With this weekend’s University of Wisconsin football game only televised on the Big Ten Network, it’s safe to say many Madison residents are pretty upset.
“It’s hard to find any words to say about it that aren’t expletives,” Justin Hoelscher said.
It’s not the first time a Badgers game has been on the new cable channel that is not offered through Charter Communications, but more people are taking notice due to the magnitude of this match-up.
Bruce Beckman only follows two teams
“I watch the Wisconsin and I watch the Green Bay Packers,” he says.
Saturday the Badgers play number one ranked Ohio State University.
Some are calling it the biggest game of the season.
MADISON, Wis. — Badger fans are gearing up for one of the biggest games of the season.
The Badgers will take on Ohio State this Saturday.
The problem for fans without tickets is that the game is exclusively on the Big Ten Network, reported WISC-TV.
IT IS Friday morning and you are here, at this nice window table in the Memorial Union overlooking the lake, to talk to Tom Detienne about today’s UW Homecoming football game. But there’s a problem. His stories keep getting in the way.
After pressure from a University of Wisconsin student group urging the university to end its ties with Adidas, UW officials decided to keep its athletic apparel contract with Adidas Friday.
A representative from Adidas visited UW-Madison to address the controversy surrounding the universityâ??s contract with the company Friday at a Labor Licensing Policy Committee meeting.
Wisconsin Homecoming offers UW-Madison alumni a chance to celebrate traditions that unite undergraduates and graduates alike. Tom Detienne, an 82-year-old alumnus who began his freshman year at Wisconsin in the fall of 1948, returned to Madison this weekend for his 60th consecutive Homecoming football game.
If the No. 1 team in the country falls in Columbus, and almost nobody in Madison can see it, did it really happen?
That’s the potential scenario Saturday when the Big Ten Network televises the football showdown between the University of Wisconsin and top-ranked and undefeated Ohio State at 11 a.m. UW is 21st in the BCS rankings.
BTN is available on satellite TV services DirecTV and DISH Network, but not Madison area cable provider Charter Communications, making the game a virtual blackout in the Madison area and forcing Charter customers to find a friend or a bar with satellite TV in order to see the game.
After 60 consecutive UW-Madison homecomings, Tom Detienne has a routine for his annual pilgrimage to Madison.
Even the ardent University of Wisconsin football fan probably doesn’t remember the name Chris Kennedy.
And that’s understandable, because his favorite catch at Camp Randall Stadium came after he graduated, on a pass from Burt Reynolds while playing a role in an instructional film — an exchange that foreshadowed a career in the entertainment industry for the former walk-on from Waunakee.
But Kennedy remembers a lot about UW football. And, sparked by his attendance at the 10-year reunion of the school’s first Rose Bowl championship team, he sought to record those memories in a manner that would be cathartic for himself, instructive for fans and serve as a road map of sorts for anyone weighing a future in Division I football — particularly those kids who might not be scholarship material.
After pleading guilty in court Tuesday to two misdemeanor charges, University of Wisconsin running back Lance Smith said he hopes the program the court referred him to will help make him a better man.
If you like to gamble on sports for money â?? whether it’s fantasy football leagues, tournament pools or Internet wagering â?? you can’t be a University of Wisconsin student-athlete, an employee of the athletic department or work as an overseer of UW sports.
If you like to gamble on sports for money â?? whether it’s fantasy football leagues, tournament pools or Internet wagering â?? you can’t be a University of Wisconsin student-athlete, an employee of the athletic department or work as an overseer of UW sports.
But that doesn’t mean gambling interests are exempt from having a presence at Badgers sporting events.
IT’S LIKELY that any number of master’s candidates on the UW-Madison campus have come out of the oral defense of their thesis feeling like punching somebody.
Unlike most, however, Paul Georgieff knows he’s going to punch somebody. He’ll kick them, too. Maybe he’ll even throw them to the ground and jump on them.
And he’ll do it on national television.
University of Wisconsin reserve tailback Lance Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor charges of battery and disorderly conduct and has been referred to Dane County’s first offender program, according to assistant district attorney Christopher Freeman.
Regardless of his address or job description, Kentucky assistant basketball coach Tracy Webster has always been adept at building relationships.
Whether serving as the head freshman coach and varsity assistant at Verona (Wis.) High School, or working at the University of Illinois as an assistant coach under Bruce Weber, the former Thornton Twp. and University of Wisconsin star has always been able to connect with the players he recruits and coaches and his colleagues in the coaching fraternity.
It was already implied, but University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is making it official: Ron Dayne’s number will be retired.
Members of the UW-Madison Athletic Board have voted to prohibit themselves — and top UW officials — from sports wagering.
The athletic department staff and student athletes were already barred from wagering, but the amended policy extends the betting ban to the board and university officials, such as Chancellor John Wiley, who have responsibilities over the athletic department.
The new University of Wisconsin-Madison policy, approved unanimously last week, is in accord with revised NCAA rules.
