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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 ■ VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3

COVER STORY PREPARED TO LEAD Michael Caputo's play has caught fans' attention on the field, but his preparation and leadership outside the lines have earned him the respect of his teammates and coaches.

FEATURES FEATURE IN [FOCUS] JUMPING OFF POINT The week's best photos BEHIND THE DESK How Wisconsin's 'Kangaroo Kicker' Camp Randall is ready inspired Dave Revsine's book on BY THE NUMBERS college football's beginnings. Facts and figures on UW WHAT TO WATCH XC teams off and running ASK THE BADGERS Advice to freshmen LUCAS AT LARGE BADGERING... ALWAYS A CLIMBER Molly Hanson (WXC) INSIDE FOOTBALL Hall of Famer Chris McIntosh is no A greater gameday stranger to overcoming obstacles, INSIDE MEN'S BASKETBALL and he's still climbing today. Hall of Famer Mike Kelley

INSIDE-SCROLL VOLLEYBALL FOR MORE- Hall of Famer Steve Lowe INSIDE MEN'S HOCKEY Hall of Famer Steve Reinprecht Wisconsin Athletic Communications Kellner Hall, 1440 Monroe St., Madison, WI 53711

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Hall of Fame nod another summit for McIntosh lthough 37-year-old losing 40 pounds. the cagey veteran,” he recalled, Chris McIntosh has nev- “The priority was saving my “which is kind of scary to know Aer stopped reaching for leg versus saving my playing as a sophomore. But it forced the stars — the impetus behind career,” McIntosh said. “Even me to take the next step in my McIntosh’s ascent of Mount as an 18-year-old who proba- development.” Rainier, Mount Orizaba and bly lacked the ability to see the That entailed growing up in Mount McKinley — he never saw larger picture, it got through my a hurry. “Prior to that I didn’t himself as a star; someone who thick head that football might want to be the guy who gave up someday would be inducted not actually come to fruition the sack to lose the game; that’s into the University of Wisconsin and I might not have a college what motivated me, the fear Athletic Hall of Fame. career.” of making mistakes,” he said. But that day will arrive Friday But he persevered. After red- “From that point on, I was mo- for McIntosh, an All-American shirting as a true freshman in tivated to compete … I gained left offensive tackle that opened 1995, McIntosh took over as confidence … and the game holes for Ron Dayne; a two-time the starting left tackle on captain on the 1998 and 1999 an O-line that featured teams that won the Big Ten title fifth-year seniors Jamie and the Rose Bowl; and a first- Vanderveldt, Derek En- round selection of the Seattle gler, Manny Castro and Seahawks in the 2000 NFL Draft. Jerry Wunsch in 1996 — “It’s surreal,” McIntosh said, the same year that Dayne “just because it’s something I burst on to the scene by could never have dreamed up rushing for 2,109 yards. as an 18-year-old freshman or a “It was kind of baptism 22-year-old senior leaving (Wis- by fire,” McIntosh said. “If consin). It’s one of those things I’m honest with myself, you see happen but never really I didn’t have a lot or any think about in the context of confidence in my ability being able to do it yourself.” to play left tackle at Wis- His narrative is worth revisit- consin in the Big Ten with ing in light of his Hall of Fame four other seniors. I know induction. I didn’t feel like I be- After he tore his ACL the third longed there. It was just a game of his senior year at Pe- really tough season and I waukee High School — yes, the took my lumps.” same school that would spawn Once again, he per- the $100 million defensive end severed; a developing J.J. Watt — there were more trend. The following sea- questions than answers about son, McIntosh was the his future, especially after con- lone returning starter on tracting a staph infection and the offensive line. “I was

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slowed down for me.” McIntosh believed in. “I thought ier (14,417 feet) was his begin- McIntosh had the ability to we could do it and I knew oth- ner’s “hill,” followed by Orizaba motivate others, too. After the er guys thought we could as (18,491), the tallest mountain Badgers got crushed by Georgia, well,” he said. “We left that team in Mexico, followed by McKinley 33-6, in the 1998 Outback Bowl meeting with 100 percent buy- (20,237), the highest peak in — Mike Bobo completed 26 of in on that idea and every player North America and one of the 28 passes and Hines Ward set a agreed that was our goal (the Seven Summits — the name giv- bowl record with 12 catches — Rose Bowl) and what we should en to the highest climbs on each McIntosh decided it was time to work towards.” of the seven continents. get something off his chest and Two Rose Bowl trips later, “It was scary but rewarding speak out. McIntosh was starting as a rook- at the same time,” he said of “I didn’t come to Wisconsin to ie in the NFL with the Seattle his Denali expedition. “It forced go to the Outback Bowl, I came Seahawks. But after injuring his me to push through these limits here to go to the Rose Bowl,” he neck, he was forced into ear- that we all self-impose, which said, later conceding, “That’s a ly retirement. “It was the first kind of took me back to my foot- pretty lofty goal after getting our time that I just couldn’t ‘tough’ ball days. I could hear Coach butts kicked by Georgia and that through it,” he said. “I couldn’t Alvie (Barry Alvarez) in my head was completely out of my com- just grit my teeth. That was frus- yelling at me to push myself and fort zone to stand in front of my trating.” compete.” teammates and say something Since then, he has found an It’s a competitive streak that like that.” outlet for his competitiveness: he shares with the other Hall of But it was something that mountain climbing. Mount Rain- Fame inductees. ■

I DIDN’T COME TO WISCONSIN TO GO TO THE OUTBACK BOWL, I CAME HERE TO GO “ TO THE ROSE BOWL. ”

-PAGE 2 OF 2- BEHIND THE DESK BY BARRY ALVAREZ » UW DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

Updates make opener even more exciting he home opener is always floors of the academic center, a mitted, we’re committed. exciting. First of all, you state-of-the-art facility that has Chris was one of our better Tlove playing here. Camp few rivals anywhere in the coun- captains. He was a tough guy. Randall Stadium is one of the try. I remember him saying that he best venues in the country. The Bud Selig Hall of Champi- didn’t come here to go the Out- Plus, there’s always so much ons is now our entryway. A few back Bowl, he came here to go energy and excitement around years ago, it was a tunnel under to the Rose Bowl. campus the first week of school. the stadium with an old door Here we had just gotten our Everything is so fresh, so vi- going into the McClain Facility butt beaten by Georgia in the brant. and it had a garbage can sitting Outback Bowl and he was This will be the first time our in front of it. Now, we’ve got a talking about the Rose Bowl. young players will take the field glassed-in area, a Wall of Cham- That was impressive, especially at home in front of a full house, pions with different videos de- coming from such a young play- all those people in red. It’s a picting our title teams, trophies, er, a sophomore. special feeling running up that Heismans, rings and pictures of I like it when somebody has ramp. some of our outstanding stu- the grit and confidence to stand I think our fans will notice a dent-athletes. up and make a statement like huge difference in the stadium If you look up that corridor — that. But you’ve got to back it with all of our game day en- with Lot 17 on one side and the up. And those players did. The hancements. We’ve added 700 stadium on the other — that’s a next two years, we were Rose television screens and a lot of in- really impressive area, whereas Bowl champs. formation will be disseminated. it used to be just a driveway, an Steve Bennett, a baseball The addition of a free Wi-Fi alleyway. All-American, will also be in- network will give people better On Friday night, we’ll hold our ducted Friday. Steve and his access to the internet and our UW Athletic Hall of Fame induc- wife Marsha stepped forward Badger Gameday app that will tion at Heritage Hall. We’re mov- and gave us the lead gift for the have rosters and maps of the ing inside for the first time and SAPC (Student-Athletic Perfor- stadium. it will be a nice ceremony and a mance Center). Steve grew up in Most of our concession stands big deal for the inductees and Madison, his father played foot- have been upgraded, along with their families. ball at Wisconsin and his mom is an upgrade in the food. We’ll We’ll introduce our Hall of still living here. I know he’s very have some portable concessions Famers at Saturday’s game. appreciative of the university stands available as you come Among them will be one of my and it will be nice to have him into the stadium. guys, one of my former players, back on campus. As everyone knows, Camp Chris McIntosh. Whenever I think He’s a very impressive guy and Randall is an old stadium, nearly of him, I think of leadership and represents our former athletes 100 years old. But we’ve tried to toughness. extremely well. He left here and do as much as we possibly can During his senior year of high went out and had a very suc- milking every inch out of it. school, he had an ACL injury and cessful career and, in return, I don’t know if people realize his mother called me and asked he was very generous in saying that we’ve wrapped the back if his scholarship was still good. I thank-you. end of the stadium with two reassured her that once we com- We can’t thank him enough. ■ ASK THE BADGERS

