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Wisconsin comes back to beat Purdue in 47-44 triple-OT thriller

“He’s got something special,” head coach Paul Chryst said of Jonathan Taylor.

Poor performance from O-line, quarterback overshadow team effort in loss to Penn State

As any good coach will tell you, football is a team game. That means it’s a weakest-link game, where poor performance from one play or positional group can cancel out all the good done by the rest.

Right tackle David Edwards (79) played the worst game of his career in pass protection, allowing seven pressures in 27 snaps.

With quarterback uncertainty, UW prepares for massive road trip against Penn State

As the skies get darker with winter approaching, a cloud of uncertainty also looms over the Wisconsin Badgers (4-2 Big Ten, 6-3 overall) as they get ready travel to Beaver Stadium in a showdown with the No. 21 Penn State Nittany Lions (3-3, 6-3). The Badgers are currently nine point underdogs, needing an upset to keep their faint Big Ten West hopes alive.

Three keys for Rutgers and Wisconsin football matchup

Wisconsin enters Saturday's matchup looking to rebound from a loss to Northwestern that likely ended its hopes for a Big Ten title, while Rutgers is winless in conference play and entering the toughest stretch of its schedule. 

Offense sputters for Wisconsin in 31-17 loss to Northwestern

EVANSTON, Ill. — Saturday night is Freakfest in Madison, but the Wisconsin football team found its own house of horrors at Ryan Field in a 31-17 loss at the home of the Northwestern Wildcats.

Melick strikes again in OT to give Wisconsin a 2-1 win over Northwestern

Lighting struck twice for the Badgers, once again from the boot of Noah Melick.

Setting an early tempo, establishing the run will be key for both squads as Illini come to Madison

The Badgers will face Illinois this Saturday at Camp Randall — here's what both teams need to do this weekend to walk away with the victory.

Badgers struggle to do anything right in road loss to Michigan

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — “They’re a good team, so if we’re going to move the ball and be successful we gotta be on, we gotta be doing things well, and I don’t think we were today, so that’s why we didn’t have success,”  junior quarterback Alex Hornibrook said.

Big Ten Roundup: OSU holds off Indiana, Iowa beats up on Minnesota

Much like a pancake that “got away," the games in the Big Ten conference were lopsided and unpleasing to most people. Blowouts seemed to be the agreed upon game plan this weekend. It was a rare moment when even the fans of the winning team are left wanting more.

College football is a fun mess. Let's sort it out.

Editor’s note: College football is nothing without its fans, and its fans are nothing without their passion. In an attempt to capture that unique intensity and overreaction, we’ve asked sports editor and The South enthusiast Bremen Keasey to give us a weekly breakdown of college football happenings around the country like only a true fan could.

Defense provides 'big swing' for Badgers in 45-14 win over New Mexico

It took longer than they would have liked, but the No. 5 Wisconsin Badgers (0-0 Big Ten, 2-0 overall) cruised to a 45-14 victory over the New Mexico Lobos.

Wisconsin's youth and offense show promise in dominating win over Hilltoppers

It wasn’t always pretty, but the Badgers offense showed flashes of what it is capable of, while their new-look defense impressed in Wisconsin’s 34-3 win over the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Badgers shake off early rust, smother Western Kentucky in season opener

Over eight months removed from their last game, the No. 4 Wisconsin Badgers football team (0-0 Big Ten, 1-0 overall) looked rusty throughout the first half of their 34-3 home win against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (0-0 Conference USA, 0-1 overall) on Friday night.

Girl turns off alarm instead of snoozing, sleeps for three days

Every college student - or any human being, rather - knows the struggle of waking up to an alarm every morning. The invention of the snooze button prevents an alarm from its actual purpose of waking you up at the time you actually need to be awake, but instead allows you to procrastinate the activity you need to be doing, the purpose many recent technologies were invented for. One student’s experience demonstrates the pitfalls of relying on such a button, so graciously shared with Cardinal Correspondents as a cautionary tale.

From tournament runs to top five upsets, Wisconsin's best sports moments of the year

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s new record instrumentals encourage interaction, while lyrics inspire introspection

When Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s song “Ffunny Ffrends” mysteriously popped up on Bandcamp back in 2010, it was a random, ownerless track. It was lauded by critics for its mastery of lo-fi garage psychedelia. Eventually, “Ffunny Ffrends” was tacked on to the band’s debut, self-titled album, which fully encompassed the same sense of lo-fi psychedelia. Composed primarily of Ruban Nielsen on vocals and guitar with some help from other musicians, Unknown Mortal Orchestra has traditionally been a vehicle for stripped-back approaches to music — no bells and whistles, just exciting melodies and rhythms. Their early work set them apart as a band that was equal parts nostalgic for a bygone era and emblematic of a new era, fast approaching.

Sociology Department TA placed in non-teaching role after sexual harassment allegations

A teaching assistant in the Sociology Department has been put in a non-teaching role and will leave the university at the end of the academic year after additional concerns about their conduct — following a sexual harassment case — arose again this fall.

Former Badger Joe Thomas retires from NFL

It appeared to be like any other game on the Cleveland Browns’ offensive line. Former Wisconsin lineman Joe Thomas was positioned as Cleveland’s blindside protector as he had been for 11 seasons. But, on Oct. 22, 2017, midway through the third quarter of Cleveland’s game against the Tennessee Titans, something happened while Thomas was blocking Brian Orakpo on a Duke Johnson run. Thomas went to the ground and started writhing in pain, grabbing his left arm. It turned out, revealed on the following Monday morning, that he had torn his left triceps, causing him to have surgery and ending his 11th season on a sour note.

Students, administrators debate representation, funding in climate forum

Students discussed ways to address inclusivity disparities on campus Monday as part of UW-Madison’s second student forum about the results of the university’s first-ever campus climate survey.