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This other factor may be contributing massively to Wisconsin's downturn as a program

It might seem like small potatoes, but this could be having a huge negative impact on Wisconsin.

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The world has turned and left Wisconsin here... A year or two into the latest wave of conference realignment, what was thought to give the Badgers a big advantage has been anything but that. With Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington joining this 14-team league and making it a party of 18, some teams were going to be put in a bad spot with the Big Ten doing away with its divisions and whatnot.