I think Iowa will play a great game against Wisconsin. It will be a close, hard fought affair.

 

[InGoodCo]

The truth is Iowa pretty much always has a chance to beat their opponent. I know that alot will cite the recent bowl performances as contrary to my statement, but I believe those games have been more of an outlier than the norm.

You mean it's not normal for football teams to take an entire month or longer off in between games and then expect to come out firing on all cylinders for essential exhibition games where the team gets to go on a week long vacation before hand?

 

[#1DieHardHawk]

Soft schedule or not, Wisconsin is legitimate. Personally, I don't see a weakness anywhere. Hornibrook isn't all-world, but he doesn't need to be. Outstanding RB with a very good O-line. Game-breaker who will kill with play-action in Cephus. Very good TE in Fumagalli (when healthy), and a defense that is solid at every level. The linebackers get all the press, but those corners are very, very good, and the D-line is stout.

We always play them tough, and I think it will be reasonably close in the 1st half. As the game goes on, I honestly don't see our DTs holding up, which will result in some methodical long scoring drives to close it out. If we are to have any chance at pulling it out, we will have to have long sustained drives that result in TDs. That's a tall task but not insurmountable.

 

[Seth53]

It's going to be a score almost exactly like the @MSU score and the same type of game.

 

[hawkeyes87]

I know that alot will cite the recent bowl performances as contrary to my statement, but I believe those games have been more of an outlier than the norm.

5 straight is not an outlier, it's a pattern. Kinda the opposite of "outlier".

 

[thetrza]

Thanks to realignment and B1G West schedules and cross over games Wisconsin could be a top 25 to 15 level team and go 11-1 for the season.

 

[taffaej]

Let's just get past this weeks game first. This is the big ten and nothing is easy.

 

[Adam]

5 straight is not an outlier, it's a pattern. Kinda the opposite of "outlier".

5 straight is most definitely a slanted perspective. You don't mention that in between "5 straight" there were 12 games each. The bowl games should factor no different than any other game. So the blowout losses are still an outlier. My statement holds true. Statistically Iowa has a chance to beat most opponents it faces.

 

[SmokeTownHawk]

I'm not predicting who wins but this game will be decided by fewer than 7 points.

Same here. Although I'm still fixated on the fact that Wisky seems to defy the law of gravity. But that's just me.