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Gameday: Five things to watch

By Thomas Valtin-Erwin | Nov. 20, 2014

1. Is Joel Stave the final answer at quarterback?

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Gameday: Iowa’s balance keeps Hawkeyes in West race

By Brian Weidy | Nov. 20, 2014

Usually as a season progresses, teams become more predictable, falling into patterns of play where, on a week-to-week basis, fans and opponents know what to expect. In the case of the Iowa Hawkeyes, that is far from the truth.

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Heisman Watch: Week 13

By Jim Dayton | Nov. 20, 2014

This is the 10th edition (hooray, double digits!) 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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Gameday: Buckeyes, Badgers on collision course for Big Ten title game

By Jack Baer | Nov. 20, 2014

Thanks to Wisconsin’s, to put it politely, bulldozing of Nebraska, we now have a clear pitcure of what the Big Ten championship will look like. Ohio State has the East effectively sewn up and the Badgers continue to control their destiny, but now with some brand new safety cushions.

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Gameday: Conference races continue to take shape in Week 13

By Zach Rastall | Nov. 20, 2014

No. 12 Kansas State at West Virginia

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Football: UW heads to Iowa for crucial Big Ten game

By Jake Powers | Nov. 20, 2014

As the Badgers catch their breath after Melvin Gordon’s record-breaking afternoon against Nebraska, they now turn their attention to Iowa and what will be a heated Big Ten West race to the conference championship.

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Drunk Husker tries, fails to make jump over vehicle before football game

Nov. 16, 2014

Trying to tackle Melvin Gordon could have felt like being hit by a car to Nebraska players, but one Nebraska fan felt that all too literally.

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Gordon sets records, Wisconsin dominates Nebraska

By Jake Powers | Nov. 15, 2014

No. 22 Wisconsin thrashed No. 11 Nebraska, 59-24, by way of a record-setting rushing performance from Melvin Gordon Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.

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SEC clash has major playoff implications

By Jason Braverman | Nov. 13, 2014

No. 1 Mississippi State at No. 4 Alabama

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Nebraska’s season has been best in B1G West

By David Gwidt | Nov. 13, 2014

As we venture into Week 12 of the 2014 college football season, the Nebraska Cornhuskers find themselves atop the Big Ten West division standings posting an 8-1 record, with their only blemish being a road loss at Michigan State. Coming off of a bye week, the No. 13 Cornhuskers will travel to Camp Randall energized to play a game that may have Playoff implications for the team.

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Five things to watch

By Shea Gallup | Nov. 13, 2014

1: Wisconsin’s shutdown defense

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Football: UW takes on Nebraska in divisional showdown

By Jim Dayton | Nov. 13, 2014

In a matchup full of conference championship implications, No. 11 Nebraska heads to Camp Randall Saturday to face No. 22 Wisconsin for supremacy in the Big Ten West.

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NFL referee excited to officiate family Turkey Bowl

By Kane Kaiman | Nov. 12, 2014

Referee Jerome Boger says he’s looking forward to officiating his family’s annual Thanksgiving touch football game this year.

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Buckeyes take top spot in poll

By Jack Baer | Nov. 12, 2014

Hail Ohio State, new undisputed kings of the Big Ten. The Buckeyes have the inside track to the Big Ten championship and aren’t entirely eliminated from the College Football Playoff (although it’s going to require some very specific sequences of events to get them in). Now, we move onto the game that will likely decide the West.

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Heisman Watch: Week 12

By Jim Dayton | Nov. 12, 2014

This is the ninth 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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Stave’s comeback crucial for Badgers

By Jim Dayton | Nov. 12, 2014

As fall camp wound to a close and Wisconsin prepared for its season opener against LSU, only the quarterback battle between Joel Stave and Tanner McEvoy remained to be decided.

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Press Conference: UW builds on late season successes

By Matt Davis | Nov. 10, 2014

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Wisconsin derails Boilermakers, 34-16

By Jim Dayton | Nov. 8, 2014

Showing no signs of looking ahead to next week’s divisional showdown with Nebraska, No. 25 Wisconsin rolled to a 34-16 victory over Purdue Saturday in West Lafayette, Indiana.

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Gameday: Future division clashes loom large in Big Ten power rankings

By Jack Baer | Nov. 6, 2014

This would be the calm before the storm in the Big Ten, as division supremacy will reveal itself in the next two weeks, Ohio State vs. Michigan State and Nebraska vs. Wisconsin.

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Gameday: Five things to watch against Purdue

By Matt Tragesser | Nov. 6, 2014

1. Impenetrable defense