Where I Come From: Most Memorable Moments
by Adam Hoge on Jul 9, 2010 9:43 AM CDT
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This is the fifth in a week-long series of posts sponsored by EA Sports NCAA Football 2011.
Looking back on six years of being around the Badgers, it's hard to pick just one memorable moments. I guess that's a good thing.
I have narrowed it down to just three moments, however. Here they are:
- 2007 Capital One Bowl Victory - This was the first bowl game I ever got to cover and unless we are talking about a Rose Bowl or a National Championship, I find it hard to believe that I will ever see another Badger team so excited about winning a bowl game. The '06 Badgers finished with a 12-1 record and knew they deserved better than the Capital One Bowl. Still, getting a victory over a VERY GOOD Arkansas team that had both Darren McFadden and Felix Jones was very satisfying. I'll never forget Jack Ikegwuonu running down McFadden in the open field to prevent a touchdown.
- Stocco's QB Draw - I may have told this story before, but on the morning of UW's thrilling win over Michigan on John Stocco's quarterback draw in the final seconds, I was diagnosed with a partially collapsed lung. Now, it sounds a lot worse than it really was (it healed itself over the course of a month) but the doctor told me not to go to the game and said it would be a great health risk. Yeah right. I went to the game and obviously made the right choice.
- The Blocked Punt - Never have I ever experienced such a swing in emotion in my life. The Badgers were playing awful at Minnesota in 2005 and looked to be dead with just over three minutes left. That's when Stocco marched his team down the field for a touchdown and the defense made a quick stop to force a punt. At this point I already felt good because Stocco was going to get the ball back, but UW's special teams took matters into their own hands. Jonathan Casillas blocked the punt and Ben Strickland recovered it in the end zone to win the game for Wisconsin.
What are your favorite Badger moments? Share them below!
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Two stick out for me.
1. The blocked punt.
2. Matt Schabert to Lee Evans in the Horseshoe, October 11, 2003.
With Stocco’s draw a distant third.
"Career highlights? I had two. I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets." - Bob Uecker
The 2004 win over OSU was pretty crazy.
As was the 2004 win over Penn State.
Still, the Stocco Draw, the Calhoun lunge, and blocked punt will always be special memories.
Most prominent moment from last season? Schofield forcing an Adam Weber fumble and Chris Borland recovering.
You just knew he was going to be Freshman of the Year after that, right?
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jul 9, 2010 12:29 PM CDT reply actions
My favorite moments include the Badger basketball victory over Duke this past season. What an incredible atmosphere and Trevon and company played a terrific game. I also thoroughly enjoyed the game where we crushed Michigan State at home, who was 9-0 in the conference at the time.
As for football, the win over Miami definitely is memorable. No one expected the Badgers to compete against the Hurricanes in their own backyard. The win also sets the stage for a great 2010 season. Another memorable moment (but not a positive memory) is the crazy game against Cal Poly in 2008. I could have been a better kicker for Cal Poly. The Badgers did not deserve to win that game.
+1
The Duke Game was intense.
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. ~ Terence Mann
by John Veldhuis on Jul 10, 2010 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions
One more
I’d like to add the 2002 Alamo Bowl victory (which I attended) in which Darren Charles caught a huge 4th down grab to help send the game into overtime and the Badgers kicked the game winner there.
i know i'm late to the party but
i was lucky enough to be at the capital one bowl vs auburn and the champs bowl against miami. in both games uw faced an incredibly cocky fan base (a drunk lady in miami garb yelled at me to ‘get out of our state’) in both games we were severely outnumbered, against miami 4-1 in terms of fans.
most fun i’ve ever had representing the state and the school
"I would say my biggest flaw, my Achilles heel is my tireless work ethic"-Kenny Powers
Another one late to the party
From my time at UW there were 3 games I had the pleasure of attending that will always give me that fuzzy feeling when I see the replays.
#1) Has to be the 2003 Evans TD catch from Schabert against Gamble and the Buckeyes at Camp Randle after the choke out. I’ll never forget that rainy night.
#2) At Purdue in 2004. The game was all but over and everyone in the stands knew it. Then Scott Starks upended Orton and returned the fumble for a TD for what was an amazing turn of events.
#3) At Minnesota in 2005 for the above mentioned blocked punt.
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