by Bill Scott | Nov 23, 2020
For only the second time this season, the Green Bay Packers faced a team with a winning record and lost. After scoring 28-points in the first half and leading 28-14 at halftime, the Packers (7-3) went on to lose to the Indianapolis Colts (7-3) 34-31 in overtime on...
by Bill Scott | Jun 29, 2020
The Wisconsin football teams of the last decade won a total of 102 games, second only to Ohio State’s 117 victories. The Badgers had three players named to the Big Ten All-Decade Team. The Detroit Free Press surveyed six conference writers from the USA Today...
by Bill Scott | Jun 9, 2020
Junior middle blocker Dana Rettke of the volleyball team and junior running back Jonathan Taylor of the football team were both named University of Wisconsin Athletes of the Year. The pair also serve as Wisconsin’s nominees for the Big Ten Conference Athlete of...
by Bill Scott | Apr 24, 2020
Two-time Doak Walker award winner Jonathan Taylor is the third running back off the board in the 2020 NFL Draft. The former Wisconsin Badger was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the ninth pick in the second round, 41st overall. The Colts traded up to select...
by Bill Scott | Apr 15, 2020
The Wisconsin football team has secured a 10th oral commitment for their 2021 recruiting class. Antwan Roberts is a 6’1, 190 pound running back from Pope John Paul II High School in Tennessee, announced on Twitter Tuesday that he had committed to the Badgers...
by Bill Scott | Jan 2, 2020
The Wisconsin Badgers got a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Aron Cruickshank and had the upper hand in the stat column as well as a 17-minute advantage in time of possession, yet found themselves falling to the Oregon Ducks 28-27 in the New Years Day Rose...
by Bill Scott | Dec 16, 2019
The honors keep coming for Wisconsin Badger teammates Jonathan Taylor and Tyler Biadasz. They were named first-team All-Americans by the Associated Press on Monday. Taylor and Biadasz were joined by teammate Zach Baun, who was a second-team selection at outside...
by Bill Scott | Dec 13, 2019
Wisconsin Badger running back Jonathan Taylor captured the Doak Walker award as the nation’s top running back on Thursday night. Taylor became the first Badger and just third player overall to win the award in back-to-back seasons. Melvin Gordon (2014),...
by Bill Scott | Dec 8, 2019
Four the first half of the Big Ten Championship game, the Wisconsin Badgers were in control, on the verge of pulling off one of the biggest upsets in college football history. The Badgers led 21-7 at halftime. Everyone knew Ryan Day’s Buckeyes would make a...
by Bill Scott | Dec 5, 2019
Wisconsin Badgers tailback Jonathan Taylor was named the Ameche-Dayne Big Ten running back of the year for the second straight season. He becomes the third back to win the award twice, joining former Badger Montee Ball and former Penn State standout Saquon Barkley....
by Bill Scott | Dec 1, 2019
The Minnesota Gophers had an outstanding season, but there will be no trip to the Big Ten title game and Paul Bunyan’s Axe is back in the Wisconsin Badgers trophy case, where it belongs. The Gophers jumped out in front, but the Badgers dominated the rest of the...
by Bill Scott | Nov 24, 2019
The 14th ranked Wisconsin Badgers had a hard time shaking the Purdue Boilermakers early, but pulled away for a 45-24 win at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday. The win allows the Badgers (9-2, 6-2 Big Ten) an opportunity to play border rival Minnesota (10-1, 7-1) for...
by Bill Scott | Nov 18, 2019
Wisconsin Badger running back Jonathan Taylor and WR/KR Aron Cruickshank received Big Ten Conference weekly awards on Monday. Taylor was named the Big Ten’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week after carrying the ball 25 times for 204 yards and two touchdowns in the...
by Bill Scott | Oct 12, 2019
The Michigan State Spartans tried to close the door on Wisconsin’s Heisman Trophy candidate Jonathan Taylor on Saturday. While they held him to a season-low 80 yards on 26 carries, the Badgers found other ways to pull out a 38-0 victory at Camp Randall...
by Bill Scott | Sep 29, 2019
The Wisconsin Badgers scored a touchdown on their opening drive for the fourth straight game, then saw their offense disappear for the remainder of the game. Yet UW, thanks to their defense, pulled out a 24-15 win over the Northwestern Wildcats to improve to 4-0 on...
by Bill Scott | Sep 23, 2019
Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor rushed 23 times for 203 yards and a pair of touchdowns, topping the 100-yard rushing mark for the 25th time in his 30-game career, was named the Big Ten’s Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season...
by Bill Scott | Sep 21, 2019
Jonathan Taylor ran for 203 yards and two touchdowns and junior quarterback Jack Coan added two more rushing touchdowns to lead the Wisconsin Badgers (3-0, 1-0 BIG) to a dominating 35-14 win over the Michigan Wolverines (2-1, 0-1) in their Big Ten Conference opener at...
by Bill Scott | Sep 8, 2019
For the second straight week, the Wisconsin Badgers pitched a shutout at their opponent, blanking Central Michigan 61-0 on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. Jonathan Taylor, who scored four touchdowns in week one at South Florida, scored four more touchdowns in the...
by Bill Scott | Sep 2, 2019
Wisconsin Badger running back was awarded the Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. Taylor tallied 183 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns in the Badgers 49-0 win at South Florida last Friday, becoming the first Big Ten player to record...
by Bill Scott | Aug 31, 2019
Despite a weather delay at the start, the Wisconsin Badgers kicked off their season with a 49-0 rout of the South Florida Bulls at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on Friday night. The game was delayed 55 minutes because of lightning near the stadium before the...
