Pre-Rose Bowl and New Year's Day Open Thread

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 1, 2011 1:31 AM CST

Have fun with this, guys.

My top ten moments from this season:

10. Beating Indiana 83-20. There’s something about beating the **** out of an opponent that, long ago, beat you 63-32 at home that nothing can quite eclipse. Seriously, IU, don’t do that again. EVER.
9. James White’s long TD runs against Michigan State. Yes, we lost the game, but it became quite clear that Wisconsin had something special in the speedster.
8. Montee Ball picking up right where Clay left off in games against Purdue. Clay going down was not good, but Ball’s amazing efforts made it clear who had the best backfield in the conference.
7. Scott Tolzien breaking the Big Ten record for completion percentage in a single season, with 74.3%. Not even Kellen Moore (sorry) was that good. Not even Cam ****ing Newton.
6. Scott Tolzien winning the Unitas Trophy…that was very, very nice.

5. Beating the stuffing out of Minnesota. I was convinced the Badgers were going to have a tough time, but they breezed through the most hated rival and only a pair of garbage time TDs made that game seem close on the scoreboard. 41-23 felt great after 3 unnecessarily close games (2007, 41-34, 2008, 35-32, and 2009, 31-28)
4. John Clay’s second touchdown against Ohio State. The Buckeyes were not built to come back from 21-0.
3. Scott Tolzien leading the Badgers on their final drive against Iowa…that was a thing of beauty. A senior QB, tkaing the offense in his hands and driving the Badgers down the field for their first win in Iowa City over a ranked Iowa team.
2. Wisconsin fans storming the field after knocking off #1 Ohio State. It happened in 2003 (when we snapped OSU’s 19 game win streak) and it happened again, 7 years later. Terrelle Pryor was never the same.
1. 70-23, the final week of the regular season. Against a team that had beaten us 33-31 the year before in a stupid crazy game in Evanston. What a way to go out on Senior Day. Thanks, John, Gabe, Jay, Bill, Niles, Culmer, Blake, David, Kyle, Isaac, and Scott T. You put in four solid years, and you deserved that as much as anyone.

This was one hell of a regular season for the Badgers, and whether they win or lose the Rose Bowl, nothing, nothing can take away the special place this season has in the hearts of so many Badger fans.

TCU – the final test.

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Bring it.

Antonio Fenelus WILL take your turnover, thank you very much...

Consider yourself posterized, Donovan Warren. Nick Toon owned you so hard, he can sue any time an NFL receiver beats you in coverage.

Scott Tolzien pass complete to Isaac Anderson for 80 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Remember?

Denard Robinson is so slippery that Jay Valai had to personally take him down.

This? This is ours. Sorry, Iowa.

This is also ours. Sorry, Minnesota.

Finally, thank you, Scott Tolzien, for displaying incredible leadership when your team badly needed it. Thank you for the memories. Thank you for a spectacular, record-breaking 2010 season.

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JS saying it may be JJ Watts last game at UW..

I sure hope not..he will be missed if it is.

I love wins. Wins are good for the soul.- Barry Alvarez Sep 25, 2005

by White92 on Jan 1, 2011 9:51 AM CST reply actions

Stay, JJ! Stay!

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USG

by Ben Buchanan on Jan 1, 2011 11:36 AM CST up reply actions

Anyone watching the Tournament of Roses parade?

I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.

State high point count: 3/50

GO BADGERS! WIN THE ROSE BOWL!!!!!

by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 1, 2011 10:17 AM CST reply actions

OBSIMH, I normally agree with you.

But on my list of this year’s top ten moments, I’d switch the wins over Northwestern and Ohio State, making beating Northwestern to win the Big Ten title as #2 and beating Ohio State my #1 moment of 2010.

I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.

State high point count: 3/50

GO BADGERS! WIN THE ROSE BOWL!!!!!

by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 1, 2011 10:46 AM CST reply actions

Ab-so-lutely

May even make Iowa #2. Those moments defined the season. The Northwestern pounding was just taking care of necessary business.

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by Ben Buchanan on Jan 1, 2011 11:39 AM CST up reply actions

Agreed.