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE A FRESHMAN TEAMMATE ABOUT? STARTING OUT AT UW? JACK MCLAUGHLIN DAVID STLUKA DAVID STLUKA DAVID STLUKA

DUJE DUKAN MICHALA JOHNSON CAITLYN CLEM MOLLY DONER Senior ■ Men's Basketball Senior ■ Women's Basketball Redshirt Freshman ■ Junior ■ Women's Hockey Women's Soccer My biggest I would tell Work hard advice would them to learn I think it’s and enjoy the be to enjoy every how to manage important as experience! By mak- minute because their time with a freshman to stay ing it to a top pro- school flies by. Even school and their true to yourself. gram like Wiscon- if there is a class sport. Both take It’s easy to want to sin you’ve already you don't enjoy, a lot of time and fit in and get lost achieved a great you'll learn a lot. In energy. But, I would trying to fit in with accomplishment. terms of basketball, also tell them to the crowd. I think Get out and expe- be patient and work have fun while being confident and rience everything hard. Your opportu- doing it.” knowing that what UW and the city of nities will come, but you have to say Madison has to offer. enjoy the work.” and what you do is Don’t take anything important. Speak- for granted, it goes ing from an athletic by too fast!” point of view, he/ she needs to keep in mind that they’ll make an impact to the team in their own way.” BADGERING DAVID STLUKA

MOLLY HANSON WOMEN’S TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY

After earning second-team All-America honors on the track last spring, QUICK Q’S WITH MOLLY junior Molly Hanson looks to continue her success this cross country sea- Favorite season? Spring, because things son as the Badgers open up the 2014 season with the Badger Opener are coming back to life, the Earth is rejuve- on Friday. Racing starts at 5 p.m. at the Zimmer Championship Course nating, it smells good outside and school with the women’s 4-kilometer race, followed by the men’s 6K. is ending. Favorite TV show? Sitcoms, specifically How do you think your first season went at Wisconsin? Seinfeld “I would say they were both definitely a success. I made a lot Favorite pre-race meal? Pasta with of improvements after spending my freshman year at Mar- pesto sauce quette. I just really felt I connected with the team in new ways. Favorite band? Florence + the Machine In that way, team-wise, it was a major success. But then also and Bob Dylan individually, I had goals that I never thought that I was going Favorite class? Media and Society to ever accomplish a year before that. I’m just really happy Favorite thing you did this summer? with how my first season went in Madison.” Visited my sister in Washington D.C. and went to Old Town Alexandria Did you learn anything from competing in the NCAA out- Favorite place on campus? Lakeshore door track championships last year that will help you in and Picnic Point area cross country? “I think it’s definitely going to give me a new perspective on everything. I know what it’s like to compete now at that level and lineup against girls with big names and who have accomplished some major things. I think it will definitely give me a step up going into the cross country season knowing I competed at a level like that.” SWIPE FOR MORE Being a middle distance-SCROLL runner FOR on MORE- the track, how difficult is it to transition to longer cross country races? “It is very difficult for me to wrap my mind around the amount of time I’m going to be out there running for cross country whereas in track you’re out there for just a short amount of time. I think in the middle of races I need to work on not losing my focus and confidence when I’m starting to get very tired. On the track the races are a lot shorter, you know the finish is coming soon, so keeping myself hanging on for the end is a tough transition for me.” What are your goals for the season? “My expectations for myself are to be one of the top runners on our team and make it to the national meet and help lead us to a high-placing finish. I’d like to see us exceed our current national ranking. Above 15th would be a good team goal.” Is there a specific meet this year you’re looking forward to? “I’m really looking forward to the adidas meet. It’s a very big meet — a lot of the best teams in the nation come to that meet and it’s right here at home. We have a lot of fan support, so I think it’s going to be a good race to show our home fans and the rest of the nation what we have coming into this season.” What’s your favorite thing about running at home at the Zimmer Championship Course? “First of all, I think it’s one of the best courses in the nation. It’s beautiful, it’s very well managed, and it’s just a really great course to race on. The other thing I love about it is the home support. We have our school pride, people from around the area that come to support the Badgers in a big meet like that. That’s really exciting to me.” How has the coaching staff, including new assistant Jill Miller, helped prepare the team? “We have a lot of talks about change and good change that is coming to the program. We talk a lot about being a better team, resurrecting that old tradition that the Wisconsin women’s cross country team used to have. So we’re talking a lot about focus and getting past the mental barriers of races. For example, they’re having us do a lot of exercises to focus on the moment and staying connected on your goals during races and workouts. “I’m really, really excited for this season and I think a lot of good things are coming and we’re going to shock a lot of people this upcoming season. I think everybody is super excited about this year and we have a lot of top runners coming back.” ■ PREPARED TO LEAD

Already known for the impacts he makes on opponents, junior safety Michael Caputo is making more of an impact as a leader of the Badgers’ defense DAVID STLUKA BY MIKE LUCAS ■ UWBADGERS.COM N THIRD-AND-11, LSU GOT THE MATCH- Bowl game against another SEC opponent, up it wanted in the Wisconsin second- South Carolina. o ary; it got Trey Quinn, a speedy freshman Caputo had a chance to break up a deep pass, wide receiver, isolated on Michael Caputo, a but he misjudged the ball. The pass was com- run-stuffing junior safety. pleted and it led to the Gamecocks’ final touch- Quinn had set the national record for career down in a 34-24 victory over the Badgers. receiving yards — 6,566 over four seasons — Since then, Caputo said, “I did a lot of prepa- while starring for Barbe High School in Lake ration on my skills and the things that I can do Charles, Louisiana. As a senior, he was a Parade better, and it paid off in the end, it really did.” All-American. LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings targeted The 18-year-old Quinn was already somewhat Quinn but Caputo had blanket coverage — in- of a folk legend in Louisiana. In the 2008 Little side leverage — and almost intercepted the League World Series, he threw a no-hitter for pass. He was credited with a pass breakup and South Lake Charles in an opening-round game. the Tigers punted. Now, he was matched against Caputo, the “I had a chance and I let it slip away, I should “clean-up” hitter on the UW defense. have had the interception,” Caputo lamented. “I “I’ve been working on that all summer, work- didn’t make the play but I was definitely there ing on that specifically,” Caputo said of his one- and I definitely did better than I would have last on-one pass coverage techniques. “I did a lot of year.” preparation on their routes (leading up to the Caputo made more plays than anyone else in LSU game).” Saturday’s season opener. He was also motivated during the offseason “Unbelievable game out of that young man,” by what happened in last season’s Capital One praised UW head coach Gary Andersen. DAVID STLUKA

-PAGE 2 OF 7- One play in the third quarter stood out from “He’s very vocal,” said Trotter, who along with the others. LSU again got the matchup it want- his twin brother, Michael, lived with Caputo last ed: freshman phenom Leonard Fournette had year. “If we’re down, he’ll get in people’s faces the ball; Caputo had the edge, the edge of the and try to fire them up or try to make us stay on defense. course.” “I knew it was coming, Caputo wasn’t always that whether it was Fournette or way. He was anything but vocal “I DID A LOT OF PREPARATION one of them (Kenny Hilliard or when he first got to Wisconsin. ON MY SKILLS AND THE THINGS Terrence Magee),” Caputo said “It came with maturity, play- THAT I CAN DO BETTER, AND of LSU’s off-tackle play. “It just ing time, more care factor than IT PAID OFF IN THE END, happened to be him.” anything,” he said. On second-and-goal from IT REALLY DID.” There’s one thing that drives the Wisconsin 5, Fournette was players like Caputo, the one stopped for no gain by Caputo. thing that drove him Saturday night. “I knew what they were going to do,” said Ca- “I didn’t want us to lose,” he said. “I took it puto, whose preparation and film study paid upon myself that I could have done a better job, dividends again. “I was ready for it; I’ve pre- I could have done a lot more things and I want- pared for it. That was a good moment.” ed these guys to feel the urgency that I did.” And it was followed by another good moment: So he was speaking from the heart, when he Marcus Trotter and Chikwe Obasih combined to told his teammates, “We can hang in there with sack Jennings for a three-yard loss and the Ti- them. Don’t be down on yourself. Let all the stuff gers had to settle for a field goal. that happened in the past go. “It’s about enjoying those moments whenever “Focus on one play at a time,” other guys make plays — rallying around them,” he emphasized to them, “one Caputo said. “It was third down and we made a stop and that’s the best feeling right there.” But that feeling was short-lived. In the fourth quarter, Caputo felt compelled to rally his defensive teammates after LSU had scored to take its first lead of the game, 28-24. An animated Caputo took charge on the Wisconsin sideline. “I was just trying to keep everyone fo- cused on the task and the goals of the game,” he explained later. “I wanted everyone to keep their heads up. “LSU got up on us and I sensed the guys being down a little bit. So I called everybody up and tried to keep everyone’s adrenaline (going). The next drive, we came out and stopped them.” One of Caputo’s former room- mates, Marcus Trotter, was not sur- prised by the outburst.

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play at a time.” • • • • Caputo took a similar approach with free safe- ro Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath was ty Lubern Figaro, a true freshman. born and raised in Beaver Falls, Pennsyl- “He’s a freshman, he’s going to be wild-eyed, P vania. So was Michael Caputo, who ended and have that deer-in-the-headlights look up going to Blackhawk High School in Chippe- sometimes,” he said. “But he’s been pretty good wa Township, a school that also produced Uni- with that, pretty good with staying level-head- versity of Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller. ed.” After his sophomore year, Caputo’s father Because of Figaro’s youth and inexperience, it moved the family to North Fayette — about 15 was understandable that he would have some miles from Pittsburgh — and Caputo transferred doubts. “In the aspect,” Caputo clarified, “of from Blackhawk to West Allegheny High School, saying, ‘Man, I should have made that play.’ the alma mater of former UW linebacker and “I told him, ‘No, man, you’re good, just forget strength coach Ben Herbert. about it, you’re doing well. Make the play next “I lived about 35 minutes away from the school time. Learn from it. Just keep playing like you’re and I started driving down there every day in the playing. You’re playing well.’ summer at 6 a.m.,” he said. “I needed to do that, “I had to keep telling him that and I know that I needed to win over my teammates, I needed to he takes it to heart. I know I took it to heart when go down there and work out with the kids in the people came and told me those things (when summer program.” Caputo was younger).” Caputo admitted that it wasn’t easy leaving Ethan Armstrong, Shelton Johnson, Chris Bor- his old friends and making new ones. “It was land and Dez Southward all mentored Caputo. difficult that way but I hung out with the foot- “All those guys told me things like that to keep ball clique,” he said. “They kind of took me in. my spirits up,” he said. They were real accepting, real nice people.” Whereas Caputo redshirted as a true fresh- Rightly so, since they could probably envision man, Figaro started against LSU, a talent-rich Caputo having an immediate impact on their program that has been ranked among the Top season. At the time, Caputo was in the midst 25 in 118 of the last 120 games and for 82 straight of a growth spurt. “From the end of my sopho- weeks. more year,” he said, “until that summer, some Could Caputo imagine being in Figaro’s posi- 15 weeks, I put on 20 to 25 pounds. I kind of tion when he first arrived on campus? bulked up a bit.” NEIL AMENT NEIL AMENT “I was an outside linebacker-running back,” As a high school junior, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound he said. “I couldn’t even backpedal then.” Caputo started at tailback and safety/lineback-

-PAGE 4 OF 7- er. Beyond leading the defense in tackles, he He still remembers the date: Feb. 6, 2013. And made a name for himself on offense by rushing he still remembers what he was told. “The doc- for 2,611 yards and 34 touchdowns. He ran out tor said, ‘You were about three hits away from of a pro offense, the spread and the Wildcat for- being paralyzed from the waist down,”’ he re- mation. called. Caputo was the Wildcat quarterback. Caputo reacted like anyone would react. He remembered throwing a handful of passes. “That was an eye-opener for me,” he said. He doesn’t remember completing any. How did it reach that point? “I did enjoy running back a lot,” he said. “But I “I had the injury and I kept having the injury enjoyed being the hammer not the nail most of and I didn’t say anything,” he recounted. the time. So defense was kind of my thing. To be In retrospect, he confided, “That was dumb honest, I knew my career as a running back was on my part.” not going to last as long as I hoped. Before the Badgers faced Stanford in the 2013 “But it didn’t really matter. I told some of the Rose Bowl, Caputo got on the team bus for the college recruiters, mainly my dad told them, trip to their practice site in California and wound that it doesn’t really matter where you put me up sitting next to one of the athletic trainers. as long as you put me somewhere because I’m going to do my best to try and succeed and do the best for the team.” In mid-May, 2010, Rivals.com reported that Caputo had 10 FBS scholarship offers from Boston College, Michigan State, NC State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, West Virginia, Mich- igan, Pittsburgh and Wisconsin. In August, he verbally committed to the Badgers. Less than a month later, he dislocated his ankle in the first game of his senior season. Before getting injured, he had rushed for a couple more touchdowns and thrown a couple more incom- pletions against South Park High School. To this day, he can’t watch the animated sit- com South Park without thinking back to the injury that deprived him of his final season as a high school player. Although he was running again by game nine and he dressed for senior night, there was no way he would be cleared to play. “I was pretty confident that they (the Badgers) wouldn’t back off,” he said. “I got some letters from Wisconsin saying, ‘Get better, we’re wish- ing the best for you.’ And it kept a warm feeling in me. I just needed to get back from the ankle injury and I needed to get to college and start my career.” That career was put in jeopardy after Caputo had surgery on his neck to fuse two vertebrae.

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Even though he didn’t want to get his neck mainly because of the mental things. If you can checked out until after the game, he thought he get by the mental part about sticking your nose should say something. back in there (when tackling), you’ll be good.” “This neck thing is bothering me,” he finally Did that mean Caputo would have to change volunteered, “every time I take the slightest bit the way he tackled? of contact around my shoulders and head area, “Absolutely,” Caputo said. “And it’s definitely my legs go numb and I can’t a different method of tackling really walk after that.”’ CAPUTO ON TOUGHNESS: that I’ve taken upon myself to Besides that … all is well … “IT STARTS WITH PREPARATION not lead with my head down. besides the legs doing dead AND BEING DISCIPLINED WITH Tackle smart. I highly advise and being unable to move YOURSELF, AND TREATING YOUR it for the safety of their lives them. BODY RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE (others who play). Football is “That was a big thing,” said WEEK TO BE PREPARED TO only going to last so long. But Caputo, realizing that it was PLAY THE GAME.” I’ve got to live with my neck much bigger than he thought. the rest of my life.” So he was left with just one option. Marcus Trotter visited Caputo after the sur- “I got it checked out,” he said. gery. Surgery was scheduled, meaning that he “I remember seeing how sad he was,” he said. would miss all of spring practice, 12 weeks in all. “But you knew he had the determination to But that was the least of his concerns. There come back. You could just see it in his eyes that was the uncertainty of ever playing again. he was going to come back. I knew he would. “There was that,” he said. “The doctor told me He’s a hard-nosed guy. He’s kind of got that not a lot of guys come back from this, but it’s tough boy look and he is … he is very tough,

-PAGE 6 OF 7- very tough.” “But throwing someone down (to the turf) How would Caputo define his toughness? isn’t going to make anyone better. It’s going to “It starts with preparation and being disci- get us a 15-yard penalty. That’s not toughness. plined with yourself,” he said, “and treating your That’s not very smart. That’s what that is.” body right throughout the week to be prepared Caputo played as smart — and as tough — to play the game. And, then, when things go bad as anyone in the 2014 opener. He was official- during the game, whether it’s physical or men- ly credited with a game-high 15 tackles, three tal, it’s keeping your head on straight. more than Marcus Trotter, who played the same “There are different parts to toughness and way; smart and tough against the Tigers in grit. There’s a very strong physical aspect — be- Houston. “He leads by example,” Trotter said. ing able to bang heads and make plays. There’s LSU secondary coach Corey Raymond tracked also a mental part — being able to do it every down Caputo on the field after the game. Ray- play and line up for the next play and being able mond was a former Gary Andersen assistant to do it again, along with wanting to do it again.” at Utah State. “He has been a big fan,” Capu- What about the “tough guys” who are pushing to said. “He told me to keep working hard; a and shoving coming out of the pile? words-of-encouragement kind of deal. It was “That’s not toughness,” Caputo said. “Tough- short and sweet.” ness only occurs with discipline between the But meaningful to Caputo. whistles. I’ve had times when I’m angry on the “It’s good to hear,” he said. “It’s a good sign of field. I’m angry some guy just beat me. He beat respect.” me, I’m angry. I didn’t make the play, I’m angry. He has earned it.

-PAGE 7 OF 7- Kangaroo Kicker a jumping off point for Revsine's book Badgers' own Pat O'Dea sparked interest in research that led to 'The Opening Kickoff' BY MIKE LUCAS ■ UWBADGERS.COM

f you look under the heading of Longest Made Maybe it’s the parenthetical “drop kick” that Field Goals in Wisconsin football history, you piques your curiosity. I will find these entries in the pre-modern era: Or maybe it’s the outlandish distances — of ■ 62 (drop kick) by Pat O’Dea vs. Northwestern, the drop kicks and punts — that get your atten- 11/24/1898 tion. ■ 60 (drop kick) by Pat O’Dea vs. Minnesota, In any case, Revsine wanted to find out more. 11/18/1899 “It was like an archeological dig,” he said. “You ■ 57 (drop kick) by Pat O’Dea vs. Chicago, just keep going and going and going.” 11/13/1897 Lions, tigers and bears have an allure for kids ■ 57 (drop kick) by Pat O’Dea vs. Illinois, of all ages. Not Revsine. He was smitten by a 11/11/1899 kangaroo, the Kangaroo Kicker, oh yes, Wiscon- ■ 55 (drop kick) by Pat O’Dea vs. Minnesota, sin’s very own Patrick John O’Dea, whose turn- 10/30/1897 of-the-20th-century magnetism was on par with Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and Johnny Manziel, Now fast-forward to the Longest Punts in the oh my. pre-modern era: Revsine’s impassioned exploration of the ■ 110 by Pat O’Dea vs. Minnesota, 10/30/1897 O’Dea mystique led to a four-year journey into ■ 100 by Pat O’Dea vs. Yale, 10/21/1899 the origins of college football and the end prod- ■ 85 by Pat O’Dea vs. Lake Forest, 10/10/1896 uct is on must-read lists, especially for UW fans. Now take a deep breath — like Big Ten Net- With much detail and heart, Revsine has crafted work’s Dave Revsine did — to process every- “The Opening Kickoff: The Tumultuous Birth of thing. a Football Nation.”

-PAGE 1 OF 3- Neither did Revsine — when he began researching O’Dea, the Aus- tralian-bred kicking legend. “Dressed in running shoes and shorts, I was out for a walk,” said Revsine, constructing a metaphor for how he got here from there. “I saw people starting to run a marathon and I thought, ‘Well, I’m dressed properly, I might as well go and run with them’ without having prepared for it in any way.” As far as using the O’Dea story as a mechanism to tell a much bigger Author Dave Revsine story on the broader issues of the sport, he confided, “I had no idea what I was getting into and when In his preface, Revsine gets away with being an I hit about mile 16 (a marathon is “I told you so.” 26.2 miles) and I still didn’t have a publisher, I On today’s current college football landscape, thought, ‘What have I done to myself?”’ he writes, “It is a period, we’ve been told, un- Upon further review, he said, “It was incredi- precedented in the history of the sport. But what bly time-consuming but I was fascinated by it.” if I told you that it DID have precedent? Moreover, he stressed, “I felt there was a story “In fact, what if I told you that the current to share and I wanted to share it.” problems in college football might actually be Revsine’s personal storyline has a Madison viewed as an improvement — that, in some re- chapter. He went to kindergarten at Shorewood gards, the college game was once far worse than Hills Elementary School. His father, Lawrence it is today?” Revsine, who taught financial accounting at As such, Revsine discovered that many of the Northwestern, was a visiting professor for two game’s current concerns — greed and violence semesters at the University of Wisconsin in the among them — first manifested themselves be- mid-1970s. tween 1890 and 1915. Dave Revsine, who was raised in Northbrook, He was quick to add, “The game’s problems, Illinois, went on to graduate from Northwest- though, are only part of the college football nar- ern. (His sister went to UW). After a year study- rative, as the modern-day challenges are ac- ing in Ireland and a stint as a financial analyst in companied by immense popularity.” New York City, he had TV stopovers in Sherman, And many of those seeds of popularity, Revsine Texas, and the Quad Cities before spending 11 found, were initially sown during that 25-year years at ESPN. window — between the late 19th century and Since the launch of BTN in 2007, Revsine has early 20th century — of the pre-modern era. been the lead studio host. During the football “You’ll see a ton of positive things in the book,” season, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith he said. “It’s really about how the game has gal- serve as his co-hosts. All three were on campus vanized campuses. The reaction I get is, “Wow, I last Friday to tape a preview show on the Bad- had no idea what was going on in that time pe- gers from Camp Randall Stadium. riod.”’ “It was incredibly time-consuming but I was

-PAGE 2 OF 3- fascinated by it,” Revsine said. “I felt there was a of Chicago — during which a player had been story to share and I wanted to share it.” ejected for intentionally kicking O’Dea — the fol- The 45-year-old Revsine can be quite under- lowing Monday, he received a bouquet of roses stated. from Dean Bryant of the law faculty addressing Except when it comes to Pat O’Dea, a College the “champion football kicker of the world.” Bry- Football Hall of Famer. ant wrote, “I honor the man who can take defeat “I started reading about him,” he said, “and I like a man.” was just blown away by O’Dea.” Turns out that he was quite the ladies’ man, Here’s how he introduced the Kangaroo Kicker too. in the book: “After big games his mailbox was jammed with “He didn’t necessarily look the part of a rugged letters from flirtatious women,” Revsine wrote. football player,” Revsine wrote. “Though unusu- “The Aussie did all he could to impress them. In ally tall for the time at nearly 6-2, he weighed the 1890s in Madison, nothing got a young coed’s just 170 pounds. He was strikingly handsome. attention more than renting a private carriage His pleasant and expressive face was topped for a trip around the small city and O’Dea quick- by a generous helping of seemingly never ruf- ly developed a reputation as ‘one of the greatest fled light brown hair that swooped dramatically hirers of carriages the town ever knew.’” across his forehead in a right-handed part. Once O’Dea had become a full-fledged celeb- “It was O’Dea’s legs that really stood out, rity, he got the royal treatment everywhere he though, described by one contemporary as went. Exceptions were made for O’Dea even ‘abnormally long and wonderfully developed.’ within the football program. “While his team- Those legs were his weapon of choice. In a short mates walked to practice,” Revsine wrote, “a period of time, they had earned him remarkable particularly wealthy classmate sent his family’s fame. He drew headlines everywhere he went — phaeton, a kind of sporty carriage, to transport the most celebrated kicker in the country … Pat to the team’s daily workout.” “In a time when field goals were worth five O’Dea was one of a kind, at least as Pat O’Dea. points, one more than touchdowns, and teams He was also Charles J. Mitchell in a later life. often punted on first down, kicker was the sin- But I don’t want to give away the story. gle most glamorous position on the field and Step in Revsine’s time machine and read for the handsome, exotic and talented O’Dea was yourself. You won’t be disappointed. redefining the position. He was the best kicker in the West and fans in that part of the country believed he was superior to any player in football.” O’Dea was far more than just a specialist, a kicker and punter. “O’Dea was far and away the best athlete on the Wisconsin team,” wrote Revsine, noting that O’Dea had briefly held the world record in the 300-yard hurdles. “But due to the violent nature of the game, (UW head coach Phil) King was ret- icent to use him as a primary ball carrier, out of fear of losing his most valuable weapon.” O’Dea was so beloved on campus that after a particularly rough game against the University

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Free WiFi access and new concessions offerings are among the improvements at Camp Randall Stadium for 2014. Gameday gets even better at Camp Randall Badgers rolling out changes for home opener SCHEDULE t’s often praised as one of the best in the nation, but a se- Home games in bold. All times CT. ries of upgrades and changes at Camp Randall Stadium are Aug. 30 vs. LSU L, 28-24 aimed at making the gameday experience for Wisconsin Sept. 6 Western Illinois 11 a.m. Ifootball even better. Sept. 20 Bowling Green TBA Fans will get their first look — and taste — of a number of im- Sept. 27 South Florida TBA provements when they pass through the gates of the nearly Oct. 4 at Northwestern TBA 100-year-old stadium for Saturday’s 11 a.m. home opener vs. Western Illinois. Here’s a rundown of what awaits the crowd Oct. 11 Illinois TBA that comes out to see the Badgers take on the Leathernecks: Oct. 25 Maryland 11 a.m. Nov. 1 at Rutgers 11 a.m. Complimentary WiFi service Nov. 8 at Purdue TBA Fans attending Wisconsin football games will have access to Nov. 15 Nebraska TBA Badger WiFi, Camp Randall’s new complimentary wireless in- Nov. 22 at Iowa TBA ternet service. Fans can simply log on to the new Badger WiFi Nov. 29 Minnesota TBA network on their mobile devices.

> Complete Schedule | Buy Tickets Improved Distributed Antenna System Improvements and upgrades have been made to the stadi- FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: um’s distributed antenna system (DAS) to help provide addi- tional coverage and capacity for cell phone use. -SCROLL FOR MORE- StadiumVision results in 700+ TVs Fans will notice more than 700 TVs located throughout the stadium, highlighted by video walls inside Gates 1 and 3 as well as the lobby of the new Stephen M. Bennett Student-Athlete Performance Center. Fans seated under the upper deck will particularly notice 55- inch TV monitors mounted from one end of the upper deck to the other. Stadium concourses all around the stadium will be filled with TVs so fans won’t miss a minute of the action while visiting the concession stands.

Programs going digital … New for 2014 is the introduction of Varsity Gameday, the new digital game program for Wisconsin football, accessible in the same app you’re using to view Varsity right now. Available for all games, home and away, Varsity Gameday has you covered with rosters, stats, game notes and videos plus in- sightful and exclusive feature stories from Mike Lucas.

… but printed flipcards still available Fans wanting hard copy rosters and game stats will still have that option on gameday. For just $2, gameday flipcards will be available for purchase throughout Camp Randall Stadium, at concession stands, in Bucky’s Locker Room and through dedi- cated sellers.

New concessions for all appetites Hungry? We’ve got you covered. Try to tackle the new Big Red Burger. Enjoy two half-pound burgers, topped with summer sausage, cheddar cheese, toma- toes, onions with our signature Bloody Mary sauce for the hun- griest of Badgers. Or how about some Wisconsin Mac & Cheese featuring a creamy blend of Wisconsin cheeses, Johnsonville Brat slices and topped with bread crumbs. Looking for nachos? Try Nacho Madness with corn tortilla chips loaded with bratwurst, creamy cheese sauce, tomato sal- sa, sour cream and jalapenos. Health-conscious fans will want to visit the Healthy Fit stand outside Section W. There fans will find great menu items highlighted by turkey burgers, veggie burgers and gluten-free op- tions. Plus, there will be mini doughnuts, Cousin’s Subs, and more for your gameday appetite.

All-new Gameday app A new Badger Gameday app will be available prior to the first home game, putting gameday information at your fingertips on your mobile device. The official gameday app of Wisconsin Athletics is available FREE in the App Store for users of iPhones and iPads as well as in Google Play for Android device users.

Upgrade your experience Through the Badger Gameday app, fans will be able to upgrade their experience right from their mobile device. Want a seat upgrade? Once the game kicks off, review available seats and purchase a seat upgrade to better enjoy the game. Looking for a unique experience to add to your gameday? Purchase a gameday memory. Get a postgame photo taken on the 50-yard line. Secure a spot at Coach Andersen’s postgame press conference. Kick a field goal on the field postgame. Watch the halftime band show from the field. These experiences and more could be available on a game-by-game basis for fan purchase.

Easy in. Easy out. Use the shuttle. New this season for just $35 you can ride the Bucky Shuttle for the entire year. Purchase this discounted rate Season Pass during the first or second home game at your Bucky Shuttle pick-up location.

Be a Waste Eliminator Building off a successful recycling initiative, Camp Randall Stadium trash and food waste will be composted beginning in 2014. Fans are encouraged to play their trash and food waste in the new yellow compost bins located throughout Camp Ran- dall Stadium.

Bennett Student-Athlete Performance Center and Selig Hall of Champions Opens Fans will want to visit the new Bud Selig Hall of Champions in the lobby of the Stephen M. Bennett Student-Athlete Perfor- mance Center on the north end of Camp Randall. Open Fridays until 4:30 p.m. and post-game on game days, check out some of the history of Wisconsin Athletics with arti- fact displays and interactive video content. INSIDE MEN’S BASKETBALL BY PATRICK HERB

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For Kelley, Hall of Fame is team honor Guard is 24th men’s basketball player enshrined SCHEDULE he evening of March 22, 2014 was a historic moment for Home games in bold. All times CT. the Wisconsin basketball program. The Badgers would Oct. 26 Red/White 1 p.m. rally from a 12-point halftime deficit to beat Oregon in Scrimmage Tthe NCAA tournament launching them on a course for the Final Nov. 5 UW-Parkside TBA (Exhibition) Four. Nov. 14 Northern Kentucky TBA For former Badgers guard Mike Kelley, that evening turned out to be memorable for another reason. Nov. 16 Chattanooga TBA At a pregame booster function at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, Nov. 19 Green Bay TBA UW athletics director Barry Alvarez was addressing the collec- Nov. 22 Boise State TBA tion of alumni and dignitaries and asked Kelley to join him up Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas: on stage. Nov. 26 vs. UAB 6 p.m. “I didn’t know if he was going to quiz me about the game that Nov. 27 vs. Florida TBA night or what,” Kelley remembered. “Instead he said, ‘well I or Georgetown guess you all will be the first to know that Mike Kelley will be in Nov. 28 vs. TBA TBA the Class of 2014 for the UW Athletics Hall of Fame.’ > View Complete Schedule “I was shocked and humbled. It was a surreal moment, but it was pretty neat. I feel lucky.” FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: It was fitting that former teammate Andy Kowske was in attendance that night, because in Kelley’s eyes, his induction Friday into the UW Hall of Fame is less about his individual achievements and more-SCROLL a representation FOR MORE- of what his team accomplished. Kelley’s teams compiled the best four-season win total in school history up until that point, going 74-54 (.578) and make a magical run to the 2000 Final Four. INSIDE VOLLEYBALL BY DIANE NORDSTROM

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Sheffield finds room for improvement Despite opening season 2-0, UW has ways to go SCHEDULE (2-0) ot many coaches would be unhappy about a 2-0 start, Home events in bold. All times CT. but Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield wasn’t exactly RECENTLY pleased with the way his team performed in the Big Ten/ Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Minneapolis, MN: NACC Challenge last weekend in Minneapolis. Aug. 29 vs. Louisville W, 3-0 “I thought there was no question we were excited about play- Aug. 30 vs. Notre Dame W, 3-0 ing,” Sheffield explained. “I’m not sure we were dialed in on and COMING UP locked in on competing.” Northern Colorado/Colorado St. Classic: After a 3-0 win over Louisville on Friday, in which the Badgers Sept. 5 at N. Colorado 8 p.m. performed well on offense but not on defense, Wisconsin came Sept. 6 vs. Florida A&M 12:30 p.m. out with a more balanced game on Saturday, downing Notre at Colorado State 8 p.m. Dame 3-0. HotelRED Invitational: Offensively, UW hit .323 as a team behind the play of se- Sept. 12 Miami 7 p.m. nior Ellen Chapman, who recorded double-figure kills in both Sept. 13 Missouri State 12 p.m. matches. But defensively, Wisconsin averaged only 12.67 digs Ball State 7:30 p.m. and 1.67 blocks per set. > Complete Schedule | Buy Tickets “Well, offensively I thought we were pretty good for a good portion of it (and) I thought we served really well,” said Shef- FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: field. “Our ball control was pretty good (but) I thought we were really poor defensively for what our standards are. We had a lot of blocking errors we’ve got to get fixed. And our reads in the back court I thought could-SCROLL have FOR been MORE- better. And I thought we were pretty poor at covering our hitters.” The Badgers will need to make improvements quickly as they face their first ranked team of the season this weekend, travel- ing to No. 13 Colorado State on Saturday. The Rams are hosting a ‘White Out” match against Wisconsin and expect a near sell- out crowd in 8,700-seat Moby Arena. “We’ve got some tough teams in front of us this weekend,” Sheffield said. “But when you’re saying what do I want to see better, I want to see the work we’re going to put in this week defensively, I’d like to see that improve once we get to the weekend.”

LOWE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME If you ask his former players what they remember most about Steve Lowe, you’ll probably get the same answer. “Steve’s passion for the game was unmatched by anyone else at that time,” said Liz Tortorello Nelson, who set for the Bad- gers from 1988-91. Lisa Boyd Piekarski, Wisconsin’s first volleyball All-American, agreed. “What I remember most about Steve was his passion for the game and his fun-loving personality. He could be very intense and yet we would laugh a lot also.” Lowe, who coached the Badgers volleyball team to its first Big Ten Conference championship, first national ranking and first NCAA tournament appearance in 1990, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday. Lowe came to Wisconsin in 1986 after serving as an assistant coach at the University of the Pacific. The Badgers went from 7-24 in 1985 to 16-18 in Lowe’s first season. Wisconsin recorded its first winning record in six years in 1987 as the team went 19- 10. In 1989, Lowe’s Badgers showed what was to come as UW went 26-11 and won the inaugural National Invitational Volley- ball Championship. But Wisconsin’s record-setting 1990 season didn’t start out that great. The Badgers dropped their first three matches of the year, including a 3-1 loss to No. 1 UCLA. Wisconsin won 15 of its next 16 matches and went 16-2 in the Big Ten to win the program’s first league title. Winning the conference gave UW its first bid to the NCAA tournament. Along the way, Badgers fans started to pay attention to Wis- consin volleyball. UW set a school record for attendance when 2,130 fans watched the UCLA match on Sept. 1. That mark went up to 2,267 in October, 4,335 in November and exploded when the Badgers hosted Illinois in the first-round of the NCAA tournament in the Field House. A packed house of 10,935 watched UW sweep the Illini and advance to the NCAA regional. Unfortunately for the Badgers, Lowe was hospitalized in late July of 1991. A non-smoker, Lowe was diagnosed with lung can- cer and passed away on Aug. 22 at the age of 35. The Badger volleyball program still bears much of what Lowe started. Wisconsin recognizes the former head coach at every Big Ten home opener with “Steve Lowe Night.” A player who exemplifies Lowe’s passion and love of the game is also recognized every season with the Steve Lowe Memorial Scholarship. The winner is recognized in pre-match ceremonies at Steve Lowe Night with the award being presented by Lowe’s sons, Ian and Jeff.■ INSIDE MEN’S HOCKEY BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO

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▲ PHOTOS: Swipe to change ■ Tap to pause/play Reinprecht: from Hobey finalist to Hall Former WCHA Player of the Year enshrined SCHEDULE nown for his two-way versatility at the center position, Home games in bold. All times CT. Steve Reinprecht was a dominant force for the Badgers Kendall Hockey Classic, Anchorage, AK: in the late 1990s. Oct. 10 vs. Alaska 8 p.m. KThe Edmonton, Alberta, native was the first UW player to post Oct. 11 at Alaska-Anchorage 10 p.m. team-leading point totals for three straight years, which caught Oct. 17 vs. N. Michigan 7 p.m. national attention during his senior campaign when he was (Green Bay, Wis.) named runner-up for the 2000 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, Oct. 18 vs. N. Michigan 7 p.m. given to the top NCAA hockey player. (Green Bay, Wis.) In 37 games played in 1999-00, Reinprecht tallied 26 goals Nov. 7 North Dakota TBA and 66 points to lead the nation and earn first-team All-Amer- Nov. 8 North Dakota TBA ica honors. He was also named WCHA Player of the Year and Nov. 21 at Colo. College 8:30 p.m. first-team all-conference that year. Reinprecht was previously Nov. 22 at Denver TBA awarded second-team recognition from the WCHA in 1998. Nov. 28 Ferris State TBA He finished his Badgers career with 72 goals and 162 points — Nov. 29 Ferris State TBA good for 23rd all-time in Wisconsin history — and was a Spike > View complete schedule Carlson Team MVP for three years. Reinprecht captained Wisconsin as a junior and senior, lead- FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ing his team to a MacNaughton Cup victory in 2000 as WCHA champions. From Feb. 10 to March 18, 2000, the lefty shot recorded at least one point in 12 consecutive-SCROLL FOR games, MORE- notching a total of 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) over that span. Following his illustrious collegiate career, Reinprecht went undrafted before signing with the Los Angeles Kings as a free agent. He went on to play 11 NHL seasons with five teams: the Kings, Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Phoenix Coyotes and Florida Panthers. He reached a hockey player’s ultimate goal in 2001, helping the Avalanche capture the Stanley Cup in seven games. In 663 NHL games played, he netted 140 goals and 382 points, including 20 points in 50 playoff games. Reinprecht currently skates for the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), where he’s been for the past two years. In 2013-14, he recorded 27 goals and 43 assists for the Ice Tigers — the second-most points in the league. He has spent time with the Scorpions de Mulhouse of the Li- gue Magnus (2004-05), Adler Mannheim of the DEL (2010-11) and San Antonio Rampage and Chicago Wolves of the Ameri- can Hockey League (2011-12). Reinprecht appeared on the international stage in 2003, winning gold at the IIHF World Championship in Finland with Team Canada. ■ INSIDE MEN’S ROWING BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO

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▲ PHOTOS: Swipe to change ■ Tap to pause/play Olympian Hoopman takes place in Hall Gold medalist recognized as one of UW’s best SCHEDULE ne of the most accomplished athletes to come out of Home events in bold. Wisconsin men’s rowing, Beau Hoopman is the fourth Oct. 19 Head of the Charles Boston, MA figure in the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame from the Oct. 26 Head of the Iowa Onine-time national championship program. Iowa City, IA Becoming a member of the men’s rowing team as a walk-on Oct. 26 Princeton Chase in 1999, Hoopman was around the program for its three most Princeton, NJ recent Ten Eyck Trophy titles (2000-02), awarded to the overall Nov. 2 Head of the Huron Ann Arbor, MI team points champion at the Intercollegiate Rowing Associa- 2015 tion national championships. Apr. 11 at Syracuse Wisconsin’s captain in 2002 led the varsity eight to the Eastern Apr. 17 Stanford Invitational Sprints conference championship that season, the first for the Apr. 18 Stanford Invitational Badgers since the inaugural event in 1946. The team also won its fourth consecutive Ten Eyck Trophy that season, while his Apr. 18 Minnesota/MSOE varsity eight placed second in the event at the national cham- May 2 Boston University/ pionships. MIT/Northeastern > View complete schedule Winner of the 2000 Randall T. Jablonic Award as the most valuable member of the freshman rowing team after he helped FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: UW capture its first title in the Eastern Sprints freshman eight, he later won the 2003 Norman R. Sonju Award, which goes to the oarsman who has made an outstanding contribution to the success of UW men’s rowing-SCROLL in FOR the MORE- categories of leadership, dedication and sportsmanlike attitude. Already with national team experience as a member of the U.S. under-23 rowing team in 2001 and 2002, the Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, native made the senior national team for the first time in 2002. His selection to the team marked the first of eight consecutive years competing at the world or Olympic championships. Hoopman made history three times in his first Olympic appearance in 2004 in Athens, Greece. His men’s eight set the world’s fastest time and his boat captured the gold medal, making him the first Badger men’s rower to win an Olympic gold medal and giving the U.S. a gold medal in the event for the first time in 40 years. Hoopman returned to the Olympics for the 2008 games in Beijing, China, and won a bronze medal in the men’s eight. In March of 2010, Hoopman was inducted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame in Connecticut along with the rest of his 2004 Olympic men’s eight. These days, Hoopman can be found on Lake Mendota, coaching the next generation of Badger rowers as the varsity assistant coach for the Wisconsin men’s rowing program. INSIDE WOMEN’S TENNIS BY PATRICK HERB

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Zimpfer takes deserved spot in Hall of Fame All-American becomes tennis’ first inductee SCHEDULE n 1996, Melissa Zimpfer became the first All-American in Home matches in bold. All times CT. Wisconsin women’s tennis history. Eighteen years later she’s Sept. 9 Milwaukee Tennis Classic Milwaukee, WI knocking down another door, becoming the first women’s Itennis player to enter the UW Athletics Hall of Fame. Sept. 19 Gopher Invite Minneapolis, MN Zimpfer, who re-wrote the Badgers’ record book from 1995- Sept. 27 All-American 1997, will be inducted into the prestigious Hall of Fame on Fri- Location TBD day, Sept. 5, as one of seven former UW standouts in the Class Oct. 10 UGA Invite of 2014. Athens, GA “This is such a great honor,” Zimpfer said after becoming just Oct. 17 ITA Regionals the third person associated with UW tennis to be inducted in Champaign, IL the HOF, joining Arthur Nielsen, Sr. and John Powless. “It’s very 2015 humbling to be in such company and one of those things where Jan. 24 Drake University 2 p.m. you pinch yourself and wonder, ‘is this really happening?’ It Feb. 1 Eastern Mich. 11 a.m. means so much to be recognized.” Feb. 7 Bowling Green 11 a.m. A three-time All-American (twice in singles, once in doubles), > View Complete Schedule Zimpfer holds the UW single-season records for singles and doubles wins. With a career mark of 71-13, her .845 win per- FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: centage is also the highest mark in UW history. In 1996, Zimpfer climbed as high as No. 3 in the national rank- ings and was named Big Ten Player of the Year. The following season, she earned ITA -SCROLLSenior FORPlayer MORE- of the Year honors after going 35-7 (.833). “There hasn’t been a lot of attention on Wisconsin tennis, men’s or women’s, over the last few decades and Melissa earning this honor brings our programs back into the spotlight,” current UW women’s tennis coach Tina Samara said. “She is not only the first women’s tennis player in the UW Hall of Fame, but really the first modern era UW tennis player, male or female. INSIDE BASEBALL BY BRIAN LUCAS

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A call to the hall for Steve Bennett UW record holder in hits, doubles and RBIs

s a baseball player at Wisconsin, a junior and led the Badgers in doubles Steve Bennett made an immedi- and RBIs. Bennett served as team cap- ate impact on the field. He led the tain as a senior. BadgersA in doubles and RBIs as a fresh- In addition to his All-America honors, man and then earned All-America hon- Bennett was one of just five two-time All- ors as a sophomore when he led the na- Big Ten selections in UW baseball histo- tion in doubles and ranked second in the ry and set school career records for hits, Big Ten with a .458 batting average. doubles and RBIs. A Madison native who attended Madi- He graduated from UW-Madison with a son West High School, Bennett grew up Bachelor of Business Administration in a Badger. His father, Steve, was a two- 1976 and served as the chairman of the time letterwinner in football (1948, ’49). UW School of Business Dean’s Advisory As a sophomore and junior, the younger Board. Bennett was named a District 8 All-Amer- He is the 22nd baseball player induct- ican by the American Association of Col- ed into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of lege Baseball Coaches. He batted .357 as Fame. ■ INSIDE MEN’S SOCCER BY BRANDON HARRISON

Youth movement already in effect for UW Freshmen stepping in, contributing right away SCHEDULE (1-1-0) hen head coach John Trask said he felt strongly that Home games in bold. All times CT. he had one of the top-five recruiting classes in the RECENTLY country joining the Wisconsin men’s soccer program Aug. 25 at Notre Dame L, 1-5 Win Madison this season, he meant it. (Exhibition) No cliché, no optimism, no coach speak was intended. Aug. 29 San Francisco L, 1-2 Nine of the 12 Badgers joining the program this season came Aug. 31 Xavier W, 4-0 in rated as four-star prospects by Top Drawer Soccer. That in- COMING UP cludes two Gatorade Player of the Year award winners and Sept. 5 at George Mason 6 p.m. three players ranked among the country’s top 150 recruits. Sept. 7 at Georgetown Noon Fans in attendance at the McClimon Complex this past week- Sept. 12 Rutgers 7 p.m. end began to understand what all the fuss was about, as new- Sept. 19 St. John’s 7 p.m. comers played a key role in the opening weekend for Wisconsin. Sept. 26 at Maryland 6:30 p.m. Following a preseason in which four different freshmen Oct. 1 at Marquette 7:05 p.m. scored goals for Wisconsin t three exhibition matches, it didn’t Oct. 4 7 p.m. take long for the freshmen to replace those unofficial scores Michigan View complete schedule with goals that count. > In all, three freshmen scored their first-career goals last weekend. Tom Barlow netted the first goal of the season for UW on FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Friday against San Francisco, then Mike Catalano and Mark Segbers each recorded their first collegiate scores against Xavi- er on Sunday. -SCROLL FOR MORE- In all, freshmen have scored four of the first five goals for Wis- consin this season. Segbers has two of them, after he doubled up and scored twice to play a big role in Wisconsin’s first victory of the year. Scoring four times in about 27 minutes — including the two from Segbers — the Badgers ripped off four goals unanswered in the second half and ran away with a 4-0 win over Xavier. “It was amazing and a dream come true,” Segbers said. “The first goal was such a blessing, coming in as a freshman and just trying to help the team out. Then on the second goal, it was so unselfish of (Jacob) Brindle to pass it over to me when he could have easily shot it. That’s just the kind of guy he is though as a team captain and trying to help out the freshmen.” All the talent in the world doesn’t guarantee a smooth transition to the next level of competition. That’s why the core nu- cleus of veterans returning this season has been invaluable and will continue to play a vital role in the continued maturation and progression of the newest Badgers. Team captains Brindle, Drew Conner and Adam Lauko have taken on that responsibility. “The advice I give them on the field is to just play their game,” Conner said of the freshmen. “Sometimes young players doubt their abilities when they make the jump from high school and academy level to the college game. I remind them that they’re here for a reason.” With a pair of matches under its belt, Wisconsin will take to the road for the first time this weekend. The Badgers head east to play George Mason on Friday, then conclude their brief, two- game road trip against Georgetown on Sunday. INSIDE WOMEN’S SOCCER BY BRANDON HARRISON STEVE GOTTER

Walls plays big role in early-season success Senior on track to lead team in scoring again SCHEDULE (4-0) here’s one message — one mindset — that the Wisconsin Home games in bold. All times CT. women’s soccer team has chosen to live by this season. RECENTLY It’s merely two words, it says all you need to know about Aug. 22 Oregon W, 1-0 Tthe expectations, and you’ll almost always find it on a band Aug. 24 Tennessee W, 2-1 (OT) wrapped around the wrist of someone on the team. Aug. 29 S. Dakota St. W, 5-0 “Play Big.” Aug. 31 Northern Iowa W, 3-0 The Badgers have done just that since the season kicked off, improving to 4-0 last weekend and matching the program’s COMING UP best start since 2004. It’s just the fifth time a Wisconsin wom- Sept. 5 at Washington 8 p.m. en’s soccer team has begun its campaign with four-straight Sept. 7 vs. Portland Noon wins and the first occurrence under head coach Paula Wilkins. Sept. 12 at Mich. St. 2:30 p.m. Individually, you’d be hard-pressed to find performances any Sept. 14 at Michigan 1 p.m. bigger than the play of Cara Walls so far this season. Sept. 20 Nebraska 7 p.m. The senior forward leads the team with five goals in four Sept. 26 at Indiana 6 p.m. games and currently ranks in a number of categories among > View complete schedule the best offensive performers, not only in the Big Ten Confer- ence, but in the country. FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Last weekend, the Wauwatosa native scored two goals not once, but twice, recording back-to-back games with a pair of scores. Her two goals against South Dakota State last Friday sparked a season-high five-SCROLL goals FOR by MORE- the Badgers as a group. Against Northern Iowa last Sunday, Walls nearly carried the load herself offensively, scoring two of the team’s three goals on the day. INSIDE TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY BY A.J. HARRISON

Nuttycombe earns deserved call to Hall Legendary coach to join father in Hall of Fame SCHEDULE ne of the most legendary coaches in Wisconsin history, Home meets in bold. All times CT. Ed Nuttycombe, who led the Badgers to their first NCAA Sept. 5 Badger Opener 5 p.m. track title, will be recognized by his coaching peers this Sept. 20 Iowa Big Ten 11 a.m. ODecember as he will be inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Preview Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Coaches Hall Oct. 3 Notre Dame 5 p.m. of Fame. Invitational Nuttycombe took over the Wisconsin program in 1982 after Oct. 17 Wisconsin 11 a.m. the tragic death of head coach Dan McClimon. Over the next adidas Invitational 30 years, he helped the Badgers win 26 Big Ten track and field Nov. 2 Big Ten TBA Championship titles — 13 indoors and 13 outdoors — for a total greater than each of the next three teams combined. Nov. 8 Wisconsin Open 11 a.m. “You look at the number of titles he won during his career, Nov. 14 NCAA Great Noon it’s incredible,” Wisconsin Director of Track and Field and Cross Lakes Regional Country Mick Byrne said. “Look at the success the program Nov. 22 NCAA 11 a.m. Championship had. He is absolutely responsible for the Badgers’ success as > View complete schedule he’s the guy that steered the ship. The program was great when he took it over, but his coaching and his philosophy helped take FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: this program to the next level.” Nuttycombe is the second from his family to be induced into the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame, joining his father, Charles. Charles Nuttycombe coached-SCROLL for FOR more MORE- than 30 years at New- port News and Menchville high schoosl in Virginia, leading his teams to 14 state championships. Among the notable athletes that Charles coached was Al Toon, who went on to start for the Badgers on the football field and on the track before enjoying a successful career in the NFL. INSIDE WOMEN’S TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY BY A.J. HARRISON RICH CRUISE / USA TRIATHLON

Jorgensen’s journey takes her to the top Former Badger crowned world’s top triathlete SCHEDULE ormer Wisconsin track and cross country standout Gwen Home meets in bold. All times CT. Jorgensen rewrote the World Triathlon Series record Sept. 5 Badger Opener 5 p.m. books this season. The Waukesha native added the fi- Sept. 20 Iowa Big Ten 11 a.m. Fnal chapter by winning the 2014 International Triathlon Union Preview (ITU) World Championship on Saturday in just her fourth year Oct. 3 Notre Dame 5 p.m. competing in the event. Invitational Jorgensen, who began her career at UW as a swimmer, won Oct. 17 Wisconsin 11 a.m. her fifth straight World Triathlon Series (WTS) event by winning adidas Invitational the Grand Final in Edmonton. In the six-year history of the WTS, Nov. 2 Big Ten TBA Championship Jorgensen is the only competitor to win five straight races. “I don’t think it’s sunk in yet, that I’m world champion,” Jor- Nov. 8 Wisconsin Open 11 a.m. gensen told reporters after the race. “This race was interesting Nov. 14 NCAA Great Noon

because going in I knew I only had to get top 16 to be world Lakes Regional champion. I really wanted to win it on this day, and it’s been the Nov. 22 NCAA 11 a.m. Championship sole focus all year.” > View complete schedule The first American man or woman to win a world championship since 2004, Jorgensen claimed the title with a score of FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: 5,085 points, becoming the first competitor in WTS history to break the 5,000-point mark. In addition, Jorgensen also had a 1,098-point advantage over second-place finisher Sarah Groff. In her win on Saturday,-SCROLL Joregensen FOR MORE- entered the run in 20th place, but passed the field to take the lead with just over 2000 meters to go. “That was not part of my strategy,” said Jorgensen. “The strategy is to swim with the leaders and bike with the leaders and hopefully have a good run.” THIS WEEK IN BADGER HISTORY

BEVELL AT HIS BEST SEPTEMBER 4, 1993: Darrell Bevell set the UW single-game record for touchdown passes by throwing for five scores against Nevada. The Badgers quarterback connected with four different receivers, including two TD strikes to J.C. Dawkins, in a 53-17 win over the Wolf Pack. Bevell finished with 263 yards. -MORE THIS WEEK-

CAN’T BEAT THE BLOCK EIGHT IS GREAT TERRIFIC TURNOUT SEPTEMBER 6, 1990: SEPTEMBER 5, 1993: SEPTEMBER 4, 1995: Junior Arlisa Hagan set a Big Ten The men’s soccer team recorded A record crowd of 4,532 watched Conference individual match an 8-0 win over California at the the women’s soccer team battle record with 17 blocks against UW Soccer Classic. It was the top-ranked North Carolina Loyola Marymount. The 6-1 third-largest margin of victory at the McClimon Complex. middle blocker from Louisville, in UW history. The Badgers lost 3-1 to Kentucky, had five block solos the Tar Heels. and 12 block assists to lead the Badgers to a 3-1 win.