There’s a trend that is surprising some UW football fans. Since alcohol sales were added at Camp Randall, police citations at home football games have fallen by nearly 20%, according to statistics from the UW-Madison Police Department.
According to University of Wisconsin–Madison Police Department interim police chief Brent Plisch, alcohol-related police contacts decreased by about 25%, from 118 incidents in 2021 to 89 incidents this year.
Franklin became the first Wisconsin player to be named Big Ten Conference Player of the Year twice as she received that honor for the second consecutive year, the conference announced Wednesday.
The Badgers had six players earn All-Big Ten honors, but just one make the first, second or third teams. Senior guard Joe Huber, who moved from left guard to right guard this year, made the coaches third-team list. Punter Atticus Bertrams, cornerback Ricardo Hallman, left tackle Jack Nelson, running back Tawee Walker and safety Hunter Wohler received unanimous honorable mentions.
It’s like it was meant to be. That’s the only way Julia Orzol can explain how a chance meeting on a hillside in Slovenia more than five years ago would come to change her life.
UW-Madison police reported that 29 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and 19 people were arrested during Friday’s frigid football game between the Badgers and Minnesota.
University of Wisconsin football fans at Friday’s final home game were ready to turn the page on the 2024 season and look ahead to 2025.
On Friday, the Wisconsin Badgers will face off against Minnesota in the annual battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe.
Not only is the showdown at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison important for the Badgers — they need to beat the Gophers to become bowl-eligible — it’s also expected to be the coldest game at Camp Randall in decades.
“If you are protected and layered appropriately, you should be safe even in the temperatures that we’re expecting,” said Patrick Shahan, an assistant professor with the Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and an acute care surgeon. “You just have to be mindful of being too cold.”
The University of Wisconsin marching band already was in game mode despite more than 10 hours remaining before kickoff of the Badgers’ football game against No. 1 Oregon.
An on-field interaction between a UW-Madison Police officer and a Nebraska football assistant coach after Saturday’s game was a “misunderstanding” that ended in an apology, a police spokesperson said.
Track and field supporters are ramping up pressure on the University of Wisconsin-Madison to alter plans for a new indoor football practice facility.
An awkward postgame interaction between University of Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell and Nebraska assistant Donovan Raiola on Saturday included a uniformed officer chasing down Raiola and briefly grabbing his arm.
The University of Wisconsin men’s cross country team finished fourth Saturday at the NCAA Division I championship meet, which was held at the program’s Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course in Southwest Madison.
The University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team had reached the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time in three years, and just the fifth time in program history, but the Badgers couldn’t keep their successful season going one more game Sunday in Irvine, California.
Letter to the editor: This is a violation of freedom of speech and UW-Madison traditions. The university would not permit a history or chemistry professor or others to silence their students and not permit any discussions.
Demolition of the Shell leaves athletes without indoor practice space, sparking Title IX concerns and growing petition.
University of Wisconsin athletics officials hoped that the first snowfall on the new heated turf surface at Camp Randall Stadium would happen at a time when fans wouldn’t be watching in the bleachers and on TV.
There was the Memorial Union Terrace on Lake Mendota. There was the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Capitol Square. There were other destinations on State Street, and beyond. But among his favorite spots on the University of Wisconsin campus, Bob Liking picked one uniquely personal to this historic, four-time Big Ten cross country champion.
Snow started to build up on Camp Randall’s artificial turf in the first half of the Division 7 game between Edgar and Potosi/Cassville but it wasn’t because the heating system was off or had failed, Wisconsin senior associate athletic director Jason King said.
Only preliminary possibilities have been floated so far. One idea is to charge for parking at Vilas Park during home UW football games.
The projects costs $285 million and is the largest capital project in UW Athletics history. It includes replacing the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center (The Shell) and the 80-yard football practice field in the McClain Center.
The money that property owners and managers get from packing in cars can add up fast. On South Randall Avenue near the intersection with Regent Street, a landlord had about 35 spaces going for $40 apiece. Some were reserved for friends and one was for the owner’s tailgate party, but it’s still roughly $1,200 of income per game day that goes into the bank account.
Firing offensive coordinator Phil Longo could cost the University of Wisconsin a pretty penny.
The Badgers raised a banner for legendary former coach Bo Ryan, the first time that has done for a coach in program history.
Longo was fired Sunday, which was announced by Wisconsin around 5 p.m. The move by coach Luke Fickell either ends or shifts the experiment that Fickell started when hiring Longo, namely shoving the Badgers in a new direction on offense under an Air Raid practitioner.
Football fans at Camp Randall Stadium were better behaved Saturday when the Badgers played Oregon than they were at the last home game, Oct. 26, when the Badgers faced Penn State and 51 people were ejected and 25 arrested — the most this season.
Letter to the editor: This past weekend would have been an opportunity to expand the fan base for Badgers volleyball and basketball if fans could watch games via their standard cable TV package.
Former National Football League head coach Jack Del Rio, who had been part of the Wisconsin Badgers football staff as a senior analyst, will resign following his arrest in Madison early Friday for allegedly operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Former University of Wisconsin football coach and athletics director Barry Alvarez will become a regular voice on radio for ESPN Madison, a move announced by station owner Good Karma Brands.
