Undefeated Wisconsin (2-0), coached by Mark Johnson, will host its first home matchup of the 2015-’16 season against unbeaten Ohio State (2-0) in a two-game series this Saturday and Sunday at LaBahn Arena.
After months of rumors, speculation became reality Friday when the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Under Armour announced a 10-year, $96 million partnership that will begin after the university’s current deal with Adidas ends next July. The contract was approved Friday morning by the Board of Regents and was officially announced at an afternoon press conference that featured Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank and UW athletic director Barry Alvarez. The new deal with Under Armour will end a 15-year partnership with Adidas that began back in 2001.
In another Big Ten battle Wisconsin (4-1-1 Big Ten, 7-4-3 overall), beat Iowa (0-5-1, 6-6-1) 2-0 for its fourth-straight victory Thursday night. The Badgers picked up right where they previously left off against Minnesota, putting a lot of offensive pressure on the Hawkeyes.
Even with the offense totaling 320 yards and possessing the football for more than half the game, the Badgers struggled to form any semblance of a rhythm in their 10-6 loss to No. 22 Iowa last Saturday. But the defense, led by senior outside linebacker Joe Schobert, held an Iowa team that scored 62 points in its win against the University of North Texas to a mere 10 points, all off turnovers. The defense surrendered just 30 yards total on both Iowa possessions that yielded points. Schobert came into Week 5 with an FBS-high 9.5 tackles-for-loss and continued to build on that total, adding four additional tackles-for-loss.
1. Protecting the ball A yard shy from punching the football into the end zone and taking a late fourth quarter lead against Iowa, redshirt senior quarterback Joel Stave tripped over redshirt freshman right guard Micah Kapoi and fumbled the ball, gifting the Hawkeyes possession and the game as a result. The botched handoff, however, was the most colossal turnover in a game defined by carelessness with the football.
Defense wins championships. It’s an old adage, but one that has withstood the test of time. Over the past decade, ignoring Auburn’s sieve of a defense in 2010, NCAA Championship teams have had, on average, the fifth-best defense in the country.
All throughout preparation during Iowa week, the idea repeated ad nauseam was that the Big Ten is all about physical football.
When the Badgers pour out of the tunnel on game day, they’re met by a mix of cheers from the tens of thousands of fans who fill the stadium and the blare of the band leading them in with the school song.
In movies and TV shows, high schools often feature two stereotypes: band nerds and jocks. Dan Voltz would have been the character that defies the societal norms, a Troy Bolton-esque protagonist that excels athletically and musically. Maybe he’s not exactly like Zac Efron’s character from “High School Musical,” but Voltz has a love for both music and football.
The first full week of conference action is in the books for the Big Ten, and everybody has been left with a whole slew of new questions regarding the state of the conference.
With nine minutes left in the third quarter, No. 1 Ohio State, the defending national champions, found itself trailing Indiana 10-6.
Before Hall of Famer Barry Alvarez built the football house known as Camp Randall, he was a Cornhusker. In fact, Alvarez was the leading tackler for Nebraska during the 1967 season in Lincoln. Alvarez credits much of his success building the Wisconsin football program to the practices and values that he learned in his time at Nebraska.
Wisconsin’s senior tight end Austin Traylor, who expanded his role in the offense this season, will be out 4-8 weeks with a right arm injury, as first reported Thursday morning by the Wisconsin State Journal’s Jason Galloway. Traylor left in the second half of UW’s 10-6 loss to Iowa last Saturday and did not return. Traylor entered the year with only three career receptions, but this season he had caught ten before his injury.
Coming off a strong performance in a road conference battle, the Badgers (1-1-1 Big Ten, 2-8-1 overall) came back home to once again struggle to find the back of the net.
Wisconsin (2-2 Big Ten, 10-4 overall) looks to build on its last two consecutive wins, which included a 3-0 sweep of Northwestern last Sunday, as it faces Rutgers (0-4, 3-13) and Maryland (0-4,10-8) Friday and Saturday. “We’re heading out to the East coast this weekend to play Rutgers and Maryland,” head coach Kelly Sheffield said at a Monday press conference.
With three Big Ten Conference home victories under their belt, the Badgers hope to continue their winning streak on the road against Iowa (0-4-1 Big Ten, 6-5-1 overall) and Nebraska (1-2-2, 5-4-2) this weekend.
When a football game is described as a battle in the trenches, usually it refers to ground and pound football that is won and lost based on which team’s line can get the stronger push up front. When Wisconsin (0-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) takes on Nebraska (0-1, 2-3) this weekend, it won’t be a traditional trench war, but the game will hinge on the performances of both team’s big men on the line of scrimmage.
It’s an overcast Sunday morning in Madison’s Brittingham Park. Out of the calm atmosphere comes a loud, “Brooms up!” Two hordes of college students charge each other at full speed with narrow PVC pipes between their legs. Dodgeballs whiz through the air. Juking out opponents left and right, one player throws a volleyball through a large hoop as his team celebrates their score.
Playing sports is a crucial component to the childhood of countless people, a source for wonderful memories throughout one’s youth.
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