Yes, it really has been six years since Wisconsin and Michigan met on the football field. That these two successful Big Ten programs have gone so long without playing is a product of two division realignments (remember the Legends and Leaders?) and simply bad fortune for college football fans.
It was so long ago that Badgers head coach Paul Chryst, then the school's offensive coordinator, had to ponder what happened when last the schools met.
"I think the last time we were there was a good day," he said, before conferring with a sports information staffer.