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UW-La Crosse announces football coach finalists

January 27, 2020 Drew Kelly

A national search for the next coach of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse football team has reached the final stage in less than two months. Interim head coach Matt Janus and John Carroll University (Ohio) defensive coordinator Joe Schaefer will each have an open forum on campus this week. Janus’ forum will be 1 p.m. […]

COLLEGE

Column: LSU makes a persuasive case as the best team ever

January 14, 2020 Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A year ago, Clemson made a pretty good case as the greatest team in college football history. It didn’t take long for another group of felines to take the standard even higher. Take a bow, LSU. The top spot on that mythical pedestal belongs to these Tigers now. With a Heisman […]

BADGERS

Following Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus to enter NFL draft

January 6, 2020 Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is losing its top running back and now its top wide receiver to the NFL. Three days after running back Jonathan Taylor declared for the NFL draft, now teammate Quintez Cephus is doing the same. The wide receiver announced Monday on Twitter and Instagram that he will skip his senior […]

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Herbert has 3 TD runs, Oregon beats Wisconsin in Rose Bowl

January 1, 2020 Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert faked a handoff and went on the run of his life in the fourth quarter of the Rose Bowl. Oregon’s 6-foot-6 quarterback gracefully stiff-armed Wisconsin linebacker Jack Sanborn at the line of scrimmage. He surged downfield, found his blockers and sprinted to the green-painted end zone, even absorbing a […]

BADGERS

Wisconsin RB Jonathan Taylor rushes into elite company

December 30, 2019 Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — It is no longer a question of where Jonathan Taylor ranks among the greatest running backs to play at Wisconsin for assistant coach John Settle. To Settle, Taylor has put himself alongside the best ever to play college football. “I’ve said once if there were a Mount Rushmore of college running […]

BADGERS

No. 7 Oregon, No. 11 Wisconsin to clash in 106th Rose Bowl

December 8, 2019 Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Although Oregon and Wisconsin have been regular visitors to the Rose Bowl over the past decade or so, very few people currently on their rosters or coaching staffs have had the honor of lining up in Pasadena on New Year’s Day. That’s just one reason why both of these revitalized powerhouse […]

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Playoff showdowns: LSU vs. Oklahoma; Ohio State vs. Clemson

December 8, 2019 Associated Press

Defending national champions. Undefeated and owners of a 28-game winning streak, longest in the nation. The Clemson Tigers are one heck of a No. 3 seed. Clemson will play second-seeded Ohio State in prime time Dec. 28 in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, looking to make it three […]

BADGERS

Cephus’ faith, family guided him to breakout ’19 for Badgers

December 5, 2019 Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Faith and family mean everything to Quintez Cephus, and for 16 months, the Wisconsin wide receiver needed every bit of his faith and every member of his family more than ever. Cephus and 10th-ranked Wisconsin (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten, No. 8 College Football Playoff) are one win away from capturing their […]

COLLEGE

Ohio St, LSU, Clemson, UGA in CFP position; Utah, OU next

December 4, 2019 Associated Press

Ohio State will go into championship weekend as the top team in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s rankings, followed by LSU, Clemson and Georgia. Utah, Oklahoma and Baylor are on deck, and that could turn out to be the great debate by Saturday night. Utah was fifth, Oklahoma sixth and Baylor seventh in the […]

BADGERS

No. 10 Wisconsin used bye to rally to Big 10 title game

December 2, 2019 Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin needed a break. After starting the season 6-0, posting four shutouts and outscoring their opponents by a combined 255-29, the Badgers suffered a stunning 24-23 defeat at Illinois and a lopsided 38-7 loss at then-No. 3 Ohio State. It was time to regroup. “After that game, that was back-to-back losses, […]