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Hammer & Rails Wisconsin Preview

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I'm headed up on Saturday and looking forward to my first taste of Madison. It can't be all bad. My high school used On Wisconsin as a fight song.

The Big 10 Football Tour

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4 guys living in Milwaukee attempt to visit all 11 BIG TEN stadiums over 11 straight weekends

Feeling Blue? Vander commits to Marquette over Wisconsin

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It's all over Badger fans. The long, sad recruitment of heralded Madison Memorial star Vander Blue came to an end Sunday when he announced he will sign with Marquette during the November early-signing period. Having originally given Wisconsin his verbal commitment, Blue backed out last spring and re-opened his recruiting after a solid junior season that brought him attention from basketball powerhouses all over country. This is a huge blow for the Badgers, who have now lost out on four recruits in just over a month and a half. Two of those recruits -- Diamond Taylor and Jeremy Glover -- were already enrolled at UW and set to join the team this season. Nnanna Egwu, a 6'9 junior forward from St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago verbally commited to Illinois earlier in the month and Blue chose Marquette Sunday.

UW loses Egwu to Illinois

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Wisconsin fans probably saw this coming: Nnanna Egwu committed to Illinois Friday, turning down both UW and Purdue. When his stock spiked in the spring, the chances of the 6'9 center from St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago committing to Wisconsin sank. Egwu is now rated among the Top 10 recruits in the Illinois Class of 2011 -- considered to be one of the best classes ever in one of the best high school basketball states. By late summer it appeared Illinois and Purdue were the favorites and after visiting Champaign last weekend, Egwu chose the Illini. Egwu's former teammate at St. Ignatius, guard Dan Fahey, is a walk-on freshman for the Badgers.

Wisconsin to play home-and-home with Washington in 2017-18

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UW announced a home-and-home with Washington Tuesday which will be played in 2017-18. It's a toss-up as to how good the teams will be in eight years, but it could end up being a good game. At the very least, Seattle is a good place to visit.

Minnesota football suspends two defensive players

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Defensive end Cedric McKinley and defensive back Tim Dandridge will not play Saturday against Wisconsin.

The Big Ten Network is probably regretting putting the boom mics so close to the action after this...

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The Big Ten Network is probably regretting putting the boom mics so close to the action after this one. During Saturday's game at Norhwestern, Minnesota's Simoni Lawrence ran into the official holding the yard marker and took a shot to a sensitive area. (Warning: Video contains strong language.)

Tolzien named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week

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After throwing for four touchdowns and 243 yards Sunday, Wisconsin quarterback Scott Tolzien was named the conference's offensive player of the week Sunday.

Minnesota Announces Series With Texas, Navy - Gophersports.com—Official Web Site of University of Minnesota Athletics

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Tim Brewster continues to schedule games against teams Badgers fans only dream about playing. First USC, now Texas.