Badgers football beat reporter Colten Bartholomew and columnist Jim Polzin preview Wisconsin’s toughest regular season matchup in 2022 when th… A compelling rivalry had developed between the University of Wisconsin football team and a Big Ten powerhouse during a 13-year stretch that began in 1992, just as Barry Alvarez’s colossal rebuilding job was starting to show significant signs of progress. It wasn’t Ohio State-Michigan, but the Badgers-Buckeyes definitely was a thing. There were 11 meetings and each team won five times, with one tie in 1993 that ended up being good enough to get Alvarez and Co. to the Rose Bowl. Combined scores during that back-and-forth game of tug of war: Ohio State 197, UW 191. The series has shifted decidedly back in the Buckeyes’ favor since UW’s 24-13 win midway through Alvarez’s penultimate season in 2004. Ohio State has won 11 of the past 12 meetings, including eight in…
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