Get the latest postgame updates after the 14th-ranked University of Wisconsin football team kicked off the delayed 2020 season Friday night with a 45-7 rout of the Illinois Fighting Illini at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.
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“The fans, our fans especially, they’re the part that makes Saturdays in the fall in Camp Randall so special. So obviously we’re going to be missing that help,” UW linebacker Jack Sanborn said.
Prepare for kick off of the University of Wisconsin's 2020 football season on Friday against Illinois with the Wisconsin State Journal's annua…
After much consternation, debate and challenges, the University of Wisconsin football team is set to open its season on Friday at Camp Randall…
History tells us that playmakers will surface in a program as strong as UW’s, but there are no guarantees.
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UW athletic director Barry Alvarez admits he was beat down 10 weeks ago when the Big Ten called off its 2020 football season. Now, with the opener scheduled for Friday night, Alvarez is excited to watch the Badgers play.
Jon Dietzen is expected to make his 33rd career start and his first at right guard. It’ll be his first football game since the Pinstripe Bowl against Miami on Dec. 27, 2018, a gap of 666 days between games.
The Big Ten will start playing football at what normally would be midseason.
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The Illini collected 28 turnovers last season — 16 fumble recoveries and 12 interceptions — to lead the Big Ten.
State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin get together over Zoom to talk about the Badgers' season opener against Illinois on Friday night.
The mayors asked the conference to announce game times as soon as possible and to limit late-afternoon and evening games.
Even in a limited sample size, Badgers quarterback Graham Mertz showed some great traits, and a few iffy ones.
Brandon Peters, Illinois' first returning starter at quarterback since 2016, leads an offense that has also has experience at wide receiver, tight end and on the line.
"We were able to beat them last year and I think we're a better team this year," Illinois coach Lovie Smith said Monday, "but so are they."
Merritt Norvell earned bachelor's, masters and doctoral degrees from UW and was a senior on the Badgers team that played in the Rose Bowl following the 1962 season.
With a rare combination of size and speed, inside linebacker Leo Chenal is set to start in a key spot for the Badgers defense.
In the Badgers’ dominant, 45-7 win against visiting Illinois, Mertz tied a program record with five touchdown passes and lived up to all the hype that’s built around him since he committed to UW in 2017.
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