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Can Badgers, Boilers do it again?

By Rich Podolsky
Special to ESPN Insider

Friday, October 22, 2004

When a couple of conference powers slug it out, like Wisconsin and Purdue did last week, there's often an emotional price to pay the following week. Sportswriters call it "letdown." Whatever you call it, it's rare when a team can answer a big game with another huge effort. Because of that, both Wisconsin (vs. Northwestern) and Purdue (vs. Michigan) look ripe for upsets this week, even though they're both at home. Elsewhere we look for Texas Tech to stop Texas, and Texas A&M to continue it's ama ...

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