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**Iowa @ Wisconsin Prediction Thread**

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Iowa is off to a 4-0 start and that is great. Iowa hasn't had a lot of success against Wisconsin since Alvarez left. Everybody kind of looks at 2009 as the turning point for Iowa football after we lost a close one to Wisconsin. Is this team ready to take that step to the next level? A win at Wisconsin would do that and let people know Iowa is for real. Unfortunately I don't see us quite there yet. Iowa wont get much push on the Wisky OL and I don't see Iowa establishing a run game of any kind. It will be a typical Ferentz close loss I think. Giving us hope, but not quite good enough.

Wisconsin - 21 Iowa - 17
 
This game is going to be similar to the Pitt game where the Hawks are playing against a team with a great defense and a not so good offense. However, Wisconsin's defense is better than Pitt's. The Pitt game really shouldn't have been as close as it was with their blocked punt td and the td set up by the int. If Iowa plays like it has been and doesn't turn the ball over, I see them coming out with a win 24-21.
 
I watched Wisky last night against Hawaii and it was Hawaii but they looked salty on D and the running game is coming around. They have a freshman LB Orr that plays nasty. Massive O line as usual. Stave looks pedistrian but gets the job done. He looks for Alex Erickson on 9 of 10 throws so we need King to lock him down.

My primary concern is injuries. We put a lot into winning these first 4 and rightfully so but Ott and Daniels are no where near 100%. Taylor, Mabin and now Myers are injured to the extent they missed game time. That's 5 starters already. I think CJB is banged up some as well from the hits he has taken. I felt good about this game a couple of weeks ago but not so sure now.
 
It will come down to turnovers and special teams. Ball security will be huge, and field position and making tough fgs will be gigantic factor.

In the end, Iowa wins 23-20 in overtime.
 
I see that Utah beat Oregon 62-20 in Eugene yesterday. I see that Arkansas lost at home, again. I see NW nipped Ball State 24-19 in Evanston. And most of all, I remember Wisconsin 31, Iowa 30 at Kinnick Stadium in 2010. Kinnick was going crazy after a 3rd down stop. Wisconsin was forced to punt from deep in its own territory with about 5 minutes to play and Iowa leading 30-24. Game over. Wait. Fake punt....

As we see from week to week, almost anything can happen in college football. But to state the obvious, Iowa needs to exact some payback in Madison. I believed in Beathard two years ago. Many others joined the bandwagon last year. And now, well, I cannot visualize a Hawkeye loss with CJ running the show. The Iowa defense will be ready. I hope the offense helps CJ by running a trick play or three. Hawaii's best scoring chance last night came after a halfback pass went for about 50 yards. And the misdirection Iowa showed in the red zone against Pitt will be huge in confusing and slowing down the aggressive Wisky D.

The Iowa coaches have shown a remarkable turnaround. The "new KF" allowed his team to score 62 points against his old buddy yesterday. With my Hawkeye glasses on, I see a tremendous win for the Hawkeyes. So Badgers, jump around on this:

Iowa - 34
Wisconsin - 20
 
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cedarvalleykid14 said:
I see that Utah beat Oregon 62-20 in Eugene yesterday. I see that Arkansas lost at home, again. I see NW nipped Ball State 24-19 in Evanston. And most of all, I remember Wisconsin 31, Iowa 30 at Kinnick Stadium in 2010. Kinnick was going crazy after a 3rd down stop. Wisconsin was forced to punt from deep in its own territory with about 5 minutes to play and Iowa leading 30-24. Game over. Wait. Fake punt....

As we see from week to week, almost anything can happen in college football. But to state the obvious, Iowa needs to exact some payback in Madison. I believed in Beathard two years ago. Many others joined the bandwagon last year. And now, well, I cannot visualize a Hawkeye loss with CJ running the show. The Iowa defense will be ready. I hope the offense helps CJ by running a trick play or three. Hawaii's best scoring chance last night came after a halfback pass went for about 50 yards. And the misdirection Iowa showed in the red zone against Pitt will be huge in confusing and slowing down the aggressive Wisky D.

The Iowa coaches have shown a remarkable turnaround. The "new KF" allowed his team to score 62 points against his old buddy yesterday. With my Hawkeye glasses on, I see a tremendous win for the Hawkeyes. So Badgers, jump around on this:

Iowa - 34
Wisconsin - 20
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27-24 Hawks. It could be closer than that.
 
Iowa is the better team this year. I think we also have the better coaching staff, kicker, punter, RB, QB. This team is determined and focused. Wisconsin cannot stay on top of division forever and we do not resemble the teams of the the last 4 years. Iowa makes a statement Saturday and wins 34-20.
 
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Hard to guess on this one - being it's at Wisconsin - going with F!@#$%ing Badgers 28-24 - sure hope I'm wrong
 
CJ has progressed upward each time out. He is still relatively inexperienced but I think he has only scratched the surface of his potential. He is 5-0 as our starter and he continues to improve. CJ is a star in the making, it's just gonna take games like this for the rest of the country to take notice. Hawks win this one 28-24, but if CJ starts clicking, look out! This kid has some 300+ yd games in him. If we can't move the ball on the ground, I'm not worried. We got us a passer that can also hurt you with his feet. Air raid sirens over Madison.
 
