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Ranking Wisconsin’s best moments against Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan teams

Ranking Wisconsin’s best moments against Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan teams

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is gone to the NFL.

He took the Los Angeles Chargers job Wednesday night, leaving the Michigan program after a legendary tenure.

Harbaugh had been flirting with the NFL for years. Two years ago it was the Vikings, last year it was the Broncos. Now it’s the Chargers that finally get him to jump.

He departs Michigan with an 89-25 record, three straight Big Ten titles, three straight College Football Playoff appearances and a national championship.

This is obviously a Wisconsin football site. So we came together to rank Wisconsin’s best moments against Michigan during the Jim Harbaugh era. Believe it or not, there were plenty:

Tanner Mordecai joins former Wisconsin QB Jack Coan with passing mark set against LSU

Tanner Mordecai joins former Wisconsin QB Jack Coan with passing mark set against LSU

Wisconsin quarterback Tanner Mordecai is having a day against LSU. At the time of writing this, the Badgers lead the No. 13-ranked Tigers 31-28 entering the fourth quarter. Mordecai is up to 303 passing yards and three touchdowns on the day, having undoubtedly his best day as a Wisconsin Badger.

Believe it or not, Mordecai today became the first Wisconsin passer with 300+ passing yards since September 7, 2019, when Jack Coan threw for 363 yards against Central Michigan.

There are several more instances of this happening between 2010 and 2019 leading into Coan as a starter, including Joel Stave setting the mark three times and Russell Wilson twice. But from Coan to Mordecai, which included 34 games played by Graham Mertz, the Badgers never had a 300+ yard passer.

Mordecai is ending his short Wisconsin career on a high note today as the program moves into 2024 and welcomes in former Miami QB Tyler Van Dyke as its new signal-caller. Careers aren’t made in bowl games, but Mordecai’s performance today should be applauded for years to come.

5 Stars: The best and the worst of Notre Dame’s win over Stanford

Once again, a lot of good for the Irish

The Irish really didn’t need to do much to defeat Stanford, as long as they played an average game, it should be a Notre Dame win. That’s exactly what happened, although you could argue that it wasn’t an average game for the Irish but a very good regular season win. There once again wasn’t too much to complain about, but here are the best, 5 stars, and worst, 1 star, performances for the Irish against the Cardinal.

Marcus Freeman isn’t sure who will quarterback Notre Dame football next year

An interesting answer from Freeman on the who the Irish will turn to at quarterback next year

Two of the last three seasons, [autotag]Notre Dame football[/autotag] has used the transfer portal to find its starting quarterback.

Wisconsin transfer [autotag]Jack Coan[/autotag] and Wake Forest transfer and current Irish quarterback [autotag]Sam Hartman[/autotag] clearly were great options, but each of them only had one season in South Bend. Naturally, questions about who will take over next year will happen.

Irish head coach [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] was asked that question and his answer was fairly simple, he’s not sure. Multiple in-house options like [autotag]Steve Angeli[/autotag] and [autotag]Kenny Minchey[/autotag], with [autotag]CJ Carr[/autotag] on the way, give Notre Dame credence not to look for a new starter in the portal. That doesn’t mean that Freeman won’t consider it.

It’s an answer that many would question, but considering the lack of experience currently behind Hartman, going into the portal to find another potential starter isn’t the worst idea. At this current moment, we have no idea which quarterbacks will look to move on, but Freeman keeping his options open is a very smart idea.

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Badger Countdown: Former UW number 17 finishes first season in XFL

Former Badger number 17 is now in XFL

The 2023 college football season is closing in and the Badgers are now 17 days from their opener against Buffalo on Sept. 2 at Camp Randall. Their former quarterback Jack Coan, who wore number 17 in Madison, just finished his first year in the XFL.

Coan spent four seasons in Madison, recording 3,278 passing yards and 23 touchdowns over 22 games with the Badgers, most of which came in 2019. He finished his collegiate career with 3,150 passing yards and 25 scores in his final campaign in 2021 with Notre Dame.

The quarterback went undrafted in the 2022 NFL Draft and he spent the 2023 XFL season with the San Antonio Brahmas, compiling 1,471 yards and six touchdowns over eight contests.

