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The Freedom Trophy

Wisconsin has won all four Freedom Trophies since the rivalry game was established, a sign of just how far a once-dominant Nebraska program has fallen.

Badgers’ consistency sets them apart

Wisconsin’s long-standing tradition of offensive dominance is well documented. A wildly successful lineage of running backs and offensive linemen have accounted for the vast majority of the Badgers’ success. Equally well-documented has been Wisconsin’s recent transition to a dominant defense.

Vince Biegel

Vince Biegel and the Wisconsin defense will put the pressure on QB David Blough all afternoon. 

UW welcomes struggling Purdue

This Sunday will mark the 12-year anniversary of the last time Purdue (0-2 Big Ten, 1-5 overall) beat Wisconsin (1-1, 4-2). It isn’t easy to find many people who think that streak will end when the two teams play Saturday.

Badgers preparing for packed week ahead

Cross Country 

Troy Fumagalli

Fumagalli figures to play a key role in the Badger offense this year. 

Badgers pull out thriller at Nebraska

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. It was still anybody’s ball game late in the fourth as momentum swung back and forth, but eventually it settled with Wisconsin (1-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) defeating Nebraska (0-2, 2-4) 23-21.

Northwestern's stock continues to rise

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.

Joe Schobert

Despite ugly loss, Schobert puts on show

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.

Taiwan Deal

Wisconsin will look to avenge its close loss against Iowa last year. 

Three Things to Watch: Nebraska

1. Protecting the ball

Dan Voltz

Redshirt junior Dan Voltz has decided to retire from football. Voltz suffered a serious knee injury last season and was transitioning to a new position.

Voltz marches to his own drum

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.

Joel Stave

DC Sports Big Ten Power Rankings: Iowa knocks down Badgers

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.

Column: Traditional Big Ten label doesn't cut it

All throughout preparation during Iowa week, the idea repeated ad nauseam was that the Big Ten is all about physical football. That one mysterious, flawed and essentially empty idea wove itself into a tapestry of non-answers about what Big Ten, and the Wisconsin-Iowa rivalry, really is at its core.

Big Ten MVP: Elliott runs away from Indiana

With nine minutes left in the third quarter, No. 1 Ohio State, the defending national champions, found itself trailing Indiana 10-6.

Struggling Nebraska heads back home

Before Hall of Famer Barry Alvarez built the football house known as Camp Randall, he was a Cornhusker. In fact, Alvarez was the leading tackler for Nebraska during the 1967 season in Lincoln. Alvarez credits much of his success building the Wisconsin football program to the practices and values that he learned in his time at Nebraska.

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