Wisconsin Vs. Iowa: Can The Badgers Stave Off The Letdown Game?

SB Nation’s Bucky’s 5th Quarter discusses the need for mental preparation on the part of the Badgers following Wisconsin’s upset of Ohio State:

We all know about the letdown game. South Carolina certainly exemplified this on Saturday when they went to Kentucky and lost, only one week after taking down Alabama, the number one team in the country at the time. Now that Wisconsin has done the same, can they avoid a similar fate in Iowa City on Saturday? Furthermore, is it a letdown for Bret Bielema’s Wisconsin team to lose to 15th-ranked Iowa at Kinnick Stadium when Bielema has never won a road game against a ranked Big Ten opponent? To be fair, Bielema is 2-2 in his career against the Hawkeyes, and did win at Kinnick in 2006.
Bielema’s main concern isn’t that the Badgers will have an over-inflated self-worth as a result of Saturday’s victory. He’s more focused on making sure that they don’t get themselves wrapped up in the pressure of having to avoid the letdown game.