Hide Article Text (OCR)
Everything’s coming up rosesFevered fans cheer Badgers victoryBy Arthur L. SrbAssociated PressMADISON — Thousands of “somewhat well-behaved” Wisconsin football fans surged into Madison’s main off-campus street in a wild celebration after their team’s Rose Bowl-clinching victory in Tokyo.Screaming fans poured out of bars, restaurants and dormitories _____________ onto nearby StateStreet for a raucous demonstra-etart. tion early SundaySaw ftnnrt» that includedpIL ID hugs, high-fives,the repeated singing of “On, Wisconsin,” the school’s fight song, and shouts of “Rose Bowl, Rom Bowl.”“We booked 14 people” at the Dane County Jail, Deputy Kathy Dorn of the Sheriff’s Department, said about the number of people who were arrested. “That’s kind of low for a Saturday night and Sunday.”Two police cars were damaged during the celebration, including one that had a rear windshield and its trunk smashed, and had its flashing roof lights ripped off as it made its way slowly through the packed street, police said.The 41-20 Wisconsin victory over Michigan State in a cable-televised Big Ten game earned the Badgers their first invitation to a Rose Bowl since the 19h2 team won the right to represent the Big Ten at Pasadena on Jan. 1,1963.Some fans scaled covered bus stop shelters along State Street and others climbed trees and shook limbs laden with lights for the Christmas holidays.Madison police officer Kip Kellogg estimated the crowd in the thousands.Police Lt. John Winston called the crowd on State Street somewhat well-behaved.”About 3,000 fans made their way to Camp Randall Stadium where a number of individuals tried to bring down the goal posts to mark the end of decades of Badgers football frustration.Campus police had opened up the stadium to allow fans inside.Two individuals, one who was reported to have fallen from a goal post, were taken to a hospital with injuries, neither believed serious, a University of Wisconsin police dispatcher said.The other suffered facial lacerations when he tripped and fell, the dispatcher said.Most of the students were not disorderly or angry as they celebrated inside the stadium for about 45 minutes, said dispatcher Darryl Sol in.“They basically ran around and hollered a lot,” Solin said.Shirt production sent into overtime by long-awaited winBy Rod StetzerLeader-Telegram staffIt’s a good thing Dave Stai loves the University of Wisconsin Badger football team because that's all he’ll think about this week at work.Stai is president and co-owner of Screen Graphics, 3310 Miller St., Which will M producing up to 10.1HH) Badger Rose Bowl sweatshirts and T-shirts for department stores.The Badgers’ 41-20 victory over Michigan State University early Sunday clinched a Rose Bowl berth Jan. 1. It also meant six workers at Screen Graphics had to come in for an unusual Sunday shift to produce shirts with five Rose Bowl-themed designs.“They have the official graphics of the Rose Bowl, Stai said. All of SCMB Graphic Rose Bowl products m licensed by the Badgers and the Rose Bowl, even though that involves some homework.It takes from one to three days to come up with a design, he said. The design is then submitted to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., and alicensing company in Atlanta, Ga. If the design gets preliminary approval, Screen Graphics prints samples and submits them for final approval.Two of the five designs include the image of Wisconsin’s mascot, Bucky Badger.Stai said Screen Graphics can print 300 to 400 sweatshirts or 500 to 600 T-shirts per hour on each press unit.Some of Screen Graphics products go to clients such as Target, ShopKo and Farm Fleet, Stai said.The Badgers’ last appearance in the Rose Bowl was in 1963, when they lost 42-37 to the University of Southern California.Flaving the Badgers return to the Rose Bowl is wonderful, he said. “Absolutely. It’s been a long time in coming.”You can count on Stai being in Pasadena to watch the Badgers.“I’m signed up. My money’s in (for a tour). I’m gone,” Stai said.One guess what he’s going to wear to the big game.Staff photo by Steve Kmdirman Kevin Hutchinson of Screen Graphics. 3310 Miller St., inspects a T-shirt coming off the production line this morning. The firm is preparing special Rose Bowl T-shirts and sweatshirts after the University of Wisconsin Badgers earned a berth in the gameWisconsin head coach Barry Alvarez, holding a bouquet of roses, is first Rose Bowl berth in 31 years, following Sunday’s 41-20 victorycarried on the shoulders of his players as the Badgers celebrate their over Michigan State in the Coca-Cola bowl at the Tokyo Dome.
Newspaper Details
Eau Claire Leader Telegram
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Dec 06, 1993
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Jillian S.
NA, 18 Jan 2024
Other Publications Near Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire Telegraph
New North Wisconsin
Eau Claire Evening Free Press
Chippewa Anzeiger
Eau Claire Daily Argus
