Congrats, Wisconsin Badgers & Montee Ball!

Rose Bowl-bound! 3rd straight year. And 3rd straight Big 10 Champion! Wisconsin snuffed #12 Nebraska last night, 70-31 for a trip to Pasadena. Montee Ball picked up three more TD's to bring his season total to 82, adding to his NCAA record for career TD's (set last weekend against Penn St.) and was named Big 10 Champ MVP.

 

For more on Ball, read here. For highlights of the Big 10 Championship rout, read here.

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It's official! Wisconsin Badgers. 11-1. Co-Big Ten Champs. And headed to the Grandaddy of'em all!

Congrats to Ohio State and Michigan State for tying the Wisconsin Badgers at 11-1, resulting in a three-way tie as Big 10 Champs. But - only one team goes to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. So...eat it Ohio State and whiny bitch Coach Mark Dantonio* of Michigan St. (incidentally, Dantonio was the ONLY coach to vote Michigan St. ahead of Wisconsin and Ohio State in the polls).

ROSE BOWL! ROSE BOWL! ROSE BOWL! One more time? OK...ROOOOOSE BOOOOWL!!!

*Coach Dantonio, while groveling about why Michigan State should go to the Rose Bowl, stated his team "convincingly" beat Wisconsin. Then he drove home the point by repeating his statement. Really? Hey dork - you were beating us by only 3 points with 3 minutes left in the game. If you think that's "convincingly" beating us, then how about giving your team a pep talk and tell them that the bowl they're going to is really the Rose Bowl. I'm sure you can be really "convincing".

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Real nice, Wisconsin marching band. BANNED from Ohio State game.

In my home state. Real nice, Wisconsin marching band.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin marching band has been suspended indefinitely while allegations of hazing, alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct are investigated.

The band won't play Saturday during a nationally televised football game between the No. 18 Badgers and No. 14 Ohio State at Camp Randall Stadium. Mike Leckrone, band director since 1969, said he made the decision and it was the first time in his tenure the entire band has ever been suspended and prevented from playing at a game.

No details were immediately released about the behavior, only that it involved inappropriate alcohol use, hazing and sexualized behavior. Leckrone said it involved only a small number of band members, but it was significant enough to warrant the suspension.

Too bad for those innocent band members. Hey, I'm always up for a little debauchery myself, but there's a time and a place. It's the latest in a series of high profile problems for the band. The band is one of the most well-known marching bands in all of college sports. I say ban the band for a year. Maybe the little cocksuckers will get their heads screwed straight on.

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