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WOMEN'S SOCCER

Early successes face weekend tests

By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Bobby Ehrlich | Sep. 15, 2014

Women’s Soccer

FOOTBALL

National Outlook: Week Three

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 12, 2014

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.

FOOTBALL

Assessing McEvoy’s early inconsistency

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 9, 2014

Two games into his career as Wisconsin’s starting quarterback, Tanner McEvoy has managed to do his best Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde impersonation.

CAMPUS NEWS

UW police see rise in gameday misconduct, citations Saturday

By The Daily Cardinal | Sep. 7, 2014

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.

FOOTBALL

A look back at Week 1

By Brian Weidy | Sep. 6, 2014

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.

FOOTBALL

Blowouts and scares in Big Ten play

By Jake Powers | Sep. 6, 2014

Minnesota 42, Eastern Illinois 20

FOOTBALL

National powerhouses duke it out in Week 2

By Grey Satterfield | Sep. 6, 2014

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.

FOOTBALL

Five things to watch for against Western Illinois

By Lorin Cox | Sep. 6, 2014

McEvoy’s Development

FOOTBALL

Moving on from a baffling collapse

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 6, 2014

HOUSTON—For 33 minutes Saturday, Wisconsin dominated a ballyhooed SEC team and looked capable of beating anybody in the nation.

FOOTBALL

Badgers overcome slow start, rout Western Illinois 37-3

By Jake Powers | Sep. 6, 2014

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.

FOOTBALL

Football: Badgers stall, Tigers maul in Houston

By Zach Rastall | Aug. 31, 2014

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.

FOOTBALL

Predicting the rest of the 2014 season

By Jim Dayton | Aug. 25, 2014

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.

FOOTBALL

Questions for the Wisconsin defense

By Zach Rastall | Aug. 25, 2014

Can Wisconsin successfully replace its front seven?

FOOTBALL

Wisconsin’s defensive players to watch

By Sam Karp | Aug. 25, 2014

Sojourn Shelton

FOOTBALL

Players to watch on the Badger offense

By Andrew Tucker | Aug. 25, 2014

Melvin Gordon

FOOTBALL

Questions for the Wisconsin offense

By Jake Powers | Aug. 25, 2014

Does Tanner McEvoy have a short leash if he struggles early?

FOOTBALL

Hypothetical musings: Big Ten East division

By Brett Bachman | Aug. 25, 2014

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.

FOOTBALL

This season’s games to watch

By Grey Satterfield | Aug. 25, 2014

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.

FOOTBALL

Comparing recent conference history

By Jack Baer | Aug. 25, 2014

It’s not exactly a secret that the Southeastern Conference has been dominant in the last decade.

FOOTBALL

Similar styles square off in Houston

By Jim Dayton | Aug. 25, 2014

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.