Matt and I (Virginia) were emailing this morning about the state of Wisconsin sports (a coworker of mine would like Ron Roenicke driven out of Milwaukee, but that's another post). I mentioned that sadly, no one wanted to talk about Badger football this morning with me and deluged Matt with tales of my favorite Badger games. Matt said, ummm hey you know this blog I have? Go share with Badger nation.
Given that the BCS complaint line over rankings has already formed, let's do some reminiscing over my favorite Badger games as a student...
- The game where Bucky was arrested and taken out in handcuffs for crowd-surfing;
- The 2003 Wisconsin-Ohio State game (back when Maurice Clarett played for OSU, remember that?) when students rushed the field after UW beat the No. 3 ranked Buckeyes;
- And I have no idea during which of my undergrad years this happened... but someone in the student section smuggled in a blow-up doll and dressed it in clothes so it looked like a real person. The student section did the "pass it back, pass it back" and when the doll got to the last row, they threw it over the edge of the stadium. Security freaked out and thought it was a real person that got tossed over. I have matured since then... but to be young again.
Also, you may have heard about the UW Athletic Department asking students to end some of their chants... Couple thoughts: 1. Welcome to the Big Ten, Nebraska! 2. Did they seriously ask students to be "more creative"? Uhhhmmm... 3. Camp Randall wasn't named #2 in the top 5 most intimidating stadiums by ESPN because there's daisies along the sideline...
The New York Times did an awesome write-up of the history of "Jump Around." Read it! UW beat Purdue the day Jump Around was first played, wayyyyyy back in 1998. In 2003, while Camp Randall was under construction, Jump Around was not played due to concerns that those in the press box found the movement unsettling (teeheee... jokes about reporters here...) and a sure-fire tradition was cemented.
- And I have no idea during which of my undergrad years this happened... but someone in the student section smuggled in a blow-up doll and dressed it in clothes so it looked like a real person. The student section did the "pass it back, pass it back" and when the doll got to the last row, they threw it over the edge of the stadium. Security freaked out and thought it was a real person that got tossed over. I have matured since then... but to be young again.
Also, you may have heard about the UW Athletic Department asking students to end some of their chants... Couple thoughts: 1. Welcome to the Big Ten, Nebraska! 2. Did they seriously ask students to be "more creative"? Uhhhmmm... 3. Camp Randall wasn't named #2 in the top 5 most intimidating stadiums by ESPN because there's daisies along the sideline...
The New York Times did an awesome write-up of the history of "Jump Around." Read it! UW beat Purdue the day Jump Around was first played, wayyyyyy back in 1998. In 2003, while Camp Randall was under construction, Jump Around was not played due to concerns that those in the press box found the movement unsettling (teeheee... jokes about reporters here...) and a sure-fire tradition was cemented.
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The 2003 game, that's the one where an OSU linebacker choked out Jim Sorgi after the play and was not penalized or suspended. Okay I looked it up and he was suspended for one game. Ridiculous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds-Sorgi_incident The backup QB came in and threw the game winning touchdown to Lee Evans after that.
My most vivid memories of Badger football games at Camp Randall are when the Badgers beat Michigan in 1993 (13-10) and the student section "tried" to rush the field. Hearing Jack Rein (PA announcer at the time) ask for the crowd to be calm saying, "We have a pulseless, non-breather on the field" will be forever seared into my memory.
And my best, most joyous memory was when the Badgers beat Ohio State last year when OSU was ranked first in the country.
'nuff said.
And then there is Buttercup from the Badger/Husker game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnYCdKDI5hk&feature=related
Wow,
I am class of 84 grad. Camp Randall was under construction it 2003? I can barely remember the Badger games. Not because of lapsed time or age. Unfortunately I couldn't remember the games the next day. I was not a good boy. We were not rated the most intimidating when I was there but Playboy did not rank us in the top 10 beer drinking schools because they don't rank professionals with amateurs.
Anyway, I was an engineering student. The Civil Eng dept. rigged a laser to the Engineering research building to measure the vibrations on the upper deck. They freaked out when the saw the amplitude of vibration during the Bud polka song. After that they would only play the song after the game when the upper deck was cleared.
I can hardly believe they did this jump song during the game! Unless they had reinforced the upper deck structure.
Uhh it's been a while. Do they still do the Bud polka?
The 2003 Ohio State game was epic. I was a freshman, and despite the rain (we were FREEZING) it is one of my best Camp Randall memories. During the rushing of the field two of my friend and I almost were crushed because the guys behind us were more enthusiastic about jumping the barrier than we were. Aside from that, however, it was awesome.
In 2005 our home come-back-from-behind-to-win against Michigan was another amazing moment.
Maggie that WAS an epic game! I can't wait to be back at Camp Randall for the Nov. 5 game.
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