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SPORTS

Women's Soccer: McNicoll and Walls score as UW shuts out Northwetern

By Andrew Haffner and Shea Gallup | Oct. 12, 2014

The No. 12 Badgers (6-2-1 Big Ten, 12-2-1 overall) took down Northwestern 2-0 on a road trip in Evanston, Ill. This was the fourth game in ten days for the Badgers and came against a Wildcats team coming off their first conference win. The Badgers benefited from a career day by goalkeeper Genevieve Richard and goals from senior forward Cara Walls and junior midfielder Kinley McNicoll.

FOOTBALL

Badgers beat Illini behind Gordon's big game

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 11, 2014

After a dreadful loss to Northwestern last week, Wisconsin (1-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) rebounded thanks to another big day from Heisman candidate Melvin Gordon to win 38-28 over Illinois (0-3, 3-4) at Camp Randall Saturday.

COLUMNS

Heisman Watch: Week 7

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 9, 2014

This is the fourth edition of the Heisman Watch, a weekly feature tracking the candidates for college football’s most prestigious award. To read last week’s piece, click here.

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Top games in the aftermath of a historic weekend

By Lorin Cox | Oct. 9, 2014

As the college football season nears the halfway mark, the contenders are beginning to separate themselves from the pretenders. The top teams are done with the easy portion of their schedules and the big-time matchups will come week-in and week-out. Heisman candidates will go head to head, and inevitably, some Top 10 teams will face defeat. Here are this week’s biggest games across the nation.

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Buckeyes threaten Spartans for top spot in the conference

By Jack Baer | Oct. 9, 2014

1. No. 8 Michigan State (nine first-place votes), 139 points

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Illinois’ season tanks following positive start

By Jake Powers | Oct. 9, 2014

After beginning its season 2-0, Illinois has lost three of its last four games and will visit Madison Oct. 11 amidst an absolute free fall.

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FOOTBALL

Gameday: Five things to watch

By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Matt Tragesser | Oct. 9, 2014

1) Rushing attack against vulnerable defense

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Landisch, Erickson cycle in as UW stars

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 9, 2014

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.

SPORTS

Women's Hockey: UW opens home schedule with Ohio State

By Zach Rastall | Oct. 9, 2014

Following a convincing sweep on the road against Minnesota-Duluth this past weekend, No. 2 Wisconsin (2-0-0 WCHA, 4-0-0 overall) will return to Madison for its home opener against Ohio State (0-0-0, 2-0-0).

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Women's Soccer: Wisconsin ties in double overtime, faces Northwestern this Sunday

By Shea Gallup | Oct. 9, 2014

Looking to rebound from its Sunday loss to No. 6 Penn State, No. 12 Wisconsin (5-2-1 Big Ten, 11-2-1 overall) played to a scoreless tie in double overtime against Iowa Wednesday.

VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball: Badgers take on new foes Maryland and Rutgers

By Andrew Bahl and Kelly Kallien | Oct. 9, 2014

The No. 6 Badgers (3-1 Big Ten, 12-2 overall) will look to extend their three-game winning streak this weekend as they take on Big Ten newcomers Rutgers, Friday, and Maryland, Sunday.

SPORTS

Men's Soccer: Going for two in a row

By Jarek Petras | Oct. 8, 2014

The Badgers found new life Tuesday as they captured their first win since August 31. The game was one of resiliency and determination, as Wisconsin held its lead for nearly 70 minutes.

FOOTBALL

Football: Looking to rebound after bad loss

By Jake Powers | Oct. 8, 2014

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.

COLUMNS

Column: Rankings don't necessarily indicate team superiority

By Jack Baer and Kyrie Caldwell | Oct. 8, 2014

The transitive property: If a > b and b > c, then a > c. It’s one of the most basic tenants of mathematics and an idea that every person on Earth has used at one time or another, whether they’re aware of it or not. For our purposes, let’s talk about its use in the college football rankings, or at least in how the rankings are perceived.

COLUMNS

Column: Savor the chaos last Saturday brought to college football

By Grey Satterfield | Oct. 8, 2014

The roller coaster and college football are my two favorite childhood memories, and it’s days like Saturday that help me realize just how related they actually are.

FOOTBALL

Football: Badgers' choice at QB between a rock and a hard place

By Jim Dayton | Oct. 7, 2014

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.

SPORTS

Men's Soccer: Badgers record shutout in second win of season

By Jason Braverman | Oct. 7, 2014

Following a stretch of tightly contested overtime games and close losses, the Badgers (0-3-0 Big Ten, 2-7-1 overall) were able to get back into the win column with a 1-0 victory over Green Bay (0-1-1 Horizon, 3-4-4).

SPORTS

Men's soccer: UW faces state rival

By Jason Braverman | Oct. 6, 2014

Following their third overtime match in their last five contests, the Badgers (1-7-1 overall) will look to get back on track against in-state rival UW-Green Bay (3-4-3).

COLUMNS

Column: Poor red zone playcalling, bad quarterbacks doom Wisconsin offense

By Rushad Machhi | Oct. 6, 2014

Madison, we have a problem. For the first time in distant memory, that problem is the Wisconsin Badgers’ offense. It looked anemic in a 20-14 loss at Northwestern, breaking a streak of 17 straight games of 20 or more points.

SPORTS

Badgers have chance for more improvement

By Jon Spike and Matt Davis | Oct. 6, 2014

Football