Nehlen picks Wisconsin over Michigan State

Moderator:  What about – now Wisconsin is going to Michigan State.  Don, you’ve played at Michigan State, you know, coached against them when you were at Michigan, what’s Wisconsin facing there?

Don Nehlen:   Well, I think Michigan State is pretty good on defense.  I think their quarterback is not having as good a year, but I think the reason is the wide receivers are dropping the ball, but I still think Wisconsin is a better all around football team.  I think that’ll be a pretty darn good battle.  I don’t think it’ll be a blowout like Wisconsin has had, but I’d give them a little bit of an edge.  But it’ll be a good football game.  I really believe that.

Moderator:  Richard, do you have any thoughts?

Richard Billingsley:  I think this will be the – of all the undefeated teams that we’re talking about this week, I think Wisconsin has the hardest game coming up.  You know, LSU is playing at home, they’re a pretty big favorite over Auburn.  Stanford is playing at home and they’re a pretty big favorite over Washington even though, I’ll tell you guys, both of those are going to be tough games.  But Wisconsin playing on the road at Michigan State I think is going to be the toughest game of the undefeated contenders that we’re going to see this week.  I’m really looking forward to that and Wisconsin has an opportunity here now to really showcase just how good they are going on the road and playing a really good Michigan State team.  So, we’ll see how they come out of that game and how that – that’s going to have a big impact on my rankings this week.

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