5th Quarter Consensus: Badgers victorious on Halloween

by Jbharris87 on Oct 29, 2009 8:55 PM CDT in UW Football Comment 3 comments

Purdue at Wisconsin

Kickoff: 11 a.m. CT

Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wis.

Weather Forecast: 43F, Partly cloudy, 10% chance of rain

TV: ESPN2

Radio: WIBA-AM 1310, WIBA-FM 101.5 and the Badgers Radio Network

Coverage: A week's worth of coverage at Bucky's 5th Quarter

Opposing Blogs: Boiled Sports and Hammer and Rails

The Consensus

Adam Hoge (6-1, +91): Wisconsin 27, Purdue 21

Jake Harris ( 6-1, +93): Wisconsin 31, Purdue 17

Benjamin Worgull (BadgerNation.com): Wisconsin 38, Purdue 23

The Reasoning

Wisconsin is coming off a bye week and is well-rested and healthy. John Clay and Garrett Graham got hurt during the loss to Iowa but will be back. Mike Taylor's season-ending knee injury is the only noteworthy problem on defense. While the Badgers lost their last two games, Ohio State and Iowa are probably the two best teams in the Big Ten. Purdue has made strides this season, upsetting Ohio State and beating Illinois after starting the season 1-5. New head coach Danny Hope is doing a good job teaching the Boilermakers his system and the team is progressing well. Still, they have not won a road game this season and Camp Randall Stadium is not an easy place to reverse that trend. The Badgers have yet to lose to an inferior team at home under Bret Bielema and Wisconsin is the clear favorite on paper.

Scott Tolzien should rebound nicely after two error-filled performances against tough defenses. John Clay could have a big day running the football against the second-worst rushing defense in the Big Ten. The Badgers' offensive line, which has been banged up since camp, might finally be healthy. Defensively, expect Wisconsin to give up yards to the Boilermakers' talented offense. Fifth-year senior quarterback Joey Elliott has 14 touchdown passes this season and forms a nice tandem with the conference's second-leading rusher, Ralph Bolden. Purdue runs a balanced attack, but Wisconsin's defense played well in its two losses and seems to have gotten better as the season has progressed. The Badgers will have what it takes to walk out of Camp Randall winners of their 23rd straight victory over an unranked team in Madison.

Who has the edge?

Offense: Purdue

Defense: Wisconsin

Special Teams: Purdue

Coaching: Wisconsin

Intangibles: Wisconsin

-Jake Harris

Poll

Who you got Saturday, Wisconsin or Purdue?

Wisconsin by 1-9

15 votes

Wisconsin by 10 or more

19 votes

Purdue by 1-9

13 votes

Purdue by 10 or more

0 votes

47 votes | Poll has closed

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"Scott Tolzien should rebound nicely"

I don’t follow your logic.

by PurdueMatt on Oct 30, 2009 1:00 PM CDT reply actions

I believe he's saying your defense is not tough.

But it would be nice if you could explain WHY you don’t follow his logic.

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by Adam Hoge on Oct 30, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Thought it was self-explanatory...

But, here goes:

He’s had two weeks to watch film and fix mistakes.
He just faced the two best defenses in the conference.
He is about to face a pretty bad defense, one that is second-worst in the conference against the run. When Purdue needs to stack the box to have any chance of containing the run game, there will be holes for an air attack.
He is playing at home, where he has played much better than on the road.
The team most likely will not be playing from way behind, the way it was during much of the OSU and Iowa losses, when he had to pass on every down. The defense won’t be able to let the linemen pin their ears back and rush him while the back seven sit back and wait for picks.

These factors might all contribute to Tolzien performing better than he did in the last two games.

-Jake Harris

by Jbharris87 on Oct 30, 2009 3:30 PM CDT reply actions

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Big Ten Conference Standings

(updated 4.3.2010 at 10:04 PM CDT)

	Conf		Overall
	W	L	W	L
Purdue Boilermakers Hammer and Rails	14	4	29	6
Ohio St. Buckeyes	14	4	29	8
Michigan St. Spartans The Only Colors	14	4	28	8
Wisconsin Badgers Bucky's 5th Quarter	13	5	24	9
Illinois Fighting Illini Hail to the Orange	10	8	21	15
Minnesota Golden Gophers The Daily Gopher	9	9	21	14
Northwestern Wildcats Sippin' On Purple	7	11	20	14
Michigan Wolverines Maize n Brew	7	11	15	17
Indiana Hoosiers The Crimson Quarry	4	14	10	21
Iowa Hawkeyes Black Heart Gold Pants	4	14	10	22
Penn St. Nittany Lions Black Shoe Diaries	3	15	11	20

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Iowa Black Heart Gold Pants	Wed 03/03	W 67 - 40

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