Oh, what a night!

Badger fans continue tradition and dance to "Jump Around" before the fourth quarter of the game. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Badger fans turned much of Rose Bowl Stadium red and jumped around enough to get the joint swaying in a breathtaking night of football that saw both Wisconsin and Oregon shatter records and put on a show to remember.

Montee Ball scored his 39th touchdown of the season, tying the all-time NCAA record held by Barry Sanders, and Russell Wilson became the first Wisconsin quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season. Both teams collectively scored more points – 83 – than any other Rose Bowl history.

The 45-38 loss was the only thing to tarnish a day that saw the thermometer hit 82 degrees at kickoff, the sixth warmest in Rose Bowl history, and the game heated up in a hurry.

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Rose Bowl sightings: Game Day!

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Bucky on Parade

The UW-Madison Spirit Squad performs alongside the Big Ten float. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Badger fans know how to do the wave, but Monday morning’s Tournament of Roses Parade may have been the first time they were prompted to get one started by members of the 1st Marine Division Band.

The military group’s drum major raised his scepter and said “On Wisconsin” before the start of the 5 ½-mile parade in front of a grandstand stocked with Wisconsin fans decked out in red and white for the Rose Bowl game. It goes without saying that the result was cheers and applause from the appreciative Badgers among the 700,000 crowded along the parade route. [Jump for more parade photos»]

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Ward’s winning streak

Interim Chancellor David Ward, pictured at the Party at the Pier in Santa Monica on Saturday, is 3-0 in Rose Bowl appearances. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

The subject of the Rose Bowl came up pretty quickly when David Ward returned to UW-Madison last summer to serve as interim chancellor after retiring from the post in 2000. That’s because the Badgers have won every time they’ve gone to the Rose Bowl with Ward in the chancellor’s office: 1994, 1999 and 2000. Read more »

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We’ve got a feeling (woo-hoo), that we’re going to win tomorrow

Singer will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas surprised fans by joining Bucky Badger and band director Michael Leckrone on stage to perform with the UW Marching Band during a pep rally Sunday evening in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

The UW Marching Band pumped up the star power Sunday night for a special performance of the “Fifth Quarter” in downtown Los Angeles on the eve of the Rose Bowl. Read more »

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Rose Bowl sightings: New Year’s Eve and Day

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Teaming up with the Ducks

UW sophomore Molly Morrissey, right, works alongside University of Oregon professor Robert Kyr Sunday at a Los Angeles-area food pantry. Kyr's father played football for the Badgers. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Cooperation replaced rivalry the day before the Rose Bowl as groups of volunteers from UW-Madison and the University of Oregon donned the same T-shirts and worked side-by-side at a local food pantry in Van Nuys, Calif. Read more »

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Selling potential Badgers on Madison

UW junior Farah Shirzadi (right) speaks with Oliver Peyron and his parents, Esther and Nils Peyron of Los Angeles, Calif., during an Office of Undergraduate Admissions event in Santa Monica. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

On a sunny afternoon in Santa Monica, Calif., Adele Brumfield did not mince words about Wisconsin weather as she addressed a roomful of prospective students and their parents. Read more »

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Barry and Montee

One great side story of this season is the respect and mutual admiration that has developed between Montee Ball and NFL Hall of Famer Barry Sanders. The Lions legend has been exceptionally gracious in offering encouragement to Ball, who stands poised to top the all-time NCAA touchdown record set by Sanders in his 1988 season at Oklahoma State.

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Whose pier? Our pier!

Thousands of Badger fans cheer during the Party at the Pier in Santa Monica in advance of the Rose Bowl. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

The fog rolled in from the Pacific Ocean on Saturday afternoon, but the sea of Badger red cut through the mist as fans gathered for what is starting to feel like a Wisconsin tradition: a pep rally on the Santa Monica Pier in advance of the Rose Bowl. Read more »

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Float building up close and personal

Badger fans Kim Challoner and her daughter, Katie, 12, observe volunteers at work during a Tournament of the Roses float-building preview. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Kim and Bill Challoner knew they would be attending the Rose Bowl long before the Badgers did.

They made plans to travel from the Green Bay area to Pasadena in October, when they learned their daughter, Jackie, would be playing her flute in the Tournament of Roses Parade as a member of the Pulaski High School marching band. Read more »

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FanCam focuses on Rose Bowl

Thousands of football fans will have a chance to prove they were present on Monday, Jan. 2, when the first-ever Rose Bowl Game FanCam presented by VIZIO comes to the 2012 Rose Bowl game as Wisconsin faces off against Oregon. Read more »

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Ice time in sunny California

The Maly family took a spin around the ice rink at L.A. Live on Friday. Photo: Jeff Miller

A wintry mix of rain and snow arrived Friday in Madison. So as temperatures slid below freezing back home in Wisconsin, the sight of an ice skating rink in downtown Los Angeles made some Badger fans stop and stare. Read more »

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Get up, stand up, come on!

Rapper Everlast listens as UW Marching Band plays his song, "Jump Around." Photo: UW Marching Band

On the same day rapper Everlast from hip-hop group House of Pain visited UW Marching Band practice to hear its members play “Jump Around,” Rose Bowl officials said they would play the Badger fan favorite along with Oregon’s equivalent, “Shout,” during the third quarter break of the Rose Bowl game, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

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Where in the world is Bucky?

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