{"id":16497,"date":"2009-12-04T17:53:10","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T22:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=16497"},"modified":"2009-12-04T17:58:38","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T22:58:38","slug":"wk14-wisconsin-vs-hawaii-pick-41209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/wk14-wisconsin-vs-hawaii-pick-41209\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 14: Badgers vs. Warriors Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Week 14 &#8211; WISCONSIN BADGERS (8-3) @ HAWAII WARRIORS (6-6)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: Saturday, December 5, 11:30 AM EST<br \/>\n<strong>Site<\/strong>: Honolulu, HI<br \/>\n<strong>BetUS LINE<\/strong>:  Wisconsin -12.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Badgers get a long flight over the Pacific and some first-rate weather this weekend as they do battle in Aloha Stadium. They meet a characteristic Hawaii squad, which can run up passing yards and points with the best of them, but have little else of substance.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST CFB WEEK 14 GAMBLING PICKS FROM OUR TOP CAPPERS! \u2014&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long and short of this story will undoubtedly be Wisconsin&#8217;s running game. Hawaii is a dismal 104th in the nation in rush defense, and gouging people on the ground has always been the Badgers&#8217; long suit. There&#8217;s no reason Wisconsin RB John Clay won&#8217;t have a field day against the overmatched Warrior defenders.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii&#8217;s sophomore pivot, Bryant Moniz, should be able to move the ball aerially, particularly hooking up with WR Greg Salas.<\/p>\n<p>But there aren&#8217;t any slouches in Wisconsin&#8217;s secondary and the Badgers&#8217; talent pool is quite deeper than most of Hawaii&#8217;s in-conference foes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/bovada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mysportsbook.com\/mysb_banners\/300x250_flash\/300x250_girls.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHawaii might have the home turf in their favour, but the Badgers will likely have a day to adjust to the time difference and the beautiful weather won&#8217;t inhibit on-field play; it would clearly be much more impactful if the Warriors travelled to frigid Camp Randall Stadium to play in December in the Midwest.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, look for Wisconsin to reasonably handle Hawaii&#8217;s frenzied pass attack and look for the Badgers to control the clock by virtue of their stable of running backs having excellent afternoons.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s going to be holes to run through; hopefully they&#8217;re giving out Aunt Jemima to Wisconsin&#8217;s offensive line because there&#8217;s going to be a lot of pancakes out there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009 Team Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Offense:<\/strong> Wisconsin 45th<br \/>\nHawaii 8th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Defense<\/strong>: Wisconsin 23rd<br \/>\nHawaii 79th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Wisconsin&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>\nWisconsin is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games<br \/>\nWisconsin is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games<br \/>\nWisconsin is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of Hawaii&#8217;s last 5 games<br \/>\nHawaii is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games<br \/>\nHawaii is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games<br \/>\nHawaii is 17-5 SU in its last 22 games at home<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team records:<\/strong><br \/>\nWisconsin: 8-3 SU, 4-6 ATS<br \/>\nHawaii: 6-6 SU, 6-5 ATS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick: Wisconsin -17<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/bovada\">We stand behind one of our top NFL Sportsbooks &#8211; MYSportsbook.com &#8211; Sign Up For A Free Account Today, and know that they have ONE OF THE Best CREDIT CARD ACCEPTANCE rates in the industry.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>James has been naming every player on the EA Sports NCAA video game rosters for half a decade now, he\u2019s finally putting his knowledge to better use writing for us here at CappersPicks.com. As always you\u2019re comments are welcome below\u2026Give Us Your Take!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wisconsin Badgers and the Hawaii Warriors will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Aloha Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Badgers listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the Warriors, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 57&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[41,20780,164,287,2358,470,548,2947,763,17005,17002,1039,1168,1260,1294,1775,5209,5682,2571,20781,20782,20783],"class_list":["post-16497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-41","tag-badgers-vs-warriors","tag-betting-lines","tag-cfb-picks","tag-football-odds","tag-free-pick","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-hawaii-warriors","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaa-football-spreads","tag-ncaaf-bet","tag-previews","tag-sportsbook","tag-trends","tag-vegas-picks","tag-wagering-ncaaf-odds","tag-week-14","tag-week-14-free-picks","tag-wisconsin-badgers","tag-wisconsin-badgers-vs-hawaii-warriors","tag-wisconsin-hawaii-spread","tag-wisconsin-vs-hawaii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16497"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16502,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497\/revisions\/16502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}