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Topic: #11 Michigan (0-1, 2-1) at #13 Wisconsin (1-0, 3-0) - Post Game

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847badgerfan

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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #252 on: September 20, 2019, 08:10:27 AM »
Not sure what the weather will be.IMO for M to come out on top their passing game has to come together.As 847 pointed out W's starting Safety Nelson is out.UW will get theirs on the ground for sure and Coan appears more than capable of stretching the field.Michigan can't fumble the ball away like they have and W can't start either.If the students can get to the game on time the crowd may factore in.It's why they play the games.I'm hoping on a late arrival of out of town relatives.See what happens when a sister makes arrangements with a niece.Nobody ever bothered to ask for my schedule

Oh I forgot the Badgers have won 4 in a row in Madtown
Seems to me you might be coming down with something...
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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #253 on: September 20, 2019, 08:12:49 AM »
Finally, the two leaders will get to play against Michigan.

From the Milwaukee paper:

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MADISON – Fifth-year senior linebacker Chris Orr and fourth-year junior wide receiver Quintez Cephus likely will play critical roles when No. 14 Wisconsin hosts No. 10 Michigan in the teams’ Big Ten opener on Saturday.

Curiously, neither player has made a significant contribution in the series despite the fact that the teams have met in each of the last three seasons.



Orr suffered a season-ending knee injury in the 2016 opener and missed UW’s 14-7 loss in Ann Arbor. He did not play in UW’s 24-10 victory in 2017 in Madison and played on special teams last season in a 38-13 loss in Ann Arbor.



He has yet to record a tackle against the Wolverines.



Cephus was a freshman reserve when the teams met in 2016 and played sparingly. He missed the ’17 meeting because of a broken leg suffered two weeks earlier at Indiana. He was suspended for the ’18 season after being charged with two counts of sexual assault, though he was eventually found not guilty on both counts.



He has yet to record a catch against the Wolverines.



Orr, third on UW in tackles with eight, was pointing to the Michigan game throughout the Badgers’ week off.

“The hardest part about a bye week is not playing on Saturday,” he said. “You’re watching everybody else play and you’re itching to get on the field.”

Cephus leads UW in receptions (nine) and receiving yards (169). He is eager to test his game against Michigan’s secondary.
“It is going to be a great challenge,” he said. “I am just excited to go up against a bunch of great athletes.”
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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #254 on: September 20, 2019, 08:19:14 AM »
That categorizes as equally benign as "We're looking to make a statement." But at least it helps shelve the idea that Michigan players were giving quotes but UW players weren't. All in all, the talk feels equal (and far from "mouthy") to me.
"Knocking off the trendy favorites" was not a quote from Chris Orr. It was an addition (with very bad grammar) from the writer.
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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #255 on: September 20, 2019, 08:26:31 AM »
This is what you look like if you want to play ILB as a true freshman at Wisconsin. I love the way this kid hits. Had he played for a big high school in a populated area, he's a 5* recruit. I'm glad he wasn't, because then he wouldn't be a Badger.

Hopefully, Leo Chenal will be a known name after tomorrow.



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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #256 on: September 20, 2019, 08:28:48 AM »
Athlon likes Michigan 27
                Wisconsin 24

Detroit Free Press likes UW 27
                                  M  23

2 of 3 MLIVE writers have UW winning

Odds Shark Sports Book has their computerized score as UW-31.6
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Another computer has M 28.6 UW 26 okay

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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #257 on: September 20, 2019, 08:31:08 AM »
Seems to me you might be coming down with something...
Smashing advice,you're right to gross to even mention here
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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #258 on: September 20, 2019, 08:34:00 AM »
Our old friend at College Football News Pete Fuitak,err,Badgerfan likes Wisconsin 24, Michigan 20

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As a freshman, Taylor ran for 132 yards in the win over the Wolverines, and last year he ran for 101 yards in the wipeout loss – but he has yet to run for a touchdown in the series. He will on Saturday.

