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THAT WINNING FEELING Junior Alicia Monson goes up to hug UW head women’s cross country coach Jill Miller after Monson won the 2018 Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational Presented by Under Armour on Friday. PHOTO BY TOM LYNN
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BEHIND THE SCENES The men’s hockey coaching staff smiles for the camera behind the team set up for their team photo at the Kohl Center. PHOTO BY DAVID STLUKA
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TRIPLE THREAT Madison Duello, Dana Rettke and Sydney Hilley go up together for a block to stop this shot from Purdue’s All-American Sheridan Atkinson. Thanks to strong team play, Wisconsin swept the No. 16 Boilermakers on Saturday in West Lafayette, Indiana. PHOTO BY RICHARD IMMEL
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HEAD OF THE MENDOTA The Badgers welcomed Iowa and Indiana last Friday for a head race scrimmage, rowing 4000 meters along the west side of Lake Mendota under a busy autumn evening sky. PHOTO BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO
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RACE TO THE BALL Junior forward Dani Rhodes attempts to beat a Maryland defender en route to one of her two shots in Sunday’s contest, an eventual double overtime 0-0 tie. PHOTO BY TOM LYNN
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SPOOKTACULAR Student-athletes and staff joined Wisconsin Upside Down, a local organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with Down Syndrome, for a fun Sunday of early Halloween fun including costumes, candy and silly activities like making slime and skeleton puzzles. PHOTO BY BADGERS GIVE BACK
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OCTOBER 3, 2018 ▪ VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6
32 THE FIRST ONES The Big Ten title. Rose Bowl champions. Now, 25 years later, the 1993 Badgers celebrate the start of a football legacy and look back at a season that’s still impacting the program today.
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PROUD FATHER 18 LUCAS AT LARGE
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18 LUCAS AT LARGE 21 BEHIND THE DESK 23 BY THE NUMBERS
For Deron Harrell, father knows best. And the former Arena League star is proud of his son’s progress after his switch to defense.
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he thought of lining up and going one-on-one today with his 43-year-old father has never really crossed the mind of Deron Harrell, a redshirt freshman cornerback from Denver, Colorado. Maybe it’s out of respect for Damian Harrell, who was a Hall of Fame receiver in the Arena Football League with 1,164 catches and 358 career touchdowns. “I look up to my dad for everything,” Deron confided. “He’s my No. 1 role model.” Prodded into considering such a matchup, the 20-year-old Harrell would say only, “I remember going to some games and watching my dad. He just worked hard and had faith in God and confidence in himself that he could do it. In my eyes, I feel like he’s the best football player I’ve ever seen.” The elder Harrell, who played two years for Bobby Bowden at Florida State, set a record by catching at least one touchdown pass in 78 straight Arena Football League games. Beyond leading the Colorado Crush to a championship, he set himself apart with 152 receptions and 60 TDs in a single season. During his indoor career, Harrell had stints with the Crush, the New England Sea Wolves, the Toronto Phantoms, the Chicago Rush and Milwaukee Mustangs, with whom he served as an assistant after retiring in 2011. His head coach was Bob
Landsee, a former All-Big Ten guard at Wisconsin. Harrell still stays in touch with Landsee and they had plenty to talk about after Deron made his first start against Iowa in the Big Ten opener. “I was excited for Deron, it has been awhile for him to get his feet wet on the field,” said Damian, who attended the game in Iowa City with his wife Melani. What did he see out of his son that night? “I just saw raw talent,” he observed. “He’s just so raw right now. He has so much room to get better. That’s the exciting thing about it when you watch him play. And I think that’s what gets the coaches excited because he has so much room for growth.” What did Deron see when reviewing the film? “I just saw a lot of plays that I have to improve on,” he said. “My eye discipline has to get a lot better. I still need to work on my press (man) game and on being more physical, getting off blocks and coming up and tackling.” Fifth-year senior safety D’Cota Dixon saw many promising signs. “Honestly, he handled playing at Iowa as if he had been playing before as a starter,” he said. “He was calm, and he just went out there and was competing. Deron has great ability. He’s a very talented individual. It’s funny, as a receiver, we would have never known his ability as a defensive back. “But I’m happy to have him on the defensive side of the ball
now. He just has to adjust to playing defense as far as understanding coverages and how he can win as a cornerback.” Recruiters saw Harrell as an athlete with the potential to play on offense or defense. Especially given his skill set in not only football as a prep quarterback, but in basketball as a four-year starter at Denver East High School. Last spring, Harrell made the transition from wide receiver to cornerback. “Coming in here, I told them (the coaches), ‘I’ll play wherever you guys want me to play,’” said Harrell, who kept an open mind. “When they moved me to defense, it was like, ‘Okay, if this is where you want me, this is where I’m going to work my hardest and do my best for the team.’” Damian and Deron Harrell had conversations on what was his best fit. “We’ve been talking about that for a few years,” Damian said. “I just felt with his frame, his footwork and his athletic ability, I thought that it (cornerback) would be the best position for him to play.” Deron is a good listener, particularly when Damian is teaching. “He knows what’s going on and how to handle things in certain situations,” Deron said. “My dad is my biggest critic as well. And I love it because when everyone is telling me that I’m doing a good job, I need somebody to tell me, ‘You need to
work on this’ or ‘You can get better at this.’” Singling out UW’s defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, a three-time All-America safety, and quality control assistant Ashton Youboty, an All-Big Ten defensive back at Ohio State, Damian said of his son, “He has to be a sponge and absorb as much as he can from them. He has to be a student of the game.” The day before the Badgers traveled to Iowa, Leonhard informed Harrell that he would be starting. “I had worked hard throughout the week,” he said, “and I went up to his office and talked to him about it. I didn’t tell anybody after that. I just went home. I couldn’t believe it at first.” The next day, he called his dad with the good news. “I wasn’t too surprised,” Damian said. “I was more excited than anything else. He’s my son. I try not to be too biased. I was excited for him because I know how much time and how much work and how much training it took
for him to get to that moment.” On the eve of the league opener in Kinnick Stadium, Deron conceded, “I was waking up throughout the night and I was thinking about it. But I had confidence in myself. The first drive was a little shaky for me. But once I got into the flow of the game, I started getting more comfortable.”
