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Wisconsin Steamrolls Nebraska in Big Ten Championship Game
In an article I wrote earlier in the week, I picked the Nebraska Cornhuskers to beat the Wisconsin Badgers, 28-24, in the Big Ten Championship Game. Clearly, I was wrong. Wisconsin took Nebraska behind...
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2012 Badgers Are Flawed But Going To Pasadena
So by winning the Big Ten Championship game after finishing in third place in the Leaders Division, the Wisconsin Badgers qualify as one of the worst teams ever to qualify for the Rose Bowl and will be...
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The Short List of Wisconsin Football Coaching Candidates to Replace Bret Bielema
I was in the camp all along that did not believe that Pittsburgh’s Paul Chryst was the ‘frontrunner’ for the University of Wisconsin head football job. It is simply not how Barry Alvarez does business....
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Reports: Wisconsin to Hire Gary Andersen as Head Football Coach (And It’s a...
Just three months ago I was at Camp Randall Stadium when the Wisconsin Badgers narrowly avoided what would had been a major upset when Utah State’s late 37-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right....
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Houston Texans Ultimate Franchise Player: Counting Down the Top 10 Texans of...
This is the latest post in Kurt’s continuing series to identify the NFL’s Ultimate Franchise Player of All-Time. For an explanation of his methodology for choosing each franchise’s ultimate franchise...
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Don’t Sleep On Bo Ryan’s Badgers (Now Less Boring!)
There’s been so much made of how good the Big Ten is this year, and I’m not here to refute that. Indiana has proven all season long that they are one of the best teams in the country, if not the best...
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Bracket Projection: Letting a Computer Objectively Pick All 63 Games
Warning: the following bracket projection will yank the chains and highly upset members of the Midwest Sports Fans editorial staff, as well as numerous segments of the general public. In my previous...
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Wisconsin, Arizona State finish, frame by frame
The use of instant replay in college football is great. Not that the on-field officials don’t normally do a good job, but calls are inevitably missed. In the most obvious cases the wrong is righted...
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Ben Brust’s Legacy at Wisconsin
When the final buzzer sounded in Wisconsin’s 76-70 win over Purdue on Wednesday night, it meant that Evan Anderson, Zach Bohannon, and Ben Brust had played the final game of their careers at the Kohl...
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The 2013-14 Wisconsin Badgers Won’t Soon Be Forgotten
When Traevon Jackson’s attempt at a game-winning shot rattled out as time expired, the Wisconsin Badgers’ magical NCAA tournament run came to a bitter end. Just moments earlier, Kentucky’s Aaron...
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The Curious Case of Joel Stave
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more frustrating/bizarre for Wisconsin Badgers football fans, a confounding situation involving quarterback Joel Stave unfolded Tuesday. In the morning,...
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Melvin Gordon, Packers combine for memorable weekend
In Gene Rayburn style, a local radio station asked the following Sunday morning via Facebook: “Melvin Gordon’s record-breaking 408 yard rushing day is the greatest athletic performance since...
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Firing Bo Pelini Could Haunt Nebraska
What is wrong with this picture? On Monday, Steve Spurrier announced his intentions on remaining at the University of South Carolina, where he has gone 83-45 over the past 10 seasons. Meanwhile, Bo...
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Baylor, TCU Did Not Get Snubbed
Two plus two does not equal five, or even six. That is the reality of the College Football Playoff. With five major conferences, it was that assured at least one would not be represented and that...
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Badgers Enact Revenge, End Kentucky’s Bid For Perfection
On a wild Saturday night in Indianapolis, the Wisconsin Badgers earned a victory that’s significance rivals that of any other in program history. The Badgers brought down previously unbeaten...
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