With the retirement of Steve Spurrier, college football is losing a one-of-a-kind personality and one of the sport’s greatest coaches.
Cross Country The Badgers are gearing up for an exciting weekend, as they host the Adidas Invitational at the Zimmer Championship Course in Verona, where the team regularly trains.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Monday it will be partnering with other campus departments in the nationwide “It’s On Us” sexual assault prevention and awareness campaign.
For two historically great programs, it is surprisingly surprising that Michigan and Florida are having the kind of success that they are this season. After spending the last few seasons in a dungeon of mediocrity, coaching changes at each school have thus far brought back the kind of winning and dominance generally associated with each program. However, most experts or random college columnist such as myself, did not see this kind of progress coming so quickly, as both teams were left out of both preseason polls, and many predicted it would take at least a couple years to return back to relevance. Yet, maybe we really should have seen the turnaround Jim Harbaugh’s Wolverines and Jim McElwain’s Gators are in the midst of this year, as there were plenty of potential signs that pointed in that direction for each program.
The No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers (2-0-0 WCHA, 4-0-0 overall) continued their hot start to the season, as they pummeled Ohio State (0-2-0, 2-2-0) 8-0 Sunday afternoon, completing the two-game sweep to open conference play. outscoring OSU by a combined score of 15-0 between the two games.
What started as a three-game winning streak playing at home for the Badgers has progressed to dominating on the road, with Wisconsin (5-1-1 Big Ten, 8-4-3 overall) crushing Nebraska (1-4-2, 5-6-2) 3-0 Sunday afternoon.
Going into noisy, hostile and even wet environments didn’t seem to phase Wisconsin (4-2 Big Ten, 12-4 overall) as the Badgers extended their conference win streak to four by sweeping Rutgers (0-6, 3-15) and Maryland (0-6, 10-10) this weekend. The Badgers faced Rutgers first Friday in New Brunswick, N.J.
In a strange twist of déjà vu, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team repeated the outcome of Friday night’s game on Saturday, tying the Northern Michigan Wildcats for the second straight night.
The No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers (1-0-0 WCHA, 3-0-0 overall) continued their fast start from this past weekend by beginning conference play with a dominating performance in a 7-0 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes (0-1-0, 2-1-0) Saturday afternoon.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011, the Huskers and Badgers have had a number of high-stakes contests that have led to a budding rivalry between Big Ten powers, and this week’s battle for the Freedom Trophy was no different.
Undefeated Wisconsin (2-0), coached by Mark Johnson, will host its first home matchup of the 2015-’16 season against unbeaten Ohio State (2-0) in a two-game series this Saturday and Sunday at LaBahn Arena.
After months of rumors, speculation became reality Friday when the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Under Armour announced a 10-year, $96 million partnership that will begin after the university’s current deal with Adidas ends next July. The contract was approved Friday morning by the Board of Regents and was officially announced at an afternoon press conference that featured Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank and UW athletic director Barry Alvarez. The new deal with Under Armour will end a 15-year partnership with Adidas that began back in 2001.
In another Big Ten battle Wisconsin (4-1-1 Big Ten, 7-4-3 overall), beat Iowa (0-5-1, 6-6-1) 2-0 for its fourth-straight victory Thursday night. The Badgers picked up right where they previously left off against Minnesota, putting a lot of offensive pressure on the Hawkeyes.
Even with the offense totaling 320 yards and possessing the football for more than half the game, the Badgers struggled to form any semblance of a rhythm in their 10-6 loss to No. 22 Iowa last Saturday. But the defense, led by senior outside linebacker Joe Schobert, held an Iowa team that scored 62 points in its win against the University of North Texas to a mere 10 points, all off turnovers. The defense surrendered just 30 yards total on both Iowa possessions that yielded points. Schobert came into Week 5 with an FBS-high 9.5 tackles-for-loss and continued to build on that total, adding four additional tackles-for-loss.
1. Protecting the ball A yard shy from punching the football into the end zone and taking a late fourth quarter lead against Iowa, redshirt senior quarterback Joel Stave tripped over redshirt freshman right guard Micah Kapoi and fumbled the ball, gifting the Hawkeyes possession and the game as a result. The botched handoff, however, was the most colossal turnover in a game defined by carelessness with the football.
Defense wins championships. It’s an old adage, but one that has withstood the test of time. Over the past decade, ignoring Auburn’s sieve of a defense in 2010, NCAA Championship teams have had, on average, the fifth-best defense in the country.
All throughout preparation during Iowa week, the idea repeated ad nauseam was that the Big Ten is all about physical football.
When the Badgers pour out of the tunnel on game day, they’re met by a mix of cheers from the tens of thousands of fans who fill the stadium and the blare of the band leading them in with the school song.
In movies and TV shows, high schools often feature two stereotypes: band nerds and jocks. Dan Voltz would have been the character that defies the societal norms, a Troy Bolton-esque protagonist that excels athletically and musically. Maybe he’s not exactly like Zac Efron’s character from “High School Musical,” but Voltz has a love for both music and football.
The first full week of conference action is in the books for the Big Ten, and everybody has been left with a whole slew of new questions regarding the state of the conference.
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