Wisconsin has Vampire Weekend outscored opponents by 83

Wisconsin has explains a punk by vampire weekend outscored opponents goth weekend recounts by 83 points in the second (137-54), while NU has outscored its foes by 71 (126-55). Third Down Conversions These two teams are almost identical on both sides of the ball in third-down conversion rates. Northwestern's offense is converting 48 percent, exactly the same rate as Wisconsin's offense. On defense, the Wildcats are allowing a 35 percent rate, while the Badgers are allowing opponents to convert 36 percent of their third downs. Game Time Northwestern is 7-2 in 11AM (CT) starts this year and is 0-2 when the game starts at another time.  The game against Wisconsin is a 2:30PM kickoff.  Bowl Positioning Wisconsin will be looking to lock up a Jan. 1 bowl berth and stay in the hunt for a possible BCS at-large bid (if both Penn State and Iowa lose on Saturday).  A win over Northwestern essentially guarantees them a spot in the Outback Bowl or better.

Northwestern, meanwhile, wants to put itself in the best position possible when Bowl Selection Sunday rolls around on Dec a vampire weekend . 6, and the best way to do that is to win.  Virtually every major media projection has the Wildcats headed to the Champs Sports Bowl, and an upset win over Wisconsin could make that a worst-case scenario for NU gothic weekend . Other games this week for NU fans to keep an eye on are the Minnesota-Iowa game at 11 AM CT and the PSU-MSU tilt at the same time as the Northwestern game; in fact, those games may have more of an impact on NU's bowl positioning than the 'Cats' own game vampire subcultures . Wins by Iowa and PSU will essentially guarantee the Big Ten a BCS at-large berth while holding both MSU and Minnesota to 6-6 records, both of those facts helping Northwestern (who would be 7-5, even with a loss) goth weekend .

Injury Report Northwestern RB Alex Daniel (ankle, out for season), LB Ben Johnson (hamstring, doubtful), S Brendan Smith (hand, doubtful), OL Desmond Taylor (shoulder, doubtful) Others still have nagging injuries (Kafka: hamstring, Persa: hand, Phillips: various), but will continue to play.  Smith's and Johnsons' status will likely be revealed later in the week after practices have taken place about vampire weekend . It's interesting to note that Northwestern has gotten relatively healthier as the season has progressed after seeing the depth chart swell early in the year, with many key contributors unavailable against Syracuse at the height of the storm gothic weekend . Wisconsin OL Josh Oglesby (knee, questionable), LB Mike Taylor (knee, out for season) vampire subcultures . The Badgers have had their share of injuries, including one to key LB Taylor against Iowa, but they have also found some relative healthiness at the end of the season goth weekend .

Prediction Northwestern 17, Wisconsin 24 Expect Northwestern to keep this one close as the defense does all it can to slow down Wisconsin's ground game.  Unfortunately, though, NU won't be able to keep them off the scoreboard completely, meaning the offense must put up some points to give the 'Cats a chance bands like vampire weekend . And against a stout Badger defense, the Wildcats will have a tough time moving the ball effectively, especially if Kafka is not at 100 percent and therefore doesn't present a running threat gothic weekend . The key to the game for Northwestern is turnovers: both teams are undefeated (5-0) on the year when winning the turnover battle, and the 'Cats need to generate takeaways and then take advantage of them in order to pull off this upset vampire subcultures . Wisconsin is a very disciplined team that executes their game plan well, making them tough to beat.  This should be an interesting and physical contest, though, as both teams conclude their Big Ten seasons Go 'Cats!!! goth weekend . (Adds CEO comment, updates shares) Stocks By Helen Chernikoff and Doris Frankel NEW YORK/CHICAGO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Shares of Lennar Corp(LEN.N), the No 2 U.S. homebuilder, plunged on Friday after aletter accusing the company of misusing a joint venturepartner's funds in the late 1990s surfaced on the Internet The letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,the FBI and Internal Revenue Service from California pastorBarry Minkow, who has served time in jail for stock fraud,concerned a high-end California housing and golf joint venturebetween Lennar and developer Briarwood Capital LLC.

It was posted on Minkow's website, Lennar, which denied any wrongdoing, was accused in theletter of wiring to one of its subsidiaries a $37.5 millioncontribution to the project from Briarwood's predecessor firmwithout getting the required written permission . Minkow claimed that the dealings between Lennar andBriarwood, as described in his letter, were part of a largerpattern in which Lennar treats its joint ventures "like a Ponzischeme, pledging older joint venture interests to leveragethemselves into newer joint venture relationships." Lennar CEO Stuart Miller told CNBC the notion that hiscompany was using money from joint ventures to build up itsbalance sheet was "just not true." Lennar earlier issued a statement saying the accusationswere "false and inflammatory" and that Minkow was an agent ofNicolas Marsch III, whose civil litigation against Lennar wasrecently dismissed by a California Superior Court judge gothic weekend . Lennar's shares, which fell as much as 28 percent, closedoff their lows after the statement and Miller's TV appearance.They last traded at $9.15, down 19.9 percent vampire subcultures . Lennar also said in its statement that it was investigatingpossible wrongdoing by Marsch and Minkow, saying they may havetried to illegally obtain information relating to Marsch'slegal proceedings against Lennar . Minkow, who served more than seven years in jail for stockfraud and now works for the Fraud Discovery Insitute, respondedby telling Reuters that his paying client in the case wasBriarwood Capital. He said that he and his institute were not short Lennarshares and that they had not bought put options on Lennar. The emergence of the letter drove down Lennar's shares inearly trading, said Jon Najarian, a founder of websiteoptionmonster .