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October 9, 2007

In our continuing effort to keep tabs on former Wisconsin players now in the NFL, we catch up with Ron Dayne who has been carrying the load down in Houston while Ahman Green nurses a knee injury. This week against Miami, The Great Dayne racked up 40 yards on 16 carries and scored his first […]

September 17, 2007

It doesn’t look like the Buffalo Bills are going to have a very good year. They got crushed by the Pittsburgh Steelers 26-3 yesterday to start the season 0-2. However, Jim Leonhard is off to a great start this season: Making his first start in the NFL, the former Badger recorded five tackles, two assists, […]

September 11, 2007

In this weekend’s opener between the Buffalo Bills and the Denver Broncos, former Badger standout Jim Leonhard proved what a gamer he is. The safety recorded eight solo tackles and five assists, returned an interception for 36 yards and knocked down another pass. Leonhard was a big fan favorite when he played for Wisconsin and […]

October 30, 2006

It still sort of boggles my mind sometimes that out of the handful of Iowa State alumni playing in the NFL, two of them are quarterbacks. Well, yesterday was a banner day for the Cyclone QB factory, because both former ISU signal callers were called into regular season action.
Seneca Wallace, of course, was pressed into […]

September 4, 2006

Rookie running back Brian Calhoun, late of the UW football team, was among several former Badgers making the grade this weekend as NFL teams made their final roster reductions. After a slow start this preseason, Calhoun had his biggest game yet in Detroit’s finale against Buffalo, rushing for 58 yards on 15 carries and catching […]

November 25, 2005

Did you see Ron Dayne in action with Denver yesterday? Seven carries for 98 yards and a TD, plus a 55-yard burst that set up the game winning field goal in overtime. Sweet! I’m sure Tatum Bell will be back in the lineup Dec. 4 when the Broncos travel to Kansas City, but it was […]

November 17, 2005

Came across a new college sports blog today called Longerhorns.com and decided to check it out. It’s all about the University of Texas and all, so it didn’t really interest me much, but it seemed OK for what it was. But then I got to bottom of the ‘About‘ page and found this bitchy little […]