The Wisconsin Badgers beat the Miami Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl last season. I'm well happy to take the points on the Badgers in the rematch in the 2018 New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

Sure, Miami owns one of the top defenses in the nation and was the absolute toughest team to throw against this season, but that might not matter much in this contest.

Wisconsin is very much a run-first kind of team and ranked 7th in the nation with 268.4 rushing yards per game. Badgers RB Jonathan Taylor was named winner of the Doak Walker Award and eclipsed 200 yards four times on the season. The Badgers will probably be extra inclined to do their damage on the ground here with quarterback Alex Hornibrook out with a concussion. I also expect Wisconsin to be particularly fired up here after losing Paul Bunyan's Axe to Minnesota in a blowout last time out.

In addition we can note that the New Era Pinstripe Bowl will be played at Yankee Stadium in New York with temperatures around 40 degrees. Wisconsin is of course used to that kind of weather ... Miami, not so much.

10* play on Wisconsin Badgers.