Football

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FOOTBALL

Melvin Gordon silences doubters in a game that rewrites the record books

By Jake Powers | Sep. 25, 2014

Early in the first quarter of Wisconsin’s Sept. 20 bashing of Bowling Green, redshirt junior Melvin Gordon received a handoff and was hit at the line of scrimmage by the Falcons’ Kendall Montgomery, who jarred the ball loose. Teammate Nate Locke pounced on the fumble at the Badgers’ 35-yard line, and one play later, Bowling Green tied the game at seven.

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COLUMNS

Heisman Watch: Week 5

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 25, 2014

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

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FOOTBALL

South Florida brings offensive style similar to Wisconsin

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 25, 2014

Fresh off a dominating display against Bowling Green, No. 19 Wisconsin faces its final nonconference test this Saturday when the Badgers take on South Florida at Camp Randall.

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FOOTBALL

Football: Early performances from defense encouraging

By Jake Powers and Brittany Jones | Sep. 23, 2014

Wisconsin’s defense has provided plenty of reasons to be optimistic given the progress it has made through the first three games of its young 2014 campaign.

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VOLLEYBALL

Plenty to look forward to for Badgers

By Matt Davis | Sep. 23, 2014

Fresh off its 68-17 rout against Bowling Green, Wisconsin (2-1) will host South Florida (2-2) this Saturday in its nonconference finale.

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FOOTBALL

Badgers rout Falcons en route to 68-17 victory

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 20, 2014

It was a record-setting performance for the Badger offense Saturday, as Wisconsin walloped Bowling Green, 68-17, behind a career day from Melvin Gordon.

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FOOTBALL

Key conference games for playoff contenders

By Grey Satterfield | Sep. 18, 2014

Rule number one of college football, no one is safe. In this game, teams can’t afford to take days off, and this week is no different. The nonconference schedule is drawing to a close. Will the Big Ten salvage its reputation? Will the SEC continue its streak of cruel and unusual punishment? Read on to find out. To the football!

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FOOTBALL

Ranking a down Big Ten

By Jack Baer | Sep. 18, 2014

The Big Ten hasn’t had the best three weeks in the nonconference season, with all teams going a combined 1-10 against Power 5 conferences. Of course, we now play the “Power rank the Big Ten” game, also known as “How embarrassing was your out-of-conference loss?”

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FOOTBALL

Bowling Green's offense rolling even under backup quarterback

By Jason Braverman | Sep. 18, 2014

Bowling Green (2-1) had a rough start for the season, losing its starting quarterback, 2013 MAC Championship game MVP Matt Johnson, for the year in a 59-31 loss to Western Kentucky (1-2), but has rebounded to win their next two in his absence.

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FOOTBALL

Bowling Green: Five things to watch

By Jim Dayton and Mark Sadowski | Sep. 18, 2014

1) Wanted: Melvin Gordon

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FOOTBALL

Freshman kicker Rafael Gaglianone winning over hearts of Badger fans

By Zach Rastall | Sep. 18, 2014

Thanks to his big leg and even bigger personality, freshman kicker Rafael Gaglianone is quickly winning over Wisconsin Badgers players and fans alike.

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FOOTBALL

A chance to refine offensive troubles

By Jake Powers | Sep. 17, 2014

After following up a gut-wrenching, opening-week loss with a lopsided win at home, Wisconsin has an opportunity to stabilize itself in its third contest of the season against visiting Bowling Green Saturday.

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COLUMNS

Heisman Watch: Week 4

By Jim Dayton | Sep. 16, 2014

We’re now three full weeks into the 2014 college football season. That has given us enough time to peruse box scores, watch plenty of highlights and formulate some legitimate Heisman Trophy watch lists rather than preseason predictions that often turn out to be wildly incorrect. Check back in the following weeks for updated rankings.

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FOOTBALL

Ask the Deer Cardinal: Answering all your important fancy football questions

By The Deer Cardinal | Sep. 16, 2014

Deer Cardinal,

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FOOTBALL

Wake up sheeple, quit your nubile fancy football leagues

By Thor Von Killpenstien | Sep. 15, 2014

I’m sure many of you reading this are “owners” of fancy football clubs. Apparently this is the new Internet craze of millennials. Well I’m here to tell you that this fancy fantasy world you’re all caught up in needs to be brought back to utilitarian reality.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.