Name: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Founded: 1848
Enrollment: 43,338 misguided souls, 29,536 of them ruining their lives as undergraduates
School Colors: Cardinal and white, officially, but no one is going to yell at you if you say red and white.
Appropriate use of names: It’s hard to argue with their decision to call the red “cardinal” since, as AE Editor Emeritus Rubie Q pointed out in November, Wisconsin fans have become the St. Louis Cardinals fans of college sports.
Nickname: Badgers
Why “Badgers?