who to cheer for--Hawkeyes/Badgers

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That time again where one our hated rivals will be who we want to win.

Based on remaining schedules the badgers have an easy schedule the rest of the way and would hate to have them go through the year with only 1 loss if they win this weekend.

The Hawkeyes are undefeated and prefer not to have them be in contention for a national title or a BCS bowl and they play OSU still

IMO, I prefer the HAwks to win because I hate BB and always have dislike the Badgers. We still play the Hawkeyes and would be nice to upset them and ruin their season.

Who is everyone else hoping will win
 

I'll be in Vegas for the weekend, so I'm also trying to figrue out who to bet on...if anyone. I hate them both, but I hate Iowa more...so sadly I think it will be as simple as that for my rooting/betting interest. WIS does have a really easy schedule left, but I'm still not convinced that they are a good enough team to roll through all of those.

The Hogeyes in the BCS would be a much worse nightmare than an 11-1 or 10-2 Becky season.

Who hates Iowa!!?!?
 

...tough one. I'm gonna go Iowa for the win. This is the last challenge on Wisconsin's schedule (unless you count Michigan going to Camp Randall...their away games are Indiana, Northwestern and Hawaii). Iowa still has to go to OSU. And, worst case scenario, we get shot at them on the last day of the season if they pull through the rest of the year w/ a BCS shot.
 

I'm hoping for Godzilla or an astroid to strike...

...Camp Randall midway through the 4th Quarter.

Between the two, I'm voting for Godzilla.
 

The fact that one of these teams has to win this game makes me want to vomit. With that said, this is a tough call. The last thing I want is for either Wisconsin or Iowa to be able to claim a share of the Big Ten title so who I will be cheering for will be heavily influenced by that.

Wisconsin has the easier schedule from here on out.... in fact I think the Iowa game is their toughest remaining on the schedule. If they beat Iowa, they could easily run the table. If Iowa wins they put Wisconsin out of contention, but then they're still undefeated. With games remaining @ MSU and @ OSU there is more potential for them to lose to a good team than there is for Wisconsin. I would say though that chances are 50-50 that the winner of this game finishes the Big Ten with only one loss, and then gets a share of the title if OSU slips up.

From my perspective, I think Iowa is the better team and they are less likely to slip up the rest of the way than Wisconsin is. Seeing Wisconsin get pasted by OSU last week is enough to allow me to cheer for them in this game. Right now Iowa controls their own destiny for a Big Ten title (although it will be difficult) and that disturbs me. Time for Iowa to be taken down a notch like Wisconsin was last week.
 


Easy choice. I respect Ferentz. He's a heck of a football coach. Bielema is a dufus. I'll be pulling for Iowa.
 


It's easy for me too. I live in Madison. Bucky loses and I get to enjoy the silence all week.
 

LC19 said:
+1 That is my decision maker too.
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+3, for me personally. HOWEVER, if a fan were to be rooting solely on the basis of which win would help Minnesota more, you'd have to root for Wisconsin. As someone pointed out, their schedule is much easier the rest of the way and could conceivably land them in a BCS bowl at 11-1. Assuming OSU also finishes 11-1 (and again, who knows), the Big 10 could end up with 2 BCS teams, which would bump all other bowl-eligible teams up in the pecking order. ALSO, since UM has already lost their head-to-head with Wisky, there's no chance of jumping them in the bowl order. That said, there's still an outside chance of jumping Iowa with a) a very strong finish, including a win at Iowa, and b) two or three additional Iowa losses.

My $0.02.
 



This is easy for me. Badgers suck.

But beyond that, Iowa is the only team that has a shot at a National Championship in the Big Ten. I think it will be very good for the Big Ten to have a contender. Even better for the gophers to defeat a very highly rated team to finish the regular season!!!
 

who are these hawkeyes & badgers you speak of?

i know of two lame ass teams who go by the names: hogeyes & becky. perhaps that is who you are referring to. i am confused. :confused:
 








Maroon92 said:
That time again where one our hated rivals will be who we want to win.

Based on remaining schedules the badgers have an easy schedule the rest of the way and would hate to have them go through the year with only 1 loss if they win this weekend.

The Hawkeyes are undefeated and prefer not to have them be in contention for a national title or a BCS bowl and they play OSU still

IMO, I prefer the HAwks to win because I hate BB and always have dislike the Badgers. We still play the Hawkeyes and would be nice to upset them and ruin their season.

Who is everyone else hoping will win
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This is the hardest question ever...ever!!
 

The fact that he's never lost to the Gophers doesn't preclude him from being a dufus. He just is.

He reminds me of our former basketball coach in Minnesota. The first time he looks a person in the eyes when he speaks will be the first. The social graces and personality of a tird.
 

Wisconsin. The sooner Iowa loses one the better. There is no way I want guys like Kinnicknation etc celebrating a win over Wisconsin, and having them talk about how great they are. If either team does finish 11-1 and make it to a BCS game, it will be lights out like it was for Iowa against USC a few years back in the Orange Bowl. When either team runs up against a good defense like Wisconsin did against Ohio State, they don't stand a chance.
 

Iowa and it's not even close!

I will never root for Wisconsin, no matter what the cause is!
 


This is the 2nd week in a row I've been openly rooting for Iowa. I think I'm going to go take a shower and use steel wool as a loofa.
 

If there are two teams playing that I both dislike I always root for the away team. If the away team wins there are thousands of home team fans going home feeling sad and dejected. That makes me happy.
 

Iowa is easier for me to hate because the vast majority of their fans I've met are so ignorant. Becky is impossible to cheer for at the same time, so being the game is in Madison, hopefully both teams beat each other to a pulp and the winner squeeks out a heart-breaker. I can never cheer for Iowa because of their fans but I do respect Captain Kirk as a coach. I would like the Gophers to play defense like Iowa and have the running game of Becky. Can't stand either fanbase. The thought of 60-65000 Becky fans leaving with their heads down and PO'd does make me smile a bit .
 

GoAUpher said:
It's easy for me too. I live in Madison. Bucky loses and I get to enjoy the silence all week.
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I'm in the same situation, except in suckeye land. They think they're the greatest fans in the world and it's sickening. I won't be cheering for becky, but I will be cheering against the suckeyes and hope they lose.

On 2nd thought, I'll go with Rescooter's response. Hopefully Godzilla shows up in the 4th.
 

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"How many times have you talked to him?"

Zero.

How many times have you asked him for his autograph?

Let's keep it civil GV.

Do you expect to participate on this board (which I have no problem with) and not expect Bielema to take some shots from us? Generally speaking I don't get into the "F Wisconsin or F Iowa" stuff the likes of lunatic-fringers like Bronko (I wrongly predicted a Gopher victory over your Badgers), but nevertheless I don't understand the fascination with visiting other school's chat boards. I have no interest and see no purpose in visiting Buckyville for the primary purpose of needling Badger fans.
 

Rescooter said:
...Camp Randall midway through the 4th Quarter.

Between the two, I'm voting for Godzilla.
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This would be best case scenario lol...but, if i have to root for one I'm pulling for the Hawkeyes...I dislike wisky too much...and I really believe Iowa is the better team. Their D is too good
 

Can we hope for nuclear winter to befall Madison just before gametime....
 

It must be tough to cheer for either of these two teams because you rarely beat them and if you do it's never both in the same season. But Brewster is going to change that, right?
 

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