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Two Wisconsin Players Named to All-Big Ten Defensive Team

Zack Baun was a consensus first-team selection and Chris Orr was a consensus second-team selection for All-Big Ten Defensive Team Baun and Orr have been dominant for the Badgers and are tied for the team lead with 11.5 sacks each Baun’s 18.5 tackles for loss lead the team, while Orr’s 71 tackles lead the team

Zack Baun was a consensus first-team selection and Chris Orr was a consensus second-team selection for All-Big Ten Defensive Team Baun and Orr have been dominant for the Badgers and are tied for the team lead with 11.5 sacks each Baun’s 18.5 tackles for loss lead the team, while Orr’s 71 tackles lead the team

Two Wisconsin Players Named to All-Big Ten Defensive Team

Zack Baun was a consensus first-team selection and Chris Orr was a consensus second-team selection for All-Big Ten Defensive Team Baun and Orr have been dominant for the Badgers and are tied for the team lead with 11.5 sacks each Baun’s 18.5 tackles for loss lead the team, while Orr’s 71 tackles lead the team

Zack Baun was a consensus first-team selection and Chris Orr was a consensus second-team selection for All-Big Ten Defensive Team Baun and Orr have been dominant for the Badgers and are tied for the team lead with 11.5 sacks each Baun’s 18.5 tackles for loss lead the team, while Orr’s 71 tackles lead the team

Two Wisconsin Players Named to All-Big Ten Defensive Team

Zack Baun was a consensus first-team selection and Chris Orr was a consensus second-team selection for All-Big Ten Defensive Team Baun and Orr have been dominant for the Badgers and are tied for the team lead with 11.5 sacks each Baun’s 18.5 tackles for loss lead the team, while Orr’s 71 tackles lead the team

Zack Baun was a consensus first-team selection and Chris Orr was a consensus second-team selection for All-Big Ten Defensive Team Baun and Orr have been dominant for the Badgers and are tied for the team lead with 11.5 sacks each Baun’s 18.5 tackles for loss lead the team, while Orr’s 71 tackles lead the team

Who Earned Game Balls from Wisconsin’s 38-17 victory Against Minnesota?

Here are the players who earned game balls from Wisconsin’s 38-17 victory against Minnesota Jack Coan Caesar Williams Quintez Cephus

Here are the players who earned game balls from Wisconsin’s 38-17 victory against Minnesota Jack Coan Caesar Williams Quintez Cephus

Who Earned Game Balls from Wisconsin’s 38-17 victory Against Minnesota?

Here are the players who earned game balls from Wisconsin’s 38-17 victory against Minnesota Jack Coan Caesar Williams Quintez Cephus

Here are the players who earned game balls from Wisconsin’s 38-17 victory against Minnesota Jack Coan Caesar Williams Quintez Cephus

Who Earned Game Balls from Wisconsin’s 38-17 victory Against Minnesota?

Here are the players who earned game balls from Wisconsin’s 38-17 victory against Minnesota Jack Coan Caesar Williams Quintez Cephus

Here are the players who earned game balls from Wisconsin’s 38-17 victory against Minnesota Jack Coan Caesar Williams Quintez Cephus

Badgers remain at No. 12 in latest CFP Rankings

The Wisconsin Badgers come in at No. 12 again, with a chance to rise after a potential win this week.

We are officially headed into Rivalry Week, or Week 14, of this college football season, and the Wisconsin Badgers remain at No. 12 in the College Football Playoff rankings…the biggest rankings of them all this time of year.

That should not come as much of a surprise, as the Badgers picked up a victory last week, but did not look very impressive at times against the visiting Boilermakers at Camp Randall.

In addition, they are the third-highest rated team with two losses, coming in just behind Florida and Penn State.

There were two pretty major moves featuring Big Ten Teams, though. The aforementioned Nittany Lions slid down two spots to No. 10, and the Minnesota Gophers took Penn State’s spot at No. 8.

