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Montee Ball Made His Decision to Return for His Senior Year Two Days Before the Rose Bowl

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Montee Ball was the second best running back in college football this year. Ball finished his junior year at Wisconsin with 1900 yards and 39 total touchdowns. His incredible season in Madison even earned him a trip to New York for the Heisman Trophy Presentation. All signs pointed to Ball ...

Wisconsin Coach Bret Bielema: “I’ll take our team gainst any team in the country.”

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Bret Bielema can't help but wonder how his Wisconsin football team would do against the likes of Alabama and LSU. The Badgers are conceivably two Hail Marys away from having that opportunity, having lost on the final play of the game at Michigan State and in the final minute at ...

Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson Entrenches Himself in the Heisman Race By Dominating Nebraska

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

It seemed like an easy bet when Russell Wilson committed to play his senior year at Wisconsin that he would be in the discussion for individual awards and have the Badgers in the thick of things for a Big 10 title, and perhaps even in the national championship discussion. Through ...

Bret Bielema Says Russell Wilson Fit In Quickly With The Badgers

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

There is a new team in the Big Ten this season and they have already risen to the top of the conference in terms of preseason rankings. Nebraska has come over from the Big 12 and after back-to-back 10 win seasons, the Huskers are the preseason favorites to take home ...

Wisconsin Badgers Take a Big Step Toward Big Ten Title By Signing Russell Wilson

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

The only thing standing in between the Wisconsin Badgers and another Big Ten football championship, many said, was a quarterback. With Scott Tolzien gone after leading the Badgers to a Rose Bowl appearance last year, they were without an established quarterback through spring camp. That all changed this week when ...

Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez: “To Win, You Don’t Have to do Things Illegally”

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

With recent NCAA violations committed by USC and Ohio State and many more investigations into other programs, it's becoming increasingly harder to believe that teams can compete at an elite level without cheating. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez wants to make it clear that not everyone is cheating. "To win, you ...

Wisconsin’s Mike Bruesewitz’s Hair Continues to Shock the Nation

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Mike Bruesewitz took the Big Ten, and then the nation, by storm. It wasn't because of his contributions on the court. Sure, his five points and three rebounds per game helped the Badgers and a couple of dunks aided his notoriety, but all attention was on the Wisconsin sophomore's hair. Bruesewitz, ...

NCAA Tournament Updates: Bo Ryan and the Wisconsin Badgers Set For Sweet 16 Showdown With Butler

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Ten years, ten NCAA Tournament appearances. It's rarely the most entertaining or exciting brand of basketball, but Bo Ryan's Wisconsin Badgers teams just win. And they do so consistently. Wisconsin is on to the Sweet 16 after dispatching of No. 13 seeded Belmont on Thursday, then No. 5 seeded Kansas ...

With Two Shocking Endings, Butler is Back on the Road to the Final Four

Monday, March 21st, 2011

You would have thought I would have learned my lesson last year, but I truly did not think that the Butler Bulldogs would be alive again after the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. Yet, thanks to two dramatic victories, the Bulldogs have earned another trip to the Sweet Sixteen ...

Bo Ryan on the Allegations that Fans Spit on Jared Sullinger: “We’ve got the best fans in America”

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

This past weekend Wisconsin showed just how dominant they are on their own home floor. The Badgers ended Ohio State’s dream of an undefeated season with a second half rally that was as good as it gets in college hoops. Down 15 points at one time on their own home ...