“MY DAD IS MY BIGGEST CRITIC AS WELL. AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE WHEN EVERYONE IS TELLING ME THAT I’M DOING A GOOD JOB, I NEED SOMEBODY TO TELL ME, ‘YOU NEED TO WORK ON THIS’ OR ‘YOU CAN GET BETTER AT THIS.’”
On the first defensive series, the 6-foot-2, 182-pound Harrell was flagged for pass interference. “A defensive back has to have a short-term memory, so I moved on to the next play,” he said.
Responding with conviction and resilience in the face of adversity has been his dad’s lifeline. Coming out of Florida State, he was rehabbing from knee surgery, closing his path to the NFL. Once he got a taste of the indoor game, he fell in love with it and never looked back with any regrets. “You definitely want to play at the top level; we all do, that’s the reason we play,” Damian said. “But for certain reasons, it just wasn’t meant to be. But I was never sour. I was able to accept it and move on. That’s my motto: whatever negatives you have, you turn into positives. “That’s what keeps my little man going as well.” So, what about that fantasy matchup: receiver vs. cornerback; dad vs. son. How many routes would the former win? “I might be able to get one out of five on him maybe,” said Damian, laughing. “Hands-down, he’s ten times better than me athletically when I was his age. He’s a special talent.” ▪
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BEHIND THE DESK
BY BARRY ALVAREZ ▪ UW DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
’93 lunch pail guys first to believe in the plan
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omeone wondered if I would be wearing my Rose Bowl ring at this weekend’s reunion of the 1993 team. I hadn’t thought about it. But it’s a good idea. I may wear that first one. That’s a really good group coming back. I appreciated the attitude and effort that they gave us. To a lot of them in the first recruiting class, we were selling blue sky. Or the promise of things to come. We didn’t have much else to offer them at the time. Or anything to really hang our hats on. Kids wanted to play in bowl games and we hadn’t gone to a bowl in years (since 1984). I remembered telling them that they could be a part of the process here, they could be a part of something special, they could be a part of a turnaround and people would remember them for that. Those were some of the things we sold, and those first guys bought into our coaching and whole program. A lot of the older ones, the ones that we inherited, didn’t. Many weren’t around very long. It was unbelievable what we were able to do in such a short period of time. Three weeks before the signing date, we went out and recruited a class that formed the foundation of that Rose Bowl team. Some of them were forced to play right away. They weren’t quite ready, but they had to play. We won just once that first year, but I was encouraged by the way we played in our last game. We were a 29-point underdog to a good Michigan State team that went on to earn a share of the Big Ten title. We were 1-9
and we weren’t really playing for anything but pride. If we hadn’t dropped a pass in the end zone late in the game, we would have beaten them on their home turf. It was a tough loss (14-9). But our guys went toe-totoe with them and really competed. I knew right then that they had bought in and we could build on that. The next year, we were still young, but we took another step. In fact, the next two years, we could have been an eight-win team. But they still had to learn how to win and not beat themselves. The pieces started to fall into place that fourth season in 1993. But there were some emotional swings that we had to deal with. We lost at Minnesota, a game that we should have won. We turned it over too many times. And then we came back home and played a heckuva game to beat Michigan. But then we had the crisis in the stadium, the crowd surge. I had some of my players carrying off students that they feared might be dead. Emotionally, everybody was zapped. That game became very secondary — and that win, as big as it was, also became very secondary — when you’re talking about injuries and possible fatalities. We had to be smart as a coaching staff. We needed to give the players some space and time to rejuvenate and recharge. I really didn’t say much about the Ohio State game until late in the week. At a Thursday night pep rally, I cut loose. I brought up our 2016 win over Ohio State the year before and, working the crowd, I
said, “They were damn lucky that the game was that close.” That Friday night, we showed our players the “Rudy” movie and we went one better. We had the real Rudy — Dan Ruettiger — speak to the team. I sold the game as “big on big.” And that’s how it unfolded. They had to block a field goal to save the tie (14-14). I’m sure a lot of the returning guys will reminisce about that game this weekend, along with our trip to Tokyo to play Michigan State and our win over UCLA in the Rose Bowl. So many times, it can be overwhelming, particularly that first bowl game, and specifically the Rose Bowl. But we had a great plan on how we were going to go about the week and prepare. And our guys weren’t overwhelmed by anything. They just went out and played like we always played. We called them lunch pail guys and that’s what they were. We had blue collar guys who liked to play football. Twenty-five years later, when I’m asked if I thought all of this was possible, I tell them that was the plan. We said all along that we were going to build this program on a good, solid foundation. And once we get there, it’s going to be consistent. It’s not going to be a peak and valley program. That’s exactly what it has proven out to be. You hoped it would happen. Obviously, there are no guarantees. But that was our plan from the beginning. And it really hasn’t changed much since then. ▪
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KRISTEN CAMPBELL REDSHIRT JUNIOR ▪ GOALTENDER BRANDON, MANITOBA
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Hockey goalies seem to have rubber legs. How do you work on your flexibility? do a lot of yoga. I like classes that work on flexibility and strength. I find that hot yoga helpful because it gets the muscles relaxed. like to add that into my routine weekly. And then lots of stretching and foam rolling.”
