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Football: Wisconsin holds on to Paul Bunyan's Axe for ninth straight year
By Matt Fox and Ryan Hill | Oct. 20, 2012The Wisconsin Badgers (3-1 Big Ten, 6-2 overall) run game catapulted the team to victory yet again, but this time the team has Paul Bunyan’s Axe to show for it for the ninth straight season.
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Football: 'Barge' formation adds unique twist to Badger victory
By Parker Gabriel | Oct. 20, 2012When Bill Snyder ran the “Wildcat” offense at Kansas State in the late 1990s, the name made sense. After all, they are the Wildcats.
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Football: Badgers and Gophers battle for Axe
By Daily Cardinal Staff and Parker Gabriel | Oct. 19, 2012Conventional wisdom would say that 121 meetings between two opponents would be enough to settle a score.
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Senior class aims for sweep
By Parker Gabriel and Clay Thomas | Oct. 18, 2012In 2004, this would not have even been a question.
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Football: Ball, offense return to top-level form
By Ryan Hill | Oct. 16, 2012In what was the Wisconsin football team’s (2-1 Big Ten, 5-2 overall) best performance of the season Saturday, the Badgers seemed to find what was missing offensively in the team’s shakey start to the season.
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Bielema pleased with offensive progress
By Vince Huth | Oct. 16, 2012Fresh off a road win that many have deemed Wisconsin’s (2-1 Big Ten, 5-2 overall) breakout game, head coach Bret Bielema addressed the Badgers’ recent offensive improvements at his Monday press conference.
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Column: Wisconsin, Michigan set to meet in Indianapolis
By Matthew Kleist | Oct. 15, 2012The Badgers have all but booked their trip to Indianapolis with a dominating 38-14 road win at Purdue Saturday. Of the eligible teams in the Leaders Division, Wisconsin controls a two-game lead in the standings and is the only team to win a conference game so far this season.
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Ball lifts Badgers in crucial road win
By Ryan Hill and Brittany Schoepp | Oct. 13, 2012WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Merely three weeks ago, Wisconsin (2-1 Big Ten, 5-2 overall) senior running back Montee Ball’s chances at breaking the NCAA touchdown record seemed questionable, the team’s chance at returning to Indianapolis seemed equally bleak and its offensive identity was essentially non-existent.
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Offense breaks out in win at Purdue
By Parker Gabriel and Samantha Whithuhn | Oct. 13, 2012WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Considering the way the Badgers have run the ball this season, their opening drive Saturday was noteworthy. Wisconsin (2-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) matched an early Purdue touchdown by marching 75 yards in five plays, including two rushes for 21 yards and three effective play-action-passes. Absent from the whole drive: senior running back Montee Ball.
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Offense finding drive
By Stephanie Lindholm and Ryan Hill | Oct. 12, 2012Wisconsin (1-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) will need to add onto its most complete performance last weekend against Illinois if it wants to defeat Purdue (0-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) and remain the favorite to represent the Leaders Division in the Big Ten Championship game Dec. 1.
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Badger secondary shrugs off early adversity and injuries
By Ryan Hill and Bill Anderson | Oct. 11, 2012It’s never easy standing out on a defense that includes redshirt junior linebacker Chris Borland and redshirt senior linebacker Mike Taylor. It’s even harder when that same defense involves a smothering front four that has held opposing rushers to just 3.5 yards per carry.
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Abbrederis thriving under new coaching scheme
By Parker Gabriel | Oct. 11, 2012It is hard to underestimate how much redshirt junior wide receiver Jared Abbrederis means to the Badgers’ offense this year.
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Football: Badgers put on a four-quarter performance
By Andrew Haffner and Max Sternberg | Oct. 7, 2012After letting a 17-point lead evaporate last weekend against Nebraska, the Wisconsin Badgers football team (1-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) had put itself in a must-win situation as it came into its Big Ten home opener Saturday against Illinois (0-2 Big Ten, 2-4 overall).
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Tempo key for defense
By Dawn Schueller and Brett Bachman | Oct. 4, 2012Just five days after Nebraska’s second-half comeback left the Badgers reeling, Wisconsin is looking to regain some of the bravado that put it on the map as a perennial Big Ten contender and catapulted it to two consecutive Rose Bowl Games.
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Badgers aim for four quarter performance
By Ryan Hill | Oct. 3, 2012The Wisconsin Badgers football team (0-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) suddenly has another mantra besides the “1-0” approach to add to its arsenal.
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Offense shows promise
By Ryan Hill | Oct. 2, 2012LINCOLN, Neb.—Wisconsin (0-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) let an ugly offensive line and run game performance taint what was perhaps the best half of football the Badgers have played all season.
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Column: Defensive presence waning in modern college football
By Matt Masterson | Oct. 2, 2012Defense wins championships. This antiquated cliché and go-to slogan for mediocre sports commentators is believed to still be relevant in today’s NCAA, but if you watched any college football last weekend, you saw that offense has taken over.
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Bielema moves past Nebraska, focuses on bright spots from loss
By Peter Geppert | Oct. 2, 2012As a sports fan, it’s much easier to look at things from a glass-half-full perspective when discerning the prospects of the ongoing season. Fans of this year’s Wisconsin football team (0-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) can take a lesson in optimism from head coach Bret Bielema, who gave off a heavy dose of good vibes at his weekly Monday press conference following a crushing 30-27 defeat to No. 22 Nebraska (1-0, 4-1) Saturday.
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