Also, there is a new number one team this week, featuring the Ohio State Buckeyes (11-0) as the top team, taking the previous place of LSU.

Finally, the Michigan Wolverines come in at No. 13 with a major test at home against the Buckeyes this week, and the Iowa Hawkeyes are No. 17 in the current rankings.

One could argue the Big Ten is the best football conference in the land this year, with six teams in the top 17 of the rankings alone.

Though the team most likely to represent the conference would be the Buckeyes, both the Badgers and Gophers each have an outside shot to make it, of course needing to win Paul Bunyan’s Axe first this week to give the winning team a shot to face the Buckeyes.

Wisconsin Linebacker Zack Baun named finalist for Butkus Award

A two-year starter, outside linebacker Zack Baun is starting to receive more accolades in his final season as a Badger.

The recognition keeps coming for Badgers senior outside linebacker Zack Baun, who on Monday morning was named a finalist for the Butkus Award, given to the best linebacker in the country.

One of six finalists for the award, which is named after the legendary Dick Butkus, Baun has earned this recognition by showing that he can do a bit of everything this season.
On the year, Baun has 53 tackles and 9.5 sacks. In addition, he has two forced fumbles, two pass break ups, and an interception for a touchdown, creating multiple turnovers which are a key stat for the next level.
Baun, along with Penn State’s Micah Parsons, are the only two finalists from the loaded Big Ten conference.
After just celebrating Senior Day, Baun has a huge matchup with Minnesota next week to look forward to,  for the Badgers’ final game of the regular season.
The winner of the award will be presented on December 12, as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show.

Wisconsin remains at No. 14 in latest Amway Coaches’ Poll

Badgers stay in same spot in the most recent poll, powered by USA Today Sports

Following an up and down home victory against the Purdue Boilermakers, the Wisconsin Badgers remain stagnant at No. 14 in the latest Amway Coaches’ Poll, powered by USA Today Sports.

Overall, the Badgers (9-2, 6-2 Big Ten) did what they had to do, winning and keeping pace with two Big Ten losses to give themselves a major opportunity. Up next, Wisconsin has their biggest opportunity set up this season, to travel to Minnesota to face the Gophers for a berth in the Big Ten Championship Game.

Minnesota (10-1, 7-1), who suffered their first loss of the season a week ago, moved up two spots to No. 9 after knocking off the Northwestern Wildcats on the road.  The Badgers travel to play the Golden Gophers Nov. 30 in their final game of the regular season, with some major implications in the Big Ten West race, and of course to play for Paul Bunyan’s Axe.

Wisconsin is one of an impressive six Big Ten teams in the Amway Coaches’ poll. The Big Ten conference has proven yet again to be one of the toughest football conferences in the country, with five teams in the top 15 alone, and all six of the Big Ten teams just inside the top 20 of the poll.

 

 

ESPN’s College GameDay to host show in Minneapolis for Badgers-Gophers

ESPN’s major morning kickoff show will be in Minneapolis for the first time ever, as the Badgers come to town.

Next Saturday in Minneapolis, there will be plenty on the line as the No. 12 Badgers travel to face their biggest rival, the No. 10 Gophers, on the road.

As always, it will be a battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe, one that has been played an incredible 128 times, the most in the nation.

In addition, this year’s matchup will be for a spot in the Big Ten Championship game against Ohio State in Indianapolis.

And for the first time in Minneapolis and the history of the Gophers, ESPN’s College GameDay show will be on hand for the matchup, as announced Saturday evening by the worldwide leader in sports.

Wisconsin had recently dominated the series, but Minnesota beat the Badgers in Madison last season to take back the Axe, and remarkably, tie the series at 60-60-8 through 128 games.

The game will be played at 2:30 on ABC next Saturday, while ESPN’s College GameDay can be seen at 9:00 Eastern time Saturday morning to start the full day of college football.