Wisconsin's first bowl win, 40 years ago: How an Independence Bowl left a legacy
Wisconsin is set to make its 21st bowl appearance in a row. Forty years ago, an Independence Bowl win felt like a long-awaited achievement.
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Wisconsin is set to make its 21st bowl appearance in a row. Forty years ago, an Independence Bowl win felt like a long-awaited achievement.
Bulldogs down Wildcats in last-second thriller, 63-62 Photo: Tony Walsh/UGA ATHENS, Ga. – P.J. Horne’s layup with just over a second remaining helped the University of Georgia men’s basketball team defeat the Kentucky Wildcats, 63-62, Wednesday evening before 1,638 fans at Stegeman Coliseum. The thrilling victory was Georgia’s (9-4, 2-4 SEC) first over Kentucky (4-9, 3-3 SEC) since a 72-62 home win on March 7, 2013. The Bulldogs have now won back-to-back conference games for the first time since topping Auburn and Vanderbilt late last season. Coincidentally, that ...
>> being able to make what happened happen, you know, was more important than some statistic in our record books. >> reporter: believe it or not, the coach planned for ferns to run out of bound, also that the big score and the boosted spirits that come with it could go to this young man. freshman logan thompson whose father had died two days earlier after suffering a stroke. >> he meant the world to me at the time. it made me forget all the bad things that were going through my mind. >> reporter: thompson had insisted despite his father's death to suit up for the game, so ferns and his teammat...