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ESPN’s ‘Bear’ Fallica shares some key stats for Iowa-Wisconsin matchup
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The B1G is chock-full of good games this weekend. No. 6 Michigan is heading to The Woodshed to take on No. 8 Michigan State and No. 5 Ohio State welcomes No. 20 Penn State to the Shoe.
A game flying under the radar is No. 9 Iowa traveling up to Wisconsin in the battle for the Heartland Trophy.
Iowa is coming off a bye after a stunning 24-7 loss against Purdue. On the flip side, Wisconsin just beat Purdue on the road last weekend 30-13.
ESPN’s Chris ‘Bear’ Fallica dropped some little nuggets about the Iowa Wisconsin rivalry and playing for the Brass Bull Friday on Twitter.
Although Iowa is No. 9 in the AP Top 25 poll, the Hawkeyes enter the game as a 3.5-point underdog.
“The last three times Iowa has been an underdog,” said Chris ‘Bear’ Fallica via his Twitter account. ‘The Hawkeyes have won the game outright by double digits….”
The last three times Iowa has been an underdog, the Hawkeyes have won the game outright by double digits…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) October 28, 2021
This season, there has been a lot of teams who are unranked that are favorites over ranked opponents. There are plenty of stats about that.
Another week, another unranked team is a favorite over a ranked team – a position the Badgers found themselves in last week when they beat Purdue…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) October 28, 2021
This is the 12th time an unranked team has been favored over a ranked team this year. There hasn’t been any pattern as they are 6-5 outright and 5-6 ATS…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) October 28, 2021
However, the Hawkeyes are also the third AP Top 10 team this year to be an underdog vs an unranked team. Last week Oregon beat UCLA and Oklahoma State covered in this role…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) October 28, 2021
The Hawkeyes head on the road up to Madison to take on the Badgers at noon ET on ESPN.