What’s painted on your helmet for 2018-19? “One side of the mask has a silhouette of LaBahn Arena. I wanted to add that on there because our rink is so much fun to play in and even on the road I wanted to be able to look at it and remember what it feels like to be there. On the other side is a Badger and a W. Then the back plate is usually more personal, so I added a little message from my first-ever hockey coach who always taught me to be the frog. So on the back, there is a frog being eaten in the mouth of a pelican, but he’s strangling the bird. So the message is to be the frog and never give up. It’s a nice reminder every time I put my mask on.” Being from Brandon, Manitoba, what’s one Canadian stereotype that annoys you? “Probably the biggest one I’ve heard is people asking if we live in igloos. I don’t get how people could think that.” What’s one Canadian stereotype that is at least somewhat accurate? “When people will say things about hockey. I like those. Sometimes the border guards will make a joke like, ‘you guys are born with skates on.’ I like all the hockey stereotypes, but the others are kind of ridiculous.”
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As a team, do you openly talk about goals for this season? “Everyone knows where we want to be at the end of the season. But right now, since it’s the start of the season, it’s important that we take it one weekend at a time. I know last year as it got closer to the end of the season we really made sure that everyone was clear cut on our goals and I think that will be important again moving forward. But for now, the focus is sticking to the process.” Click to read more »
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rick or treat? It’s always a treat when members from Wisconsin Upside Down come visit their Badger family. Wisconsin Upside Down is a local organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with Down syndrome and Wisconsin Athletics threw the group a trick-or-treating experience for the books. On Sunday, Oct. 1, more than sixty guests filled UW’s Heritage Hall with costumes, candy, and charisma. Student-athletes, representing a variety of teams, paired with a guest from Wisconsin Upside Down and spent the morning partaking in Halloween activities. From Halloween slime to skeleton puzzles to bowling, guests enjoyed a morning of spooky fun and sweet treats. Members from the men’s and women’s swimming and diving team, Ben Attenberger and Allison Courtney, enjoyed spending the day with dozens of new friends.
“My favorite part was seeing their faces light up and the smiles on their faces when they would complete an activity,” said Courtney. “It was great taking the day to volunteer,” added Attenberger. “We did a lot of activities and it was a good time hanging out with our buddy.” Attenberger and Courtney spent the morning with their buddy, Cathy, who was dressed as a pirate. They went from station to station making spiders and glow jars, holiday mementos Cathy was able to bring home with her. Jess Unicomb, a senior swimmer, commented on her favorite station of the day. “I think the slime activity was one of the biggest hits,” said Unicomb. “I got turned into a goo monster and that was a lot of fun.” The first ever SPOOKTACULAR event exceeded all expectations as staff, student-athletes and guests departed with warm hugs, hands full of candy and hearts filled with joy. ▪
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eople were listening to Whitney Houston (“I Will Always Love You”); Tag Team (“Whoomp — There it Is”); and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (“Boom! Shake the Room”). They were watching “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Groundhog Day” and “Rudy.” The Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVII. Alabama won the national championship in football. The Toronto Blue Jays knocked out the Philadelphia Phillies on Joe Carter’s walk-off homer in the World Series. Michael Jordan retired after the Chicago Bulls first three-peat. Gas was $1.16 per gallon; a movie ticket was $4.14, and the average income was $31,000. Ariana Grande, Vince Biegel and Meghan Trainor were born. Paul Chryst was the offensive coordinator at UW-Platteville. Nick Saban was the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns.
