It's almost time to unleash the Madness in college basketball

 Every year the Observers ridicule a football bowl system that bestows an extra game on teams with five or six losses. This time the absurdity has an extra dimension because Wisconsin, 7-5 overall and 4-4 in the Big Ten

No one knows why it's called the Hockey City Classic - Chicago is best known for it's bandwagon Blackhawks fans - but regardless, on Sunday, February 17, the Wisconsin men's hockey team will be playing Minnesota in the second game of a double-header outdoor hockey game and you're going to want to be there. The first game starts at noon and pits Notre Dame against Miami of Ohio. The Wisconsin vs Mi...

Former Badger hockey players were much in the news this off-season, as both Justin Schultz and Ryan Suter's eventual whereabouts were the subject of much (MUCH) internet banter. Ottawa decided to opt out of such a situation with Kyle Turris by signing him to a five-year, $17.5 million extension that will keep him in Canada through the 2018 season. Turris himself was the subject of internet rumors ...

The football story in Seattle his preseason has had all kinds of Wisconsin ties. Former Badger Russell Wilson and former Packer Matt Flynn were fighting for the starting quarterback job. Flynn has spent multiple years backing up Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay and many assumed the starting job in Seattle was his. The Seahawks drafted Wilson this offseason and his stellar play led them to trade Tavaris ...

The Badger Football/Camp Randall team has announced 28 upgrades to the gameday experience at Camp Randall stadium, which is a pretty large, comprehensive series of upgrades to make the entire experience of going to a Badger Football game. So far, they've announced just 15 of the updates, but they all seem to be very fan-based and meant to improve every aspect of going to a Badger Football game. Ch...

  Danny O'Brien, the quarterback that transferred to Wisconsin from Maryland after two years as the Terps' QB, has been named the starter for the Badgers' opening game against University of Northern Iowa. O'Brien is taking advantage of the same transfer rule that allowed Russell Wilson to come to Wisconsin last season, however, O'Brien has two years of eligibility left. He was the ACC Rookie of t...

The new, non-BCS way of doing things will mean even more scrutiny on teams that could be eligible for the four-team playoff. One of the things the selection committee will be looking at is strength of schedule, something Wisconsin has struggled with for as long as I can remember. Maybe it's because the Big 10 had an auto bid and the Rose Bowl and because UW has never been a national player, but he...