Wisconsin vs. Iowa: How to watch, predictions, game time, Week 13 TV schedule

Week 13 TV Guide

Sat, Nov 22, 2014
12:00 PM ET CBSS	Fordham	at	Army
12:00 PM ET SECN	Eastern Kentucky	at	Florida
12:00 PM ET SECN	Charleston Southern	at	(10) Georgia
12:00 PM ET BTN/BTN2	Rutgers	at	(11) Michigan State
12:00 PM ET BTN/BTN2	Indiana	at	(6) Ohio State
12:00 PM ET ESPNU	Northwestern	at	Purdue
12:00 PM ET ESPN3/ESGP	South Alabama	at	South Carolina
12:00 PM ET ESPN2	Penn State	at	Illinois
12:00 PM ET ESPN	(25) Minnesota	at	(23) Nebraska
12:00 PM ET FS1	Kansas	at	(21) Oklahoma
12:00 PM ET AMSN	Marshall	at	UAB
12:00 PM ET FSN	Texas-San Antonio	at	Western Kentucky
12:00 PM ET ESPNN	Southern Methodist	at	UCF
12:30 PM ET ESPN3/ESGP	Virginia Tech	at	Wake Forest
1:00 PM ET ESPN3	Appalachian State	at	Louisiana-Lafayette
1:00 PM ET PAC12	Washington State	at	(13) Arizona State
1:00 PM ET FCS	Louisiana Tech	at	Old Dominion
1:00 PM ET ESPN3	Western Michigan	at	Central Michigan
1:30 PM ET ROOT	New Mexico	at	Colorado State
2:00 PM ET ESPN3	Eastern Michigan	at	Ball State
3:00 PM ET BYUTV	Savannah State	at	BYU
3:00 PM ET ESPN3	Tulsa	at	Houston
3:30 PM ET ESPN3/ESGP	Georgia State	at	(22) Clemson
3:30 PM ET ABC/ESPN2	Boston College	at	(2) Florida State
3:30 PM ET BTN/BTN2	Maryland	at	Michigan
3:30 PM ET NBC	(24) Louisville	at	Notre Dame
3:30 PM ET ESPNU	Syracuse	at	Pittsburgh
3:30 PM ET CBS	(8) Mississippi	at	Arkansas
3:30 PM ET ABC/ESPN2	(16) Wisconsin	at	Iowa
3:30 PM ET FSN	Texas Tech	at	Iowa State
3:30 PM ET ESPN	(15) Arizona	at	(17) Utah
3:30 PM ET AMSN	FIU	at	North Texas
3:30 PM ET ESPN3	Tulane	at	East Carolina
4:00 PM ET SECN	Western Carolina	at	(1) Alabama
4:00 PM ET FS1	Stanford	at	California
4:00 PM ET ESPN3/ESGP	Louisiana-Monroe	at	New Mexico State
4:00 PM ET ESPNN	South Florida	at	Memphis
4:30 PM ET PAC12	Colorado	at	(2) Oregon
7:00 PM ET ESPN2	Miami (FL)	at	Virginia
7:00 PM ET ESPNU	Samford	at	(14) Auburn
7:00 PM ET AMSN	Florida Atlantic	at	Middle Tennessee
7:30 PM ET ESPN	(20) Missouri	at	Tennessee
7:30 PM ET FOX	Oklahoma State	at	(7) Baylor
7:30 PM ET SECN	Vanderbilt	at	(4) Mississippi State
8:00 PM ET ABC	(19) USC	at	(9) UCLA
8:00 PM ET CBSS	Cincinnati	at	Connecticut
10:15 PM ET ESPN2	Boise State	at	Wyoming
10:30 PM ET PAC12	Oregon State	at	Washington
10:30 PM ET ESPNU	Fresno State	at	Nevada
11:00 PM ET OCPV	UNLV	at	Hawaii

Who: Wisconsin vs. Iowa
When: Today, 2:30 p.m. CT
Where: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
TV: ABC/ESPN2 (Find out which here)
Streaming: WatchESPN
Radio: Badger Sports Network

After last week's insane, record-setting showing vs. Nebraska, what do the Wisconsin Badgers have in store next? We'll find out this afternoon in Iowa City.

After dropping the Big Ten opener at Northwestern Wisconsin has played its way back to No. 16 in the College Football playoff rankings. Iowa is unranked, but only one game behind Wisconsin in the Big Ten West -- as are Nebraska and Minnesota. Wisconsin, of course, holds any tiebreaker over Nebraska. It also plays Minnesota next weekend in the regular-season finale.

So for Wisconsin, as is expected considering the 10-point line, simply taking care of business will get the job done and keep the Badgers in line for another Big Ten championship game appearance. For an Iowa, an upset is necessary to keep its slim hopes alive in the division.

Here's B5Q's Andrew Rosin in his preview of the game:

For Kirk Ferentz's reputation as an old man who hates everything but scholarship punters and Matlock, he actually has an underrated passing game. Jake Rudock has thrown for 207 yards a game, completing about 64 percent of his passes and 12 touchdowns against four interceptions. C.J. Beathard might not have the "OR" attached to his name on the quarterback depth chart, but he's been more of an assist character than combo breaker when he's seen the field. It's not as "opposites attract" of a tag team as McStavoy, but they've been generally effective.

The Hawkeyes also have a lot of targets to throw to here. Receivers Tevaun Smith and Kevonte Martin-Manley join tight end Jake Duzey and running back Damon Bullock, and all have at least 30 catches. Damond Powell can also win a one-on-one matchup deep. Iowa's passing game doesn't have the star quality, but it's a passing game that takes what a defense gives it.

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Of course, there is the whole question of just how Iowa is going to run on the Wisconsin defense. Mark Weisman is a thumper at running back, but he became a tailback by meme-based necessity. So yes, he's a thumper, but going up against Michael Caputo and the cool playmaking linebacker corps is a recipe for a 20-carry, 30-yard sort of effort. Jordan Canzeri is more athletic, and since he returned for the Illinois game, he's been able to provide some lightning if what's between the tackles isn't what one would be hoping for.

In the passing game, you can expect the Badgers to do what they usually do. But they'll likely try to keep the passes attempted below 20. Iowa averages an interception per game, and is currently ranked 10th in completion percentage allowed at 51.7 percent. Add in the pass rush of Drew Ott (11.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, 7.0 hurries) and Louis Trinca-Pasat (10.5 TFL, 6.5 sacks), and while the Badgers can take what they can get, the run/pass split for the game will likely be 70 percent to 30 percent.

Predictions

Jake Harris: Wisconsin 24, Iowa 7

Louis Bien: Wisconsin 31, Iowa 17

Sam Brief: Wisconsin 31, Iowa 14

Luke Mueller: Wisconsin 35, Iowa 20

Mike Fiammetta: Wisconsin 34, Iowa 20

Andrew Rosin: Wisconsin 34, Iowa 10

Jake Kocorowski: Wisconsin 30, Iowa 20

Drew Hamm: 38-13 Iowa. Jk. Wisconsin is totes winning this one.

Greg Guenther: Wisconsin 21, Iowa 17

Who has the edge?

Offense: Wisconsin

Defense: Wisconsin

Special teams: Wisconsin

Coaching: Wisconsin

Intangibles: Iowa

- Jake Harris