John Moffitt News

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 12:05 a.m. Vote 0 Votes Team Notes - With their 20-14 win over Miami, the Badgers improved to 11-10 all-time in bowl games, including a 4-1 mark in bowl games played at night.

Kevin Zeitler was built to play on the Wisconsin offensive line. "He is a great worker," center John Moffitt said of Zeitler, a sophomore from Wisconsin Lutheran High School who has started all 12 games at right guard this season.

The Wisconsin Badgers football team may not be playing on New Year's Day, but the bowl game matchup for Champs Sports Bowl looks good on paper, even if it is on Dec.

Perhaps the one constant along Wisconsin's offensive line in 2009 has been the persistent shuffling forced upon coach Bob Bostad because of injuries.

The Heisman Trophy is awarded annually to "the outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity." That statement makes no reference to positions, yet no lineman has ever won the trophy, inaugurated in 1935, when it went to University of Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger.

John Clay rushed for 172 yards and 3 touchdowns in Wisconsina s win over Hawaii.

MADISON, Wis. >> Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema and his players welcomed their second bye week of 2009.

By GAZETTE STAFF Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 10:55 p.m. After weeks on the sideline, Travis Frederick is back in the fold for the University of Wisconsin football team.

Looking from the outside, it would appear to be a fairly healthy year for the former Monona Grove standout.

Looking for a shady spot? Head over to where the Wisconsin offensive line is hanging out.

Madison - The setting seems eerily familiar: The Wisconsin Badgers are coming off a bitter defeat with an unusually long break to sit and stew.

Wisconsin running back John Clay was named the Big Ten Conference's Offensive Player of the Year Monday night, while linebacker Chris Borland was selected as the conference's Freshman of the Year.

To say the Badger secondary had been an issue all year would be an understatement.

For most of the 2009 football season, the specter of 2008 has been looming. During a two-game losing streak, Wisconsin seniors spoke about not accepting the feelings from last year.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:57 a.m. Vote 0 Votes It seems hard to believe now, but when the 2009 season began, redshirt sophomore John Clay was not even the starting option in the Wisconsin backfield.

Tolzien threw an ugly interception and lost a fumble in the opening half that Michigan turned into 10 points.

Sure, Wisconsin's still a run-first team. The Badgers just might be on to something with this Scott Tolzien-to-Nick Toon combination, though.

The only thing that took a beating quite like Michigan's awful defense Saturday was the remnants of Wisconsin's 2008 season.

The video montage remains fresh in John Moffitt's memory. "In the 20 to 30 plays he showed us, each guy might have had 15 to 20 pancake blocks," said Moffitt, a fourth-year junior and the University of Wisconsin's starting left guard.

University of Wisconsin teammates O'Brien Schofield and Chris Maragos are torn. As senior captains, they know it is almost time for them to move on and place the program in the hands of younger players.