I have looked at our schedule this year and two glaring tough games seem to be on our schedule. That being Penn State and Wisconsin. In my opinion, PSU is a clear season changer if we can beat them. That would be a serious accomplishment winning over them. I think that they are due the hype. But we seem to almost always play psu/franklin tough. Most likely, if we come to play, that will be a close game- and it is in Evanston right? But is it that much of a stretch that we can win over Wisconsin? Believe me, I'd love to. They are ranked a pre-season #12 by a lot of people. But are they over or under-hyped this year? I'm not sure. We beat them two years ago after some amazing calls late in the fourth quarter. This year, almost every prognosticator says we will lose to them and they will make it to the BIG championship game again this season- not us. But upon closer inspection, I think we have more of a chance than many are giving us. I am hoping that this year's version of UW football is like the MSU of 16'. My case in point. Don't they have a new DC for the third year in a row- named Jim Leanard (promoted from secondary coach)? They lost TJ Watt, Biegel and Clement from last year's team- arguably their best players. Sure- their OL will be very strong again- but won't our DL be too? Their qb- Hornibrook, has a suspect arm and only completed 58% of his passes- a lot of short throws too (only9tds to 7int). They do have a star transfer stud rb in Chris James (from Pitt- who we beat last year). But we have JJ and one of the best qbs in the nation in CThor. Wisc doesn't play Osu this year unless they play in the championship game against each other. They do get a bye week before they play us- if I read their schedule right. But is that really that much of an advantage? Am I missing something here? If I was a prognosticator/predictor of games, I'd say even though we play Wisc/Chryst (21-6, 13-4BT) in Madison, we have a good chance to win. Am I missing something here? Why do most season previewers say otherwise?