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Badgers kickoff time at Iowa set

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motion-wWisconsin’s matchup with Big Ten West Division rival Iowa at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City will kick off at 11 a.m. (CT) on Oct. 22.

The battle for the Heartland Trophy will be broadcast on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.

Iowa snapped Wisconsin’s three-game win streak in the series by claiming a 10-6 victory last season in Madison.  The Badgers lead the all-time series between the rivals, which dates back to 1894, by a slim 44-43-2 margin.

The two teams have split their 10 meetings since the Heartland Trophy was added to the rivalry in 2004.

Badgers climb in AP Poll

As the Badgers prepare for Saturday night’s home game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Camp Randall Stadium, they moved up to 8th in the A.P. Top 25 poll, the same ranking they held before 14-7 loss to Michigan.

College Gameday

ESPN’s College Gameday crew will be in Madison this Saturday for Wisconsin’s Big Ten matchup against the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes.

 

Badgers play for 3rd Big Ten title in last four years

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The Big Ten's top prize

The Big Ten’s top prize

The 11th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers won the first two Big Ten Conference title games in 2011 over Michigan Sate and 2012 over Nebraska.  The Badgers missed out in 2013 and look to bounce back and win the big game again this season.

The Badgers (10-2) face the sixth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1) in the championship game tonight at Lucan Oil Stadium.

Ohio State has won 10 straight games since suffering a 14-point loss to Virginia Tech on Sept. 6.  That loss came the week after the Buckeyes lost their starting quarterback Braxton Miller and replaced him with Big Ten Freshman of the Year J.T. Barrett.

Barrett figured it out quickly after that defeat and went on to throw for over 28-hundred yards, rushing for nearly 1-thousand yards and accounting for a Big Ten single season record 45 touchdowns before suffering a broken ankle last week.

So the Buckeyes depth is challenged again, this time with 6’5 sophomore Cardelle Jones, who takes over for Barrett. [Read more…]