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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Saturday, November 26, 2005

Badgers could return in 2008

 •  Badgers batter Warriors, 41-24

By Ferd Lewis and Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writers

University of Hawai'i athletic director Herman Frazier said he expects to complete a multi-year agreement to return Wisconsin to Aloha Stadium.

Frazier said the two schools have already agreed to a future date, believed to be 2008 in Hawai'i, and head coach Barry Alvarez, who is also the athletic director, wants "to bring his team here every four years or so, so every (recruiting) class can make the trip."

Frazier said he and Alvarez are also talking about a possible trip for the Warriors to Madison, Wis.

The Badgers, who also traveled to Hawai'i in 1996 and 2000 under Alvarez, brought an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 fans to yesterday's game.

MOVE PAYS FOR UH

UH will receive a $100,000 "inconvenience" payment from the Western Athletic Conference for agreeing to switch yesterday's game from the originally scheduled Saturday date to accommodate ESPN2, which showed the game.

The payment was doubled from last year when UH would have received $50,000.

Wisconsin received a reported $50,000 from the network for the same reason.

Only games that are switched from Saturdays qualify for the payment, a spokesman for the conference office said.

RAIOLA, KAMOKU FETED

Wisconsin senior Donovan Raiola and sophomore James Kamoku, both from Hawai'i, were given the game balls by coach Barry Alvarez after the game.

Raiola, a Kamehameha graduate, started at center, and Kamoku, a Kealakehe alum, played on special teams.

"It was fun playing at home," said Raiola, who spoke about the time when Alvarez visited Raiola's home for a recruiting visit.

"Sitting in my house, he said he would get me back home, and he did," Raiola said.

Badgers to Capital?

Wisconsin, which improved to 9-3, all but locked up a spot in the Capital One Bowl with last night's win.

"It looks like we are in the Capital One Bowl if Ohio State gets a BCS bid," coach Barry Alvarez said.

The Badgers set the school record for points in a season on quarterback John Stocco's 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. The Badgers have 422 points after yesterday's game, with one game remaining. The old record was 409, set in 1999.

The Badgers are averaging 35.2 points per game. The 1999 squad also had the previous school record for average points per game, with 34.1.

Stocco's receiver in high school was former Pittsburgh All-American Larry Fitzgerald, who is now with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.

HAMILTON HONORED

Shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton was presented the Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zacharias Courage Award, for "bravery both during and after a traumatic experience," before the game, presented to her by University of Hawai'i athletic director Herman Frazier.

Reach Ferd Lewis at flewis@honoluluadvertiser.com and Leila Wai at lwai@honoluluadvertiser.com.