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Gameday: Top games to watch in Week 9

By Zach Rastall | Oct. 23, 2014

As teams across the country enter the second half of their schedules, there might be more questions now than there were at the beginning of the season. Races for several conference titles and the Heisman Trophy remain wide open, and the College Football Playoff picture is still very much unclear thanks to a logjam in the SEC West. Here are some of the biggest games to watch this week as the college football season enters its home stretch.

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Gameday: Gophers move up in latest Big Ten power rankings

By Jack Baer | Oct. 23, 2014

It was a fairly calm week in the Big Ten with four teams on byes. Michigan State and Ohio State both won their games 56-17, Maryland looked strong and a major poll found Minnesota’s one-point win over Purdue very impressive for some reason. Here’s how that all shook it out in the rankings for eight of our voters.

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Gameday: Maryland surprises in inaugural Big Ten season

By Lorin Cox | Oct. 23, 2014

Maryland is well on its way to making a bowl game for the second straight year. At 5-2, they currently sit at third in the East division of the Big Ten, coming off of a big conference win over Iowa last week.

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Gameday: Five things to watch against Maryland

By Brian Weidy and Adelina Yankova | Oct. 23, 2014

Coming off their second and final bye week of the season, the Badgers (1-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) look to start the home stretch with a win against Maryland (2-1, 5-2). Let’s take a look at five things to watch during the game.

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Heisman Watch: Week 9

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 23, 2014

This is the sixth edition of the Heisman Watch, a weekly feature tracking the candidates for college football’s most prestigious award. For last week's rankings, click here.

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Football: Badgers face Maryland in homecoming

By Jake Powers | Oct. 22, 2014

Following its second bye week of the year, Wisconsin will face Maryland in the first ever meeting between the teams Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.

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Tailgates are better brunch'd together

By Molly Reppen and Kerry Huth | Oct. 22, 2014

I have a riddle for you.

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Heisman Watch: Week 8

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 17, 2014

This is the fifth edition of the Heisman Watch, a weekly feature tracking the candidates for college football’s most prestigious award. To read last week’s piece, click here.

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National Outlook: Week 8

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 16, 2014

No. 14 Kansas State at No. 11 Oklahoma

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Column: Stave remains Badgers’ best option under center

By Jack Baer | Oct. 16, 2014

Let’s clear something up: Joel Stave is a better passer than Tanner McEvoy by a chasmic margin. There seems to be a false equivalency in the minds of some Wisconsin fans that McEvoy and Stave are both bad passers, but at least McEvoy can run. Stop it.

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Saturday game day results in fewer citations, infractions

By Phoebe Kiekhofer | Oct. 12, 2014

Saturday’s game against Illinois saw an overall decrease in the number of citations and ejections in comparison to the previous home game, UW-Madison police said in a release.

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Badgers beat Illini behind Gordon's big game

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 11, 2014

After a dreadful loss to Northwestern last week, Wisconsin (1-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) rebounded thanks to another big day from Heisman candidate Melvin Gordon to win 38-28 over Illinois (0-3, 3-4) at Camp Randall Saturday.

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Gameday: Top games in the aftermath of a historic weekend

By Lorin Cox | Oct. 9, 2014

As the college football season nears the halfway mark, the contenders are beginning to separate themselves from the pretenders. The top teams are done with the easy portion of their schedules and the big-time matchups will come week-in and week-out. Heisman candidates will go head to head, and inevitably, some Top 10 teams will face defeat. Here are this week’s biggest games across the nation.

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Gameday: Buckeyes threaten Spartans for top spot in the conference

By Jack Baer | Oct. 9, 2014

1. No. 8 Michigan State (nine first-place votes), 139 points

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Gameday: Illinois’ season tanks following positive start

By Jake Powers | Oct. 9, 2014

After beginning its season 2-0, Illinois has lost three of its last four games and will visit Madison Oct. 11 amidst an absolute free fall.

Religions do not need National Day of Prayer

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Gameday: Five things to watch

By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Matt Tragesser | Oct. 9, 2014

1) Rushing attack against vulnerable defense

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Gameday: Landisch, Erickson cycle in as UW stars

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 9, 2014

After losing wide receiver Jared Abbrederis and linebacker Chris Borland to the NFL last spring, Wisconsin not only lost two star players but also its biggest leaders on both sides of the ball.

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Football: Looking to rebound after bad loss

By Jake Powers | Oct. 8, 2014

Wisconsin’s return to Camp Randall Stadium to take on Illinois Saturday represents an opportunity for the team to pull itself back together after being upset at Northwestern last weekend.

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Football: Badgers' choice at QB between a rock and a hard place

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 7, 2014

It’s hard to fathom that the Badgers (0-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) could be this weak at football’s most important position, yet here they are, sitting with a disappointing record largely because of inept quarterback play from redshirt juniors Tanner McEvoy and Joel Stave.

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Football: Longtime Badgers beat writer passes away at 56

By Bobby Ehrlich | Oct. 6, 2014

Husband. Father. Brother. Friend. Journalist. Badger. The UW-Madison community lost one of its own Friday as Wisconsin State Journal writer Tom Mulhern passed away from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at the age of 56.