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The University of Wisconsin football team will be looking to take control of the chase for the Big Ten West Division crown when the Badgers host the Iowa Hawkeyes in a battle for the Heartland Trophy on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. Wisconsin (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) returned from its Week 5 bye with a 24-13 victory over Rutgers (4-2, 1-2) on Oct. 7…

Date/Time: Saturday, September 2, 6:00 PM EST TV: ESPN+ (Play-By-Play: James Westling/Analyst: Jay Sonnhalter) Radio: Learfield/Charlotte Sports Network (Play-By-Play: Matt Swierad/Analyst: Al Wallace/ Sideline: Bobby Rosinski) Location: Jerry Richardson Stadium, Charlotte, NC All-Time Series Record: First Meeting Week 1 will mark 10 years of…

It's been a long time since there's been optimism around the Illinois football program. From 2012 through 2021, the Illini had exactly zero winning seasons. Go back to 1995 through 2021, a span of 28 seasons, and it's five winning records. That 1995 team had two of the top three picks in the 1996 NFL Draft -- Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice -- and…

Oklahoma State faces Wisconsin in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl Tuesday in a game that features two programs going through different transition periods. Wisconsin is in the midst of a transition with Luke Fickell taking over the program after being lured away from Cincinnati. Interim coach Jim Leonhard will coach the bowl game after the Badgers went 4-3…

The end of an era, the start of a promising future, and an early look at 2023? Make no mistake, the Guaranteed Rate Bowl has plenty of reasons for Wisconsin fans to be glued to their televisions on Tuesday night. The Badgers will say goodbye to DC Jim Leonhard as he begins the next chapter in post-Madison life. Paul Chryst was fired for Leonhard,…

ATHENS - Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken is the highest-paid assistant coach in college football with a $2.01 million salary, per the latest USA Today data. Beyond reporting facts, there's not much "newsy" about that because Monken's value is understandably higher than any other assistant in college football at this time. One could make…

Want to keep up with the Purdue football coaching search? Become a subscriber to Boiler Upload. For a limited time we are offering a free 30 days of full access. Use Promo Code BOILERUP30 Jeff Brohm's departure to Louisville has left the Purdue program in limbo. Mike Bobinski and the Purdue athletic department's most pressing issue will now be…

With the firing of Western Michigan football head coach Tim Lester having been announced Monday afternoon, athletic director Dan Bartholmae says he has already begun the program's search for a leader of the program. With plenty of coaches around the country looking to tackle a new opportunity, here is who Bartholomae and his team should be looking…

Luke Fickell and Cincinnati were a great marriage, a feel-good story, a nice change of pace from the unchecked greed and naked striving that flourish in college athletics. Fickell was a coach on the rise who turned down high-profile jobs to stay and keep building around a special nucleus of players. Cincinnati was a school on the wrong side of the…

IOWA CITY, Iowa - A few weeks ago, it looked like Big Ten West Division preseason favorites Iowa and Wisconsin could be headed for unusually disappointing campaigns. The programs have since turned things around. The Hawkeyes (5-4 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) have won two games in a row after dropping three consecutive contests. The Badgers (5-4, 3-3) have…

college football odds series for our Wisconsin Michigan State prediction and pick. The Wisconsin Badgers have entered a new era. Now we get to find out how permanent or long-lasting that era will be. The school fired head coach Paul Chryst after an abysmal start to the 2022 season. There were worries that Wisconsin football had stagnated and that…

Reaching a bowl game wasn't a problem for Michigan State last year. The Spartans won their first eight games and capped a resurgent season with a Peach Bowl victory against Pittsburgh to finish 11-2. Now at the midpoint of this season, Michigan State is facing an uphill battle just to reach six wins and become bowl eligible. That is the result of…

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where fans were introduced to the varied animal life- green dogs and rats -in Tuscaloosa: A new, attractive FBS coaching option materialized Monday when the Carolina Panthers fired Matt Rhule. He was a bad fit in the NFL-or at least a bad fit with a franchise that never gave…

The search continues for Nebraska, and one home run hire keeps coming to mind. Damon Benning, of course. Yes, for that other search - Husker football color analyst. Benning would be perfect. A natural. The Omaha native and former Husker running back has proved his mettle behind a microphone. Of the former players on the air in Nebraska - and…

The search continues for Nebraska, and one home run hire keeps coming to mind. Damon Benning, of course. Yes, for that other search - Husker football color analyst. Benning would be perfect. A natural. The Omaha native and former Husker running back has proved his mettle behind a microphone. Of the former players on the air in Nebraska - and…

When Wisconsin fired coach Paul Chryst on Sunday, it came as a surprise in many circles. Though the Badgers are 2-3 this season, Chryst had a 67-26 record while running the program at his alma mater. There were no outward signs that he was on the hot seat. Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, a Wisconsin legend, was named interim coach for the…

Paul Chryst is out at Wisconsin. The Badgers fired the former head coach midway through his eighth season on the heels of a blowout home loss to Illinois. He'll be the fourth coach fired this season in what's been a brutal start for, but Wisconsin's circumstances are different. Chryst put forth seven consecutive winning seasons and made a bowl game…

Nebraska is going back to the drawing board. The school fired coach Scott Frost this week after a 1-2 start with losses to Northwestern and Georgia State, a brutal start to a college football betting season in which Frost and everyone involved knew there wasn't much wiggle room if he hoped to stick around Lincoln for another year. This will be a…

With Week Zero of the college football season fast approaching, it's worth analyzing the current odds to win this season's Big Ten Championship, via BetOnline. The reigning champion Michigan Wolverines ended Ohio State's four-year (2017-20) string of dominance by claiming their first Big Ten title since 2004 with a convincing victory over Iowa. Jim…

WEST LAFAYETTE - Jeff Brohm couldn't turn down his alma mater a second time. After six seasons at Purdue, the former Louisville standout quarterback is returning to take over the Cardinals, per ESPN's Chris Low. Here is a list of names Purdue could consider to succeed Brohm: Babers knows a lot about Purdue's program. He's coached for the…

A handful of the Football Bowl Subdivision's new head coaches for 2023 look like can't-miss hires right off the bat, including Luke Fickell at Wisconsin, Hugh Freeze at Auburn and Matt Rhule at Nebraska. But beware: Three or four years down the road, what seemed like a home run at the introductory press conference can be revealed as a big swing and…

College football coaching rumors including the Houston Cougars and UTEP Miners head coaching positions, and the vacant Baylor Bears offensive coordinator post. The coaching carousel in college football is in full swing, especially in Texas. The transfer portal and the early signing period have expediated the process of hiring and firing new…