Badgers In Rose Bowl, I Really Don't Care





My alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers are playing in the Rose Bowl and this year I couldn't care less.  Sure, I'll watch the game, but it's just another football game.
It used to be that the best team in the Big Ten went to play the best team in the Pac Ten.  It was really quite forward, the best teams played played the best teams.
This year, at best, the Badgers are the 4th best team in the Big 10, 12, 14.  Clearly, Penn State and Ohio State were better than the Badgers and it certainly can be argued that Nebraska was the better team, except they lost to the Badgers in a playoff game.  Hell, the Badgers were only 4-4 in the Big 10, 12, 14.
So, the Badgers got lucky to get to the Rose bowl, but they certainly don't deserve to be there.  I hope they win but I think they will be blown out.  The only thing that makes this game interesting is that Barry Alverez will coach the game and he knows how to win the big, big games.