Former Badger tailback Ron Dayne, the 1999 Heisman Trophy winner and NCAA Bowl Subdivision career rushing leader, will have his No. 33 jersey officially retired, UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez announced Monday.
On a day when the UW football team clobbered Northern Illinois 44-3. UW Police said they ejected 37 spectators from the game at Camp Randall Stadium. That’s 17 fewer than from the last home game against Michigan State on Sept. 29 and 62 fewer than the Sept. 22 night game against Iowa.
During his four years at Wisconsin, Ron Dayneâ??s No. 33 jersey ran past, through and over opposing players, as the bruising tailback amassed an NCAA-record 6,397 yards and won the 1999 Heisman Trophy.
The attorney for Wisconsin junior cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu suffered another loss Monday in court.
A judge in Sycamore, Ill., ruled that all statements Ikegwuonu made to police in DeKalb, Ill., the night of his arrest in November 2006 are admissible, according to assistant state attorney Stephanie Klein.
Story also notes that Ron Dayne’s No. 33 will be retired in a ceremony at the Michigan game on Nov. 10.
Ron Dayne’s name already graces the facade at Camp Randall Stadium and no one has worn his No. 33 since he played his last game for the University of Wisconsin in the 2000 Rose Bowl against Stanford.
But Dayne’s number will be officially retired by the UW athletic department during the final home football game against Michigan on Nov. 10.
Trevon Hughes knew fellow point guard and workout mate Michael Flowers wasn’t with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team Friday but he still had to do a double-take of his surroundings to make sure.
“Everything we did, practice, running the hill, it was always us two. I feel like he’s right beside me right now. It’s weird without him,” said Hughes of Flowers, a senior with the Badgers who took a temporary leave of absence Thursday for unspecified medical reasons.
“But we know he’ll be back,” Hughes added. “He’s just taking a little time off. He’s taking a step back so he can take two steps forward.”
When University of Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan decided to give Morris Cain a scholarship this year, it had to be because of efforts like the one the junior from Nicolet High School displayed Sunday.
The 6-foot-5 forward, who had walk-on status his first two years in the program, brought a load of energy and production in the Badgers’ annual Red-White Scrimmage, finishing with 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists. He made six of seven shots and hit a free throw with 1.1 seconds left that allowed his Red team to salvage an unofficial 85-85 tie with the White team.
No one can deny that the University of Wisconsin will face a more demanding challenge than a young Northern Illinois team provided Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
The Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway is the formal name for a stretch of I-88 that snakes its way across northern Illinois.
Toward the northwest part of the state, the highway bumps into Route 78, which is where you’ll find another road marker just a short drive to the south as you head into the small community of Prophetstown.
LAST SATURDAY morning Madison city attorney Mike May was in Happy Valley, but he wasn’t smiling. Just the opposite.
“I was unhappy in Happy Valley,” May was saying Thursday.
Michael Flowers had been practicing with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team for the past week and set the pace for his teammates running the Elver Park hill twice a week in September and early October.
On the day in July 2005 he was named to succeed Barry Alvarez, Bret Bielema sought to downplay his youthful exuberance as the main reason he was given the University of Wisconsin football coaching job.
Barry Alvarez sent along word this week that he didn’t feel comfortable talking about his alma mater, which didn’t come as a big shock.
Senior guard Michael Flowers is taking a temporary leave of absence from the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team because of medical reasons, the school announced Thursday.
Michael Flowers, one of the most important players returning to the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team, has decided to take a temporary leave of absence for medical reasons, coach Bo Ryan announced Thursday evening.
Now the important question, aside from the senior guard’s health: How long will he be gone?
MADISON, Wis. — Michael Flowers, a senior guard for the University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s basketball team, is taking a temporary leave of absence from the team for medical reasons, according to university officials.
“The important thing is that Michael knows he has the support of his coaches and teammates,” UW-Madison head coach Bo Ryan said in a news release. “We hope that everyone will respect Michael’s privacy.”
From the bottom of Bascom Hill, it’s easy to have positive thoughts about the upcoming sprint to the top of the University of Wisconsin campus centerpiece.
“You’re looking at it as, ‘This might not be that bad,'” Badgers hockey goaltender Shane Connelly said. “But there’s a little hump over there and you think that’s the top. That’s not the top. You’re not even halfway there.”
….Badgers center Aaron Bendickson remembers curious onlookers giving the players you’ve-got-to-be-nuts looks.
The home debut of the Badgers menâ??s hockey against Robert-Morris Friday will kick off the 10th season anniversary of the Kohl Center.
After running back Lance Smith was suspended for five road games this fall, questions were raised about the discipline policy within University of Wisconsin Athletics, and the school in general, regarding athletes.
I’m rooting for Henry Mason. Mason is the 51-year-old University of Wisconsin football coach who is on a leave of absence this season after a frightful fall at his home in June that nearly cost him his life, his motor skills and his livelihood.
MADISON â?? University of Wisconsin receivers coach Henry Mason says he was as close to paralyzed as anyone could be.
