#311/312 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Under 52 Points – Wake Forest vs Wisconsin, Wednesday at 12 PM ET - Wake has played a grand total of ONE game since November 14th. Their most recent game was a 45-21 loss @ Louisville back on Dec 12 and HC Dave Clawson mentioned after the game his team was simply not in game shape after the long break in their schedule. Their up tempo offense, which averages 80 plays per game (8th nationally), only put up 351 yards on 72 plays in that game (4.8 YPP). His offense will have big problems again in this game as they’ve had another 2+ week break and if they weren’t in game shape vs Louisville they surely won’t be here either. On top of that, they are facing a Wisconsin defense that ranks #1 nationally in total defense allowing only 263 YPG. The Badger defense has given up a total of only 94 points in 6 games this season. The only decent defense WF faced this season was Clemson and they put up just 13 points in that game. The other 7 defenses the Demon Deacons faced had an average total defense ranking of just 68th and the highest ranked stop unit they faced besides Clemson was Louisville who closed the season ranked 41st. They’ll have problems scoring points in this game. Don’t expect the Badger offense to light up the scoreboard here either. They scored only 4 TD’s in their final 4 games of the season. You might argue that WF has a poor defense so Wisconsin should get back on track but we’re not buying it. They just played a Minnesota team that was among the worst defenses in the nation in YPP allowed and the WORST in YPC allowed and Wisconsin was able to score only 17 points in regulation. QB Mertz has really struggled with his confidence and it looks as though both of this starting WR’s, Pryor & Davis, will most likely sit here once again. With Wisconsin favored by 7 and a total of 52, the projected final score for this game is in the range of 30-23 or 29-22. Wisconsin is only averaging 10 PPG their last 4. No way they get to 30 in this game. And with Wake facing a top notch defense for the first time since early September, we don’t think they’ll top 20 points. Take the UNDER.