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December 31st, 2012 By Jack Wilshire

I’ve been studying the ‘total’ for the Rose Bowl odds for quite some time, and I’m ready to make my Rose Bowl picks for the clash between the Stanford Cardinal and the Wisconsin Badgers. The Wisconsin vs. Stanford kickoff is set for 5:00 p.m. ET at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, CA, and I’m going to show you which way to bet on college football to make your CFB pick on for this great game.

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Wisconsin Badgers (8-5, 6-7 ATS) +5.5
Stanford Cardinal (11-2, 8-5 ATS) -5.5
Over/Under 47

It’s really difficult to think that I want to play an ‘over’ in a game where one team plays outstanding defense and has a suspect offense and the other has no passing game to work with whatsoever, but I still think that the Granddaddy of them All has the potential to have at least 50-55 points scored in it. Don’t let that 5-8 over/under record of Stanford jade you in this one. In spite of the fact that Wisky had a terrible offense for the mass majority of the season that really didn’t bust out once and for all until the last game of the year in the Big Ten Championship Game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, ‘over’ bettors still went 8-4 on the campaign in Badgers games.

Head Coach Barry Alvarez knows what he is doing with the Badgers in spite of the fact that he hasn’t coached a game in quite some time. He knows that he is going to turn around and hand the ball to RB Montee Ball, RB James White, and RB Melvin Gordon at least 35-40 times between the three of them in the Rose Bowl, regardless of what the score is. This is a man that has a great knack for coaching up big, huge offensive linemen, and the four weeks to prepare for this game has been more than enough to get the big uglies motivated to take on a Stanford team that allows just a svelte 88.0 yards per game on the ground in the high octane Pac-12.

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It’s not like the Stanford offense is totally inept. The offense has done a better job of finding its way into the end zone with QB Kevin Hogan calling the shots. RB Stepfan Taylor is doing more damage on the ground, and Hogan is keeping the chains moving with a 72.9 percent completion percentage. The Badgers have been known to give up some points at times this year, especially against mobile quarterbacks. Again, I really don’t think that this is going to be a ridiculous shootout, but it doesn’t really have to be one either. If both of these teams can find the end zone three times apiece, that should be more than enough to get it into the 50s and past the ‘total’.

Wisconsin vs. Stanford Picks & Tips: Over 47

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December 31st, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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The Wisconsin Badgers and the Stanford Cardinal are going to square off on the Rose Bowl odds and betting lines. Join us here at Cappers Info, as we make our Rose Bowl picks & predictions for football for what should be a great game on Tuesday.

Rose Bowl Picks: Wisconsin Badgers vs. Stanford Cardinal
Date: Tuesday, January 1st, 5:00 ET
Location: Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA
Rose Bowl Betting Odds: Stanford -5.5
Wisconsin vs. Stanford Live TV: ESPN

It has been quite awhile since Barry Alvarez graced the field as the head coach of the Badgers, but with Bret Bielema gone for the Arkansas Razorbacks, Alvarez has one more crack at winning the Granddaddy of them All in the Rose Bowl. Alvarez inherits a team that is white hot at the moment, as Wisconsin really has played great ball down the stretch of the season. Many gave Wisky a tough time for a bad start to the year, but in the end, a loss to Oregon State, a loss at Nebraska, and a pair of overtime defeats to Ohio State and Penn State were nothing to be ashamed of. The only loss of any real note was the 16-13 home defeat against Michigan State, and that too, came in overtime. This has largely been a team of bad fortune more than anything else this year, but that bad fortune is nothing new for this team in this spot. The Badgers have been beaten in back to back Rose Bowls, and they are trying to avoid becoming the first team since 1977-1979 when the Michigan Wolverines lost three Rose Bowls in a row.

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The passing game remains abysmal for the Badgers, but RB Montee Ball and RB James White had themselves great seasons once again. Ball is the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history after finding the end zone 21 times this year, and he finished up with 1,727 rushing yards as well. White had 802 yards on just 119 carries, while RB Melvin Gordon also averaged a whopping 10.8 yards per carry to tally 570 yards on the campaign. These three are going to have their work cut out for them against a Stanford defense that has been out of this world this year by Pac-12 standards. The team held down the Oregon Ducks in Autzen Stadium and was able to manhandle the UCLA Bruins not just once, but twice on the way here to Pasadena. Head Coach David Shaw has his team in the Rose Bowl, which is something that neither QB Andrew Luck nor Head Coach Jim Harbaugh were able to do in their time on “The Farm.”

This still feels like a game that the Badgers are going to find some way to win to us. We think that this team has been vastly underrated all year long, and they finally busted out of their shells in the Big Ten Championship Game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. It’s going to be tough sledding to run the football, just as it has been in the last two Rose Bowls, but the Stanford offense, unlike those of the Ducks and the Horned Frogs before it, cannot capitalize with huge plays. The losing streak in the Rose Bowl will come to a close, and Alvarez will be carried off the field by his players in arguably the most emotional win in Wisconsin’s football history.

Wisconsin vs. Stanford Pick: Wisconsin Badgers +5.5
Rose Bowl Score Prediction: Wisconsin 23 – Stanford 17

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January 2nd, 2012 By Andrew Ryan

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It’s the Granddaddy of them All in Pasadena, and here at Cappers Info, we are trying to beat the Rose Bowl betting lines when we make our Rose Bowl picks for the clash between the Oregon Ducks and the Wisconsin Badgers.

