As the countdown to the first Wisconsin football game of the season continues, Badger of Honor is taking a look at Badgers by the numbers, checking in on a different Badger or Badgers players who wore the number corresponding with the remaining days until the Badgers head to Texas to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday, Sept. 5.
Next up in our countdown, signifying 66 days until college football is back, is one of the greats along Wisconsin’s defensive line, No. 66, Mike Thompson.
Mike Thompson, a Portage, Wisconsin native, spent 1991-1994 with the Badgers, and started each season.