Leading up to the 2018 Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 27, the Wisconsin Badgers have taken in some of the sights and sounds of New York City. We highlighted earlier this week their trip to Times Square the day of their arrival, but the team has kept busy in the Empire State.
In the past couple of days, their trip included stops at The National September 11 Memorial & Museum and the One World Observatory on Christmas. Then on Wednesday a day before their match-up against Miami, some Badgers and Hurricanes also visited the New York Stock Exchange.
Check out the video above and some of the tweets from Wisconsin’s adventures in the Big Apple.
#911Memorial #911Museum pic.twitter.com/A5uAgAchbe
— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) December 25, 2018
Spending time together this morning to take in the @Sept11Memorial and @OneWorldNYC pic.twitter.com/JClAQBicju
— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) December 25, 2018
Wisconsin fullback Alec Ingold, a personal finance major, received the opportunity to ring the Opening Bell at the NYSE. Among the Badgers who participated in that visit included Ingold, safety D’Cota Dixon, inside linebackers T.J. Edwards and Ryan Connelly, quarterback Alex Hornibrook, right tackle David Edwards and head coach Paul Chryst.
The @PinstripeBowl festivities continued this morning, as Coach Chryst and a group of Badger visited @NYSE. Alec Ingold even had the honor of ringing the Opening Bell! pic.twitter.com/PcnUVVCVSi
— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) December 26, 2018
The market is open! #Badgers #Hurricanes pic.twitter.com/QCHK2cgsu8
— Erin Barney (@erin_e_barney) December 26, 2018
It was a surreal moment getting to open up the @NYSE with my guys this morning! pic.twitter.com/1026oYtkiK
— Alec Ingold (@AI_XLV) December 26, 2018
News from the practice field
Oh yeah, there is a game to be played after all. On Christmas Eve, the Wisconsin State Journal’s Jason Galloway tweeted that a few key players sat out of Monday’s practice.
#Badgers left guard Michael Deiter and defensive backs D’Cota Dixon, Deron Harrell and Madison Cone all sat out practice in New York today with undisclosed injuries.
— Jason Galloway (@Jason_Galloway) December 24, 2018
Stay tuned for more from B5Q coming up today and tomorrow, with game previews, how to watch posts and our game threads.