Saturday, December 1, 2012

WI Bedgers Kick Nebraska's Butt- Too Bad They are Going to The Rose Bowl

From ESPN: Wisconsin took the ball and ran away with another Big Ten title.
Montee Ball ran for 202 yards and three touchdowns and the Badgers scored seven touchdowns on their first nine possessions, blowing out No. 14 Nebraska 70-31 to win their third straight, and most improbable, Big Ten title on Saturday night.
Wisconsin will be the first five-loss team to play in the Rose Bowl and is the first school to represent the league in three consecutive Rose Bowls since Michigan in the late 1970s.
"As my AD tells me all the time, you haven't one won yet," coach Bret Bielema said. "We're going out there to win. That's the mission, and I appreciate all the fans coming out to Madison East."
It was a milestone night for the Badgers.
For the first time in school history, the Badgers had two 200-yard rushers. They finished with the fourth-highest rushing total in school history (539) and tied a conference championship game scoring record. Texas also scored 70 points in the 2005 Big 12 championship game.
And it was a fitting end to a wacky Big Ten season. Wisconsin (8-5, 4-4) only reached this year's because Leaders Division champion Ohio State (12-0) and division runner-up Penn State (8-4) were both ineligible for postseason play.
The Badgers didn't care about what others were saying. They simply advantage of their good fortune and delivered a night to remember.  http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=323360275
I'm sorry, but even though I am a graduate of Wisconsin and a big football fan (not a fan of the coach, though) the Badgers do not deserve to go to the Rose Bowl with a 4-4 conference record and a 8-5 overall.  The Rose Bowl is supposed to be for the best team in the Big 10-12-14 and the Badgers are not the best team in the Big 10-12-14.
I suppose it is unrealistic for the Badgers to turn down the Rose Bowl just on an ethical basis, so if you are a Badger fan, good luck going to the Rose Bowl.

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