Minnesota no match for Wisconsin
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The Wisconsin Badgers (9-0 overall, 6-0 Big Ten) tied up all the loose ends, concluding their 2004 home season with a perfect record in a 38-14 romp over rival Minnesota (6-4, 3-4) in way of reclaiming the historic Paul Bunyan Axe trophy.
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Michigan State used a powerful rushing attack to rout No. 4 Wisconsin 49-14 yesterday and knock the Badgers out of the national championship race.
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Michigan beat Minnesota with a dramatic comeback for the second straight year. Tyler Ecker caught a short pass from Chad Henne over the middle, eluded two tackles and lumbered down the sideline for a 31-yard touchdown with 1:57 left to give the 14th-ranked Wolverines a 27-24 victory over the No. 13 Golden Gophers on Saturday.
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The Big Ten's best defense handled the Southeastern Conference's best offense, and the site of the game had a lot to do with it. Alando Tucker scored 21 points to lead Wisconsin to a 76-62 victory over No. 18 Alabama on Wednesday night, extending the nation's longest home winning streak to 36 games.
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Drew Neitzel found his touch just in time for Michigan State. Held to two points in the first half and struggling through a shooting slump in the first four games of the Big Ten season, Neitzel made five 3-pointers in the final 20 minutes to lead No. 11 Michigan State to a 78-73 victory over Minnesota on Sunday.
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Minnesota&#39;s 34-13 loss to the Giants last week ended a four-game win streak and shrunk its division lead to one game over the Lions and Packers.
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Michael Flowers scored 23 points and No. 17 Wisconsin's man-to-man defense stifled Penn State as the Badgers extended their winning streak to eight games with an 80-55 victory Tuesday night.
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For the second straight year, the Vikings lost a game in which they could have wrapped up the NFC North title -- failing in December to a Packers team that has the best December record of any team in the NFL the last decade.
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Not since 1951 have the Wisconsin Badgers been this stingy.
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Wisconsin's first game as the nation's top-ranked men's basketball team did not go well. Drew Neitzel scored 28 points last night at East Lansing, Mich., to lead Michigan State to a 64-55 victory over the Badgers, whose stay at No. 1 is likely to be short-lived.
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Vince Grier scored 26 of his career-high 32 points in the second half to lead Minnesota to a 60-50 victory over No. 19 Wisconsin on Saturday. Grier, who missed five of seven shots in the first half, completely took over the game after the break &#151; going 12-for-14 from the field and matching the Badgers' second-half total by himself.
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Marian Gaborik had a hand in all six of his teamâs goals as the Minnesota Wild dealt the Rangers a jarring defeat in St. Paul.
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NEW YORK -- California&#39;s narrow victory over Oregon was not enough to hold off charging Wisconsin for the fourth spot in the latest Associated Press college football poll released Sunday.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The hurt that the Minnesota Golden Gophers put on Northwestern was not limited to the scoreboard Saturday night at the Metrodome.
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Neither the Green Bay Packers nor the Minnesota Vikings would mind an encore of their Christmas Eve matchup when the bitter NFC North rivals square off Sunday in the playoffs.
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Trevon Hughes had 20 points and six steals to lead No. 13 Wisconsin past Minnesota 63-47 on Sunday.
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Wisconsin&#39;s Alando Tucker puts up a hand against Alabama&#39;s Kennedy Winston during the second half of Wisconsin&#39;s 76-62 upset win Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, in Madison, Wis.