When this game was on the calendar in the summer, we all looked towards Lane Kiffin going up against the Badgers. That’s still a storyline to see what Lane has in store for Wisconsin, but all minds are on the FAU players and community who might not be able to come home after this game. Hurricane Irma is bearing down on the southern part of Florida and ready to hit on Sunday. We have no idea how bad it’s going to be but all indications are that it will be a living hell. Hopefully, this game will provide some time to turn off brains and just play football.

WHEN: Saturday, September 9th
TIME: 11:00 am
CHANNEL: Big Ten Network

Chris James time to shine?
With Bradrick Shaw likely not playing with a leg injury, Jonathan Taylor and Chris James will be given a boatload of the carries in the backfield. I expect both to have an opportunity to have big games against an FAU team that struggled mightily to stop Navy’s rushing attack. James struggled in his first game and could really use the bounce back appearance against a lowly Owls team.

Slow starts can’t happen
Wisconsin started last Friday off very slow, and they came back to dominate Utah State in the second half. The hope is this doesn’t become common place for the Badgers. It would be nice to see Wisconsin’s offense come out firing early on and start to put points up early on Florida Atlantic. Slow starts are how you let teams believe they can hang with you.

Dealing with the Chikwe Obasih injury
Wisconsin lost yet another starter on their depth chart when Chikwe Obasih went down with an injury suffered at practice. It appears he will miss some significant time with the injury which was a knee issue. That’s a huge loss up front, and one that Wisconsin will look to fill this weekend. It likely means more Alec James and Conor Sheehy up front.

Prediction
Wisconsin comes in as quite the favorite against FAU as a 32-point favorite. The line keeps climbing for Wisconsin. I can’t escape the thought of FAU getting run all over on by Navy, and I believe Wisconsin will do much of the same. Badgers roll in this one. UW 49-14

Charlie.