Rutgers football gameday!

Are you in your seats yet RU ticket holders? We know it's dumping buckets of rain outside and you'd prolly rather be in your RV or under a tent (that's left standing from the wind) before heading into the Scarlet Knights Football Stadium as late as possible. Coach Kyle Flood however has said be IN your seats at kickoff for Wisconsin. So good luck with your soaked selves. The rest of us will watch on the teevee.

It's homecoming in Piscataway and here come the Hungry Hungry Badgers and THAT famed offensive line. Across the front Wisconsin usually has five cave troll-sized human beings that act like road graders. It's no surprise that Wisconsin has had running backs like Ron Dayne, Montee Ball and now Melvin Gordon. Nope, there's nothing fancy about Wisconsin. They are going to run the ball down your throat up by ten, up by twenty, down by five or down by twenty-one.

This should greatly worry Rutgers fans as after the last two weeks of not stopping Ohio State or Nebraska's running games, here come the pros. Like Johnny said last week, if they didn't stop Nebraska from running they had no chance. They didn't. Maybe coach Flood can work on a defense this week that can keep eight or nine in the box at time sand force Bucky to throw. Johnny will throw out this number, on this wet windy day if the Rutgers defense can force Wisconsin to throw twenty times they have a chance.

That chance would be greatly enhanced if Gary Nova were running the offense today but that's questionable. If redshirt freshman Chris Laviano plays he's gonna need to have the game of his young life.

Wisconsin sometimes goes to sleep on the road (see Northwestern), they have done it before. Who knows, if Rutgers blocks a punt or field goal on a wet day and make a couple breaks that will take pressure off the RU offense. Still, Johnny's seen this game before. Wisconsin runs ball and keeps running ball to control time of possession. Their opponents see the ball two, three or four times less than they are used to and the pressure to score builds quickly. The Badger offense works much like a python or boa constrictor. Even in the rain.

Fearless Forecast
Wisconsin 44
Rutgers 17