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Badgers welcome 25 scholarship recruits to program

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The Wisconsin Badgers biggest area of need with the 2014 freshman recruiting class came at offensive line, wide receiver and secondary.  Of the 25 players they signed to National Letters of Intent, 16 of them played those three high-need positions.

AUDIO: Coach Gary Anderson said they addressed their needs :18

The Badgers added six offensive lineman, five receivers and five defensive backs.  Four of Wisconsin’s 25 signees are already enrolled at Wisconsin: offensive linemen Jaden Gault and Michael Deiter, safety Austin Hudson and quarterback D.J. Gillins. [Read more…]

Wisconsin football: National signing day (Video)

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Signed letters of intent are crossing the fax machine in the Wisconsin football

Gary Anderson

Gary Anderson

office today, adding to Coach Gary Anderson’s first recruiting class.

The 2014 class is expected to be one of the highest-ranked at Wisconsin in years.  It’s expected to rank in the upper third in the Big Ten Conference.

The Badgers did suffer a setback this week when four-star defensive tackle Craig Evans, out of Sun Prairie decommitted and announced he would be signing with Michigan State. [Read more…]

Badgers bowl losing streak hits four (AUDIO)

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Gary Anderson’s first bowl game as the head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers

Melvin Gordon

Melvin Gordon

didn’t go according to plan.

The 19th ranked Badgers had no answer for (8) South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw, who completed 22 of 25 passes for 312 yards and 3 touchdowns.  Shaw also caught a touchdown pass and rushed for a fifth as the Gamecocks beat another Big Ten team in a bowl game and won an 11th game for the third straight season.

The Badgers ended their season with two straight defeats and finished 9-4.  That’s four straight bowl defeats for the Badgers, which means the current group of 22 seniors has never finished a season at Wisconsin with a victory.

In Wisconsin’s regular season ending loss to Penn State, they didn’t get enough from their passing game.  That was the case again yesterday.  Joel Stave left with a shoulder injury late in the third quarter, but even when he was in the game, the Badgers offered little threat down field.  Stave finished 9 of 13 for 80 yards and two touchdowns and one interception. [Read more…]

Stave is key in today’s game against South Carolina (AUDIO)

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Joel Stave has thrown for 20 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions this season, but he’s missed more open receivers in the second half of the

Gary Anderson & Steve Spurrier set to square off in today's Capital One Bowl

Gary Anderson & Steve Spurrier set to square off in today’s Capital One Bowl

season and the  Wisconsin Badgers ability to throw the home run ball has disappeared down the stretch.  Stave’s inability to make the big play late in the season cost the Badgers in their 31-24 loss to Penn State in the regular season finale on senior day at Camp Randall.

In turn, teams have crowded the line of scrimmage and made it more difficult for the Badgers to run the ball.  The way to make them pay is hit the big pass down field.  Wisconsin couldn’t do it late in the season.

South Carolina watches film and you can bet they’ll try to shut down the Badgers running attack as well, inviting the inconsistent Stave to beat them down field.  Stave also needs time to stand in the pocket and deliver the long ball.   Time to throw the ball also was tough to come by for Stave.

The Badgers are well aware of the problem.  Following the loss to Penn State, coach Gary Anderson pulled no punches.  He said Stave has to play better if the Badgers offense is going to work the way it’s supposed to.

Jared Abbrederis has been the number 1 target for Stave and he knows he and Stave need to connect today against the Gamecocks.

 

 

 

 

The 19th ranked Badgers have been labeled 2-point favorites and South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier has mentioned that fact to his team once or twice.

AUDIO: Steve Spurrier on talking with his team about being underdogs :22

 

 

Gordon to consider turning pro

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Wisconsin Badger redshirt sophomore running back Melvin Gordon is considering a

Melvin Gordon

Melvin Gordon

move to the NFL.

Gordon, who rushed for 1,466 yards and 12 touchdowns this season, is seeking input from the NFL’s Draft Advisory Board.

Gordon said his father wants him to return to Madison, while his mother initially offered the same advice, more recently said she wants him to explore leaving early.

Wisconsin coach Gary Anderson told Gordon it would be in his best interest to return to Madison.

AUDIO: Gary Anderson says Gordon should return to Madison in 2014 :15

Draft eligible underclassmen must declare for the 2014 draft no later than Jan. 15.  Gordon said he’ll make a decision after the Badgers Capital One Bowl Game against South Carolina.

