Three Easy Pieces to Stopping the Wisconsin Badgers' Offense

That’s all that should matter. Period. The guy is 70% against the spread and probably way better than that sraight up. He thinks Wisconsin wins this game close, but no way is it a blow out.

One other thing to factor in is that they have only played at home besides a neutral site game against N. Illinois. You know what Wisconsin’s road record in the Big Ten is under Beliema? 10-10. You know how many times Wisconsin under Beliema has beat a Big Ten team that finished in the top 25 on the road? 0.

Here are their road wins; 3 @ Indiana, 2 @ Purdue, 2 @ Minnesota, 2 @ Iowa, 1 @ Michigan.

Wisconsin is an excellent team and 3 weeks ago I thought we had no chance. However, when you consider our improved play, the cupcake schedule they’ve played at home, and their road record the last 5 years I really think we have a chance. I expect a close game Saturday night. If we can average 4+ YPC I really like our chances for the upset.

I think your right, it seems like MSU has always struggled when its secondary struggles. That said IF we can control the run And we can get some good heat on Wilson, which he really hasn’t seen much off yet this year, then I think our secondary could have a big day. They’ve been very opportunistic this year and if we can get Wilson to throw some passes under duress then we could see a some INT’s and a nice turnover margin.

Always nothing but classy. Given that this Wisconsin team is obviously the greatest football team in the history of the sport you’re probably right that MSU doesn’t stand a chance and there probably is no reason to either talk about or even play the game.

But it is possible. And this comes from a dyed-in-the-wool Badger fan. The fact is, Wisconsin really hasn’t played a defense like Michigan State yet, much less on the road. Nebraska had talent, but no cohesion; that much is evident by their performances against Washington, Ohio State, etc. The rest of the teams we’ve played are laughably bad on that side of the ball.

Michigan State is going to play relentless defense. This is more their game of the year than it is ours (with all undue respect to tO$U). Do I think Wisconsin has the horses to overcome Michigan State? Yes. Do I think Michigan State has a shot to take Wisconsin out of their comfort zone for the first time all year? Absolutely.

I like UW by 4 at the half, 13 at the final whistle.

After the jump, three ways that the Spartans can game plan for Wisconsin’s explosive offense.

The article is about 3 ways to game plan for just your offense. No where does he say it’ll be easy. The whole introduction is full of compliments about your offense.

The title employs a little tool called sarcasm. No one here or anywhere thinks state can just come in and use 3 theoretical ideas to beat a great Wisconsin team, all three of those steps are very complex with a lot of moving parts. That is why college football coaches get paid like they do, not many people can do their job. They are just a well informed preview of some things we might try to beat you guys.

As far as your point on Russell Wilson goes, I agree with you, but what you’re saying is exactly what Pete was saying in the article, treat him as a passer, not a runner. If we treat him as a runner, he’ll throw right over our blitzes.

I’m with you regarding the let down after U of M. We have the gnarliest October schedule in the NCAA and pretty much everyone has said so, add in to that the emotions spent at O$U and last week and thats a recipe for a let down. That said, I think under the lights, at home, on homecoming vs. the team everyone expects to be the waiting at the end of the year to play the first Big Ten championship game and I think the boys will be up.

As for coming out with less fire on Defense, I don’t see that happening. Based on the coaches comments I heard this week I think the coaching staff loved the aggressiveness and toughness. Given Dantonio’s straight edge nature my humble guess is he would have come out stronger against Gholston except that he didn’t want the team to play any less passionately, just smarter.