Johnkester59
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Why would I not get it? I watch football from every corner of the country and have done so for 30 years now. Speed can be a decisive advantage when there is a large talent discrepancy and one team just cant compete but in modern football every good team has speed. Wisconsin has NFL talent all over the field. You aren't going to overwhelm the Badgers with athletes. Your 25 4 stars are cute, OSU has 63. Yet it was a 6 point game and the Badgers had two chances to win it in the last 5 mins as OSUs speed was unable to do much of anything in the 2nd half. Maryland has more 4 stars than Wisconsin, stars don't mean squat once a kid is in the program for a couple months.
The point isn't to say that UW will win for sure over Miami, I expect a hard fought match-up between too really good and motivated teams. I could definitely see the Canes winning this one. If they do it will be because they won the LOS and limited UW's run game while fending off our aggressive front 7. The speed factor, or rather UW's lack of it, is just lazy, stereotypical drivel. I could go pull up the threads from the last time we played and it would be nearly identical. "Wisconsin has never seen speed like 'insert your Southern/Western team here' possesses and we will blow them out. Badgers = slow, fat and boring."
Meanwhile, in real life, UW has 30 players in the NFL including multiple All-Pros, has about 15 NFL guys getting PT on this team and has lost 2 games since 2010 by more than 7 points (both to National Champions, OSU in '14 Bama in '15) and has the 4th most wins of any program during that stretch. We have played teams renowned for their speed such as Oregon, USC, LSU, and Auburn yet none of them ran us off the field or even seemed to have much of an edge at all in raw athleticism.
In 09, UW took it to your very own Canes, who we were told nonstop would run circles around our slow, simple Midwesterners. The U pt 2 had just come out and you guys were feeling yourselves, your team was woofing it up before the game and after every play. Then you got punched in the mouth and told 'be humble' by these same slow, simple Midwesterners. I don't think Harris ever recovered from the epic beating we laid on him that night.
Every game that UW has lost during that time was due to the other team winning the LOS. Speed obviously helps, every team needs guys that can make something out of nothing. The mistake is to think that Miami is the only team in the Orange Bowl that has those guys. The U may very well have the edge in certain match-ups, and speed may be one of the reasons but it isn't the only reason. This will come down to the battle in the trenches. UW is going to try to lean on your Dline so that the cracks become holes in the 4th qtr. OSU was able to prevent this because they have a 12 person rotation on their Dline (nearly all of whom are 4 or 5 star guys) and were able to stay fresh and aggressive all game. From what I have seen Miami doesn't have that kind of depth, though the starters are every bit as good, and that could be the key to the game right there. UW's pass game doesn't look like much but it is incredibly efficient and if Hornibrook is given time he can carve up a D with the PA. Obviously turnovers will be key and that could be a big edge for the U as the UW O is much more prone to them, though the Badgers also force a ton on D. It should be a fun, hard hitting game, good luck Canes.
The point isn't to say that UW will win for sure over Miami, I expect a hard fought match-up between too really good and motivated teams. I could definitely see the Canes winning this one. If they do it will be because they won the LOS and limited UW's run game while fending off our aggressive front 7. The speed factor, or rather UW's lack of it, is just lazy, stereotypical drivel. I could go pull up the threads from the last time we played and it would be nearly identical. "Wisconsin has never seen speed like 'insert your Southern/Western team here' possesses and we will blow them out. Badgers = slow, fat and boring."
Meanwhile, in real life, UW has 30 players in the NFL including multiple All-Pros, has about 15 NFL guys getting PT on this team and has lost 2 games since 2010 by more than 7 points (both to National Champions, OSU in '14 Bama in '15) and has the 4th most wins of any program during that stretch. We have played teams renowned for their speed such as Oregon, USC, LSU, and Auburn yet none of them ran us off the field or even seemed to have much of an edge at all in raw athleticism.
In 09, UW took it to your very own Canes, who we were told nonstop would run circles around our slow, simple Midwesterners. The U pt 2 had just come out and you guys were feeling yourselves, your team was woofing it up before the game and after every play. Then you got punched in the mouth and told 'be humble' by these same slow, simple Midwesterners. I don't think Harris ever recovered from the epic beating we laid on him that night.
Every game that UW has lost during that time was due to the other team winning the LOS. Speed obviously helps, every team needs guys that can make something out of nothing. The mistake is to think that Miami is the only team in the Orange Bowl that has those guys. The U may very well have the edge in certain match-ups, and speed may be one of the reasons but it isn't the only reason. This will come down to the battle in the trenches. UW is going to try to lean on your Dline so that the cracks become holes in the 4th qtr. OSU was able to prevent this because they have a 12 person rotation on their Dline (nearly all of whom are 4 or 5 star guys) and were able to stay fresh and aggressive all game. From what I have seen Miami doesn't have that kind of depth, though the starters are every bit as good, and that could be the key to the game right there. UW's pass game doesn't look like much but it is incredibly efficient and if Hornibrook is given time he can carve up a D with the PA. Obviously turnovers will be key and that could be a big edge for the U as the UW O is much more prone to them, though the Badgers also force a ton on D. It should be a fun, hard hitting game, good luck Canes.
