Story-lines run thick in the 99th installment of the Rose Bowl between the #8 Stanford Cardinal and Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers are playing in their third straight Rose Bowl and look to hall-of-fame coach Barry Alvarez to improve upon his perfect 3-0 record in Pasasdena. Stanford enters the game on a three-game streak in BCS Bowls (Fiesta in 2011 and Orange in 2010) as … [Read more...] about Can the Wisconsin Badgers pull off the ultimate upset in Pasadena?
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Wisconsin is going back to Cali for a third straight Rose Bowl
With credit to the late Notorious B.I.G., the Wisconsin Badgers are going, going, back, back to Cali after demolishing the Nebraska Cornhuskers 70-31 in the Big Ten Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The 70 points the Badgers (8-5) scored are tied for the second most in the modern era in school-history and tied for the most ever in a conference championship … [Read more...] about Wisconsin is going back to Cali for a third straight Rose Bowl
Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Wisconsin Badgers: Brutally Honest Preview
The Illinois Fighting Illini and Wisconsin Badgers have a lot in common in 2012 and it's not a good thing. Most notably is the unexpected and disappointing starts for both teams. Neither team looked half-decent against non-conference foes and both lost their Big Ten openers. The Illini's new head coach Tim Beckman could already be on the hot-seat and the Wisconsin Badgers … [Read more...] about Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Wisconsin Badgers: Brutally Honest Preview
Wisconsin Badgers make progress in triumph over UTEP
Jared Abbrederis caught six passes for 147 yards and a touchdown to lead the Wisconsin Badgers over the UTEP Miners by the score of 37-26. It wasn't always pretty, but the Badgers' (3-1) offense looked a lot better than they did in their previous three games. They racked up a season-high 423 yards of total offense and produced 213 rushing yards despite losing running back … [Read more...] about Wisconsin Badgers make progress in triumph over UTEP
Melvin Gordon is the future for the Wisconsin Badgers
It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the most impressive member of the Wisconsin Badgers football team this spring was a running back. However, it's slightly shocking that it wasn't the 2011 Heisman Finalist Montee Ball or even the 2010 Big Ten Freshman of the Year James White, but rather a young red-shirt freshman named Melvin Gordon. If you're Head Coach Bret … [Read more...] about Melvin Gordon is the future for the Wisconsin Badgers
2012 Wisconsin Badgers Spring Game notes, nuggets and tidbits
The weather didn't necessarily pan out for the 2012 Wisconsin Badgers Annual Spring Game, but that didn't stop a few thousand people from coming out to Camp Randall to watch some of the team's young stars. Third-string running back Melvin Gordon stole the show with 30 rushing attempts for an impressive 159 yards. The future star Gordan helped lead the Cardinal squad to a … [Read more...] about 2012 Wisconsin Badgers Spring Game notes, nuggets and tidbits