Over the years, University of Wisconsin
Chancellor John Wiley has expressed a great deal of discontentment
with Badger fans' behavior during home football games.

But after receiving reports of
Saturday's game against the University of Michigan, the chancellor
gave the UW student section a thumbs up — and UW Athletics seconded
that thought.

Associate Director of Athletic
Communications Vince Sweeney said UW Athletics is pleased with
students' improved behavior during the football season, but added
with such a crowd at Camp Randall, there will always be incidents.

Wiley has been particularly opposed to
the "Eat shit, fuck you" student section chant, and though the
chancellor acknowledged it might have happened during Saturday's
matchup with the Wolverines, he "didn't hear it at all."

"The fan behavior — by all reports
I got — was so much better," Wiley said.

Sweeney said he noticed a decrease in
fan misbehavior throughout the season, "which also happened last
year."

"The number of citations and
ejections went down during the course of the seven (home) games,"
Sweeney said. "Hopefully the message is getting across and people
are thinking about their actions while they are at the game."

Despite Wiley and Sweeney's positive
reviews of Saturday's game, the UW Police Department reported the
number of arrests and ejections was not much different than previous
home games.

Six UW students were arrested Saturday,
compared to six during the Indiana game and 11 during the Northern
Illinois game. Twenty-two students were ejected Saturday, compared to
18 at the Indiana game and 17 at the Northern Illinois game.

"When I looked at the numbers from
this game, I didn't see anything striking me as high or low,"
UWPD Lt. Eric Holen said. "It's hard to say. Maybe people leave
earlier, maybe it's cold. The fluctuation is not so great that, to
me, it would jump out."

Wiley said several parents also
expressed similar concerns regarding students' behavior in Camp
Randall during a question-and-answer session held as part of Parents'
Weekend Friday.

In a separate meeting, several UW
Foundation members expressed their concerns, and said they would talk
to members of their old fraternities to see if that would make a
difference, Wiley added.

Sweeney said the athletic department
pays close attention to students' behaviors regardless of the
sport, but sports with bigger crowds — like hockey or basketball —
are put under more intense observation.

"We concentrate on men's basketball
and men's hockey and, again, we try to address [misbehavior] as
soon as we can in the best manner possible," Sweeney said.

Though several parents said they were
concerned, Wiley said some commended UW fans for behaving better than
other Big Ten schools and professional league fans.

"It's way better here in Madison
than in the Packers game," Wiley said.