1993. This weekend, the Badgers will turn back the clock 25 years by recognizing the Barry Alvarez-coached 10-1-1 team that won a share of the Big Ten championship (only three seasons after going 1-10) and outlasted UCLA in the 1994 Rose Bowl (the school’s first trip to Pasadena since 1963). “Twenty-five years later, you can put us all in a room and it will be like we’re all back in the locker room,” said Joe Panos, one of the ’93 co-captains. “Nothing has changed; we’re the same group of people. I’ve got zingers ready for all my guys. Trust me, I’m going to get peppered, too.” Reluctantly, he did get around to mentioning the inevitable passage of time. “We’re all teetering towards 50, which is ridiculous,” lamented Panos, 47. Going on nearly a decade, he has been an
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NFL agent; for the last half-dozen years as a partner with Athletes First, whose CEO David Dunn negotiated Aaron Rodgers’ record-breaking extension and whose president Brian Murphy took Panos under his wing and tutored him on the profession. “It’s like anything else, if you work hard enough and get enough at-bats at this thing, you figure out how to be successful at it,” said Panos, a Brookfield, Wisconsin native, who still lives outside of Milwaukee. “Once you start getting a stable of some really good football players, you ‘quote unquote’ become a good agent. I’ve done some really big deals and a lot of them are Badgers.” Panos estimated that he has around 30 clients, including such former UW stalwarts as Travis Frederick, Rick Wagner, Rob Havenstein, Ryan Ramczyk, Joe Schobert and Ryan Groy. There have been others, too. In each case,
they had unlimited selling points because of the program’s track record. “They know when they come in here,” Panos said of NFL personnel staffers, “they’re going to work hard, they’re smart, they’re wellcoached and they know that they don’t have worry about them off the field. I don’t have to sell them on anything. All I have to do is tell them, ‘They’re typical Wisconsin kids.’” That ’93 team was built around typical Wisconsin kids. Just like Panos, a walk-on from UW-Whitewater. His impact was so profound that he made the Camp Randall 100 list. “We were a very close-knit group of guys that would kill for each other and for Coach Alvarez,” Panos said. “I know people are probably really tired hearing about our M.O. — the attitude, the work ethic, the toughness. But it’s
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true. We were baptized by fire and Barry weedny Gales, Mike Galletti, Damon Glenn, John ed out the weak.” Hall, Chris Hein, Reggie Holt, Alex Ilich, Joe There is no mistaking their historical signifiInnis, Bryan Jurewicz, Nikki Kemp, Chris Kencance. nedy, Steve Kouba, Matt Krueger, Mike Lon“All the success they’re having now has surdon, Rob Lurtsema, Kevin Lyles, Jay Macias, passed the success we had,” Panos said. “There Jason Maniecki, Ben McCormick, Jeff Messenhave been some unger, Scott Mielke, Neil believable teams. But Miklusak, Mark Montwe were the first and gomery, Pete Monty, “THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UNBELIEVABLE I’m very proud of that. Scott Nelson, Matt TEAMS. BUT WE WERE THE FIRST AND I’M We were the first Nyquist, Joe Panos, VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE WERE THE FIRST team to win the Rose Brian Patterson, Mike TEAM TO WIN THE ROSE BOWL. AND OUR Bowl. And our legacy Rader, Michael Roan, LEGACY IS THAT WE STARTED THE RUN AND is that we started the Joe Rudolph, Tarek WE STARTED IT THE RIGHT WAY.” run and we started it Saleh, Dan Schneck, the right way.” Rick Schnetzky, Henry Searcy, Lamark Here are the players scheduled to return Shackerford, Haywood Simmons, Tony Simfor the 1993 reunion: mons, Rod Spiller, Dirk Stanger, Steve Stark, Tyler Adam, Kerwin Badie, Steven Baffico, Jason Suttle, Mike Thompson, Reggie Torian, Darrell Bevell, Donny Brady, Michael Brin, Jamie Vanderveldt, Sam Veit, Mike Verstegen, Jamel Brown, Yusef Burgess, Jason Burns, Theo Scott Wagner, Jeff Wirth, Jerry Wunsch, Scott Carney, Chad Cascadden, Azree CommandYoung and Vince Zullo. er, James Darby, J.C. Dawkins, Lee DeRamus, Also returning are assistant coaches Dan Derek Engler, Terrell Fletcher, Jeff Forde, KenMcCarney, John Palermo and Dave Anderson.
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Michael Roan, Tight End:
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s a former high school football head coach and current athletics director, Michael Roan has often applied what he learned during his playing days as a Wisconsin tight end. Over the years, the lessons have aged like a fine wine. Roan certainly knows something about the latter. He has his own vineyard in Sonoma’s wine country. Roan was more than happy to update his mailing address — “I’m living right here in the midst of grape vines” — 25 years removed from earning first-team All-Big Ten honors after catching 34 passes, more than half of which picked up first downs, during the historic championship run in 1993. After a six-year NFL career with the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans, Roan and his wife Amber, who’s from the San Francisco east bay area, moved to Sebastopol in northern California, where he got a job coaching junior varsity
football at El Molino High School in Forestville. “I reflected on the person I had become, how I got to the point that I was, and all the things I was blessed with,” he said. “It really came back to the coaches, teachers and mentors I had growing up and the lessons they had taught me. Not to get too sappy but it’s a true story. I wanted to pay it back.” Thus, he had no reservations about taking such a low-entry JV post. Within three years, he completed his master’s at the University of San Francisco, got his teaching certificate and was named El Molino’s head coach, a position that he held for six seasons before taking over as athletic director. “All the lessons you learn being a college athlete,” said Roan, an Iowa City, Iowa native, “from managing your time to struggling through adversity, specifically understanding the hard work it took to turn something around and see that come to fruition, is something I’ve taken with me.
