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WATCH: Nebraska fans storm field following historic win over Wisconsin

WATCH: Nebraska fans storm field following historic win over Wisconsin

For the first time since 2016, Nebraska’s football program is bowl eligible.

Following a historic 44-25 beatdown against the Wisconsin Badgers, hundreds of Cornhusker fans stormed Memorial Stadium’s field to celebrate the program’s feat.

To make matters worse, the venue’s speakers blasted Wisconsin’s iconic theme song, ‘Jump Around,’ during the final portion of the fourth quarter.

Nebraska’s win against Wisconsin marks the first time the Cornhuskers have beaten the Badgers since September 2012. That season, Joel Stave served as UW’s quarterback, running back Montee Ball was in his final season in Madison and Bret Bielema manned the sidelines.

Fans tend the storm the field following an upset against a ranked opponent or collegiate juggernaut. In this instance, Cornhusker fans’ jubilance stemmed from defeating a storied rival and clinching a postseason berth.

For the first time in program history, Nebraska also received the Freedom Trophy, a piece of hardware awarded to the winner of the rivalry game dating back to 2014.

Nebraska dominated Wisconsin in every facet of the contest. The Cornhusker offense ran for 180 yards, scored five touchdowns and averaged 6.4 yards per play.

The only silver lining for the Badgers surrounds Braedyn Locke’s play in the passing game. The redshirt sophomore threw for 292 yards and three touchdowns in his first game without former offensive coordinator Phil Longo.

Still, the loss encapsulates most of the games during the back half of Wisconsin’s season. In a high-pressure situation, the Badgers eventually lost control and played horribly on the defensive end.

UW is now in jeopardy of missing its first bowl game since 2001. Luke Fickell’s program will need a win against Minnesota on Nov. 29 to prevent that from happening.

How Oregon used Wisconsin’s ‘Jump Around’ tradition as late-game motivation in narrow win

How Oregon used Wisconsin’s ‘Jump Around’ tradition as late-game motivation in narrow win

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning used an unorthodox approach in motivating his team for its game against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium on Nov. 16.

Throughout the Ducks’ week of preparation, Lanning routinely played House of Pain’s ‘Jump Around’ to pump up his team. In Oregon’s team meeting to begin the week, Lanning bluntly opened with a message surrounding how his team should manage the moment.

“They think it will evoke a response from you, right,” Lanning asked his players. “In this game, and throughout this week, you’re going to hear this song, and it’s going to release dopamine in your mind. It’s gonna tell you that you are hungry to go eat. Whenever we hear this, I want our temperature to change. I want the temperature of the room to change. When you hear it at practice, I want you to say to yourselves, **** is about to get serious.”

That type of assessment is something Lanning has fully embraced while in Eugene, Oregon. The former defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Georgia is one of the best motivators across the college football landscape.

That intensity also appears to be working with this version of the Ducks.

“I don’t want you to be relaxed in that moment,” Lanning said. “I want you to start jumping around. I want you guys to enjoy the moment. When it shows up, take advantage of it. Turn that switch in your mind.”

That’s exactly what Oregon’s entire squad did at Camp Randall. When the student section race ended and the House of Pain’s tune began, players could be seen jubilant on the sidelines.

Oregon faced a 4th-and-9 from Wisconsin’s 41-yard-line trailing 13-6 during the quarter break. The Ducks outscored the Badgers 10-0 from there on out, starting with a critical fourth-down conversion on the first play of the quarter.

In a tough atmosphere, the Ducks’ mentality and ability to capitalize late in the contest proved the difference.

Oregon now looks like they will enter the College Football Playoff as the No. 1 seed. The Badgers, meanwhile, are in dire need of a reboot after firing offensive coordinator Phil Longo.

The Badgers’ first chance for a forward step comes on Saturday at Nebraska.

Broadcasting legend names Wisconsin’s ‘Jump Around’ his favorite football tradition

Broadcasting legend names Wisconsins ‘Jump Around’ his favorite football tradition

Broadcasting legend Al Michaels is a fan of Wisconsin’s famous ‘Jump Around’ tradition.

Michaels was recently on the call of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football. His partner on the Amazon Prime broadcast is Kirk Herbstreit — lead college football color analyst and one of the most notable figures in the overall media landscape.

The conversation turned to Herbstreit’s experience in college atmospheres, seeing different stadium traditions and environments every weekend.

That led Michaels to share the following:

“Well, you see this like every week in college, something’s going on. My favorite is the Wisconsin ‘Jump Around’ at the end of the third quarter.”

Even with the program’s on-field struggles dating back to 2020, at least it is still known for the best tradition in sports. Let Michaels’ opinion define that as fact.

