# The Badger appreciation thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704 "2004-10-17T20:02:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/1 "2004-10-17T20:02:33Z")
Damn, I gave up on the WI Purdue game sometime in the 3rd quarter. I thought with a mediocre offense we were sunk. I forgot we have one of the best defenses. Undefeated, bay-bee! 7-0 overall, 4-0 Big Ten. You want some of this Michigan? Even going undefeated, we’ll get screwed somehow in a chance at the national title, but I’m gonna enjoy this as long as it lasts. Go Bucky! ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/2 "2004-10-17T20:15:26Z")
[Badger, badger, badger, badger…](http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/) ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/3 "2004-10-17T20:29:35Z")
Holy shit, that is hilarious! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/4 "2004-10-17T21:26:31Z")
Harry Hill would love it! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/5 "2004-10-17T22:53:55Z")
The Badger was a great comic book, but only for as long as Bill Reinhold was the artst. After that, it kinda tanked. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/6 "2004-10-18T00:39:53Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Holy shit, that is hilarious! 😃 You seen the football version? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/7 "2004-10-18T00:52:17Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > You seen the football version? Huh? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/8 "2004-10-18T00:53:52Z")
Badger McNallay? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/9 "2004-10-18T01:14:51Z")
Did I pick the wrong forum or don’t we have any college football fans? Either way I guess the grenade is needed. Wisconsin in the national title game. 'Nuff said. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/10 "2004-10-18T02:15:06Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Did I pick the wrong forum or don’t we have any college football fans? > > Either way I guess the grenade is needed. Wisconsin in the national title game. 'Nuff said. 😛 Badgers have an entirely different signifigance 'round here. (No diss to your team) [Football badgers](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/35/) (English football) [Badger of the Rings](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/25/) and [Badgerphone](http://www.lemonizer.com/banana/) (aka Bananaphone) ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/11 "2004-10-18T02:55:55Z")
I’m right there with ya, **Duffer**. I wish we did play Michy this year. Then we wouldn’t have to listen to the whole “you didn’t deserve the title” talk. Funny how when Mich or OSu wins the conf, it’s in spite of the brutal conference schedule. When anyone else does, it’s a “down year for the Big 10”. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/12 "2004-10-18T14:17:33Z")
That was a hell of a football game. Shame Erasmus got knocked out (and yeah, I think it was a dirty play). The key from here on out is to avoid an upset. They’ll be favored in every game, but that doesn’t mean a thing to me. This is a fun team to watch; that defense is unlike any I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/13 "2004-10-18T14:56:39Z")
Even in their best years, the Badgers are always good for one loss. To be undefeated this far into the season is practically uncharted territory. I’d be happily shocked and amazed if they can avoid a letdown the rest of the year. I’m thinking mostly of the 28-21 loss to Minnesota in 1993 that ruined a possible slot in the national championship game. They’ll need some (more likely, a lot of) help to get to the Orange Bowl. We can’t expect to crack the USC, Oklahoma, Auburn, Miami gang without some major upsets on their parts. But then again, the Milwaukee paper invoked the memory of the 2002 Buckeyes…who knows? Right now, I’m looking forward a Wisconsin-Cal Rose Bowl. If they stopped Kyle Orton, they can do the same to Aaron Rodgers… ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/14 "2004-10-18T15:20:25Z")
Hey Danceswithcats, you just made my day. p.s. sorry guys but I was a bit excited when I saw the thread title… ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/15 "2004-10-18T15:23:05Z")
Go Big Blue! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/16 "2004-10-18T15:29:17Z")
I don’t know what you’re talking about but godsdamnit, every time I see the thread title I get that badger song in my head and can’t get it out! ☹😃 _goes away grumbling_ ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/17 "2004-10-18T15:52:20Z")
“Badgers?! _Badgers?!?_ … We don’t need no steenkin’ badgers!” – _UHF_ ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/18 "2004-10-18T15:56:54Z")
Quick question - does this team play in Black and White, kinda stripey? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/19 "2004-10-18T20:51:54Z")
I appreciate [one of the Badgers](http://www.madison.com/tct/sports/index.php?ntid=14171&ntpid=0) in particular. Did I mention he also made the Dean’s List? More insufferable bragging on request. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704/20 "2004-10-18T20:55:43Z")
I was thrilled by the Badgers win on Saturday, but honestly, they aren’t the quality of the USC or Oklahoma this year. Their offense is lacking (although this is easily the best defnsive team I have ever seen at Madison). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-badger-appreciation-thread/269704.md?page=2)