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.
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.
Fresh off its 68-17 rout against Bowling Green, Wisconsin (2-1) will host South Florida (2-2) this Saturday in its nonconference finale.
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.
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!
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?”
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.
1) Wanted: Melvin Gordon
Thanks to his big leg and even bigger personality, freshman kicker Rafael Gaglianone is quickly winning over Wisconsin Badgers players and fans alike.
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.
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.
Deer Cardinal,
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.
Women’s Soccer
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.
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