But Mason, 51, doesn’t like thinking about the night in June when he slipped and fell in his home, leaving him with a severe spinal cord injury.
Henry Mason prefers not to revisit what he calls his horror story.
The longtime University of Wisconsin wide receivers coach doesn’t like thinking about the night in late June when a misstep at home left him with little movement throughout his body.
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team began Western Collegiate Hockey Association play in style Saturday.
There were no Deadheads at the Kohl Center Friday night, but there were plenty of grateful Bucky fans.
The UW’s “Night of the Grateful Red” gave fans a free sneak peak at this year’s UW men’s basketball team.
The event marks the Badger’s first official practice. Of course, there wasn’t a whole lot of practicing.
….The 2007-08 season will arguably be the most anticipated of her tenure. The Badgers won a program-record 23 games last season and strung together a four-game winning streak in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament before suffering a 72-56 loss to Wyoming in the WNIT championship game.
Sometimes, even the best motivational plot gets sidetracked.
Barry Alvarez, the former head football coach who turned around a once-morbid University of Wisconsin program, once brought in Jesse Jackson to speak to his Badger team before a game with Ohio State.
Dear Editor: I completely agree that people are using Badger games as an excuse to drink.
When I go to big events like this I see many people act up and show they are at different levels of being drunk, and they are just ruining the fun of it for other people, when all people want to do is enjoy a football game!
When I read that the police need to bring a van to fit lots of people, it is just shocking. How embarrassing is that?
Complete shock and devastation — that’s the only way to describe University of Wisconsin senior wide receiver Luke Swan’s season-ending injury.
University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema’s voice cracked and he choked back tears as he announced at his Monday news conference that senior receiver Luke Swan’s career with the Badgers is finished following a torn hamstring suffered against Illinois on Saturday.
Luke Swan, senior wide receiver for the University of Wisconsin, tore his hamstring while making a catch during Saturday’s game against Illinois and is likely out for the season.
….The University of Wisconsin football team is on pace to finish the 12-game regular season with a most dubious statistic: eight takeaways, an all-time low. Through six games, the Badgers have recovered one fumble and intercepted three passes. Only one team in Division I-A has fewer takeaways: Marshall has two.
….Missed tackles and blown assignments were the norm once again for the Badgers Saturday. Throw in a pair of costly turnovers and a shoddy performance from the special teams and it’s not surprising UW’s 14-game winning streak came to an end with a 31-26 defeat.
JIM WILCOX does not hold the record for attending the most consecutive UW football games at Camp Randall Stadium, but when he attended this year’s Washington State game, it marked the 58th straight home opener he’d attended.
Wilcox, a city native who graduated from Central High School in 1947 and got his first season tickets in 1949, attended every game in between. That’s 58 straight years of never missing a home Badgers football game.
When the Badgers meet Northern Illinois in the next home football game Oct. 20, UW-Madison students might be surprised to know they may be on videotape.
IT TURNS out at least one prominent Madisonian did have his ashes strewn over Camp Randall Stadium. It occurred a little more than 50 years ago, in broad daylight, in what appears to have been a nice little ceremony.
Jack Ikegwuonu lost part of his motion to supress statements made to police during a court appearance Thursday in Sycamore, Ill.
The judge denied part of the motion, which means those statements would be admissible at trial, while taking the rest under advisement. Ikegwuonu’s attorney had sought to suppress the statements on the grounds Ikegwuonu was not read his Miranda rights.
Ikegwuonu and his twin brother, Bill, both from Madison, were arrested last November in DeKalb, Ill., after they allegedly broke into an apartment and stole an Xbox system.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sports Illustratedâ??s declared â??Best College Sports Town in America,â? now has another thing to add to its bragging rightsâ??its very own sports drink.
The Student Labor Action Coalition delivered â??face-to-faceâ? demands Wednesday to Chancellor John Wiley, insisting he cut UW-Madisonâ??s athletic apparel contract with Adidas.
Dozens of University of Wisconsin students rallied Wednesday to demand the cancellation of a UW athletic apparel contract with Adidas.
Dear Editor: I moved to Wisconsin 11 years ago to work and raise my family. Having grown up in Iowa and having gone to school at the University of Iowa, I have been a lifelong Hawkeye fan, and I have an appreciation of the deep Big Ten rivalry between the UW and University of Iowa.
In Iowa there have been many stories and hard feelings historically about how the Iowa football team and sports fans have been treated when visiting the UW. We can tell you stories of the snowballs thrown at players, chants, etc.
….I know that the UW has had challenges for years controlling inappropriate chants during games from students. The behavior I experienced, however, was over the top and will only serve to harm respect from people visiting Wisconsin to support their teams in the future.
Ethan Carlson, Baraboo
Unless he is knocked out with an injury, as he was last season against Illinois, University of Wisconsin sophomore tailback P.J. Hill should get almost all of UW’s carries when the teams meet Saturday in Champaign.
Every sport at each of the four Division I athletic programs in the state of Wisconsin had a Graduation Success Rate of at least 60%, according to NCAA data released Wednesday.