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“I’ve been involved in athletics my whole life others. They try to get together at least once and those are lessons that I relay every day; a year. Roan still has his 1994 Rose Bowl ring, multiple times a day. Staying the course. Puta couple of autographed footballs and some ting in the hard work. Commitment. And when framed pictures. your opportunity comes, taking advantage of it Along with all those memories, of course. … all the things that Coach talked about.” “As the (’93) season went on, losing to MinHall of Fame coach Barry Alvarez was the arnesota was a setback,” Roan recalled. “But chitect of Wisconsin’s coming back that next football renaissance. week and beating a “Whether he was pretty good Michigan “I’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS MY giving us a pregame team for the first time WHOLE LIFE AND THOSE ARE LESSONS talk or a post-practice in a while was a pretTHAT I RELAY EVERY DAY; MULTIPLE TIMES message,” Roan said, ty key point in that A DAY. STAYING THE COURSE. PUTTING “you took it to heart season for staying on IN THE HARD WORK. COMMITMENT. AND and you remembered course for what we WHEN YOUR OPPORTUNITY COMES, TAKING those daily lessons wanted to do.” ADVANTAGE OF IT … ALL THE THINGS That Michigan — don’t flinch in the THAT COACH TALKED ABOUT.” game will forever be moment; don’t get marked by the surge too high or too low in the student sec— because they were tion, the Camp Randall Stampede. In the real, and they applied, and they stick with you closing seconds, hundreds were trapped or because they’re relevant.” trampled from the force of the surge at the Roan has stayed in touch with some UW northeast end of the stadium, primarily Secteammates: Mike Verstegen, Korey Manley, Jeff tions O, P and Q. Messenger, Vince Zullo, Scott Nelson, among
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“MY GREATEST MEMORIES FROM THAT WHOLE WEEK IN JAPAN WAS CELEBRATING AFTER THE GAME AT THE TEAM HOTEL WITH MY ROOMMATES AND FRIENDS — REALIZING WHAT WE HAD JUST DONE. IT WAS A MEMORY THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET.”
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The cascading force was a human tidal wave so powerful that an iron railing at the base of the stands was lifted from its concrete moorings, leaving bodies piled one on top of another, four and five deep. Many players came to the rescue of their fellow students. Miraculously, no one was killed. “I remember Joe Panos (an All-Big Ten offensive tackle) coming into the locker literally thinking that people were dying out there,” Roan said. “There was just such a range of emotions that you felt. It was not a great memory, but it was a lasting memory.” The following week, Wisconsin played to a 14-14 tie with Ohio State, a marquee battle of “big on big” that drew noteworthy national attention to Madison and Alvarez’s revival of a once moribund program. A week later, the Badgers capped the “mainland” regular season by winning at Illinois. “That Illinois game still sticks out in my mind,” Roan said. “They had a top-ranked defense at the time and they weren’t allowing much rushing — and that was kind of the point of the year when we were hanging our hat on that. I still kind of get a tingling feeling about things we were able to do.” To get to the Rose Bowl, the Badgers still had to beat Michigan State. But they had to do so in a “home” game staged in Tokyo, Japan; a little over 6,000 miles from Camp Randall Stadium. Despite the logistical challenges, the better team won, just as Alvarez had assured his players would happen.
“My greatest memories from that whole week in Japan,” Roan said, “was celebrating after the game at the team hotel with my roommates and friends — realizing what we had just done. It was a memory that I will never forget.” Alvarez had no other option but to thrust young, inexperienced players into the lineup earlier than they might have been ready to play in more established, winning programs. In 1991, Roan started eight games at tight end; Verstegen started the final six at left tackle. Both were redshirt freshman. Two seasons later, they were ready to harvest. Just like grapes. “I’ve got five acres in Sonoma County,” Roan said. “Two acres of Pinot Noir.” His Green Valley vineyard is 12 miles from the Pacific Ocean in the Russian River Valley. “The vineyard is about 10 years old now — it takes two to three years to get a harvestable crop,” he said. “We sell to some local wine mak-
ers who buy our grapes. This year, we’re producing a single vineyard, which means we’re going to put ‘Roan Family Vineyard’ on the bottle and sell it.” The connection between Mike and Amber Roan and Bobby and Shannon Donnell — the “Screen Door Cellars” winemakers — were their kids. They met in school and a friendship developed. The Roan Family Pinot has since got a favorable review and score (96) from a Sonoma newsletter and blogger. Wrote the reviewer, The Prince of Pinot, “Enchanting aromas of red cherry and sandalwood lead to a very charming wine that exudes pinotosity … I was tasting eight Pinot Noirs and this wine was tested at the end. It immediately made me sit up in my chair, stare at the glass and smile.” Smile is what Roan did when thinking about coming back to campus. “I lived in the Lake Shore dorms and I want to walk the Lake Shore path and try to freshen up some memories.”
