Video Session Part 2

Video 1 - Believe it or not, senior wide receiver Kevonte Martin-Manley was on the sidelines in 2010 when the No. 10 Badgers tipped No. 12 Iowa 31-30.

Iowa isn't shying away from Saturday's opportunity. Two wins and Iowa is in Indy. It sounds crazy, I know.

'We let ourselves talk about it. That's what we've been working for since the bowl game. We know how close we are and we really feel we can do it.”

I asked KMM about JJ Watt blocking that PAT to help UW win that game in 2010. He said the JJ Watt then wasn't the JJ Watt who's now terrorizing the NFL. (Seriously, the guy is amazing.)

Video 2 - RB Mark Weisman sees no weaknesses with Wisconsin's defense.

Was he shocked with Melvin Gordon's production last week. 'The most ever and I don't think he even played the fourth quarter.”

Gordon didn't play the fourth quarter.

Weisman said it's been a crazy up and down season and now here's this game.

'This is fun stuff, good stuff.”

Here's how Weisman compares and contrasts himself with Gordon: 'There's no comparison. He's the best running back in college football. He's unbelievable.”

Video 3 - Iowa DE Drew Ott said he first heard of Melvin Gordon's 400 yards when he watched the Big Ten wrap-up on TV.

I thought maybe on the plane home or maybe the bus ride to or from the airport, but no, I guess Drew doesn't have a cell phone. He did wear a helmet on his moped today, but not for safety. It's cold outside, he said.

Ott is close friends with his fellow DE starter Nate Meier. They're from the same neck of the woods. They both look like 'Road House” stunt doubles. They both had mullets until Ott RIP'd his a few weeks ago.

Does he have any advice for his undersized compadre?

'He's just going to have to come off and rock. He's going to have to come off with some violence.”

Video 4 (below) - DT Carl Davis said the defense is on 'big play” watch, especially against Melvin Gordon and Wisconsin.

'I'm looking forward to this week. This is what we want. Big Ten football. A rivalry and smashmouth football.”

Not Smashmouth the band. I doubt Carl would ever give that mess the time of day.

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