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ESPN names Notre Dame transfer Sam Hartman as one of the top ‘newcomers’

Yeah, Hartman will have a huge impact for the Irish

ESPN stretched the rules with [autotag]Notre Dame football[/autotag] and [autotag]Sam Hartman[/autotag] when they included him in as one of their top newcomers in 2023.

Instead of just ranking the true freshman, Tom VanHaaren opted to include transfers in his list of top 50 newcomers and the Irish scored big with Hartman.

VanHaaren ranked the transfer as the second most impactful newcomer, behind athlete Travis Hunter following his head coach Deion Sanders to Colorado. On Hartman, ESPN sees the move as perfect timing as “the Irish were searching for stability at the position.”

That’s exactly how many of us felt about Hartman joining the program. He gives Notre Dame a difference maker at the position, something that the Irish have not had in a long time (Yes, [autotag]Ian Book[/autotag] and [autotag]Jack Coan[/autotag] were good, but not nearly as good as Hartman is.)

Unfortunately, if you continue to scroll down the list, there were a few misses the Notre Dame had on the recruiting trail as VanHaaren also names safety Peyton Bowen, wide receiver Carnell Tate and running back Dylan Edwards as some true freshman who could make big impacts. Bowen and Edwards were once committed to the Irish while Tate didn’t, he was considered a Notre Dame lean at one point in his recruitment.

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WATCH: Former Badger Jack Coan’s 2023 XFL highlights

Coan recently completed his first season in the XFL

Former Wisconsin quarterback Jack Coan is still trying to find his way onto an NFL roster. He worked out for the San Francisco 49ers earlier this offseason, that after spending his spring with the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL.

Coan appeared in eight games with the Brahmas, completing 62.2 percent of his passes for 1471 yards, six touchdowns, six interceptions and a passer rating 76.1.

There were no moments that rivaled popping his dislocated finger in before throwing a game-winning touchdown as he did in his final collegiate season at Notre Dame. But Coan was able to compile a few highlight-worthy plays. Those plays paired with his performance in his 49ers workout proved to be enough to earn an invite to camp next month.

Here are Coan’s highlights from his first XFL season:

Report: Last Wisconsin QB to win the Big Ten West to work out for the 49ers

Report: Last Wisconsin QB to win the Big Ten West to work out for the 49ers

Former Wisconsin QB Jack Coan is still trying to land on an NFL roster, as Aaron Wilson reports he was scheduled to work out for the San Francisco 49ers earlier today.

Coan spent last season on the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL. He appeared in eight games, completing 62.2 percent of his passes for 1471 yards, six touchdowns, six interceptions and a passer rating 76.1.

The former Badger, the last to appear in a Big Ten Championship Game under center for the program, had previously spent the 2022 NFL preseason with the Indianapolis Colts before being waived. He was also at rookie minicamp with the Seahawks this offseason as a tryout player but went unsigned.

Coan will look to join former XFL players signed to NFL rosters including WR Hakeem Butler, QB Ben DiNucci, RB Jacques Patrick and DL Jack Heflin.

Which Badgers would’ve been EA Sports’ NCAA Football cover athletes since 2014?

Which Badgers would’ve been cover athletes on EA’s NCAA Football video game?

The last time that EA Sports released their NCAA Football game was 2013 and the game is set to return in 2024. Many have speculated which college football athletes would’ve been selected as cover athletes for the game over the last decade and for the sake of it, I’ve compiled a Badgers only list.

Wisconsin has had many “star” players in the Big Ten and many hometown favorites, but the program has also churned out some of the absolute best players in the country over the last 10 years.

Listed below, I selected the Wisconsin players that I felt most deserved to be on the cover for each of the Badgers’ last 10 seasons, choosing to go without any repeats.

Seahawks invited these players to 2023 rookie minicamp

The Seattle Seahawks have reportedly invited these players to their 2023 rookie minicamp.

In addition to the 28 players they have reportedly signed as undrafted free agents, the Seattle Seahawks have extended a handful of invitations to prospects for their 2023 rookie minicamp.

Here are all of the reported invites so far.