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Yusef Burgess, Linebacker:
‘Lunch pail mentality’ still a Badgers core value
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Although Yusef Burgess was the leading tackler on a championship defense, he toiled in the shadows of others on both sides of the ball. Eight UW players were named first-team AllBig Ten in 1993. And he was not one of them, despite 100 tackles, 41 more than his previous three seasons combined. As almost an afterthought, he was voted on to the second team. Undaunted, unaffected by any personal slight, he just went about his business outside of the spotlight. It’s no different today for Burgess, who has been working behind the scenes on his wife’s political campaign in Houston, Texas. Robin Burgess is running for county court judge (Law No. 4) in Brazoria County which encompasses The Woodlands and Sugar Land metro area in the Gulf Coast region. “I’m excited for her,” said Burgess, a risk management consultant for Marsh & McLennan Companies. “I’m active and helping out by going out and talking with people and putting up signs. I’m a political junkie, I guess. They say politics is the real full contact sport, right?” Robin Burgess, who has been practicing law for 14 years, is an administrative law judge presiding over workers’ compensation claims, among other assignments. As a former assis-
tant district attorney, she prosecuted domestic violence cases. Yusef and Robin met in New York City. “She did very well in law school and was an inspiration in terms of refocusing myself — in seeing her go after her goals and dreams,” said the Bronx native who had his own dreams of playing in the NFL. “If you don’t reach that goal, it’s a little disappointing. I was in that mode coming out of school.” But he found a new direction on Wall Street, where he got his foot in the door of the investment bank and financial securities industry. About nine years ago, Burgess left Manhattan and relocated to Texas (Robin is from Houston) with Citigroup; he was on the energy desk before making the move to Marsh & McLennan. Addressing the upcoming election and his wife’s aspirations, he was in effect talking about his UW football career. “It’s a great opportunity for her to create a little bit of history,” he was saying about her campaign, which has been highlighting the words, “Respect, Courage, Compassion.” He added, “She knows how to grind and go after the things that she wants.” Burgess could have been speaking about himself with the Badgers. For three years, he waited for an opportunity to show what he
could do as a starter. Going into the 1993 seais full of potential. Athletically, it’s very much son, he was challenged to replace middle linethe same way.” backer Gary Casper, the second-leading tackSome of Burgess’ inner circle of friends — ler (447) in school history. Jamal Brown, Nikki Kemp and Henry Searcy — “For me personally,” Burgess admitted, “there are returning for this weekend’s reunion. He were questions.” still has his helmet But he kept grindfrom that ’93 season ing, and he came up and other keepsakes “GUYS WERE WILLING TO GO THROUGH with the answers. in his office, various THE PAIN TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL... WILLING “I made sure to action photos and TO DO THE THINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED OF have the game plan pictures. Plus, he has YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL. COACH ALVAREZ down,” he said, “and I something else hangCALLED IT THE LUNCH PAIL MENTALITY. executed on a weekly ing on his wall. IT’S STILL THERE TODAY.” basis.” “My degree,” he He made the same said with pride. commitment to footBurgess is planning ball as he did to his double major: history and on giving his 15-year-old son, Joseph, the business. campus tour. “Academically, it’s a challenging school,” he “When we were here, none of this looked said. “The one thing I learned with school is like this,” he said of the Camp Randall Stadium that you get out of it what you put into it. If renovations, including the academic center. you’re willing to challenge yourself, the upside “It’s great to see what it has become. I don’t have any financial equity, but you have the emotional equity, the sweat equity; and you want to see it grow. “The last time I was here (last spring), I was really in awe with how much growth has occurred in the program in every aspect. Coach (Barry) Alvarez has done a great job in helping guys be the best they can be in all spheres, not just athletically, because at some point the game is going to end.” Reflecting on the special nature and chemistry of the ’93 team, Burgess said, “Guys were extremely focused. It was hard to say at the time that you were looking to change history. But in a way, you were. You wanted to be winners, you wanted to be defined as champions. “Guys were willing to go through the pain to achieve the goal. And I don’t mean pain in a negative way. But willing to do the things that were required of you to be successful. Coach Alvarez called it the lunch pail mentality. It’s still there today.”
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INSIDE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (3-1, 1-0) Home events in bold. All times CT. Aug. 31 Western Kentucky W, 34-3 Sept. 8 New Mexico Sept. 15 BYU Sept. 22 at Iowa Oct. 6
Nebraska
W, 45-14 L, 21-24 W, 28-17 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 13 at #15 Michigan 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20 Illinois
11 a.m.
Homecoming
Oct. 27 at Northwestern Nov. 3
THIS WEEK No. 16 Wisconsin (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) returns home for a prime-time matchup with Big Ten West Division rival Nebraska (0-4, 0-2) under the lights at Camp Randall Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday on BTN. LAST WEEK The Badgers were idle after rallying for a 28-17 win over Iowa in their last outing on Sept. 22.
GOOD TO KNOW The Badgers are 22-3 (.880) vs. opponents from the Big Ten West since the league went to its current divisional alignment in 2014.
Rutgers TBA
Nov. 10 at #11 Penn State
TBA
Nov. 17 at Purdue
TBA
Nov. 24 Minnesota
TBA
Dec. 1
Big Ten Championship
Indianapolis, Ind.
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TBA
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NEED TO KNOW Saturday’s game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. CT and airs live on BTN, with Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen and Rick Pizzo on the call. Matt Lepay, Mike Lucas, Mark Tauscher and Patrick Herb will call the game statewide on the Badger Sports Network and worldwide via iHeartRadio. Live stats are available via UWBadgers.com and the Badger Gameday app.