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Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer: WR Germie Bernard apologized to team after ‘Jump Around’ comment

Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer: WR Germie Bernard apologized to team after ‘Jump Around’ comment

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer has been, as they say, ‘humble in victory’ after the Crimson Tide defeated Wisconsin 42-10 on Saturday.

He has been nothing but complimentary of Wisconsin’s gameday atmosphere and overall program after notching the first signature win of his Alabama tenure.

Related: After losing QB Tyler Van Dyke, what can make this Wisconsin football season a success?

That continued on Monday, when DeBoer made an effort to clarify that wide receiver Germie Bernard spoke with the Alabama team and apologized for his controversial postgame remarks on Wisconsin’s ‘Jump Around’ tradition.

Bernard, when meeting with the media postgame, said that the Crimson Tide were ‘ready to just shut that weak-a** jump song down.’ Those comments did not land well, which led to the apology that DeBoer described on Monday:

“Yeah I didn’t actually realize until yesterday, and actually [Germie Bernard] did come in and he owned it. I didn’t bring it up to him, I didn’t even know it happened until yesterday,” DeBoer said. “We want to be first-class. We slipped up a little bit there. And he addressed the team yesterday in our team meeting. And everyone knows who [Germie] is and respect the heck out of him…It was a great atmosphere. Wisconsin, the environment there, was great. I think our guys enjoyed that transition there inbetween the third and fourth quarter just as much as anyone. So nothing but respect for what the environment was and who they are as a program.”

Alabama now moves into its bye week before a marquee matchup against No. 1 Georgia on Sept. 28. Wisconsin does the same, with the next game being a road trip to No. 11 USC to open its Big Ten schedule.

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Alabama WR says Crimson Tide were ‘ready to shut that weak-a** jump song down’

Thoughts on Alabama taking over Jump Around on Saturday?

Alabama players were in a celebratory mood after leaving Camp Randall Stadium with a 42-10 win over the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday.

One of those players is junior transfer wide receiver Germie Bernard. He had a pointed message while speaking with the assembled media postgame:

“Honestly, we had a tough week of practice listening to that jump song,” Bernard said. “We was ready to just shut that weak-a** jump song down.”

Related: Badgers fans, former players question program’s direction after blowout loss to No. 4 Alabama

Bernard had three catches for 55 yards and a touchdown on the afternoon — that score being a momentum-shifting 26-yard reception as the first-half clock was winding down.

In his words, Alabama did go on to ‘shut Jump Around down.’ It led 35-10 after three quarters of play. The Crimson Tide players then, to no surprise, seemed to enjoy the famous tradition more than anybody else in attendance. That has been Wisconsin’s reality far too often over the last few years.

Bernard now has eight receptions for 125 yards and a touchdown through his first three games with Alabama.

He transferred in this offseason with head coach Kalen DeBoer from Washington. The former four-star recruit previously spent his freshman season at Michigan State in 2022. He returned one kickoff for 19 yards during the Spartans home win over the Badgers that season.

Bernard’s touchdown was part of a large collection of splash plays from the Crimson Tide on Saturday. They scored 28 points on four Wisconsin miscues, including his score that followed a Nathanial Vakos missed field goal.

Those splash plays build an insurmountable lead by halftime, led alone by the end of the third quarter. That resulted in another less-than-enthusiastic ‘Jump Around’ from Wisconsin’s students and fans.

The Badgers’ once-feared home field advantage has slipped over the last few years. Notable humiliating home losses include 2021 vs. Michigan, 2022 vs. Illinois and Saturday against Alabama.

Wisconsin will need to find its form quickly entering Big Ten play. Home games against Oregon and Penn State still await. The Badgers need to rebuild their identity, which must start with better performances in front of the home fans.

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Former Wisconsin TE leads an unenthusiastic ‘Jump Around’ at Miami Dolphins training camp

Former Wisconsin leads an unenthusiastic ‘Jump Around’ at Miami Dolphins training camp

The Miami Dolphins training camp is well underway as the team prepares for the upcoming NFL season. Undrafted rookie and former Wisconsin Badgers tight end Hayden Rucci tried to add some fun to the camp on Thursday by bringing Madison, Wisconsin’s most famous tradition to the fans in Florida.

He used his opportunity on the microphone to attempt to lead Dolphins fans in Wisconsin’s ‘Jump Around’ celebration. It was a worthy effort, though wasn’t met with the enthusiasm that 90,000 fans at Camp Randall Stadium bring on a Saturday in the fall.

Rucci went undrafted in the 2024 NFL draft in April, but quickly found an opportunity with the Dolphins in early May. The tight end spent five years in Madison, redshirting in 2019 before seeing the field during in seasons from 2020-2023.

