Just reading the magazine this morning and there's a cool article on the origin and history of Bucky Badger, the Numen Lumen seal, the motion W and the W crest. Fun little read.
They used to have a live badger on the field.....until it got loose and bit a cheerleader....lol

https://wisconsin.rivals.com/news/grades-and-game-balls-week-12-wisconsin-s-24-17-win-over-nebraska

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TEAM NOTES

Tonight’s captains: senior WR Chimere Dike, senior QB Tanner Mordecai, senior ILB Maema Njongmeta, senior OLB Marty Strey.

Tonight’s attendance at Camp RandallStadium was 72,237.

With Saturday night’s contest coming up just short, Camp Randall still saw 4 sellouts this season, the most in a season since2014.

Wisconsin retains the Freedom Trophy and has now won 10 straight meetings withNebraska. The Badgers have won 7 straight at home and have not lost in Madison against the Cornhuskers since 1966.

The Badgers are now 11-1 against Nebraska since the Cornhuskers joined the Big Ten in 2011.

Wisconsin trailed 14-0 at the 6:30 mark of the second quarter. With the comeback win,Wisconsin has now come back from 14-point deficits in 2 Big Ten wins this season (atIllinois).

The last time the Badgers had multiple14-point comeback wins in conference play was 2014.

Wisconsin secured its first OT win since a20-17 win over Minnesota on Dec. 19, 2020.That win also sent the Badgers to a bowlgame. Wisconsin has won 4 of its last 5games that went to OT.

With the win, Wisconsin became bowl-eligible. The Badgers will extend their streak of playing in a bowl game to 22 years, the longest-active streak in the Big Ten and the third-longest in FBS football.

ACTIVE BOWL GAME STREAKS
Rk. Team Streak

1. Georgia* 26
2. Oklahoma* 24
3. Wisconsin* 22
4. Alabama* 19
5. Clemson* 18

Wisconsin’s run of 22 consecutive bowl games is the 2nd-longest streak in Big Ten history. Michigan played in 33 straight bowl games from 1975 to 2007.

Among Big Ten teams, only Wisconsin(22), Ohio State (12) and Iowa (11) have active bowl streaks of 10 or more seasons.

UW has won 8 of its last 9bowl games, dating to 2014. No FBS team has more bowl wins since (excluding the CFP National Championship).

BOWL GAME WINS SINCE 2014, FBS

Team | Bowl Wins

Alabama 8
Georgia 8
Wisconsin 8
Clemson 7
Ohio State 6

Wisconsin improved to 16-0 all-time in night games at Camp Randall Stadium against unranked teams. The Badgers are now 21-6 in night games, all-time.

The Badgers allowed just 3 points after halftime, marking the third-straight game UW has not relinquished a second-half touch-down.

UW held Nebraska to 5-for-12 on third down, including 1-of-6 in the second half and overtime.

The Badgers allowed only 94 yards in the second half and overtime.

The Badgers wore black socks, white pants, red jerseys and white helmets with red face masks. It was the second time this season the Badgers wore that combination and UW improved to 2-0 when doing so (vs. Rutgers).

I'm not making any assertions one way or another. But when Minnesota fired Glen Mason after the 2006 season, they brought in some guy who was going to recruit them to the top. It took them darn near forever to get back to where they were when Mase left.

I won't even get into the Charley Weis debacle other than to point out that he wasn't the offensive genius that the hype machine proclaimed him to be.

As I said, I'm not making any assertions, but we need to be aware that things don't always go as planned.

So Jon. Do you have any information you can share with us about him? He takes off on a scooter before the game?? Is this another wait and see what happens while he gets his act together or is never going to see the floor? Pretty strange.

Does it make me old that I think these floors being used across the NBA are f*cking ugly?

Looks like a video game 🫣

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In reading some of the comments about players not fitting scheme or scheme not fitting players, I'm curious if the Den wished LF used Deion's approach of immediately turning over the roster to fit the new scheme.

The approach we took will take some time to put in the right type of players. Deion's approach may have meant a mass exodus of loyal players but potentially a shorter timeline to success.

Thoughts?

Why do we keep playing Klesmit over Blackwell? Is Essegian still hurt? Is Illver a legit sub? For me, Klesmit is a gritty player, just VERY limited both offensively and defensively. Why are we playing Essegian when he's nowhere around 100%? Just let him rest! Illver isn't playing much, but he's been in fairly early in games. We all know that he can be a great shooter, but is he ready defensively? Personally I think that Hodges will be asked to leave. Next year, we have Freitag and Robison coming. We lose Wahl, but that's no big deal. I don't think that Robison will be a contributor but Yalden will be. My prediction for this year, we sneak into the tourney, but next year, we make a good run!

What are your 3Cs?

I just visited with him at his school. He’s looking forward to seeing all the coaches and building on their relationship.

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I'm not on the fire Gard bandwagon (yet), but it seems that Mac has a quick leash. So if he does get fired, who do you want to replace him? Is Krabby an option? Personally, I don't think so. He might be a great coach, but I would think that Mac would go nationally for this one. Do we ride out the year just to keep Freitag? We only lose Wahl, so we should be loaded next year! Thoughts?

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