Wisconsin isn’t playing up to snuff, but will likely grind them down. Northwestern isn’t absolutely horrid (lost to Stanford by ten, Michigan state by 20) and is playing good today. Northwestern 2015-2018 is a winning program 36-17. They also decently matchup to Wisconsin the way they play and if you go by recruiting rankings they aren’t far apart talent wise.
Wisconsin gets to have an off day, they absolutely brutalized Harbaugh and his insane salary with a team that recruiting-wise shouldn’t have the talent to compete for a quarter with Michigan. Off days shouldn’t happen but it does to a lot of programs.
Personally I’m more concerned that Miami has played so bad in two of four games that if they played that bad again Maryland could beat them handily.
Today this team’s best comparisons are to Tennessee, FSU, and Virginia Tech. I wish we were in a position where leading Northwestern by 4 at half was considered a massive letdown.