This weekend Northwestern travels to Madison to take on the eighth-ranked Wisconsin Badgers. When the ‘Cats last faced Wisconsin, they beat quarterback Jack Coan and Jonathan Taylor in Coan’s first start. Here are three reasons why Northwestern can pull off the upset, and three reasons why it won’t.

Will:

There is a clear disparity between the expectations for Hunter Johnson and how he’s actually played. In this contest, Johnson proves to the nation and Northwestern fans that he is as good as we thought and throws for five touchdowns without Bennett Skowronek.