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unusual facts about Wisconsin Badgers


Zach Azzanni

He was previously the wide receivers coach of the Wisconsin Badgers and before that he was the Offensive Coordinator at Western Kentucky University.


1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

:Chris Wright, Wisconsin Badgers

:John Taft, Wisconsin Badgers

1996 Copper Bowl

It featured the Wisconsin Badgers, and the Utah Utes.

2002 Alamo Bowl

The 2002 edition to the Alamo Bowl featured the Wisconsin Badgers, and the Colorado Buffaloes.

2011 BCS National Championship Game

TCU was picked by a postseason poll as having won a share of the National Championship, due to their 13-0 perfect record and win over #4 ranked Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.

2012 Rose Bowl

The Oregon Ducks, winners of the Pac-12 Championship game, represented the Pac-12 Conference, while the Wisconsin Badgers represented the Big Ten after winning the Big Ten Championship Game.

Clarence Herschberger

There are accounts that Herschberger challenged Chicago's quarterback Walter Kennedy to an eating contest before a football game with the Wisconsin Badgers.

Emmy Fink

Emmy also served as a freelance reporter and writer with Fox Sports Wisconsin working with the Milwaukee Bucks and Wisconsin Badgers.

Reynolds–Sorgi incident

The Reynolds–Sorgi Incident refers to an American college football in-game incident in which Ohio State Buckeyes linebacker Robert Reynolds choked Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Jim Sorgi, injuring Sorgi's trachea, after the play had been whistled dead.

WOMT

The station is the Lakeshore area's home of Brewers, Bucks, Marquette Golden Eagles, Wisconsin Badgers and Packers play-by-play, and also airs the NFL on Dial Global; however the station only carries team play-by-play, forgoing the postgame shows of each radio network.

WRIT-FM

On December 2, 2013, Learfield Sports and the University of Wisconsin–Madison announced that WRIT-FM would begin to carry Wisconsin Badgers football and men's basketball broadcasts in 2014, simulcast from primary Badgers affiliate WOKY.


see also

Al Toon

His son, Nick, was a football standout in high school at Middleton, Wisconsin and played as a receiver for the Wisconsin Badgers, as his father did.

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball

Starting with the 1934–35 season, former UW basketball player Bud Foster began coaching the Wisconsin Badgers.