The Badgers return to Camp Randall after their embarrassing defeat a week ago at the hands of Oregon St. Utah st is coming off a big win over rival Utah, and are probably feeling pretty confident about their prospects in this game. However, Wisconsins home performances the last couple of years have been significantly better than their road performances. The Badgers have won seventeen straight homes games, most of them have been slaughters, even against the good teams. The badgers are favored by 14.5 points in this game, a spread which I dont feel to comfortable picking the Badgers to cover.
Montee Ball comes into this game averaging just 3.9 yards per carry so far on the year. He really cant afford to have any more bad performances if he plans to be in the Heisman hunt come November. Danny O'Brien has also been less than impressive, but its hard to tell if this is his fault, or if OC Matt Canada isnt giving him the opportunity to show what he can do.
Looking back, this start probably shouldnt be much of a shock. With a completely different offensive line, different quarterback, and different receivers, there was no chance the offense was simply going to pick up where it left off last year. Still, 16.5 points per game is an incredible drop off, but I have faith the offense will improve.
Utah st has an explosive offense that can rack up yards and points with the best of them. Last year they 448 yards and 38 points against an SEC defense, but still lost, showing their defense is pretty suspect. Their offense is led by 6'1" QB Charlie Keeton, who last week threw for two touchdowns, completed seventy percent of his passes, and added another 86 yards rushing, and hes only a sophomore.
Prediction: As I said before, I cant predict the Badgers to cover the spread the way theyve been playing, But i do think they will come away with the win. Badgers 31-21
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