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Rose Bowl Matchup: Wisconsin Badgers vs. Oregon Ducks
Rose Bowl Date/Time: Monday, January 2nd, 5:00 ET
Rose Bowl Location: Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA
Rose Bowl Odds: Oregon -6
Rose Bowl Total: 72
Rose Bowl TV Coverage: ESPN, ESPN3.com

The theme of the Rose Bowl is unfinished business. Last year, the Badgers were beaten in this very game by the TCU Horned Frogs in a game that they probably feel as though they should have won. Meanwhile just a week later, the Ducks were knocked off by an Auburn Tigers team that really was just a one man wrecking crew with QB Cam Newton calling the shots. Newton was relatively neutralized, but it was the offense that surprisingly failed in the National Championship Game. One of these teams is going to feel revitalized, while the other is going to be left with yet another offseason of the dismay of having lost a bowl game.

The possibility is there to have a ton of offense in this game. Both of these teams averaged well over 40 points per game this season, and both were able to drop at least 60 on opponents this year as well. Both teams love to get the ball going on the ground, and that includes with their quarterbacks. We know that both QB Darron Thomas and QB Russell Wilson can throw the pigskin, but it is what both can do when they get outside of the pocket that is truly dangerous. Wilson had the best year that a Wisconsin quarterback has ever had when he threw for 31 TDs against just three picks, while Thomas accounted for 2,493 yards and 30 passing scores.

The real battle though, is going to be the combination of RBs Montee Ball and James White against RBs LaMichael James and Kenjon Barner. White was a deserving Heisman Trophy finalist in our eyes, as he led the nations in touchdowns by a country mile with 38 scores. He had 1,759 yards on the ground, the most in the nation, and he added 255 more as a receiver. White, who had a second straight tremendous year while splitting the backfield with Ball, had 683 yards on the ground and 150 through the air, totaling six TDs. James probably would have been a Heisman Trophy candidate had he not gotten hurt and missed two games this year. Still, there is no shame in his 1,646 yards on the ground and 210 as a receiver. He also is a kick returner and punt returner at times and tallied 18 scores on the campaign. Barner is a beast as well, and he had 145 carries on the season for 909 yards and 11 trips to the end zone.

In the end, both of these offenses are out of this world, but we don’t think that there is that much of a difference that is going to make these teams separated by this many points. The Badgers are really the first team that has come out of the Big Ten in a long time that can play offense with some of the big boys in the other conferences, and that being said, it is really the exception to the rule that the Big Ten struggles in bowl games. We aren’t so sure that the Badgers are going to be able to claim the upset to give the Big Ten just its second win in this series since 2000, but we do think that they are going to keep this one within the number.

Free Rose Bowl Pick: Wisconsin +6

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December 31st, 2010 By Andrew Ryan

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The Wisconsin Badgers and TCU Horned Frogs probably underachieved this year, but they are both going to be playing on Tobacco Road on New Year's Eve for the first of a four pack of NCAA football bowl games at the Rose Car Care Bowl. Which team will beat the college football betting lines? Check out our preview and our Rose Car Care Bowl picks.

Rose Bowl Matchup: TCU Horned Frogs vs. Wisconsin Badgers
Date: Saturday, January 1st, 5:00 ET
Location: Rose Bowl Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Rose Bowl Line: TCU -2.5
Over/Under 57.5

Horned Frogs Notes: The team with the top defense in the nation is about to get its sternest test, and you can bet that Head Coach Gary Patterson and his Horned Frogs are looking forward to this challenge. TCU only allowed 215.4 yards and 11.4 points per game this year, both of which ranked No. 1 in the country. If you think that bowl teams did would do better against this squad, think again. They only scored an average of 15.2 points per game. QB Andy Dalton is leading an amazing offense as well that put up at least 45 points six times on the campaign. He is the winningest quarterback in the history of this program, and he is about to wrap up his career. In his senior season, he threw for 2,638 yards and 26 TDs against just six picks. On the ground, seemingly everyone touched the football, as Dalton, RB Ed Wesley, RB Matthew Tucker, and RB Waymon James all had at least 400 yards on the ground. They also combined to rumble for 28 TDs. Through the air, watch out for WR Jeremy Kerley. Kerley is the possession receiver of the bunch, and he caught 50 passes for 517 yards and ten scores on the campaign. Just as was the case with the running game, Dalton spread the ball around to four difference receivers on a regular basis, all of which will have at least 30 catches and at least 400 yards by the time the Rose Bowl is over with.

Badgers Notes: Head Coach Brett Bielema makes no bones about what he is going to do to you when he has the ball on offense. He's running it and running it right at you. This was supposed to be the year that RB John Clay ended up being a Heisman Trophy finalist, but injuries ended that thought. He did rush for 936 yards and 13 TDs on the season, but what his absence did was allow both RB James White and RB Montee Ball to run the heck out of the football. The two had virtually identical stats this year. White rumbled for 148 carries and 1,029 yards, while Ball had 141 rushes for 864 yards. All three runners had at least 13 TDs this year, and no three men in the country, regardless of position, had more TDs combined than these three, who had 44 scores. There is an outside chance that these three can all reach the 1,000 yard barrier for the season, and if they can pull this off, they would be the second trio in the history of college football to pull off the stunt. QB Scott Tolzien was efficient as well, throwing for 2,300 yards and 16 TDs against six picks. WR Nick Toon came on strong at the end of the year, catching 33 passes for 413 yards and three TDs in spite of the fact that he missed the first half of the season due to injury.

The Final Word: One might think that this is a game for the Horned Frogs to make a statement, but we aren't so sure that they are physical enough to stand in and take Wisconsin's best shot. TCU is going to put up a good fight, but this is a game that belongs to the Big Ten for a reason. The Badgers will get their rushing groove on and dump the Horned Frogs in the most physical bowl game of the season, but the little men aren't going to embarrass themselves either.

Rose Bowl Free Pick: Wisconsin +2.5
Rose Bowl Prediction: Wisconsin 27 – TCU 21

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