WRN Sports Daily (Video)

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,...

O’Brien leaving Wisconsin

According to reports, Wisconsin quarterback Danny O’Brien is leaving the program.  O’Brien dropped to 4th on the Wisconsin depth chart this spring and may have fallen all the way to 5th by the time fall camp opened. O’Brien started three games for...

Badgers face Nebraska in Big Ten Championship game (AUDIO)

The Wisconsin Badgers get a second chance to beat Nebraska this season and this time, it’s for the Big Ten Championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl.  When the teams met back on Sept. 29, the Badgers rushed for only 56 yards on 41 carries.  Everything went their...

Stave takes over at QB for Badgers

It was one of the worst kept secrets in Madison this week.  Redshirt freshman Joel Stave (Whitnall High School) is taking over at quarterback for the Badgers when they host Texas-El Paso on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. Stave replaces Danny O’Brien, who...

Bielema is quiet on this weeks starting QB

Wisconsin Badger coach Bret Bielema has already informed his quarterbacks who will start against UTEP (Texas-Elpaso) this week, but he’s not saying and won’t make his quarterbacks available to the media this week. Danny O’Brien was pulled at halftime...

Canada wants O’Brien to return as starting QB

Wisconsin Badger offensive coordinator Matt Canada said the Badger coaching staff hadn’t yet decided who will start at quarterback this week after Danny O’Brien was benched after the first half on Saturday night. O’Brien was shown the bench after...

O’Brien off to a good start in Madison

New Wisconsin quarterback Danny O’Brien posted solid numbers in his debut, leading the 12th ranked Badgers to a 26-21 win over Northern Iowa.  O’Brien threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns after transferring from Maryland to replace Russell Wilson who is...

Bielema picks O’Brien

As expected, Wisconsin head football coach Bret Bielema picked transfer quarterback Danny O’Brien as the Badgers quarterback to start the season.  Bielema made the announcement via Twitter on Sunday, saying O’Brien would start the opener on Sept. 1 against...

Ex-Maryland QB to visit Wisconsin this weekend

Former Maryland quarterback Danny O’Brien paid a visit to Penn State last weekend and the University of Mississippi on Monday.  O’Brien will visit with the Badgers this weekend in Madison. O’Brien has two years of eligibility remaining and will be...

O’Brien to Madison?

Maryland released quarterback Danny O’Brien from his scholarship, allowing him to sign with another school.  According to the Baltimore Sun, the list of schools that O’Brien is considering includes Wisconsin, as well as Vanderbilt, Stanford and Michigan...