After reading what you said here, yes, I would put the win over Iowa at #2, and beating NW at #3.

I was shocked at how Wisconsin beat Ohio State and Iowa in back-to-back weeks.

I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.

State high point count: 3/50

GO BADGERS! WIN THE ROSE BOWL!!!!!

by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 1, 2011 12:07 PM CST up reply actions

Personal preference.

The Iowa game was huge, no doubt about that, but pasting a team like NU, that had shown no fear of upsetting us at home or on their field, to win the Big Ten, was bigger in my mind. And I actually got to see that game.

To get punished by the NCAA nowadays, especially if you’re at a major school, you have to be monumentally stupid. -ReadingRambler

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 1, 2011 12:31 PM CST up reply actions

Yup

Also, I don’t know why, but the Nick Toon-John Clay endzone celebration after the first offensive touchdown was awesome. Seemed to capture the excitement the team was playing with.

Ban Devorskis from officiating Wings games.

2010 Big Ten Champs- On Wisconsin!

by Mardiros Efendi on Jan 1, 2011 12:07 PM CST up reply actions

24 yard gain by TT

with a nice little 15 yard penalty to make it worthless. Nice work.

To get punished by the NCAA nowadays, especially if you’re at a major school, you have to be monumentally stupid. -ReadingRambler

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 1, 2011 12:14 PM CST reply actions

ESPN

thanks for moving the Outback and Capital One Bowls to the same time slot, so, you know, no one can watch. Thanks for buying out all the bowl games so no one with basic cable can watch, too.

ESPN = “Entertainment” Screwing the People of the Nation

To get punished by the NCAA nowadays, especially if you’re at a major school, you have to be monumentally stupid. -ReadingRambler

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 1, 2011 12:22 PM CST reply actions 4 recs

This needs to be green.

Rec’d.

I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.

State high point count: 3/50

GO BADGERS! WIN THE ROSE BOWL!!!!!

by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 1, 2011 12:31 PM CST up reply actions

Michigan State..

not representin..

I love wins. Wins are good for the soul.- Barry Alvarez Sep 25, 2005

by White92 on Jan 1, 2011 12:46 PM CST reply actions

Do they EVER?

To get punished by the NCAA nowadays, especially if you’re at a major school, you have to be monumentally stupid. -ReadingRambler

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 1, 2011 12:47 PM CST up reply actions

3rd and 1 from the Michigan 12...

To get punished by the NCAA nowadays, especially if you’re at a major school, you have to be monumentally stupid. -ReadingRambler

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 1, 2011 12:48 PM CST reply actions

MSU-South gets 5.

To get punished by the NCAA nowadays, especially if you’re at a major school, you have to be monumentally stupid. -ReadingRambler

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 1, 2011 12:49 PM CST up reply actions

Michigan State 0, Alabama 35.

If this was a fight, it would be stopped.

"Ah gravity, thou art a heartless b*tch." -Doctor Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 1, 2011 2:11 PM CST reply actions

Who put up those TCU billboards in Columbus?

On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 9, 2011 10:17 PM CST reply actions

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Badgers Football Schedule

UNLV	Thu 09/01	W 51 - 17
Oregon St. Building The Dam	Sat 09/10	W 35 - 0
@ Northern Illinois Red And Black Attack	Sat 09/17	W 49 - 7
South Dakota Coyotes	Sat 09/24	W 59 - 10
Nebraska Corn Nation	Sat 10/01	W 48 - 17
Indiana The Crimson Quarry	Sat 10/15	W 59 - 7
@ Michigan St. The Only Colors	Sat 10/22	L 31 - 37
@ Ohio St. Along The Olentangy	Sat 10/29	L 29 - 33
Purdue Hammer and Rails	Sat 11/05	W 62 - 17
@ Minnesota The Daily Gopher	Sat 11/12	W 42 - 13
@ Illinois Hail to the Orange	Sat 11/19	W 28 - 17
Penn St. Black Shoe Diaries	Sat 11/26	W 45 - 7
@ Michigan St. The Only Colors	Sat 12/03	W 42 - 39
@ Oregon Addicted To Quack	Mon 01/02	L 38 - 45