Wisconsin prediction thread
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Are you going to continually try to hump my leg on this site? Just want to know so I can wear appropriate legwear and outergarments. You don't hold a grudge from previous exchanges, by chance, do you? (chuckle)
Clement was nowhere near healthy against Michigan State, and it showed. He's healthy now, and like any reasonable fan, I am a bit concerned with his abilities. But...despite him not being healthy, Wisconsin still managed to 'eek out' a 3 1/2 TD win against MSU.
Wisconsin relies heavily on him. If he's not healthy, their offense goes from decent to well below average. Again, the Georgia State game illustrates how important he is. They don't have another RB like him.
We've struggled against a number of teams that aren't very good, which is why I'm very worried about this game. At this point is fairly safe to say that Wisconsin is pretty well battle-tested against good teams, whereas we've yet to play a team like them.
I don't even pay attention to who I respond to, so if you feel like you are being leg humped it's your imagination.
I simply respond to posts that I disagree with or to posts where I see holes in the logic. Nothing more nothing less.
so I will ask again, are you saying that Clement's injury and absence is the reason Wisconsin needed 10 4th quarter points to beat a 2-5 Sun Belt team?
Yep - we are going to get smashed and embarrassed again. We won't get over 100 yds rushing or 225 combined yards on offense. I think our D plays better than we expect....for 3 quarters.
Absolutely!! Everyone knows that their defense is lights out. That's a given. But their offense is not very good, and the only real star is Clemens. They are 89th in the nation. They have a FR QB that has been rough, and has more pics than TDs, and Clements is the only thing that can make them both dangerous on the ground, and open up the passing game.
Wisconsin doesn't overly impress me. Sure they played Michigan and Ohio State close but a loss is a loss. I think Iowa had them beat if Ferentz doesn't call that timeout. Sure we're not the healthiest but I think Riley and Co. find a way to get it done with us being 8-0 going into the shoe
Nebraska 24
Wisconsin 13
Nebraska 24
Wisconsin 13
ok. So by that logic if Nebraska simply sells out to stop Clement, how in the world is Wisconsin going to score 34 as you predicted? In one game this season Wisconsin has eclipsed 31 points. To get to 30 against a porous Michigan St defense they needed 4 turnovers, a defensive TD and a botched punt inside the 10.
Maybe you will be right, but just guessing without anything to back up what you are saying doesn't make you correct.
My original prediction was 24 - 17 Cornhuskers, but then I realized I've been predicting scores too high all season, so I lowered it to 21 - 17 Cornhuskers. Then after further analysis of the two defenses I decided that was still too many points, so I lowered the score to 14 - 10 Cornhuskers. Now I am thinking that Nebraska will be able to throw the ball just enough to merit 21 points. So my final prediction is 21 - 10 Cornhuskers.
Hornibrook has only had the benefit of a fully healthy Clement for at most a game or two. So with his added experience since the start of the year, and finally a healthy Clement, they could score a decent amount of points if we can't slow Clement down. What I'm saying is that Clement is getting fully healthy at a time that could work well with the additional experience of their FR QB. I hope I'm wrong.
I think you have too much doubt in how good NU is. Fact is, we are better than Wisky. We were last year and are even better this year. Just need to limit mistakes. That may be more difficult for a night game @ Camp Randall. I say we limit our mistakes and that Wiksy isn't good enough to beat us straight up. Just remember that tomorrow when Wisky has some success moving the ball. The goal is to outscore them in the end, not stop them completely. I would love that, but know that we are not that team yet. GBR
You're right. Just watching us repeatedly struggle against teams with lesser talent makes me nervous, whereas I think Wisconsin plays at a level above their talent. I would feel a lot more confident if our guys up front were healthy, and their LBs weren't so active.
Keep in mind that Clement didn't play in last year's game, so I think we'll see a pretty decent bump in their run production. I'm sure we are going to try to slow Clement down, and make the freshman beat us. I just hope we can get some pressure on him.
Both teams being totally healthy, I wouldn't hesitate to take NU. Our lack of depth is biting us in our ass.
Lets look at Clement's healthy games and how the offensed hummed with him.
LSU 21 carries 86 yards no receptions UW scores 16 points. The following week mightly jacksonville state scores 3 less points than UW against LSU
Mich. 17 carries 68 yards no receptions UW scores 7 points on a 31 yard drive.