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IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life said:
Iowa is off to a 4-0 start and that is great. Iowa hasn't had a lot of success against Wisconsin since Alvarez left. Everybody kind of looks at 2009 as the turning point for Iowa football after we lost a close one to Wisconsin. Is this team ready to take that step to the next level? A win at Wisconsin would do that and let people know Iowa is for real. Unfortunately I don't see us quite there yet. Iowa wont get much push on the Wisky OL and I don't see Iowa establishing a run game of any kind. It will be a typical Ferentz close loss I think. Giving us hope, but not quite good enough.

Wisconsin - 21 Iowa - 17
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Call me crazy but I see the Hawks winning by a minimum of 2 scores. I'm thinking 31-14 Iowa.
 
End of 1, Iowa 7-0. CJ 1 yd sneak.
End of 2, Iowa 10-3, Koehn with FG as half expires
End of 3 Wisky 17-10, Board erupts with same ole KF statements.
End of 4, Iowa 20-17, CJ a short TD run, fumbles but reviewed and overturned. tied. Wisky playing to win, throws pick and Marshall gets his 2nd game winner of the year.
 
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For some reason I see low scoring here. 17-16 type game, picking Wisconsin in a brutally physical contest.

And I hope I'm wrong.
 
Don't think we're there yet. 27-21 Wisky. And then we take out some frustration on Illinois next week.
 
I see this as a relatively close game at the end of the first half 10-7 wisky. HAWKEYES come out fired up and the changes that were made at half time allows the HAWKEYE D to shut down the wisky O. CJB takes the game on his shoulders and the HAWKEYES score 2 more TD's.

21-10 HAWKEYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
The one take from this weekend's game that scares me going into Wisconsin is the rushing the North Texas had against us in the 2nd half. It seemed like the hawks did have trouble bringing down their backs in the 2nd half. Yes i understand we had a big lead and that can lead to less effort. Hopefully the D-line can continue their push in the first half and the other 3 games against the run and make Stave have to win with his arm. If that happens hawks win by 10
 
I've watched every game both teams have played so far this year, and am not convinced that this Wisconsin team is anywhere close to where they have been the last couple years. However, Iowa still has a lot to prove as well. I'll take Wisconsin because it's at Wisconsin, but I pretty much see this as a tossup
 
1stplacehawk said:
I've watched every game both teams have played so far this year, and am not convinced that this Wisconsin team is anywhere close to where they have been the last couple years. However, Iowa still has a lot to prove as well. I'll take Wisconsin because it's at Wisconsin, but I pretty much see this as a tossup[/QUOTE

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The spread is Wisconsin -8.

For what it's worth, I took the Hawks... but those predicting an outright Iowa win are not close to "market price".
 
I don't want to be over confident, but Wisconsin hasn't shown me anything we cant stop, or handle.
 
There will be a second trophy in the Iowa display case by mid afternoon Saturday.
Iowa 23 Wisconsin 16
 
If we continue to play the way we have, I don't see them doing anything we cant stop. IF. Now, that game at ISU helped prepare us for the environment that we will face on Sat. That was a good road test, where we faced some adversity on the road, and responded.
 
If we continue to play the way we have, I don't see them doing anything we cant stop. IF. Now, that game at ISU helped prepare us for the environment that we will face on Sat. That was a good road test, where we faced some adversity on the road, and responded.
 
Really interesting season as each week has presented a unique challenge.

Can Iowa: Handle a salty FCS team? Beat an amped ISU on the road? Avoid a letdown at home? Dominate a clearly inferior opponent? Four weeks and four "yeses."

And here we are at week 5 and the question is even more compelling, "How 'bout those stinkin' Badgers?"

Good guys finally win a close one in this series, Hawks 27 -21.
 
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We have won 3 out of the last 4 at Camp Randall. Not sure why people think homefield will be that critical, we typically play very well there. As mentioned earlier, the key to this game will be Iowa's young tackles keeping CJ upright against their blitzing LBs. I just don't see their offense being able to do much against us. We have the more well-rounded team and are better at every single position on offense as well as special teams. The only way we lose this is if some freaky stuff happens. It's our turn to win this year and it's about damn time.
 
The.Donald said:
We have won 3 out of the last 4 at Camp Randall. Not sure why people think homefield will be that critical, we typically play very well there. As mentioned earlier, the key to this game will be Iowa's young tackles keeping CJ upright against their blitzing LBs. I just don't see their offense being able to do much against us. We have the more well-rounded team and are better at every single position on offense as well as special teams. The only way we lose this is if some freaky stuff happens. It's our turn to win this year and it's about damn time.
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Agree with the O-line. Their LBs are pretty good on blitzes and very good at shooting gaps on the run. They attack very well. Ability to get into good play action pass down and distance will be important for our offense. On D I think we need to be prepared for about every formation from Wisky. They played a bunch of two fullback sets with the tailback against Hawaii and got the run game going. I know....it's Hawaii....but they were blowing them off the ball about every time they ran that formation and some nice run fakes and throw to the TE off of the same formation. I am sure this is going to be a bruiser and we can't be the team that makes the mistakes that gives up an easy TD (punt block e.g.) or gives them a short field with a turnover. I have faith in our boys though!! They seemed to be very focused after the North Texas game. Lots of comments from the first unit guys saying they started think about Wisconsin as soon as they were pulled from the last game. Keep you emotions in check and "do what you do"!
 
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