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Minnesota vs Wisconsin Prediction Game Preview

Minnesota vs Wisconsin game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 13 game on Saturday, November 26

Minnesota vs Wisconsin prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 13, Saturday, November 26

Minnesota vs Wisconsin Prediction Game Preview

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Minnesota vs Wisconsin How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 26
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Minnesota (7-4), Wisconsin (6-5)
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Why Minnesota Will Win

The Wisconsin passing game isn’t getting better.

Graham Mertz isn’t getting a ton of help, and the Maryland game was an outlier with the bad weather, but 29-of-71 for 336 yards and two touchdowns with three picks in three games isn’t good.

The running game wasn’t able to make up for it in the loss to Iowa, the defense hasn’t been its normal special self, and Minnesota should be able to take advantage of all of it.

Wisconsin is 5-0 when running for 193 yards or more and 6-1 when running for 175 yards or more. Minnesota has allowed more than 160 yards in just two games, on the flip side it’s getting a special season out of Mohamed Ibrahim.

The veteran has ripped off over 100 yards in every game he played – he missed the Purdue game hurt – and almost pulled out the 13-10 loss to Iowa by himself with 263 yards.

However …

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Why Wisconsin Will Win

Can Minnesota get by without a passing game?

Freshman Athan Kaliakmanis has the arm, but he doesn’t have the touch and hasn’t been great over the last three games hitting 20-of-40 passes with no touchdowns and one pick.

There’s an outside chance Tanner Morgan is back, but no matter what the Badgers will load up against Ibrahim and the run – the D is just fine against one-dimensional attacks.

Nebraska was able to keep the Gopher ground game in relative check. If it can do that, Wisconsin can do the same. It gave up fewer than 100 rushing yards in six games and allowed over 140 just once in the blasting from Ohio State.

Minnesota is 1-3 when it wins for fewer than 170 yards and 6-1 when it doesn’t. There’s that, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Wisconsin is a different team in Camp Randall.

It blew out Northwestern in Evanston, but it struggled in the win last week over Nebraska to get bowl eligible. It gagged at Michigan State, couldn’t stop screwing up against Iowa, and got rolled by Ohio State.

The O hasn’t always been great no matter where it plays, and Minnesota’s defense will keep this close, but the Badger run D will be a wee bit better as it takes back the Paul Bunyan Axe.

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Minnesota vs Wisconsin Prediction, Line

Wisconsin 21, Minnesota 17
Line: Wisconsin -3.5, o/u: 35.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Minnesota vs Wisconsin Must See Rating (out of 5): 3.5

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Minnesota vs Wisconsin Prediction, Game Preview

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Minnesota vs Wisconsin Broadcast

Date: Saturday, December 19
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
Network: BTN

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Why Minnesota Will Win

Mohamed Ibrahim is the running back Wisconsin wished it had.

He’s a tough, powerful back who’ll handle the ball 20 times or more with over a 100 yards a game. Tough, quick, and mature enough to handle carrying the whole offense – and to get down rather than score late against Nebraska to seal the win – he’s the offense. He was held  in check by the Badgers last year, but tore off 121 yards and a score as a freshman.

He might have a rough time against this year’s Wisconsin D, but he won’t have to do much – one score could do it.

The Badger offense has gone bye-bye.

Most of the top receivers are hurt, star freshman get Jalen Berger missed last week’s game against Iowa, and there’s just nothing happening to get the offense mining with three straight games with seven points or fewer. The 56 rushing yards last week against the Hawkeyes in the ugly 28-7 loss were the fewest since late 2015.

However …

Why Wisconsin Will Win

Even with all of the problems offensively, the defense is still able to do just enough to stay alive.

If hit a wall last week in Iowa City when the O stalled time after time, but it’s still the nation’s No. 1 defense in third down stops, No. 3 against the run, and even in this disaster of the season, Wisconsin still statistically has the best defense in all of college football.

Minnesota isn’t getting enough out of the passing game to matter. The Badgers will load up everyone to slow down Ibrahim, limit the big plays, and then hope to get enough easy chance for the offense to finally break through.

Iowa was able to power away for 235 yards on the ground against the Gophers, and that’s what Wisconsin will get back to doing. Nothing cute, nothing funky, just keep pounding, let the defense take care of the rest, and hope it all finally starts to work again.

What’s Going To Happen

Minnesota slipped past Wisconsin 63-0 back in 1890. Ever since then, through a few world wars, a whole lot of bad weather, and several runs of domination by each side, this thing has kept on going.

It’s the Paul Bunyan Axe game, and after it seemed like it would have to be skipped this year, it’s back on.

Wisconsin is on a run of 15 wins in the last 16, but Minnesota can make it two of the last three if the Badger offense can’t figure out how to score again.

It won’t be anything pretty, but it’ll be exactly how both teams will want to play.

Both teams will want to run, and both teams will want to rely on the other side to screw up and give away several easy opportunities. Wisconsin’s running game will do just a little bit more against a Minnesota defensive line that doesn’t get behind the line.

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Minnesota vs Wisconsin Prediction, Line

Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 10
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Wisconsin -12.5, o/u: 47.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 3

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