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INSIDE VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE (10-2, 3-1) Home events in bold. All times CT. HotelRED Invitational, Madison, Wis.:
Sept. 1
#2 Texas
W, 3-1
Sept. 2
High Point
W, 3-1
Sept. 7
at #15 Baylor
L, 1-3
Sept. 9
at North Texas
W, 3-0
at Marquette Invitational, Milwaukee:
Sept. 14 at #21 Marquette W, 3-0
▲ TAP TO WATCH - Highlights vs. Purdue
THIS WEEK The sixth-ranked Badgers (10-2, 3-1 Big Ten) continue their four-match Big Ten road swing, playing their third straight ranked team. Wisconsin travels to No. 7 Illinois (14-1, 3-1) on Wednesday for an 8 p.m. match from Huff Hall in Champaign, Illinois. The match airs live on the Big Ten Network. UW wraps up its road swing at Iowa (10-5, 2-2) on Saturday. First serve is at 7 p.m. from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. LAST WEEK After snapping its five-match winning streak with a 3-0 loss at No. 6 Minnesota on Sept. 26 — its first shutout loss of the season, Wisconsin rebounded with a 3-0 sweep at No. 16 Purdue on Saturday.
Sept. 15 vs. Illinois State
W, 3-1
Sept. 19 Ohio State
W, 3-0
Sept. 22 Rutgers
W, 3-0
GOOD TO KNOW The Badgers used their fourth different starting lineup of the 2018 season against the Boilermakers on Saturday. Only sophomores Molly Haggerty, Sydney Hilley and Dana Rettke have started all 12 matches.
Sept. 26 at #6 Minnesota
NEED TO KNOW Wisconsin makes its fifth appearance on the Big Ten Network this season when it travels to No. 7 Illinois on Wednesday. Saturday’s match at Iowa will be streamed live on BTN Plus. Both matches can be heard in the Madison area on 100.9FM or online using the iHeartRadio app. Live updates are also available on Twitter @BadgerVB.
Oct. 26 at #16 Michigan 7 p.m.
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Sept. 29 at #16 Purdue
L, 0-3 W, 3-0
Oct. 3
at #7 Illinois
8 p.m.
Oct. 6
at Iowa
7 p.m.
Oct. 12 Northwestern
8 p.m.
Oct. 13 #7 Illinois
7 p.m.
Oct. 19 #3 Nebraska
8 p.m.
Oct. 21 Iowa
1 p.m.
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INSIDE MEN’S HOCKEY SCHEDULE (0-0-0, 0-0-0) Home events in bold. All times CT. Oct. 7
Victoria
Exhibition
5 p.m.
Oct. 12 #9 Boston College 7 p.m. Oct. 13 #9 Boston College 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at Clarkson
6 p.m.
Oct. 20 at St. Lawrence
6 p.m.
Oct. 26 Michigan Tech
7 p.m.
Oct. 27 Michigan Tech
7 p.m.
Nov. 2
at #12 N. Dakota 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 3
at #12 N. Dakota 7 p.m.
Nov. 9
#13 Minnesota
7 p.m.
Nov. 10 #13 Minnesota
7 p.m.
Nov. 17 at #2 Ohio State 4 p.m. ▲ TAP TO WATCH - Wisconsin Hockey Workout
THIS WEEK Wisconsin (0-0-0, 0-0-0-0 Big Ten) sees its first outside competition of the 2018–19 season when it plays host to Canada’s University of Victoria (0-1-0) on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Kohl Center. LAST SEASON The Badgers were knocked out of the 2018 Big Ten Tournament after falling in two games at Michigan in the quarterfinals. GOOD TO KNOW Led by first-round draft pick and freshman K’Andre Miller,
Wisconsin’s defense includes five players drafted by NHL teams, the most for the defense since the 2009-10 squad. NEED TO KNOW Sunday’s exhibition will be broadcast on 100.9 FM in the Madison area with Brian Posick and Ian Perrin on the call, as well as on the statewide Badger Radio Network and worldwide via iHeartRadio. Live stats available at UWBadgers.com. Follow along on Twitter @BadgerMHockey. The game will also video stream on BTN Plus ($) via btn2go.com.
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Nov. 23 at #6 Michigan 6:30 p.m.
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Nov. 16 at #2 Ohio State 6 p.m.
Nov. 24 at #6 Michigan 6:30 p.m. Nov. 30 #15 Penn State
7 p.m.
#15 Penn State
7 p.m.
Dec. 1
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INSIDE WOMEN’S HOCKEY SCHEDULE (2-0-0, 0-0-0) Home events in bold. All times CT. Sept. 28 Lindenwood
W, 3-2
Sept. 29 Lindenwood
W, 6-0
Oct. 5
at Mercyhurst
6 p.m.
Oct. 6
at Mercyhurst
2 p.m.
Oct. 13 #4 Minn. Duluth 2 p.m. Oct. 14 #4 Minn. Duluth 2 p.m. Oct. 19 Princeton
7 p.m.
Oct. 21 Princeton Noon
THIS WEEK The No. 2 Badgers (2-0-0) take their first road trip 201819 season to Erie, Pennsylvania, to take on Mercyhurst (0-2-0) starting Friday, Oct. 5. Puck drop for Friday’s matchup is set for 6 p.m. CT while the series wraps up on Saturday at 2 p.m.
