Cotton/Outback Bowl Thread (RTB!!)

Submitted by crg on January 2nd, 2017 at 12:48 PM

RTB! Hopefully at least one team from Michigan will actually win their bowl game. However, I expect WMU to score more than OSU did on Saturday.

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lhglrkwg

January 2nd, 2017 at 12:53 PM ^

Not sure what to make of this one. I'd think on a normal day, Wisconsin could beat up WMU pretty good but this is WMU's biggest game ever and Wisconsin went immediately from playoff contender to like 3rd/4th in the Big Ten pecking order playing a MAC team. Motivation and enthusiasm will definitely be with the Fighting Flecks

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ATC

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:05 PM ^

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UMProud

January 2nd, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^

Wisky defense is going to make life hard for WMU not sure they are up.for the challenge. I see a Wisconsin blowout here. Cotton bowl organizers and advertisers can't be too excited about a small regional school. I wouldn't watch this if something else was on if I were not a Michigan resident. Sort of shocked a MAC school got invited irrespective of record

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jcouz

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:07 PM ^

Highest ranked non P5 conference champ is an auto bid.

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SalvatoreQuattro

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:02 PM ^

The boat is going to sink.

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carolina blue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:02 PM ^

Definitely doing some flipping between these two. I anticipate the cotton bowl to be a Wisconsin domination and ending up watching a bit more of the outback bowl. We shall see. Go Hawkeyes!

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Mabel Pines

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^

Too soon.

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TNWolverine

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:09 PM ^

Heck of a catch by Fumagalli. Wow

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lhglrkwg

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:09 PM ^

Wow. What a grab

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Mannix

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:09 PM ^

Fleck has some good asst's. Broncos looked well coached in spite of being a bit overmatched at point of attack.

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A Lot of Milk

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:10 PM ^

And that's why no one will take a group of five team seriously for playoff consideration. Absolutely manball'd

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carolina blue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:11 PM ^

Yep. Talent gap is just way too large.

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lhglrkwg

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:11 PM ^

Yeah...this isn't going to go well for Western.

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UMxWolverines

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:12 PM ^

Can someone explain to me why Wisconsin always has great offensive lines and running backs despite recruiting mostly 3 stars and lower? And we still struggle?

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Brown Bear

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:19 PM ^

Cheese Curds and bratwurst

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UMProud

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:20 PM ^

Behold the power of cheese

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RoseInBlue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^

They're playing Western Michigan. They're OL outbodies WMU's DL by an average of 40 lbs.

That said, they're OL is typically decent. I'd imagine it's because they're scheme and game plan has honestly been the same basically forever. They know what they do and they know how to do it well.

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umichshea

January 2nd, 2017 at 3:13 PM ^

And Western has bottled them up for the most part...they get killed early on some wide receiver jet sweeps. However, the D has bounced back nicely and is holding up at the point of attack. So I'm not sure Wisky has some great o-line.

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carolina blue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:12 PM ^

Nice pick by Iowa.

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M-Dog

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:13 PM ^

Iowa makes the pick. On their way to 41-7.

ESS EEE SEE!!

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lhglrkwg

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:14 PM ^

I really don't care much for conference perceptions in bowl season, but the Big Ten might be in for a rough record. Not sure I see Iowa beating Florida and I think USC is going to crush PSU. Too bad we couldn't eke out the win over FSU because we'd be the popular Big Ten team in the MSM this offseason if we had

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lhglrkwg

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^

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Tom Burke

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:56 PM ^

When's the last time a team returned two 2-point conversions the other way in one season?

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Trump

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:15 PM ^

Don't count the broncos out just yet

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M-Dog

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:15 PM ^

F00I

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carolina blue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:20 PM ^

Damn. Another pick

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M-Dog

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:22 PM ^

A field goal may win this game for Iowa.

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carolina blue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:23 PM ^

That absolutely was targeting! Wow!

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Meyer's mustache

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:30 PM ^

Western Michigans defensive line is not good enough to play with Wisconsin o-line

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erald01

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:30 PM ^

Western is going to get destroyed

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The Geek

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^

i an watching the outback, but wisconsin should plow western today. could get ugly, just like the fiesta bowl lol

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erald01

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:38 PM ^

Im going back and forth but Florida's and Iowa's offense is just bad. No excitement

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Epic-Blue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:34 PM ^

I guess the Bowl selection committee didn't learn their lesson from the Florida State N. Illinois game a few years ago.

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carolina blue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:35 PM ^

They don't have a choice. Cotton was required to take Western.

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Epic-Blue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:38 PM ^

Thanks for the clarification. Forgot they take the top seat for non-power five teams.

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M-Dog

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:54 PM ^

They rotate the G5 team every year like that bad government employee that gets rotated from department to department because they are not allowed to be fired.

It sucks, but there is nothing you can do about it. When it's your turn it's your turn.

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A Lot of Milk

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:59 PM ^

What bowls are exempt from that? I would assume the rose is

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The Geek

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:36 PM ^

3-3 in the outback

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The Geek

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:37 PM ^

anyone going ti watch the rose bowl? i feel dirty when i watch psu.

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January 2nd, 2017 at 1:43 PM ^

I will to watch anything to see Penn state lose

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The Geek

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:50 PM ^

true

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bronxblue

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^

WMU can't hang physically with UW, so they have to find ways to score the few times they get any momentum. Thus far, Wiscy is just crushing them.

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maizenblue87

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:44 PM ^

Rooting for WMU. My son and his wife (he's a WMU alum and they're both WMU students) are at the game. My middle son is a Wisconsin student so bit bit of divided loyalties.

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Meyer's mustache

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:48 PM ^

Wisconsin's defensive line is so bad!

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Amutnal

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^

How are refs so incompetent? That was an Iowa recovery.

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snarling wolverine

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:53 PM ^

Wow, Kirk Ferentz has the same record as Harbaugh the last two years (20-6). Wouldn't have guessed that.

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A Lot of Milk

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:56 PM ^

How many times have they had to play Ohio State or Florida State in those two years? Because they were half our losses

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snarling wolverine

January 2nd, 2017 at 2:00 PM ^

OTOH, Iowa is also responsible for one of our losses.

I'm not saying they've been as good as us but for as much ridicule as Ferentz gets, his record isn't bad.

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A Lot of Milk

January 2nd, 2017 at 2:10 PM ^

Agreed. I think his criticism comes from the fact that his losses are bad losses. Choked in the B1G title game, smacked by Stanford in the rose, beat at home by an FCS school. None of those look good in a headline

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The Geek

January 2nd, 2017 at 1:58 PM ^

man, Iowa's defense looking good

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