In his time with the Badgers, Rucci slowly worked his way up from being a depth option to a starter at tight end. Over his junior and senior seasons, he combined for 17 catches for 200 yards and a touchdown over 23 games.

Hopefully his chance at making the roster was not riding on the effectiveness of his rallying cry for ‘Jump Around.’

WATCH: EA Sports College Football 25’s failed attempt at recreating Wisconsin’s ‘Jump Around’

Maybe it’s best to just mute the television when the third-quarter clock hits 0:00 while playing the video game…

EA Sports College Football 25’s adaptation of Wisconsin’s famous ‘Jump Around’ tradition was shown by a recent post on X.

The short, 18-second clip showcases Badger fans jumping simultaneously before the start of the fourth quarter. But they are not jumping to House of Pain’s ‘Jump Around,’ but instead to a different song. That is due to the video game not being able to secure the rights to the mid-1990s hit.

That creates an animation that should feel a bit odd to Badgers fans. The game accurately shows the entire crowd jumping simultaneously as the game enters the fourth quarter. But it’s impossible to ignore the EDM song blaring in the background.

 

Maybe it’s best to just mute the television when the third-quarter clock hits 0:00 while playing the video game.

Wisconsin celebrated the tradition’s 25th anniversary last fall. The anthem first played in Camp Randall on Oct. 10, 1998 in a homecoming match vs. Purdue, per the Wisconsin Alumni Association.

EA Sports College Football 25 will become available to the public on July 19. Viral clips of UW’s stadium entrance, menu screen and highlights from running back Chez Mellusi and Will Pauling have made their way onto social media platforms.

Report: Wisconsin’s most famous tradition omitted from EA Sports College Football 25

Report: Wisconsin’s most famous tradition omitted from EA Sports College Football 25

Wisconsin football’s legendary tradition ‘Jump Around’ was omitted from EA Sports College Football 25 due to licensing issues, according to a recent article from The Athletic’s Chris Vannini.

That and Virginia Tech’s ‘Enter Sandman’ are the two most notable college game day traditions that the video game was unable to replicate.

Related: Predicting Wisconsin 2024 player ratings in EA Sports College Football 25

The much-anticipated video game is set for a July 19 release date. The release will be more than a decade in the making after NCAA amateurism rules caused the franchise to halt production after 2013.

After seeing the game’s initial trailer, today marked a big date toward the game’s release as some around the college football world got a preview of the gameplay and wrote about their experiences.

This is the only piece of ‘bad’ news to come from Vannini’s findings.

Wisconsin fans will likely be able to look past the lack of Jump Around and enjoy what will be one of the more popular video games on the market.

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Wisconsin social media weighs in on what makes Badger football so special

What’s your favorite thing about Wisconsin Badgers football?

College football is a special sport. It, in a large way, is the only reason this website and our network exist.

It’s hard to explain to a non-college football fan what the atmosphere the sport creates is like. It’s inherently different from the professional game, which is what makes it so special. The hundreds of intricacies would take hours to explain, and then years for people to fully come to understand.

Related: Which Big Ten football team has the toughest conference schedule in 2024?

That said, there is a lot of hand-wringing these days about the state of college football and college athletics as a whole. There’s concern about NIL, the transfer portal, conference realignment, gigantic television deals and a future that nobody can accurately predict.

But all of those issues seem to go away when the ball is kicked off every Saturday afternoon or evening, especially when the Wisconsin Badgers are on one of the sidelines. That’s the beauty of the sport.

So, to dig into this, we posted the following on our Facebook page after CBS Sports’ Josh Pate did the same with the sport as a whole:

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Here are some of the best responses:

WATCH: Iowa blasts ‘Jump Around’ in locker room after win over Wisconsin

WATCH: Iowa blasts ‘Jump Around’ in locker room after win over Wisconsin

Saturday was not a good day for the Wisconsin Badgers. The team outgained Iowa by nearly 100 total yards, yet was unable to find the end zone the entire day, turned the ball over twice and lost the crucial contest 15-6.

The loss drops Wisconsin to 4-2 on the 2023 season and 2-1 in Big Ten play. Notably, it bumped Iowa to 6-1 (3-1 Big Ten), giving the Hawkeyes the tiebreaker and the prohibitive edge in the division.

To add injury to the insult, Wisconsin lost starting quarterback Tanner Mordecai late in the second quarter with a hand injury. Head coach Luke Fickell said postgame “It doesn’t look good for a little while. He couldn’t grip the ball,” pointing toward an extended absence. A worst-case scenario.

And then, to add insult to the injury, here’s the postgame scene outside the Iowa locker room where you can hear the Hawkeyes blasting ‘Jump Around’ as they celebrated the win: