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COLLEGE BADGERBEAT.com • FROM BREAKING NEWS TO BLOGS, BADGERS COVERAGE 24/7 BADGERS UW OPPONENTS TOP 25 UW SCHEDULE • Q&A with coach • Northern Illinois. 11 • Fresno State. 11 • Preview. 21 Sept. 5 Northern Illinois Camp Randall 6 p.m. BTN Bret Bielema. 3 Sept. 12 Fresno State Camp Randall 11 a.m. ESPN/ESPN2 • Wofford. 12 • Michigan State. 12 • AP poll. 21 • Roster. 6 Sept. 19 Wofford Camp Randall 11 a.m. BTN • Minnesota. 13 • Ohio State. 13 WIAC Sept. 26 Michigan State Camp Randall TBA TBA • Depth chart. 7 • Iowa. 14 • Purdue. 14 • Teams look to unseat Oct. 3 Minnesota Minneapolis TBA TBA Whitewater. 22 • Tom Oates: Oct. 10 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio TBA TBA • Indiana. 15 • Michigan. 15 Hopes rely on • Schedule. 22 Oct. 17 Iowa Camp Randall 11 a.m. TBA D-line, QB play. 8 • Northwestern. 16 • Hawaii. 17 Oct. 31 Purdue Camp Randall TBA TBA • Team previews. 23 BIG TEN • 2008 statistics. 9 Nov. 7 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. TBA TBA • 2008 statistics. 23 Nov. 14 Michigan Camp Randall TBA TBA • Illinois. 18 • Penn State. 18 • Fans’ guide. 9 STATE Nov. 21 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. TBA TBA • Big Ten preview. 19 • Schedule. 19 COLLEGES • Bowl history and Dec. 5 Hawaii Manoa, Hawaii TBA ESPN/ESPN2 schedule. 10 • 2008 statistics. 20 • Preview. 24
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ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA MICHIGAN STATE MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTHWESTERN OHIO STATE PENN STATE PURDUE MIKE LUCAS ON Ron Zook: Bill Lynch: Close Kirk Ferentz: Mark Dantonio: Rich Rodriguez: Tim Brewster: Pat Fitzgerald: Jim Tressel: Joe Paterno: Danny Hope: THE BADGERS: Can the Illini losses Improvement It’s time to make Core goals ‘Amazing’ new Nine-win season Fundamental Setting sights We want to win, Five reasons be closers still gnaw at needed in the next step haven’t changed facility invigo- inspires work pays off for on another and win big why UW could this year? Hoosiers passing game rates program confidence Terrelle Pryor Big Ten title win 10 games
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BIG EIGHT • Middleton’s Shane Adler: “I was always pretty good at all sports so I did as many as I could.” 26 • Madison East. 27 • Madison La Follette. 27 • Madison West. 28 • Madison Memorial. 28 • Sun Prairie. 29 • Middleton. 29 • Verona. 30 • Janesville Craig. 31 • Janesville Parker. 31 • Beloit Memorial. 31
NORTHERN BADGER • Reedsburg’s Matt Lennon: “We have something more this year to shoot for.” 32 • Waunakee. 33 • DeForest. 33 • Mount Horeb-Barneveld. 34 • Sauk Prairie. 35 • Reedsburg. 35 • Baraboo. 35 • Portage. 35 SOUTHERN BADGER • Madison Edgewood. 36 • Fort Atkinson. 36 • Milton. 37 • Monroe. 37 • Monona Grove. 37 • Oregon. 38 • Stoughton. 39
SOUTHERN CAPITOL • Cambridge’s Shane Leadholm: “You have to be a leader.” 40 • Cambridge. 41 • Marshall. 42 • Wisconsin Heights. 42 • Waterloo. 42 • New Glarus-Monticello. 43 • Belleville-Albany. 43
NORTHERN CAPITOL • Lake Mills. 45 • Lakeside Lutheran. 45 • Watertown Luther Prep. 45 • Columbus. 46 • Lodi. 46 • Poynette. 46 OTHER AREA CONFERENCES • Northern Rock Valley. 47 • Southern Rock Valley. 48 • SWAL. 49 • WWFC-Southwest. 50 • WWFC-South Central. 51 • Six Rivers. 52 • Large Trailways. 53 • Small Trailways. 54 • Other area schools. 55
CREDITS Cover photo by Craig Schreiner • Design by Laura Nolan • Edited by Rob Hernandez, Perry Hibner, John Nolan, Laura Nolan, Greg Sprout, Bryan Watson and Nick Zizzo • Graphics by Jason Klein, Tim Hogensen and Paul King Prep contributors include Luke Briggs, Tim Court, Kevin Freymiller, Mike Kaebisch, Cassie Paulsen • UW helmets photo by John Maniaci — State Journal archives • Prep photo by Andy Manis — for the State Journal