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CBSSports.com's Bruce Feldman has come out with his popular annual "Freaks" list, which examines the top workout warriors in college football. Feldman lists 20 freakish athletes, and it includes three Big Ten players. Checking in at No. 2 in the r...

Is it really already time for preseason watch lists? I guess football must be getting near. The Lott IMPACT Trophy has released its 2013 watch list, and it includes seven Big Ten players on the initial group of 42 nominees. The award goes to the d...

We're taking a page from our friends at the ACC blog and examining whether certain Big Ten teams will be contenders or pretenders in the 2013 season. The series does not include Ohio State, Michigan or Nebraska, three teams that, in our view, have ea...

Want to see what Gary Andersen's first Wisconsin team will look like? You can get a sneak peek when the Badgers hold their annual spring game Saturday. Here's the latest in our series of previews of the Big Ten spring games: When: Saturday, 5 p.m....

It's time for another installment of our postseason position rankings, and today we're looking at one of the strongest groups in the Big Ten in 2012: the linebackers. Just about every team boasted one standout linebacker last season, and many had ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- After he'd finished all his Rose Bowl postgame media obligations, Barry Alvarez took one last stroll through the Wisconsin locker room to talk to some players. He embraced redshirt freshman Derek Watt and told him, "You're going t...

PASADENA, Calif. -- The Hollywood ending was all set up. Wisconsin, the underdog in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio, would reverse its recent history here under the steady guidance of the old pro who'd come out of retirement for one last assign...

Three keys for Wisconsin in today's Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio: 1. Open it up: Wisconsin is Wisconsin, so of course the Badgers are going to do everything they can to run the ball. But even their offensive line is going to have trouble simp...

Our series of grades for each Big Ten's regular season comes to a close with a look at the Wisconsin Badgers. Offense: B-minus If you just look at the final numbers, you'd say Wisconsin had a typical year on offense. The Badgers scored 30.8 poi...

Wisconsin is making its third straight appearance in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio, but it feels like the first time for starting quarterback Curt Phillips. The fifth-year senior will finally play in Pasadena after battling back from three...

Big Ten bowl season officially arrives tomorrow night when Minnesota kicks off the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas against Texas Tech. Heavens knows I need a new season to begin after a horrible showing in the regular season, when I finished a full...

Recognizing the best and brightest from the Big Ten championship game: Wisconsin's running backs: What a breathtaking performance the Badgers' trio of backs put on in Indianapolis. Montee Ball showed why he's still arguably the best back in the co...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini and Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema met with the media on Friday on the eve of the Big Ten championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Here are a few highlights and notes from each coach's media session:...

As far as conference championship game participants go, they don't come much odder than Wisconsin. The Badgers face Nebraska in Saturday's Big Ten championship game despite a 7-5 record and a third-place finish in the Leaders Division, which is in...

Some of the choices for the All-Big Ten teams and individual award winners are real head scratchers. Let's start with the coaches' team. Braxton Miller is named the quarterback of the year in the league, but he's only the second-team quarterback o...

Two of Wisconsin's most important players could return from injuries in time for Saturday's Big Ten championship game. On the flip side, Nebraska will have to deal with losing a key member of both lines. In Sunday's coaches' teleconference with th...