B5Q Blogopean Union: I’m so proud of you guys

Good morning! This is going to be a daily(ish) post that discusses the goings on of the rest of the Big Ten Conference, and the country as needed. Much like the European Union, the Big Ten is a loosely confederated group of entities that sometimes have the same goals (like free movement of people between countries or not winning national titles in football or basketball) and sometimes accept new members that they later regret (Estonia or Rutgers).

We hope that you will use this post to comment on things happening around the conference and also as a sort of daily open thread to discuss breaking news or argue about Spotted Cow.

• That was a pretty good weekend for the football team, huh? Not only did the Badgers kick Michigan’s ass up and down the field but there have already been two recruiting victories! The first, Preston Zachman (ATH from Pennsylvania), was known about earlier in the week but not announced until Saturday evening and the second, Riley Mahlman (OL from Minnesota), was a surprise and a big blow to our neighbors to the west.
• Here’s a fun stat for all you Coan Heads out there.

• Maybe beating Michigan wasn’t that big of a deal?

EYE EMOJISSSSSSSSS

• It was a good weekend for the women’s futbol team out east!

No. 1 Wisconsin soccer fan T.J. Watt knows the deal.

• DAMMIT SAM, NICK SABAN IS GOING TO FIND YOU AND YOU’LL NEVER GET TICKETS TO A ‘BAMA GAME AGAIN!

• Jake is really angling for those New Glarus sponsorship dollars.

• I look at a picture like this and it BLOWS MY MIND that Greg Gard can walk into a recruit’s house and close the deal. That is not the face/outfit/anything of a stone cold recruiting killer. And yet...he is.

• ::sniffle:: It’s beautiful.

• The champs being in the building probably didn’t hurt the Badgers chances of beating Michigan.

• Thoughts on Jonathan Taylor NFL all-pros?

• Michigan is...going through something right now. Thoughts and prayers.
• Iowa hoops player Cordell Pemsl has been suspended indefinitely from the team. He received an OWI over the weekend. As always, don’t drink and drive. It is stupid. There are literally dozens of apps that will get you home.
• Purdue’s women’s soccer team started off conference play with a pair of shutouts.
• Nebraska beat Illinois. Barely.
• GameDay will be in Lincoln next weekend for the Ohio State bludgeoning that the Huskers are sure to receive.
• Rutgers season is pretty much over and everyone, correctly, is calling for Chris Ash’s job.
• 2020 recruit Zed Key, a former Badgers target, has verbally committed to Ohio State.
• The damn kids and their cell phones beat Pat Fitzgerald again.
• A 3-star forward from California is going to play basketball for Illinois.
• Illinois fans have reached the “Eat at Arby’s” phase of their fandom.
• The Daily Gopher’s Etsy shop is churning out some winners.