Early successes face weekend tests
By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Bobby Ehrlich | Sep. 15, 2014Women’s Soccer
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Week three of the 2014 college football season is a barren wasteland. Locally, Wisconsin is on a bye, and nationally, there’s just one game that features two Top 25 teams.
Two games into his career as Wisconsin’s starting quarterback, Tanner McEvoy has managed to do his best Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde impersonation.
As the Wisconsin Badgers took on the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks Saturday, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, too, had a busy day, issuing more than twice as many citations as during last year’s first home football game, according to a UWPD report.
Week 1 of the college football season is in the books. In all but one of the matchups between ranked teams, the chalk prevailed around the country.
Minnesota 42, Eastern Illinois 20
College football is not a sprint. It is a 16-week marathon, and for the fans who can’t get enough, Week 2 is already bearing down on us with some scintillating matchups.
McEvoy’s Development
HOUSTON—For 33 minutes Saturday, Wisconsin dominated a ballyhooed SEC team and looked capable of beating anybody in the nation.
Wisconsin earned a much-needed win after the Aug. 30 loss at the hands of LSU, but the Badgers’ performance prompted concerns that will need to be addressed in the coming weeks before conference play begins.
HOUSTON - When sophomore running back Corey Clement scored a two-yard touchdown early in the third quarter to put Wisconsin up 24-7, it seemed as if the Badgers were well on their way to picking up a monumental win for not only their football program, but for the Big Ten as a whole.
Following the highly anticipated tilt against LSU to open the season, the remainder of the Badgers’ schedule gets a little bit easier. Here’s a breakdown of the other 11 games.
Can Wisconsin successfully replace its front seven?
Does Tanner McEvoy have a short leash if he struggles early?
With a top-heavy schedule and a Heisman hopeful among their ranks, the Badgers are in prime position to be a part of NCAA football’s first year of post-BCS playoffs.
Chance The Rapper once said, “And we back! And we back! And we back!” and the glorious return of college football is no different. The annual fall drama returns better than ever with all your favorite characters and a plot twist like no other, the College Football Playoff. Here are five regular season games to keep an eye on as the magnificent wave rolls its way into bracket form.
It’s not exactly a secret that the Southeastern Conference has been dominant in the last decade.
In recent memory, Wisconsin always seems to kick off its season against some inferior school that nobody really has any desire to watch. There was Akron in 2008 and UMass last year, along with a host of other dreadful teams in-between.