MINNEAPOLIS — When it comes to big time rivalry games everyone always loves to talk about the referees and what effect they had on the game. Well, that’s all anyone could talk about during most of the battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe between the No. 14 Wisconsin Badgers (8-4 overall, 6-3 Big Ten) and the Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-4 overall, 6-3 Big Ten).
There were multiple bad calls, that went either way, which made the first half of the game a real slog. The Badgers went into the break with a 10-6 lead thanks in large part to a tipped pass by Noah Burks that was intercepted by Scott Nelson and returned 25 yards for a touchdown at the beginning of the second quarter.