We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. The game will kick off at p. Allegiant Stadium is a tremendous venue and I know our players will have a great bowl experience. UW will face Arizona State for the fifth time in school history.
ASU owns a lead in the series but the teams have split the two most recent meetings, with Wisconsin winning, , in in Madison and the Sun Devils claiming the meeting in Tempe, The exclusive bowl ticket request period for donors to Wisconsin Athletics and general public season ticket holders concludes Monday, Dec.
Wisconsin lost to Northwestern by two points in the final week of conference play in a game that, frankly, the Wildcats looked like they wanted more. The boys from Evanston were subsequently rewarded for their effort by leapfrogging the Badgers into the Outback Bowl.
You could easily make the case that Wisconsin belongs in Tampa over Northwestern. The Badgers finished with a better overall record to and played a tougher schedule than the Wildcats did.
In addition to playing an easier non-conference slate that featured a loss to Syracuse, Northwestern did not have to play Ohio State. Still, since both teams finished with identical conference records of and the Wildcats beat the Badgers head-to-head late in the season, the argument on Northwestern's behalf could be considered just as strong. The bottom line is that if Wisconsin had simply taken care of business in a winnable game at Northwestern, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
They certainly would not have fallen lower than the Outback and, thus, would have been guaranteed to play in January. Travel considerations. There is absolutely no doubt that several important travel considerations led to the Outback Bowl taking a pass on Wisconsin. First, Wisconsin's fan base has already been tempted by a bevy of attractive travel options this year.
I wouldn't be surprised if Hawaii were officially renamed South Wisconsin after thousands of Badger fans spent the past couple of weeks on separate trips to see the men's basketball team play in the Maui Invitational and the football team play the University of Hawaii. The basketball team has made 11 consecutive NCAA tournaments and figures to be in the running for a bid yet again. Plenty of fans will want to travel with Bo's squad this spring.
The Athletic Department has been encouraging fans to travel to that game for, literally, years. Wisconsin's inordinately high number of travel opportunities combined with an economic recession means the fan base is likely to be split several ways. Very few fans have the time and money to go to Hawaii, travel to NCAA tournament games, head west to Las Vegas and make a bowl trip all in one year.
It is Wisconsin, of course, so there will be a nice contingent of Badger fans at any bowl game, but plenty already blew their wad in Hawaii or are saving up for March Madness or Vegas in September. Additionally, Wisconsin has played in Florida bowl games in each of the last five years. Two of those seasons ended in Tampa. There is the perception, fair or not, that Badger fans are sick of Florida and would be less likely to shell out the money to revisit the state yet again for a non-BCS game.
Many are perturbed that the Outback Bowl would pass Wisconsin over in favor of a team that can't even fill the smallest stadium in the Big Ten for home games. Most Miami players wore long sleeves and would stand by heaters on the sidelines, however almost all Wisconsin players wore short sleeves and stated prior to the game that it felt like spring.
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