2017 Michigan gameday #11: at Wisconsin

Stop me if you've heard this one before:  ESPN GameDay is in town as Michigan goes on the road for a tough matchup with an undefeated top-5 conference foe.  This time the 8-2 Wolverines head west to Madison to face the 10-0 Badgers, owners of one of the weakest schedules in the country.  They've done their job, though, beating opponents into submission with a beefy ground-based attack and stout defense.  This is a team whose identity (and city) are very similar to their Big Ten foes.

The parallels to the week 7 game with Penn State may be there, but this is a Michigan squad that's largely changed since then.  The running game has established itself behind star back Karan Higdon, plus RS freshman Brandon Peters has somewhat stabilized the questionable QB position.

We're in for a typical fall Big Ten conference tilt and I'm looking for Jim Harbaugh's team to sneak an upset away from a very good Wisconsin team looking ahead to their conference championship game appearance.  A lot will have to go right for the Wolverines, a young group that will have to break their habit of drive-killing mistakes and seize every opportunity, but I give the team a fighting chance as they linger on the outside of the division title talk.  Beat Bucky and set up another huge matchup for The Game next Saturday.

Let's.

Go.

Blue.