Column: Badgers' new football uniforms are a swing and a miss
By Bobby Ehrlich | Jul. 24, 2016There’s no sense in sugarcoating it: Wisconsin’s new football uniforms are an absolute dud.
There’s no sense in sugarcoating it: Wisconsin’s new football uniforms are an absolute dud.
Although I was raised to be a Badger by my parents — who met at UW in the 80s — I did not attend a football game at Camp Randall until my junior year of high school.
For many of you incoming freshmen, going to Camp Randall on September 10 will be your first taste of Badger football, at least in person.
There’s a new face running the show for the Wisconsin Badgers’ defense this season. With former defensive coordinator Dave Aranda off to LSU, Justin Wilcox is taking over the unit that allowed the second-fewest yards per game in the country last season, so expectations will be high in 2016. Despite the changes at the top, Wisconsin fans shouldn’t notice too many differences with the way the defense looks on the field.
UW-Madison spin-off company WeightUp Solutions has developed computerized monitors to track weightlifting, a system that is currently being used by the UW-Oshkosh football team.
Though the Big Ten West is Iowa’s division to lose at this point, the race for the Big Ten East is far from over.
After the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Superbowl XLVII, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh summed up his team’s win with an adage that was simple yet expressive: “It’s never pretty. It’s never perfect. But it was us,” he said.
Chaos ruled Week 11 of college football, as eight ranked teams lost and nine more won by 10 points or fewer. It was an especially rough week for teams with Tigers as mascots: Both Memphis and No. 17 LSU lost to lower-ranked teams, while No. 1 Clemson survived a scare from 3-7 Syracuse, which it fended off by just 10 points.
In 2012, the Badgers’ defense was 15th in the nation in yards per game. In 2013 it was seventh and in 2014, the Badgers finished the year ranked fourth overall. This season, the Badgers defensive continues to prove nearly impenetrable.