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Who: The University of Michigan Football Team and The University of Wisconsin Football Team
What: Play a football game
When: Saturday, October 2, 2021, NOON Eastern
Where: Madison, WI, or at home in your living room, televised nationally on FOX
Why: I do not know.
Michigan is 4-0, and looked solid through the first 3 1/2 games, until the lackluster 2nd half against Rutgers.
Wisconsin is 1-2, with their only win against a decent EMU team (currently 3-1). THey suffered a close loss at home to PennSt early in the year (in a mistake-filled game), and a bad loss (41-13) to ND last weekend. The Badgers actually lead that one 13-10 early in the 4th Q, before completely collapsing amidst a flurry of INTs & Pick-6s, surrendering 31 PTS to ND over the games last 14:00.
Wisconsin actually OUTGAINED ND, 318 Yards to 248, and held ND to only nine (9) yards rushing, which really underlines how terrible their QB, Mertz, played.
Nevertheless, most people are predicting this to be a close game, given how our forte has been running the ball, and Wisconsin has the nation's #1 ranked rush defense, and #2 overall defense. This game might come down to who throws more INTs...
LINE: VEGAS likes Wisconsin, by a bit... consensus puts the Badgers as a 1 1/2 pt. favorite, with an o/u of 43 1/2.
There's one person who likes us better than we like ourselves: Sagarin has us ranked #4, with the 20th toughest SOS so far, and would give us a 7 pt edge in this one (he has UW #30, with the 3rd toughest).
This one is hard to call... presumably both teams will struggle to move the ball, and so field position & turnovers may play a HUGE role in the outcome.
But go ahead and post your predictions nevertheless, along with a bit of analysis if you so choose, but... save the woofing and barking for other threads!
What: Play a football game
When: Saturday, October 2, 2021, NOON Eastern
Where: Madison, WI, or at home in your living room, televised nationally on FOX
Why: I do not know.
Michigan is 4-0, and looked solid through the first 3 1/2 games, until the lackluster 2nd half against Rutgers.
Wisconsin is 1-2, with their only win against a decent EMU team (currently 3-1). THey suffered a close loss at home to PennSt early in the year (in a mistake-filled game), and a bad loss (41-13) to ND last weekend. The Badgers actually lead that one 13-10 early in the 4th Q, before completely collapsing amidst a flurry of INTs & Pick-6s, surrendering 31 PTS to ND over the games last 14:00.
Wisconsin actually OUTGAINED ND, 318 Yards to 248, and held ND to only nine (9) yards rushing, which really underlines how terrible their QB, Mertz, played.
Nevertheless, most people are predicting this to be a close game, given how our forte has been running the ball, and Wisconsin has the nation's #1 ranked rush defense, and #2 overall defense. This game might come down to who throws more INTs...
LINE: VEGAS likes Wisconsin, by a bit... consensus puts the Badgers as a 1 1/2 pt. favorite, with an o/u of 43 1/2.
There's one person who likes us better than we like ourselves: Sagarin has us ranked #4, with the 20th toughest SOS so far, and would give us a 7 pt edge in this one (he has UW #30, with the 3rd toughest).
This one is hard to call... presumably both teams will struggle to move the ball, and so field position & turnovers may play a HUGE role in the outcome.
But go ahead and post your predictions nevertheless, along with a bit of analysis if you so choose, but... save the woofing and barking for other threads!