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Big Ten bans cupcakes

Andy Hildebrand, Sports Editor
February 14, 2013

If you’ve watched the first four games of any Badger football season from the past decade, you know they look much more like a collection of meaningless preseason games than the start of college football. We often see bloated scores and extended playing time for the backups. The motivation behind this... Read more »

The Great Debate: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade vs. Football

November 15, 2012

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade By Martha Landry In my family we have Thanksgiving lunch and dinner and we are always late to lunch because I have to finish out the parade. It’s a star-studded parade full of music, dancing, Tom the Turkey, Santa Claus and everything else you could ever ask for.... Read more »

Movin’ the Chains: 11/8/12

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Eric Christenson
November 8, 2012

LISTEN Movin’ the Chains is a weekly podcast run by three cool dudes who talk about a lot of absurd things and then eventually talk seriously about Fantasy Football.  Have fun and listen! Stirring renditions of “Sandstorm” and several CCR songs Tom Waits doing Korean Dick Vitale Y’all... Read more »

Blugolds grounded by Warhawks

Steve Fruehauf, Copy Editor
November 7, 2012

UW-Eau Claire suffered their sixth loss of the season after a tough 19-10 bout against the Warhawks in Whitewater last Saturday. An inability to put points on the board in the second half was the cause of their struggle. The first quarter ended with a field goal made by each team, a 28-yard kick for... Read more »

Movin’ the Chains: 11/1/12

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Eric Christenson
November 1, 2012

LISTEN Movin’ the Chains is a weekly podcast run by three cool dudes who talk about a lot of absurd things and then eventually talk seriously about Fantasy Football.  Have fun and listen! Let’s talk about baseball and basketball Doug Martin moved the chains to the wall which he went off Tyler... Read more »

Struggling to score in win

Bridget Cooke, Staff Writer
October 25, 2012

Problems with the drive plagued the UW-Eau Claire football team in their match against UW-Stevens Point on Saturday, but persistence paid off in the second half, resulting in a 17-14 win for the Blugolds making their conference record 3-1 this season. Junior running back Joel Sweeney said the Blugolds... Read more »

Movin’ the Chains: 10/18/12

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Eric Christenson
October 18, 2012

LISTEN Movin’ the Chains is a weekly podcast run by three cool dudes who talk about a lot of absurd things and then eventually talk seriously about Fantasy Football.  Have fun and listen! Eric eats egg salad Every player on Eric’s team lost this week.  L’s down the line. Shonn Greene... Read more »

Blow out

Andy Hildebrand, Staff Writer
October 11, 2012

The UW-Eau Claire Football team showed little fight Saturday against 18th ranked UW-Oshkosh, losing 50-13 in the team’s second conference game of the season, dropping their WIAC record to 1-1. Oshkosh racked up an astounding 442 yards rushing and didn’t turn the ball over on way to their rout... Read more »

Homecoming Victory!

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David Heiling, Sports Editor
October 4, 2012

The Blugold football team got their first victory of the season Saturday afternoon when they beat the UW-Stout Blue Devils 21-13 on Homecoming gameday at Carson Park. Head coach Todd Glaser thought this game was a great way to get on track at the start of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference... Read more »

Homecoming 2012: Everything you need to know

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Spectator Staff
September 27, 2012

Homecoming activities are in full swing with more activities coming up. Here are some highlights for the eventful weekend: FRIDAY Voting for King and Queen will end at 9 a.m. Friday morning. Students will receive an email with a link to take them to the voting site. Blugold login will be required for... Read more »