GOOD TO KNOW This weekend’s series features two of the winningest coaches in NCAA history in UW’s Mark Johnson and Mercyhurst’s Michael Sisti. Sisti has won 462 games during his 20-year career while Johnson has 461 wins in his 16 years on the UW bench.
LAST WEEK Wisconsin opened the 201819 season with a sweep at home of Lindenwood as UW defeated the Lions 3-2 on Friday before blanking LU 6-0 on Saturday. 2018 Olympian Emily Clark scored three goals and added an assist in her return to the Badgers.
NEED TO KNOW Fans can follow the action on Twitter (@BadgerWHockey) and can look for a recap following each game on UWBadgers.com.
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2 p.m.
Oct. 28 #3 Minnesota
2 p.m.
Nov. 2
at Minnesota St. 6 p.m.
Nov. 3
at Minnesota St. 2 p.m.
Nov. 16 Bemidji State
7 p.m.
Nov. 17 Bemidji State
2 p.m.
Nov. 23 Harvard
7 p.m.
Nov. 24 Harvard
7 p.m.
Dec. 1
Syracuse
Dec. 2
Syracuse Noon
Dec. 7
at St. Cloud State 3 p.m.
Dec. 8
at St. Cloud State 2 p.m.
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▲ TAP TO WATCH - Wisconsin Remains Perfect With Opening Weekend Sweep
Oct. 27 #3 Minnesota
2 p.m.
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INSIDE MEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE (5-4-1, 2-1-0) Home events in bold. All times CT. Aug. 24 at Grand Canyon L, 1-2 Aug. 27 Hartford
W, 2-0
Sept. 1
#16 Fordham L, 0-1 2OT
Sept. 3
Valparaiso
Sept. 7
at SIUE
Sept. 9
at Bradley
Sept. 16 #2 Indiana Sept. 21 at Maryland Sept. 26 at Marquette
W, 1-0 L, 0-3 T, 0-0 2OT L, 1-3 W, 2-1 2OT W, 1-0
Sept. 30 at #5 Michigan St. W, 1-0 OT
LAST WEEK Wisconsin tallied two huge road wins in the past week to set a new precedent for the season. The Badgers’ young core is finally hitting its stride, showcasing a win over in-state rival Marquette on Wednesday night 1-0. The trend continued through the weekend, as the Badgers had one of the biggest wins in the past 10 years of program history by knocking off No. 5 Michigan State in East Lansing.
on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT before welcoming another Big Ten competition to the McClimon Complex on Sunday against Rutgers at 1 p.m.
THIS WEEK Wisconsin finally gets the welcome home party it deserves by hosting two teams this week. The Badgers have Milwaukee on the docket
NEED TO KNOW Follow all things Wisconsin Soccer on Twitter (@BadgerMSoccer), on Instagram (@BadgerMSoccer) and on UWBadgers.com.
GOOD TO KNOW The Badgers’ Alex Alfaro slotted home the game-winning goal against the Spartans on Sunday. It is the first goal of the season for Alfaro. Goalkeeper Dean Cowdroy tallied two shutouts on the week and seven saves.
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Milwaukee
7 p.m.
Oct. 7
Rutgers
1 p.m.
Oct. 10 Green Bay
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Oct. 3
7 p.m.
Oct. 14 at Penn State
11 a.m.
Oct. 19 #14 Michigan
7 p.m.
Oct. 24 at Northwestern 7 p.m. Oct. 28 Ohio State
3 p.m.
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INSIDE WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE (8-2-3, 2-1-3) Home events in bold. All times CT. Aug. 23 #10 Florida State L, 0-3 Aug. 26 at Kentucky
W, 3-1
Aug. 30 at Washington W, 2-1 OT Sept. 2
vs. Portland
Seattle
W, 2-1
Sept. 6
Illinois State
Sept. 9
Loyola-Chicago W, 2-1
W, 1-0
Sept. 14 #12 Northwestern T, 1-1 2OT Sept. 16 Illinois
W, 1-0
Sept. 20 at Michigan
L, 0-2
Sept. 23 at Michigan State W, 2-1
THIS WEEK Wisconsin hits the road to take on Indiana and Purdue. UW will play Indiana on Friday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. CT and Purdue on Sunday, Oct. 7 at Noon CT.
NEED TO KNOW Wisconsin hosted Senior Day festivities before the Maryland game on Sunday, Sept. 30. The Badgers recognized eight seniors on the field with their families and friends.
LAST WEEK The Badgers hosted Rutgers and Maryland, taking both teams to double overtime and ending in a 0-0 draw on both Friday and Sunday.
GOOD TO KNOW Fans can follow along on Twitter @BadgerWSoccer during away games and find everything they need to know about upcoming matches on UWBadgers.com.
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T, 0-0 2OT
Sept. 30 Maryland
T, 0-0 2OT
Oct. 5
at Indiana
6:30 p.m.
Oct. 7
at Purdue
Noon
Oct. 13 at Minnesota
4 p.m.
Oct. 18 #22 Nebraska
7 p.m.
Oct. 21 at Ohio State
1 p.m.
TOM LYNN
▲ TAP TO WATCH - Wisconsin Women's Soccer Senior Day
Sept. 27 Rutgers
Oct. 28-Nov. 4 Big Ten Tournament
Westfield, Ind.
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