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Spring ball kicks off

Many questions surround Wisconsin, a team that last season lost six games for the first time since 2003, as it begins spring camp. 

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New kids on the block

Wisconsin finalized its 2009 recruiting class Wednesday during National Signing Day, the first day a high school senior can sign a binding National Letter of Intent to a college. 

Student campaigns connect Arboretum and neighborhood

Despite Madison's environmentally friendly reputation, citizens rarely address or even acknowledge storm water runoff and management. As a highly concentrated urban area in close proximity to several bodies of water, sediment runoff and organic matter pollution go straight to our lakes during heavy rainfall. 

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Blame for lost season falls on coaches

As the dust settled on Wisconsin's 42-13 Champs Sports Bowl loss at the hands of Florida State, one word emerged as a theme in the players' post-game comments.  

Bowled over: Badgers lose big to Florida State

ORLANDO, Fla. - Two seasons ago, the Badgers capped a 12-1 campaign with a victory in the Citrus Bowl stadium. The place might have been the same, but the situation was far from it when Wisconsin returned to Orlando for the Champs Sports Bowl. 

Badgers ready to face 'Noles in Florida bowl

For the fifth-straight season, the Wisconsin football team will head to Florida for its bowl game, and for the third time in the last four years, the bowl will take place in Orlando.  

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UW to face 'Noles in Champs Sports Bowl

The Wisconsin Badger football team accepted an invitation Sunday to play in the Champs Sports Bowl on December 27 against the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The invitation marks the seventh-straight year in which the Badgers will end their season playing in a bowl game, a school record.  

Making the jump harder than it sounds

The phrase direction of the program"" is thrown around far too often in the world of college sports. It describes the idea that actions now are somehow sowing the seeds of future success. 

Badgers squeak by Mustangs in overtime

No picture better exemplifies the Wisconsin football team's season than that of senior tight end Travis Beckum. Beckum, who missed the first two games of the season with a hamstring injury and later fractured his fibula against Illinois, had to be carted onto the field during Senior Day introductions. 

Badgers squeak by Mustangs in overtime

In Wisconsin's final regular season game against Cal Poly - a Champion Subdivision"" and former division I-AA school - fans got to see some old-fashioned Wisconsin football Saturday. Only the Mustangs, not the Badgers, were running the ball and controlling the clock, reminiscent of how Wisconsin played in its heyday. 

Tumultuous season creates unceration future for Wisconsin

Tumultuous season creates unceration future for Wisconsin: Head coach bret Bielema has been the subject of criticism during his third season at the helm of Wisconsin.

Chapman and Langford lead defensive efforts

For the Wisconsin football team's seniors, this season is the first time a bowl-game berth hasn't been locked up with just one game to play. 

Farewell Badger Seniors

Today marks the end of the road for 16 Wisconsin Badger seniors. Some will move on to play professional football, others will start their professional careers, and a few will continue their studies. While the future will reveal different paths for each athlete, they will all share the same experience that comes with being a member of the Wisconsin football tradition.  

Tumultuous season creates unceration future for Wisconsin

As Wisconsin's season winds down, one cannot help but remember a time when the Badgers' future held so much promise. It seems hard to believe that just about nine weeks ago, the No. 10 Badgers ground out a 13-10 victory over then-No. 21 Fresno State. Spirits were at an all-time high after this difficult test on the road, and maybe the Badgers began to believe they were truly as good as their preseason hype had indicated. But then everything that could have gone wrong went wrong for Wisconsin. 

Valai's enthusiasm, big hits can fill leadership gap

With the arrival of Senior Day, it's only natural to reminisce over the last few years. After this day, some of the most visible members of Badger football as we know it will never play in Camp Randall again. At least 11 starters will bid farewell to the place where they have spent the last four or five years. Badger fans and players alike have much to reflect on. 

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Bielema wary of Cal Poly attack

Wisconsin football head coach Bret Bielema said Monday he was impressed by his team's second-half play against Minnesota, but added Wisconsin will not underestimate their next opponent, Cal Poly.