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.
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.
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.
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.
EVANSTON, Ill.—Wisconsin began its Big Ten schedule with a humiliating road loss to Northwestern Saturday in a game that should have served as a springboard into the rest of conference play.
In spring practice, the Wisconsin coaching staff decided to move Michael Trotter from safety to linebacker, giving him the chance to play alongside his twin brother, Marcus, for their final season.
1. More touches for Corey Clement
After suffering an 0-2 start to its 2014 campaign, Northwestern will attempt to lead a resurgence after consecutive wins in its last two games.
Here’s a quick explanation of our voting methodology: We had 10 voters on our staff rank the conference 1-14 and awarded points in an inverted structure (first place gets 14 points, etc.) Without further adieu, here’s how that shook out.
No. 15 LSU at No. 5 Auburn
No. 17 Wisconsin heads to Evanston, Ill., to take on Northwestern Saturday in the Badgers’ first Big Ten contest and first true road game of the season.
With the end of September at our doorstep, midterm season is starting up (boo) as well as Big Ten conference play (yay?). Here are five things we learned about our begrudgingly beloved conference in this tumultuous month.
No. 19 Wisconsin topped South Florida in its final non-conference matchup Saturday at Camp Randall, but the victory did little to provide momentum heading into Big Ten play next week.
No. 11 UCLA at No. 15 Arizona State
Call it a bounce-back week for the Big Ten, but then again every team showing up to the actual game could be considered a bounce-back after what happened the week before. Now let’s congratulate Indiana on an SEC win and point and laugh at Michigan.
The Badgers are riding high after pounding Bowling Green last week, but South Florida is coming off a big win of their own, despite an overall weak season so far.
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.
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.
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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