Wisconsin Badgers-Iowa Hawkeyes: Letdown Or No Letdown?

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Published: October 22, 2010

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I shouldn’t have changed my mind.

No, I’m not talking about my decision in 1983 not to buy Duran Duran’s Seven and the Ragged Tiger after being snubbed by the cashier at Great American Music when I was 12 years old—that was a smart decision.

No, I’m talking about my reversal on last week’s Ohio State/Wisconsin game. In my preseason preview, I picked the Badgers to win, saying that I liked Wisconsin to make a statement against the overhyped Buckeyes.

But after the Spartans defeated Bucky and what I felt was a less than inspiring Homecoming win over a truly awful Minnesota team, I backed off and went with the Buckeyes in my game preview.

Big mistake.

Well, now I’m faced with the same exact problem.

In September, I picked the Iowa Hawkeyes to hand the Badgers their only loss of the season Saturday in Iowa City. But after the Badgers’ exhilarating and impressive win over Ohio State, I’m loath to pick against Wisconsin.

Not only did the 2010 Badgers and Bret Bielema prove themselves capable of playing and beating the big boys last week at Camp Randall, but I simply don’t want to be Mr. Negative for two consecutive weeks.

So how can the Badgers topple Iowa and claim the Heartland Trophy for just the third time in the seven-year history of the brass bull? Let’s look at the top storylines of the game:

 

1. Run the ball. Duh.

The biggest reason I backtracked on my preseason belief that Wisconsin could beat Ohio State was, not only the 2010 Buckeyes’ ridiculously stout rush defense (they had been allowing just 78.7 yards per game), but also John Clay’s pedestrian numbers against the Buckeyes over the last two years.

Apparently etching your offensive linemen’s numbers into your hair makes a difference, as Ohio State was not able to contain Clay fo...
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