Wisconsin travels to Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium for a matchup with the Cornhuskers and the Badgers will be vying for their 11th consecutive victory over their Big Ten Conference rival. The Freedom Trophy will be on the line with a 2:30 p.m. kickoff Nov. 23 on Big Ten Network, the conference announced Monday.
Jack Del Rio is resigning from his adviser role with the University of Wisconsin football program following his arrest last week for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Badgers football senior advisor Jack Del Rio resigns after first-offense for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
It has been a period of learning for Lauren Carlini. Carlini has immersed herself in the next phase of her career since joining the staff of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team in September.
It costs about $775 per game to watch the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team from the most expensive new seats at the Kohl Center this season.
Scholarship caps are going away. Roster limits are coming. The University of Wisconsin athletic department has work to do in reducing its athlete count because of it.
This week’s bye week allows for a turn of focus to No. 1 Oregon coming to town Nov. 16, a game that will kick off at 6:30 p.m. and be televised on NBC. It will be the Badgers’ third consecutive primetime game on NBC.
It’s hard to come up with new accomplishments when you’ve won 54 Big Ten men’s cross country championships and six in a row, but the University of Wisconsin found a way Friday.
Prior to attending a private screening last Friday of “A Road At Night’’ — a heartrending documentary on the Howard Moore family tragedy — Greg Gard took a precautionary step.
“I watched it on Thursday night just to prepare myself,’’ he said.
With increased visibility of women’s volleyball and the success of the University of Wisconsin-Madison women’s volleyball team, the sport has flourished among girls too, said Franco Marcos. He anticipates Madison’s new professional women’s volleyball team, which launches in January, will continue to bolster the popularity.
Camp Randall Stadium sells between 8,000 and 10,000 of each on every football game day, with a complex path from supplier to buyer that involves scheduling, delivery and warehousing in addition to cooking and selling.
The documentary chronicles the Moore family tragedy: A 2019 two-vehicle crash in Michigan caused by a drunk wrong-way driver that killed two members of Howard Moore’s family and left the former University of Wisconsin men’s basketball player and assistant coach severely injured.
Athletic director Chris McIntosh said there will be 80 to 100 fewer Badgers athletes as part of roster limits that are due to replace scholarship caps. The number of scholarships awarded also will decrease, he said in an exclusive interview with BadgerExtra.
Badgers coaches are earning more than $27.5 million in the 2024-25 school year, according to a BadgerExtra analysis of salaries provided by Wisconsin through a public records request.
Ordinarily, Ferda and Ali Guctekin watch their daughter’s University of Wisconsin volleyball matches on replay. That’s because most of the Badgers’ matches are played around 3 a.m. local time in Istanbul, Turkey.
Ricardo Hallman can laugh about it now, but two years ago this week was a low point in his football career.
There was an extra step of paperwork necessary as part of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team’s interest in participating in the 2024 Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
Those hoping to see British band Coldplay take the stage at Camp Randall next summer might have a hard time snagging tickets to the stadium’s first concern in nearly three decades.
The man known for his attention to detail during a legendary coaching career that included stops leading University of Wisconsin men’s basketball programs at Platteville, Milwaukee and Madison is still a stickler for the little things when preparing for something.
Lauren Carlini was expecting to kick back and chill on the return flight to Madison after the University of Wisconsin volleyball team recently swept Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey. Instead, the former UW star spent the next few hours engaged in conversation with coach Kelly Sheffield, who had just collected his milestone 300th career win in 12 seasons at Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team played five games on Peacock last season. That will double for the 2024-25 season.
Camp Randall had successful alcohol sales in the general seating area and will continue to sell alcohol for the rest of the season, though a former UHS doctor raised concerns on the decision.
The answer isn’t straightforward, those involved with bringing a concert back to Camp Randall said Tuesday when the details were unveiled. The tendency has been for big shows to go to larger cities like Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis than to try to fill a venue in Madison that will have a 58,000 capacity for the Coldplay date.
On Tuesday, Coldplay announced that it’s bringing its “Music of the Spheres World Tour” — the highest-grossing and bestselling rock tour ever, according to Billboard— to the home of the Wisconsin Badgers on July 19, 2025.
Coldplay is coming to the Wisconsin Badgers football stadium July 19, as part of its “Music of the Spheres World Tour,” the Chris Martin-led British band officially announced on its website Tuesday.
The delivery arrived in the west concourse of Camp Randall Stadium midway through the first quarter Saturday. The cargo on a rolling flatbed cart already was causing a line to form a few minutes later.
Coldplay has been confirmed for a Camp Randall Stadium concert in 2025 and the date is set, according to announcements by University of Wisconsin Athletics and Coldplay.
The Wisconsin Badgers announced in a post on social media over the weekend Coldplay would come to Camp Randall, exciting both local business owners and tourism leaders.
Camp Randall Stadium is hosting its first ever concert in 30 years and it will most likely be Coldplay.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced that they will be hosting a concert after Saturday’s blowout victory over Purdue.
The University of Wisconsin athletic department showed a promotional video at Saturday’s football game for the first concert at Camp Randall Stadium in 28 years.
The teases continued Sunday with an apparent confirmation of the group.
