Relive Badgers' opening-night victory with State Journal's in-depth coverage of UW's rout of Illinois
From redshirt freshman Graham Mertz's coming out party to the UW defense's dominant start, relive all the action from the 14th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers' 45-7 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini with the Wisconsin State Journal's complete coverage of UW's season opener.Â
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In the Badgers’ dominant, 45-7 win against visiting Illinois, Mertz tied a program record with five touchdown passes and lived up to all the hype that’s built around him since he committed to UW in 2017.
Making his first start for the University of Wisconsin football team, redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz had Twitter buzzing Friday ni…
Years from now, hundreds of thousands of UW football fans will say they were there for the debut of quarterback Graham Mertz. They'll all be lying.
The junior bounced back from his mistake with two key plays on the ensuing series before going on to finish his productive night with seven catches for 72 yards and three touchdowns.Â
Tom Oates grades the No. 14 Wisconsin Badgers' performance in their 45-7 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini in their season opener Friday night at Camp Randall Stadium.
A quick look at the 14th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers' 45-7 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini Friday night in the season opener at an empty Camp Randall Stadium.
Without 80,000 fans allowed into Camp Randall, the scene outside the stadium is cold, bleak and lonely.
Wisconsin State Journal photographer Steve Apps captured all the action inside an empty Camp Randall Stadium Friday night as redshirt freshman…
Wisconsin State Journal reporter Jim Polzin asked Badgers fans on Twitter what they thought of quarterback Graham Mertz's play and No. 14 Wisc…
Redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz may be available to play for No. 13 Badgers in their first road game of the season.
Mertz spent the offseason looking inward — not just at his play and what he could do differently as a quarterback — but at what was missing in 2020 and why the old way of pushing himself wasn’t effective.
