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Varsity - January 26, 2012

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TWEETED | Badger Nation: Kohl Center, Saturday night, 7pm, Women's Hockey, Fill The Bowl. 4 National Championships in the last 6 years. #Dominant « @JJWatt OLYMPIC HOPEFUL HOWE CLAIMS GOLD Olympic redshirt Andrew Howe was named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for Jan. 17-23 after winning a gold med- al in freestyle wrestling at the Guelph Open on Saturday, Jan. 21, in Guelph, Ontario. Howe went 4-0 in the tournament, notching wins over Canada's Cleo Ncube and Chris Prickett in his final two bouts at 74 kg/163 lbs. Howe, a three-time All-Ameri- can and 2010 NCAA cham- pion, is tak- ing an Olympic redshirt this season. The Cedar Lake, Ind., native placed second at the U.S. World Team Trials in 2010 and 2011 and won the Hargobind International earlier this sea- son in Canada. The USA Olympic Trials are set for April 21-22 in Iowa City, Iowa. « Senior QB Russell Wilson is among five Badgers taking part in the Senior Bowl this week. FIVE BADGERS TAKE PART IN SENIOR BOWL Five Badgers are participat- ing in this week's Senior Bowl, including QB Russell Wilson, FB Bradie Ewing, OL Kevin Zeitler, P Brad Nortman and LS Kyle Wojta. WR Nick Toon was invited to the Senior Bowl but is sitting out due to a foot injury. They're not the only Bad- gers to be selected for a senior showcase, however, as Aaron Henry played in the East-West Shrine game, Patrick Butrym in the NFLPA Collegiate All-Star YOUR TAKE » FACEBOOK.COM/WISCONSINBADGERS "I have seen a few comments that say 'if they make the tourna- ment.' There is no if about it, big ten gets at least 7 teams in and even with a couple more losses the badgers are still in." » Comment from Dan Calhoun following the UW men's basketball team's 67-63 win at Illinois on Sunday game and Antonio Fenelus in the Battle of Florida last week- end. The Senior Bowl, essentially a week-long tryout for NFL scouts and executives kicked off with practice on Monday and continues through the game on Saturday. For coverage of everything going on as the Badgers prep for the 2012 NFL Draft, be sure to check out the Path to the Draft blog on UWBadgers. com, which is updated daily with news and links to coverage from around the web. Coverage of the Senior Bowl continues throughout the week on NFL Network with live prac- tice coverage on Thursday at 10 a.m. (CT), a daily recap show at 9:30 p.m. Thursday and the Se- nior Bowl game at 3 p.m. Sat- urday. 17

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