WIAC PROJECTIONS

UW-Eau Claire at UW-Platteville
The Blugolds have been unable to gain any consistency on the ground this year putting a lot of pressure on QB Austin Neu. Neu has responded by leading the WIAC in passing yardage per game with 230.4. He has thrown 10 TD's against only 2 interceptions.  The Blugolds lost to Stevens Point last week after leading by 10 points with less than 6 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.  UW-Platteville needed a FG with 3 seconds left in the game to beat winless River Falls last week.   Eau Claire seems to be playing better right now, but with the WIAC being the WIAC.....

UW-Platteville 23
UW-Eau Claire 20

UW-LaCrosse at UW-Oshkosh
The Eagles hope to catch the Titans on a let-down after their emotional homecoming loss to UW-Whitewater last week.  LaCrosse has had their share of offensive struggles this year, culminating in last week's shutout loss to Stout.  The Titans rank second in the WIAC in both scoring offense and total offense.  If UW-O plays a clean game, they have too much for the Eagles.

UW-Oshkosh 24
UW-LaCrosse 10


UW-Stout at UW-River Falls
Falcons only win in the last 19 games was in former coach John O'Grady's last game to close out 2010.  The Blue Devils are one of four WIAC teams entering Saturday's play at 2-2.  Stout's offense has been inconsistent enough to give the Falcons some hope of giving Coach Matt Walker his first win.

UW-Stout 28
UW-River Falls 20


UW-Stevens Point at UW-Whitewater
Coming into the season ranked #23 by D3football.com, the Pointers got off to a disappointing 2-3 start this year.  They head into Whitewater coming off a come from behind 28-24 victory over Eau Claire.  The Pointers are the last team to beat UW-W in both the WIAC and in Perkins Stadium.  Stevens Point comes in second in the league in total defense and scoring defense, but dead last in total offense.  The Warhawks are fighting through a stretch of some recent injuries and coming off a hard fought 3 point win at Oshkosh.  If UW-W establishes an early lead, the Pointers don't figure to have the firepower to catch up.

UW-Whitewater 34
UW-Stevens Point 14