Wisconsin escaped an upset bid by Cal Poly of the Football Championship Subdivision, mounting a late comeback and capitalizing on three missed extra points to win 36-35 in overtime Saturday on John Clay’s second touchdown of the game. The victory improves Wisconsin to 7-5 and makes it likely the Badgers will be invited to a [...]
For once, Wisconsin got to watch somebody else throw away a victory. After blowing their chance at a big-time bowl game with a pair of narrow losses to begin Big Ten play, the Badgers salvaged some pride by becoming bowl-eligible with a 35-32 comeback victory over mistake-prone Minnesota at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday. And [...]
Wisconsin’s P.J. Hill ran for three touchdowns, David Gilreath added two more, John Clay scored once, and all three players topped 100 yards rushing in a 55-20 rout Saturday. It looked like old-style Badger football. Wisconsin (5-5, 2-5) relied on a smashmouth attack, routinely sending Hill and Clay up the middle while Gilreath did his [...]
Michigan State avoided a major letdown, keeping its hopes alive to play for the Big Ten title. Brett Swenson kicked a 44-yard field goal with 7 seconds left, lifting the 22nd-ranked Spartans to a 25-24 comeback win over Wisconsin on Saturday. Michigan State (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) came out flat and seemed to be headed [...]
Wisconsin tight end Travis Beckum broke his left leg in Saturday’s 27-17 win against Illinois and is out for the season. Beckum had surgery on his fibula Saturday night after injuring it in the third quarter. Beckum decided to return for his senior season, forgoing the NFL draft as one of the nation’s top pass-catching [...]
Dustin Sherer threw two touchdowns to David Gilreath and ran for another, rallying Wisconsin over Illinois 27-17 on Saturday and snapping the Badgers’ longest losing streak in 12 years. Wisconsin (4-4, 1-4 Big Ten) finally got its first conference win with a solid effort defensively too, intercepting Juice Williams three times, including two long returns [...]
Dustin Sherer will start at quarterback for Wisconsin against Illinois on Saturday. After that, there are no guarantees. Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema put Sherer atop the depth chart Monday for the first time this season, with former starter Allan Evridge listed as co-backup along with Scott Tolzien. Bielema said he liked some of what he [...]
Shonn Greene rushed for a career-high 217 yards and four touchdowns and Iowa pounded reeling Wisconsin 38-16 on Saturday, sending the Badgers to their first 0-4 start in the Big Ten since 1996. Greene had touchdown runs of 52, 34, 34, and 12 yards for the Hawkeyes (5-3, 2-2 Big Ten), who have answered a [...]
Forget the press box. Joe Paterno could have coached this one from his living room. A sore hip relegated Paterno to a perch high above the field for the second week in a row — and once again, not having their iconic leader on the sidelines didn’t matter to No. 6 Penn State. Daryll Clark [...]
With Penn State putting on an anemic offensive display on its way to an ugly road loss, a broken right leg added injury to the insult of Joe Paterno’s last trip to Camp Randall Stadium. Paterno’s hurting again as he heads back to Madison, but this time his offense appears to be doing just fine. [...]
