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Badgers football: Extending rivalry win streak not routine task for Wisconsin

While others around the country may view the University of Wisconsin’s game Saturday at Minnesota as simply a warm-up for next week’s Big Ten Championship game, that couldn’t be further from the truth from the Badgers’ perspective.

Fifth-ranked UW hadn’t even left its locker room after Saturday’s win over Michigan before discussing the Gophers. Inside linebacker T.J. Edwards said his position coach, Bob Bostad, has already given a speech about respecting the long-standing history between the two teams. The Badgers even had running highlights of past Minnesota games on televisions around the athletic facilities Monday.

It’s Axe Week, and nothing else could be of greater importance to UW right now.