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COLUMNS

Brewers inspire hope for a brighter future with GM hire

By all accounts, 2015 has been an unmitigated failure for the Milwaukee Brewers. With the bitter memory of their September collapse last year fresh on the minds of fans, the Brewers face-planted out the gates to a 5-18 start to the season that immediately quelled any hope of postseason contention this season.


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COLUMNS

Bielema, Andersen never realized how nice they had it at UW

Sometimes the grass is actually browner on the other side. This may be the case for the new lawns of former Wisconsin head football coaches Gary Andersen and Bret Bielema. Bielema and his gut left for Arkansas in 2012, while Andersen bolted for Oregon State just two years later. Both moves seemed puzzling at the time, so allow me to explain why staying at Wisconsin would have been the wiser choice.


Lauren Carlini
SPORTS

Arkansas snaps Wisconsin's winning streak

Though they won a pair of matches over the weekend, the Badgers will begin Big Ten play with the bitter taste of defeat still in their mouths. No. 11 Wisconsin (8-2) walked away from the Creighton Classic in Omaha, Neb., with victories over Kansas State (8-4) and Creighton (6-7) but falling to Arkansas (10-2) in the final to snap its 8-match winning streak.


Brandon Silvers
FOOTBALL

Led by Silvers, it may be Troy’s time to shine

The Troy Trojans finished the 2014 season with a dismal 3-9 record, placing eighth out of 11 teams in the Sun Belt Conference. So far, Troy has started this season 1-1, losing to North Carolina State 49-21 and beating Charleston Southern 44-16.


Rose Lavelle
SPORTS

Conference play opens with tough tests at Penn State, Ohio State

Coming off a weekend in which the Badgers (3-3-1) tied both Milwaukee and Kentucky, they will have their toughest test of the season in their Big Ten opener Friday against No. 4 Penn State (5-1-1). Wisconsin will continue a tough opening Big Ten schedule as they play No. 20 Ohio State (5-1-1) later in the weekend. The Nittany Lions and the Buckeyes are on a different level of competition than the teams Wisconsin has seen previously, having jumped out to a strong start in their 2015 campaigns.


Dare Ogunbowale
FOOTBALL

New-look offense hones in on Troy

Last week, head coach Paul Chryst stressed that even though the team lost its opener to Alabama, it would be more prepared for game two, saying that the biggest improvement comes from Week 1 to Week 2. After the Badgers smoked Miami (OH), Chryst sang a different tune this week.


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SPORTS

Wisconsin heads to struggling St. John's

Following a thrilling double-overtime victory in the Big Ten opener against Rutgers, the Badgers (1-4-0 overall, 1-0-0 Big Ten) will look to keep the momentum going Saturday against St. John’s (1-5-0) in the fourth and final game of a road trip before returning home for their next three contests.


Wisconsin Football
FOOTBALL

Big Ten Power Rankings: Spartans headline solid week for B1G

After a relatively disappointing opening weekend, the Big Ten bounced back with a solid Week 2. Big Ten teams went 12-2, including a 3-1 mark against teams from the Power Five conferences (though in fairness, one of those teams was Iowa State). As a result, you’ll notice an incredible lack of movement in this week’s power rankings. 1.


Daily Cardinal
FOOTBALL

National Outlook: Ole Miss, BYU among Week 2’s risers

Two weeks of college football are in the books, and the playoff picture is still as murky as ever. No. 1 Ohio State has looked vulnerable in back-to-back first halves, but then looked invincible again down the stretch of both of its first two games. No. 15 Ole Miss has obliterated two unsuspecting foes, scoring 76 and 73 points to open the season. No. 3 TCU got back to its old ways after a week one scare against Minnesota by torching Stephen F. Austin to the tune of 70 points.


Volleyball Varsity
SPORTS

Badgers use early loss as inspiration

Over the last two years, the Wisconsin women’s volleyball team has enjoyed great success, winning the Big Ten championship last year and making it all the way to the national championship game in 2013.


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