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Ohio St, Badgers Big Ten favorites; Indiana looking for more

August 23, 2021 Associated Press

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Tom Allen strung together four words not usually associated with his Indiana football program. “A lot of expectations,” he said. Hoosier hype is well-founded this year, though it’s hard to imagine anyone dethroning preseason No. 4 Ohio State as king of the Big Ten. The Buckeyes have won four straight conference titles, played in the […]

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Experience could help Wisconsin return to form this season

August 18, 2021 Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Perhaps no program savors a return to normalcy this season as much as Wisconsin. The Badgers canceled two games last year due to a COVID-19 outbreak and dealt with numerous injuries during a three-game skid. The Badgers finished 4-3 with a Duke’s Mayo Bowl victory over Wake Forest. “We have a […]

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AP Top 25 Reality Check: How often do ranked teams flop?

August 17, 2021 Associated Press

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The preseason AP Top 25 is all about hope and optimism. Reality Check is all about, well, being realistic. Sometimes the truth can be painful. As has become tradition, the first AP Top 25 Reality Check of the season is a reminder that your promising college football team, newly minted with a cool ranking as it heads […]

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Notre Dame has its quarterback: Wisconsin transfer Jack Coan

August 15, 2021 Associated Press

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Wisconsin transfer Jack Coan is Notre Dame’s starting quarterback. Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly announced the choice Saturday in a Twitter post after suggesting for the last week that a decision would be coming soon. Notre Dame opens Sept. 5 at Florida State. Coan started for Wisconsin in 2019, leading […]

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Badgers’ ground attack has plenty of options and uncertainty

August 12, 2021 Rick Solem

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin believes it has enough talent in the backfield to regain its status as one of the top Power Five rushing attacks after taking a step back last year. Which player will get used most often remains uncertain. Wisconsin returns its leading rusher from last season in Jalen Berger but also […]

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Badgers aim to regain consistency that was missing last year

August 8, 2021 Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst discussed the key to quarterback Graham Mertz’s development by utilizing a theme that came up time and time again during a news conference on the state of the Badgers’ program. “He’s got to be more consistent,” Chryst said Thursday on the eve of Wisconsin’s first practice. “You […]

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Big Ten football: Season win totals

July 26, 2021 Dave Carney

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Dave Carney 7/26/2021       What’s on the table today?: Big Ten season win totals The college football season is rapidly approaching and because America LOVES football more than perhaps any other sport, I want to start diving right into the betting aspects of the coming season.  How will the Big Ten stack up against the Big […]

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Wisconsin’s ‘Rae Rae’ leads Italy’s 3×3 squad at Tokyo Games

July 21, 2021 Associated Press

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To Italians, she sounds American. To Americans, she sounds Wisconsin. That’s fine by Rae Lin D’Alie, because now she’s an Olympian. “Rae Rae” — only her mom calls her Rae Lin — is the 5-foot-3 point guard of the Italian 3-on-3 basketball team fully capable of surprising the favorites at the Tokyo Olympics. The 33-year-old […]

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College Football: Week 1 matchups and odds for all Big Ten teams

July 21, 2021 Dave Carney

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Dave Carney 7/21/2021       What’s on the table today?: Week 1 College Football matchups and odds for Big Ten teams The Milwaukee Bucks finally did it, they won the 2nd NBA Championship in team history on Tuesday night with a 105-98 Game 6 win over the Phoenix Suns at the Fiserv Forum. With the win, the […]

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Secret recording has Badgers seniors criticizing Coach Greg Gard

June 22, 2021 Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s seniors were openly critical of coach Greg Gard during a late-season team meeting that was secretly recorded and later sent to a newspaper. A 37-minute audio file this week of a Feb. 19 team meeting that included seven senior players, Gard and three assistant coaches the Wisconsin State Journal says […]

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