Michigan will come up with its share of big plays in the backfield with long defensive stretches of shutting down the Badger O, but on the other side, there won’t be enough of a Wolverine ground game to ever take control.
The Badgers will get just enough good runs out of Taylor to control the clock, and Coan will connect on two big deep throws to get the O going. It’ll be a grind on both sides, but Wisconsin’s defense will be the difference in the fourth quarter as it comes up with three big stops to hang on.
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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #259 on: September 20, 2019, 08:55:37 AM »
don't think it will be a close game. I have a feeling either Wisconsin will open up a can on Michigan and get some payback for last year and whip Michigan's ass and Michigan's O continues to tank- or Michigan's offense will finally click with that two weeks to work out some kinks and get a little boost with LT Jon Runyan back and WR Donovan Peoples-Jones back and they'll be able to put up some points and pull away.

Michigan has the receivers to make big plays down the field. Shea Patterson flat out has to play better. He's missed like 6 wide open walk-in TD's deep with crappy throws/bad reads. He needs to hit those plays. The Michigan pass offense is very bad right now. They need to open it up, get more creative- and Shea needs to hit the freaking throws for the big plays when they are there. Shea starts actually hitting the big plays and he makes the right reads in the read option stuff and keeps the ball once in awhile- the run game will open up for Charbonnet and Turner.  

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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #260 on: September 20, 2019, 09:02:46 AM »
Yeah, the strength of Michigan's offense will be going against the weakest part of the Wisconsin defense - the CB's. If Patterson is on, Michigan will have a good day down field. UW is very tough against the run, and has a good pass rush.
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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #261 on: September 20, 2019, 09:05:48 AM »
This is what I’ve been saying. I expect Michigan to go deep early and often to see what they can accomplish and try to get the lead.

Can Wisconsin defend it? Can They make them pay via sacks or getting them behind the chains? Can they match it with great balance between running and passing on their side of the ball?

Fascinating match up.  
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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #262 on: September 20, 2019, 09:16:06 AM »
Michigan's defense will get enough stops on Taylor and will get to Coan when he tries to pass.  If Patterson and Runyan are healthy and back as advertised Patterson will do a lot of damage through the air.  Yes, Wisconsin's D is good but I think coach Harbaugh, the QB whisperer, will cure Patterson's of fumbles, hanging onto the ball too long and bailing out of the pocket early. 

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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #263 on: September 20, 2019, 09:17:21 AM »
Gutsy.  I like it!
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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #264 on: September 20, 2019, 09:19:06 AM »
31? Wowzers. 

UW has given up 3 points in its last 3 games, going back to Miami, and no points in its last 11 quarters.
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Re: #11 Michigan (2-0, 0-0) @ #13 Wisconsin (2-0, 0-0) - Game Week
« Reply #265 on: September 20, 2019, 09:19:13 AM »
Wisconsin might not have to defend it. I'm very nervous about this game because: Shea Patterson. He is so talented, he really is. He's an athletic QB that can really run and his mechanics and arm are both very good. He throws a great looking ball. You can see why he was rated a 5*. The measurables are there. It's everything else where he's really lacking. His pocket presence sucks. He actually runs himself into sacks by leaving the pocket when he should just slide or step up. He doesn't feel the pocket like the great ones do. He holds the ball too long, he locks in on his first read, he never audibles. Army was playing off Black 10 yards plus literally the entire game. Navarre and Henne used to always call an audible and throw a smokescreen to Braylon back in the day when defenses would play off Braylon that far. Easy pitch and catch for 10 yards and a first down. You never see Shea do this. Ever. Shea is always late with his throws and he misses wide open guys because he locks onto his primary like no one I've ever seen. Zone coverages seem to confuse the hell out of him.

Very talented athlete, really nice throwing motion and has good arm strength- but the measurables don't matter when you don't have the intangibles. He's just not a natural QB or smart football player. Some guys just have it. He doesn't.

 

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