Wisconsin

The rest is going to be babble.  A redshirt freshman quarterback starting his second game is not going to go into Michigan Stadium and beat the Wolverines.

Wisconsin didn't look great against powerhouse Georgia State.  Eking it out against genteel Southerners/criminals (LSU), and Les Miles, at raucous Lambeau Field hardly matters.  And soundly beating, or winning by good fortune, against Michigan State in East Lansing requires a very loud SO WHAT!

Michigan will keep trying things until they find a way to score enough.  How good is Wisconsin's vaunted defense against edge speed?  Or tall and athletic receivers?  And besides, they have Jabrill Peppers.

Wisconsin does not have a threatening back.  Quarterback/recruit Alex Hornibrook, if he finishes the game, is not going to get it done against Michigan's space-age-in-complexity defense.

It is a special season in Ann Arbor:  #2 in scoring and #15 in scoring defense so far.  This is being billed as a big game and Michigan hasn't beaten a highly-ranked team since Brady Hoke was born.  There will be a lot of recruits on hand and the Big House will be rockin.  Rutgers and a bye week beckon.

Wisconsin is not a top-ten team right now and Michigan is.  Michigan 31-10.

Paul Chryst really does seem like a nice enough guy.  But he looks like a communist dictator.

I'm going to move to Columbia, Missouri.  The name is so nondescript I had to look it up.  It is probably the most boring college town I have ever been to--average terrain and roads and buildings that make it seem like everyday sprawl.

Ferguson is another hard to remember name but the events must be remembered.  Enrollment is down at Mizzou--that of the Southeast Conference--and they've got some problems.

Anyway, show me.  Urbz is king in the Big Ten until there is even the slightest chink.  

I'm starting to believe that "home town" bloggers cum analysts don't know what they're talking about.  Fe Fi Fo I'm watching a game.  Or let's review the stats and make a prediction.  Or even better, let's analyze the hell out of last year.

I, for one, don't know quite what Harbaugh is doing (and it sure is fun to watch).  This is probably as good a clue as anything, but it is also obscure.  Don Brown and others have come right out and said it about the defense--it is going to be so complex even the other coach and quarterback are not going to know what is coming.  On offense diversity and depth is the name of the game.  Now, on offense, defense, and special teams, we don't know what is still being held out for when the team finally is challenged.  We, especially as distant fans, don't know what's coming.

If one is a bettor, and just look around and there are so many analysts and predictors, you have to look at this:

Michigan is an 11-point favorite and the biggest question is, will they cover.  Go with the hot hand.  I have have no idea what to do about good linebackers--J.J. or T.J., now there's imagination--but I bet Harbaugh does.

Finally, the feel-good message for the game:

“‘Hey, get me Jabrill! Where’s Jabrill?’” Harbaugh said. “This past Saturday, I would just say, ‘Jabrill!’ And he’d be, ‘Yeah, I’m here coach! Right here!’ Two feet behind me."