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Rose Bowl Threepeat
Did anyone else watch, in utter amazement, as the Badgers C.R.U.S.H.E.D Nebraska in the B1GTen Championship game? I think the only person more surprised by the Badgers' performance was Nebraska coach, Bo Pelini. Seriously, I was expecting to be disappointed with another Badger loss, and seek solace in their going to a Junior Bowl (like the Maaco Bowl) and beating whoever they were paired up with. But they scored 2 touchdowns within 8 seconds of play clock! I thought Martinez's incredible run for a TD a couple of plays later was going to cause Wisconsin's resolve to crumble. But the Badgers took it in stride and went to the locker room at halftime with a 42 to 10 edge. Nebraska took possession to start the second half. If they were hoping to turn the tables, their hopes were dashed on their first play from scrimmage when a Martinez throw was picked off. On Wisconsin's next play, Monteé Ball strolled in for another touchdown. By the end of 3 it was 63 to 17. Nebraska scored 14 in the 4th against a lot of 2nd string Wisconsin players. Now let's hope they don't mimic their last 2 Rose Bowl performances! A win would be nice! Dec 02 12 12:50 pm Link That was an awesome wipeout. Wisconsin had *three* 100-yard rushers. I'm surprised there weren't more fights in the game. That was a total humiliation. Dec 02 12 01:20 pm Link Orca Bay Images wrote: I loved seeing Bo Pelini's expressions of, at first, anger and frustration, then by the end, complete disbelief in how poorly his players were performing. Dec 02 12 01:52 pm Link that game was so bad that i ended up watching cif hs football title games instead. Dec 02 12 03:04 pm Link GK photo wrote: "Bad" is such a relative thing. I enjoyed the game to the end because I've watched Nebraska run up the score on way too many opponents over the decades. Dec 02 12 03:52 pm Link It was pretty obvious that Nebraska had quit at the start of the third quarter. Dec 02 12 03:53 pm Link Orca Bay Images wrote: The Badgers get accused of running up the score a lot. But a local bank donates $1,000 per touchdown into a scholarship fund. So they have a good reason to do so. Dec 02 12 08:44 pm Link Gianantonio wrote: I didn't know about that. Very cool. Dec 03 12 06:15 am Link -Nicole- wrote: Have you ever gone to a game at Camp Randall? It's quite an experience! Dec 03 12 11:24 am Link not to harp on wis., but a 7-5 team in the rose bowl? osu aside, this is just silly. these conference championship games have gotten ridiculous. they've cost teams from playing for national championships, while (used to) allow them to, even if they lost their own championship games. one more year of this nonsense. then at least there will be a mini tourney. Dec 03 12 11:34 am Link Gianantonio wrote: Went to and graduated from UW. Attended almost every home game while I was there...even though it was in the 70's and we sucked pretty bad then. Dec 03 12 11:45 am Link GK photo wrote: Yeah--kind of a weird situation with both OSU and Penn State post-season ineligible. And who knows, maybe Wisc would have beat them during the season if those teams had the pressure of needing to win weighing on them. Dec 03 12 12:51 pm Link Phantasy Photo wrote: Were the students as rude then as they are now? And I mean rude in a fun-spirited way--some healthy trash-talk. Like when the other team fumbles, and the fumbler trots off the field, all the students chant "You fucked up!" Anyone not wearing red in the student section gets pointed at and chants of "Asshole" follow them as they walk to their seat. My favorite is the Call-Response done to Swing Town (quote from Wiki): "Like other schools, Badger fans perform a call-and-response chant before kickoffs; however, theirs is much more vulgar than many others. The most famous chant is between the upper classmen sections and the lower classmen in Section "O". During Steve Miller Band's Swingtown, the song starts with a long "Ooooooh" which is followed a quick "sucks" by surrounding sections, then section "O" responds with a "Fuck You" then all sections reply with an "Eat Shit." Despite attempts by administration to rid the stadium of this chant in order to provide a more family-friendly atmosphere, profanities still abound at certain points during the game." Dec 03 12 01:02 pm Link I haven't been to a game at Camp Randall for over ten years, so I can't speak to the chants you say they do now. In my day, we didn't do chants, but we did use colorful language in the student section with great frequency. We wouldn't have done that around younger kids, however, so that's apparently changed. Dec 03 12 01:29 pm Link Phantasy Photo wrote: Yeah--and I'm sure Camp Randall isn't where the young kids first hear those words... Dec 03 12 03:30 pm Link |