Badgers likely headed for Capitol One or Outback bowl (audio)

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Wisconsin’s 31-24 “Senior Day” loss to Penn State on Saturday cost the Badgers a

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Gary Anderson

spot in the BCS Bowl picture.  The Badgers started the day Saturday ranked 15th in the BCS Standings, but fell to 21st when the latest BCS Standings were released on Sunday.

The Badgers (9-3, 6-2 Big Ten) also fell to 21 in both the USA Today coaches’ poll and the Associated Press top  25 poll, both of which came out on Sunday.

The end result will likely leave the Badgers headed to either the Capital One Bowl in Orlando or the Outback Bowl in Tampa.  Both games are played on January 1st and feature matchups against SEC teams.

If Ohio State stays in the National Title game and Michigan State heads to the Rose Bowl, then Wisconsin likely would land a spot in the Capitol One Bowl against the loser of the SEC Championship game between Auburn and Missouri.

The Badgers had played in the Rose Bowl in each of the last three seasons. [Read more…]

French loses kicking job, will leave Madison

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After losing his job as the place-kicker of the Wisconsin Badgers, Kyle French

Kyle French

Kyle French

announced that he won’t return for his senior season in Madison next year.

French made the announcement on his Facebook page on Thursday night.

“I want to personally thank everyone who has supported me throughout my career in football,” he wrote. “The coaches have asked me to forgo my senior season and focus on my career outside of football after the season.

The Facebook post came hours after UW coach Gary Anderson told reporters Jack Russell would handle field goals and extra points this week at Illinois and hat linebacker Chris Borland would be ready for kicks of 45 yards or longer.

AUDIO: Gary Anderson says Borland kicking has been in the making for a couple of weeks :18

French started the season at Wisconsin’s No. 1 kicker.  He has made 5 of 8 field-goal attempts this season and 18 of 29 for his career at Wisconsin.

 

Badgers rebound with impressive win over Wildcats (Audio)

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Wisconsin football coach Gary Anderson doesn’t like making any single game bigger than the next.  But after Saturday’s 35-6 win over 19th ranked Northwestern, Anderson was referring to his teams win as a “big win”.

AUDIO: Gary Anderson is proud of his team :18

The Badgers (4-2 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) have already lost twice and they know their margin of error is down to nothing.

When asked what qualified this as a big game, Anderson mentioned the emotional toll of the two losses his team had suffered this season.

AUDIO: Anderson was asked why this is such a big win :23

Until yesterday, Northwestern had little trouble piling up yards and scoring points.  But the Badgers held the Wildcat ground attack to 44 yards.  Northwestern completed just 43% of its passes, allowed seven sacks, went 2 for 17 on 3rd downs and punted 11 times.

The Badgers have had issues with spread offenses, but they had all the answers against the Wildcats on Saturday at Camp Randall.

AUDIO: Gary Anderson on why the offense worked so well :17

Northwestern started the day averaging 474 yards a game, but finished just over 200 yards and settled for two field goals all day.

The Badgers finished with more than 500 yards of total offense.  Melvin Gordon got his groove back in the rushing department, hitting for 172 yards.

The Badgers now play back-to-back Big Ten road games, at Illinois and at Iowa, before finishing with 3 out of the  last 4 at Camp Randall.

A big weekend for current and future Badgers

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The Wisconsin Badgers host Northwestern in Big Ten football action at Camp Randall

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Gary Anderson

Stadium on Saturday afternoon (2:30pm).  It’s a big game for the Badgers in terms of their current standings in the Big Ten’s Leaders Division.  They also want to put on a good show for the many recruits that will be on hand to check out the UW Campus.

Wisconsin coaches can’t comment on prospects until they sign a National Letter of Intent, but they’ll be pulling out all the stops, trying to impress the young players they hope to have playing in Madison in the near future.

AUDIO: Gary Anderson said this is a big recruiting weekend :16

The Badgers currently have 16 known commitments in its 2014 recruiting class, including seven from Wisconsin.

Pac-12 admits officiating error in Badger defeat

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The Pac-12 Conference admitted Monday that the officials who worked the Wisconsin-Arizona State game Saturday night erred in the final minute.

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said the league reprimanded the officials and took unspecified sanctions against them.

Wisconsin fell to Arizona State 32-30 when the Badgers weren’t allowed to run another play in which they would have clocked the ball and attempted a short game winning field goal.

The Badgers could have attempted the game winning field goal with :18 left in the game, but head coach Gary Anderson said if UW faces a similar late-game situation in the future, the staff will not change its approach.

Wisconsin is moving on now to preparations for their Big Ten opener, this Saturday afternoon against Purdue at Camp Randall Stadium.