Wisconsin Football Dawg of the Week From Tough Battle vs. Nebraska

The Wisconsin Football DAWG of the Week series is an opportunity to spotlight players that had a massive impact on the game. Earning this prestigious honor is more than just statistical output.  It’s about which Badgers player let that inner DAWG out.

Certainly stats will factor into this weekly award — but this particular accolade is more than who filled up the stat sheet. More simply — what player would not be denied. When a players best was required — who rose to the occasion?

Wisconsin Football WR Will Pauling

Time after time, drive after drive – Will Pauling answered the bell.

Wisconsin fell behind Nebraska quickly on Saturday. Scoring 14 points in one play is impossible so moving the ball down the field was imperative. Every single time the ball found the redshirt freshman he made the most of it.

Finishing his day with nine catches for 79 yards, Pauling was clearly Wisconsin QB Tanner Mordecai’s favorite target.

Wide receiver Will Pauling reeled in eight catches for 79 yards in the @BadgerFootball 24-17 overtime win over Nebraska

Our @HellerSports caught up with him following the game:

“When the ball came my way, I just had to make those plays”#Badgers #Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/1cu6uKrv58

— 1070 The Game (@TheGameMadison) November 19, 2023

The Badgers are set to travel to Minnesota for the Axe. Game is at 2:30PM on 11/25.

The Wisconsin football team won on Saturday night to extend the bowl streak to 22 years.

Paul Bunyan’s Axe has spent far too long within the state lines 0f Minnesota – especially with that Head Weirdo, PJ Fleck.

Nugget: #Gophers coach PJ Fleck said on @KFAN1003 show that Floyd of Rosedale spent its first night back in Minnesota at the Fleck home. Fleck added that when the U won Paul Bunyan’s Axe, it ended up in bed with he and wife Heather.

— Andy Greder (@andygreder) October 24, 2023

Bring the Axe home, boys! It cannot stay with Fleck and the Goofers any longer!

Previous Wisconsin Badgers DAWG of the Week Award Winners:

Week 1: Chez Mellusi vs. Buffalo 

Week 2: Nathanial Vakos vs. Washington State

Week 3: Hunter Wohler vs. Georgia Southern

Week 4: Tanner Mordecai vs. Purdue

Week 5: BYE

Week 6: Ricardo Hallman vs. Rutgers

Week 7: “The Specialists” vs. Iowa

Week 8: Braelon Allen vs. Illinois 

Week 9: Braedyn Locke vs. Ohio State

Week 10: Bucky Badger vs. Indiana

Week 11: Hunter Wohler vs. Northwestern

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