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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) As far as rivalries go, the longest-running one in college football really hasn't been much of one lately.

Wisconsin and Minnesota have been going at it since 1890, meaning the blood has been boiling between these border states for 125 years. Paul Bunyan's Axe has gone to the winner every season since 1948, but the Golden Gophers hardly know what it feels like.

The Badgers have taken it home 11 straight times - the longest winning streak in the series - and 18 of the last 20 times these two teams have met.