MADISON - Greg Jackson, a former 12-year veteran of the NFL, has been named nickel back and assistant...

Some recruiting gurus like Wisconsin's 24-man class. Scout.com, for example, believes it ranks 33rd nationally and fifth among Big Ten schools.

Other recruiting gurus aren't sure what the Badgers were doing. Rivals.com, for example, didn't see a single four-star recruit and put the Badgers eighth on its Big Ten list.

Only one thing seems certain: Wisconsin's coaches and fans aren't going to waste much time fretting over the recruiting class' cache—or lack thereof.

Remember last year's class? Scout.com ranked Travis Frederick and Chris Borland as two-star reaches. Frederick started the season opener at center and might have stayed there all year if not for an ankle injury.

Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema has suspended three players for violating team rules. School spokesman Brian Lucas tells The Associated Press wide receiver Kraig Appleton, defensive end Shelby Harris and linebacker Nick Hill have been banned indefinitely from team activities, such as workouts. Lucas says they remain students at the university.

Wisconsin assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Randall McCray has been hired as MTSU's new defensive...

Randall McCray will join Blue Raiders as defensive coordinator.

MADISON, Wis. -- Chris Ash, a 13-year coaching veteran, is the newest addition to the Wisconsin football coaching...

Wisconsin has extended coach Bret Bielema's contract through Jan. 31, 2015, after the Badgers finished the season ranked 16th and won the Champs Sports Bowl. Bielema took over in 2006 as the hand-picked successor of coach Barry Alvarez, who is now the athletic director at the school. In his first four years, Bielema's teams are 38-14 overall.

As he watched the chaotic scenes from Haiti unfold on television, Jake Wood worried that large-scale relief efforts couldn't move quickly enough to reach many of the earthquake victims in time. And Wood knew his leadership and survival skills put him in a unique position to help; Wood, 26, was a reserve offensive lineman for the University of Wisconsin before joining the Marines, where he...

ORLANDO - Wisconsin's win over Miami Tuesday night has Badger fans eager for the start of the 2010 season.

All that Miami speed was no match for the big, bad Badgers. John Clay had 121 yards rushing and two touchdowns, powering No. 24 Wisconsin past 14th-ranked Miami 20-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl on Tuesday night. Clay ran through, over and around the Hurricanes to help the Badgers (10-3) earn their first victory over a ranked opponent this season and claim a big win for the Big Ten.

ORLANDO - With kickoff now just a few hours away before Wisconsin's bowl game against Miami, BadgerBlitz.com...

The first time Miami coach Randy Shannon watched film on Wisconsin, he thought he was watching another team run his playbook. "You look at a team that resembles what you can do," Shannon said. The more he studied the more similarities he saw. Shannon and Badgers coach Brett Bielema are former defensive coordinators who run the same scheme.

With 2010 right around the corner and Wisconsin headed to its eighth straight bowl appearance Tuesday against...

With 2010 right around the corner and Wisconsin headed to its eighth straight bowl appearance Tuesday against...

If Wisconsin beats Miami in the Champs Sports Bowl, Hurricanes fans may have an unlikely figure to blame: University of Miami president Donna Shalala. Before she served as President Bill Clinton's health and human services secretary, Shalala was the University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor who helped turn an embarrassing football program into a perennial Big 10 contender.

Chris Maragos knows what you're thinking. Wisconsin faced Florida State last year in the Champs Sports Bowl and looked achingly slow as the Seminoles hung the Badgers with a 42-13 loss. Now that the Badgers are matched up with Miami in this year's Champs Sports Bowl, Wisconsin's senior safety can write the storyline well in advance.

"Within the team we feel we can go out and compete," Maragos told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "But outside the team everybody is going to say: 'Rematch of last year. They've got skilled receivers. How are they going to match up against our corners? They have a good running back. We haven't seen a guy with this much speed for our run defense.'

"For us, we're going to prove that we can play with teams that people don't think we can play...

Miami will face Wisconsin in the Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando with a chance for its first 10-win season since 2003. The No. 14 Hurricanes (9-3) are hoping to use the game to propel themselves into next year and perhaps get a higher preseason ranking. Miami has improved in each of the three years under coach Randy Shannon, and next season's expectations will be even higher.

HONOLULU(AP) John Clay's relentless rushing helped Wisconsin run over Hawaii 51-10 win on Saturday night,...

John Clay's relentless rushing helped Wisconsin run over Hawaii 51-10 win on Saturday night, dashing the Warriors' hopes for an appearance in their hometown bowl game. Clay rushed for 172 yards and scored three touchdowns for postseason-bound Wisconsin (9-3), which strengthened its argument for an invite to the Outback Bowl.

Wisconsin has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of an ABC Sports cameraman who died after falling off a platform at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. The state Department of Justice says the settlement, which was reached last month, ends years of litigation between state lawyers and family members of the late Harold Umansky of Davie, Fla.