Get the latest analysis, injury reports and highlights as the UW football team squares off against the Oregon Ducks in the Rose Bowl.

Though the College Football Playoff has diverted some attention from the New Year's Day staple, it remains a great showcase for what makes college football so fun.

For some Badgers fans, getting one of the roughly 25 counter seats inside Pasadena restaurant Pie 'n Burger, or a spot at one of the three tables, has been a tradition when UW makes it to the Rose Bowl.

"The Rose Bowl venue is the undisputed champ," broadcaster Matt Lepay told Badgers fans at a pep rally in Los Angeles on Monday.

Hunter Wohler — rated by multiple recruiting sites as the best or second-best prospect in Wisconsin in his class — helped Muskego to an unbeaten record and a WIAA Division I state championship this season.

Two four-star LBs and two four-star tackles highlight UW's recruiting class. 

UW trio continues to add All-American accolades.

Jonathan Taylor earned his third career All-American honor from the Sporting News, while Tyler Biadasz and Zack Baun each picked up their first

Ayo Adebogun, a three-star outside linebacker prospect out of Homestead High School in Mequon, was a second-team all-state selection by the Wisconsin Associated Press this season, and he is the seventh member of the 2021 class.

Junior tailback Jonathan Taylor and senior linebacker Chris Orr were named UW's MVPs. 

Bryan Sanborn is a three-star prospect in the 2021 class on both 247sports and Rivals. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound linebacker out of Lake Zurich, Ill., had a handful of Power Five offers, including Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska.

Amherst product tabbed as nation's best center.

UW junior becomes third player ever to win Doak Walker Award twice. 

Three University of Wisconsin football players were named Walter Camp Football first-team All-Americans on Thursday.

The reconfiguration of the south end zone seating area into premium and club space is scheduled to begin after the Badgers' 2020 home season ends in November.

The University of Wisconsin football team has turned its attention to the Rose Bowl and a matchup against Oregon on one of the sport’s biggest stages.

Taylor has 1,909 rushing yards (6.4-yard average) with 21 touchdowns. He also has five TDs on 24 receptions and leads the nation with 26 total touchdowns.

Opponent Oregon's season has been quite similar to UW's.

UW takes on Justin Herbert-led Ducks in rematch from 2012 Rose Bowl

Four of the five Power Five conferences will be represented in this year’s College Football Playoff.

Playing with confidence and perhaps a collective chip on its shoulder, UW produced the solid, competitive showing it needed. Now it's up to the selection committee to decide if the Badgers' 34-21 loss was good enough to send them to Pasadena.

The Buckeyes were able to weather the storm, creating big plays in the second half to overcome their largest deficit of the season and come away with a 34-21 win over the Badgers at Lucas Oil Stadium to claim their third consecutive Big Ten Conference championship.

Greg Mattison, a Madison East High School graduate in his first year as the co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State, led one of the best defenses in college football this season onto the field against his hometown team Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium.

State Journal columnist Tom Oates grades the Wisconsin Badgers' performance in their 34-21 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium.

A quick look at the Wisconsin Badgers' 34-21 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Get the latest analysis, injury reports and highlights as the UW football team takes on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday night in Indianapolis.

The Wisconsin State Journal's Badgers' football beat writer, Colten Bartholomew, will be the guest on a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Thursday at 3 p.m.

“We earned the right to have a chance to have a chance,” UW tailback Jonathan Taylor says of Saturday night's Big Ten Championship Game vs. the Buckeyes.

Saturday's opponent, Ohio State, won this year's regular-season meeting 38-7.

In dispatching the ninth-ranked Gophers with relative ease, the Badgers did more than reclaim Paul Bunyan's Axe after its one-year sabbatical and set up a rematch with second-ranked Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game.

The victory secures not only Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the Badgers, but also the Big Ten West Division title and a berth into next week’s Big Ten Championship Game. 

Williams broke up two passes to Gophers receiver Tyler Johnson near the goal line early in the fourth quarter Saturday, stopping the Gophers’ momentum and helping spark UW’s runaway, 38-17 win at TCF Bank Stadium.

A quick look at the 13th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers' win over the 9th-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

State Journal columnist Tom Oates grades the 13th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers' performance in their 38-17 win over the 9th-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

Get the latest analysis, injury reports and highlights as the 13th-ranked UW football team squares off against the 9th-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers in a battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe and the Big Ten West title on Saturday afternoon. 

The Badgers beat the Gophers 11-7 on Nov. 21, 1959, in Minneapolis to win a spot in the Rose Bowl vs. Washington.

Beating Minnesota on Saturday will require UW to find a way to slow Tyler Johnson and Rashod Bateman, who each have more than 1,000 receiving yards this season.

How can the Badgers' defense can handle Minnesota’s pair of top-flight receivers? Can Jonathan Taylor continue his historic pace in November? Which team will go to the Big Ten Championship Game? State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks it down. 

“He’s been a great leader for us,” junior center Tyler Biadasz says of Badgers quarterback Jack Coan.

Minnesota's starting line, which averages 6-6 and 340 pounds, has been clearing the way for the Gophers’ run-pass option plays effectively, and UW’s defense knows controlling the line might decide Saturday's game.

Moorman, a versatile offensive lineman, has helped spark UW's offense by sticking to one position on the line.

A look at how the Badgers used the wildcat formation to add variety to the offense against Purdue.

UW plays at No. 8 Minnesota on Saturday.