OSU 25 carries 164 yards(88 on two plays) 1 reception 18 yards. UW scores 23 points. His best game leads to hornibrook having a 24.3 QBR
Iowa. 35 carries 134 yards. 2 receptions 11 yards. UW scores 17 points. Iowa gave up 35 to purdue and 38 to northwestern. Jackson for northwestern who i think is better than Clement had 26 carries for 171 yards and 3 receptions for 13 yards against Iowa. By comparison Nebraska held jackson to 20 carries for 79 yards and 3 receptions for 18 yards.
So still with a healthy Clement im not seeing anything that points to UW scoring more than 30. Especially since it seems Clement really isnt a threat out of the back field.
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You can see that as Clement has gotten healthy, he has had some very good games. As their young QB gets more experience, I see them scoring more points. When he has more INTs than TDs, you know they are obviously leaving points on the field. Much like we did last year.
I just want to see us play a complete game, because we really haven't done so this year. And with half of our OLine hobbled, we will have some problems moving the ball, and keeping their LBs off of Tommie.
Agree with that assessment. Just dont see it hitting 30 unless everything clicks for them and the breaks go their way. But nothing so far points to that happening especially with the talent of Nebraska's seconday
I can see this game easily as a defensive struggle that becomes a contest between field goal kickers. Advantage Nebraska. On the other hand, despite our defensive success this year, we have been a bend but don't break defense. That means Wisky might get a few more tries at field goals than we will. Advantage Wisky.
Damn, will Saturday night just get here already!
Damn, will Saturday night just get here already!
Maybe,could be raining by game time. If Nebraska can get some yds on the ground I will believe you can score more than 10.
If you guys can find a way to stay ahead of the chains and run the ball in 3-5 yard chunks I like your chances. If you get behind the chains and need TA to make throws, I dont.
Wisconsin isnt a great team but they have minimized mistakes in most of their games this year and made a play here and there when they needed to.
I am going Wisconsin 21 Neb 17. Think they have too much D on the road.
I wouldnt be shocked to see Neb pull it out though.
Wisconsin isnt a great team but they have minimized mistakes in most of their games this year and made a play here and there when they needed to.
I am going Wisconsin 21 Neb 17. Think they have too much D on the road.
I wouldnt be shocked to see Neb pull it out though.
This is th first loss I have picked...
I think it'll be a 1 score game until late...then Wisconsin capitalizes on a turnover.
Don't even kid about such shenanigans!!
I think it'll be a 1 score game until late...then Wisconsin capitalizes on a turnover. Don't even kid about such shenanigans!!
I guess I don't see the strength weakness argument.
Nebraska defense is a good match up for Wisconsin offense. Wisconsin all year long has struggled to sustain drives and have had turnover issues. Nebraska's defense forces teams to sustain drives and has forced turnovers. Wisconsin does not have elite talent at wide receiver, this allows Banker to match up on the edges and load up to stop Clement.
I like the match up from that standpoint.
Nebraska defense is a good match up for Wisconsin offense. Wisconsin all year long has struggled to sustain drives and have had turnover issues. Nebraska's defense forces teams to sustain drives and has forced turnovers. Wisconsin does not have elite talent at wide receiver, this allows Banker to match up on the edges and load up to stop Clement.
I like the match up from that standpoint.
We don't laugh at this prediction since it has been close to true a few times.
Well based on this thread, nothing to lose.
I say 24-20 nebraska, I think they put together their most complete game, about 3 quarters, go into half down one, 13-14. Second half they pick it up and pull it out late.
Clement gets injured in the 2nd quarter but they still run well, but 2 interceptions by nebraska better Armstrongs one 2nd quarter int.
Now we see if I'm ms. Cleo.
I say 24-20 nebraska, I think they put together their most complete game, about 3 quarters, go into half down one, 13-14. Second half they pick it up and pull it out late.
Clement gets injured in the 2nd quarter but they still run well, but 2 interceptions by nebraska better Armstrongs one 2nd quarter int.
Now we see if I'm ms. Cleo.
Lol the Badgers didn't become super juggernauts this year from last year, I'm pretty sure this is a similar team from last year who beat us in the last second. This years game will be just like last year and very low scoring. I think we load the box to stop the run and force them to throw the ball against our good DBs. No way we lose this year and this isn't a team under Bo
Huskers 17
Badgers 13
Huskers 17
Badgers 13
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