Wisconsin News and Sports
The Big Ten Conference announced two more start times for the upcoming 2013 Wisconsin Badger football season, including the season opener against UMass.
The Badgers will host the Minutemen on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 11am (CT) in the team’s first every-meeting. The game will be televised by BTN.
The start time for Wisconsin’s matchup with Tennessee Tech the following week, Sept. 7, will kick off at 11am on BTN. The game marks Tennessee Tech’s first visit to Camp Randall Stadium.
In today’s WRN Sports Daily, I take a look at the departure of Wisconsin Badger QB Danny O’Brien.
It’s hard to call this a failure on Bret Bielema’s part. He struck gold with Russell Wilson and with the Badgers quarterback depth lacking, Bielema figured he’d try again.
Even though it didn’t pan out, it was hardly a wasted effort.
O’Brien found himself well down the depth chart and decided to cut his ties with the Badger football program. He has one year of eligibility left elsewhere and he should use it to have a shot at playing some place, rather than sit on the bench in Madison.
According to reports, Wisconsin quarterback Danny O’Brien is leaving the program. O’Brien dropped to 4th on the Wisconsin depth chart this
Danny O’Brien
spring and may have fallen all the way to 5th by the time fall camp opened.
O’Brien started three games for the Badgers last season and completed 60% of his passes for 523 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.
Curt Phillips and Joel Stave finished the spring 1 and 2 on the depth chart but junior-college transfer Tanner McEvoy is expected to challenge Phillips and Stave for the starting job in fall camp.
Wisconsin women’s head hockey coach Mark Johnson will join Philadelphia Flyers
Mark Johnson
assistant Joe Mullen as head coaches for the second annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game Sept. 26 in Pittsburgh, PA.
The event, which will feature 40 of the top American-born prospects eligible for the 2014 National Hockey League Entry Draft, will be held at CONSOL Energy Center, home of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Johnson has established Wisconsin’s rank among the elite in college women’s hockey. Under his direction, Wisconsin has compiled four NCAA titles, four WCHA playoff titles and four WCHA regular-season crowns. Johnson and the Badgers were the first team ever to land in the NCAA championship game in four consecutive seasons, winning the title three times (2006, 2007, 2009). He leads all active D-1 women’s college-hockey coaches with a winning percentage of .819, with an impressive record of 302-56-28.
For the first time since 2006, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team will be participating in an international trip when it ventures to Canada this summer. The Badgers will play five exhibition games during the eight-day August trip, visiting Ottawa and Toronto.
With six incoming freshmen and redshirt junior Josh Gasser returning from a knee injury, the Badgers will be able to get some valuable practice and competition prior to the start of the season. Wisconsin will bring all 17 players on its roster and be permitted 10 practices throughout the summer, which is in addition to the two-hour instructional time allowed each week during the offseason.
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