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Gophers' Claeys speaks passionately about winning back Bunyan's Axe

Minnesota is 5-6 this year and needs a win on Saturday against Wisconsin to secure bowl eligibility. Minnesota has played in 17 bowl games overall and has played in a bowl game in three straight seasons.

Tracy Claeys hasn't been Minnesota's head coach for long, but the man knows his history.

Minnesota and Wisconsin have been playing for a prized college-football trophy since 1948 -- Paul Bunyan's Axe. And the Gophers haven't possessed it in a while, having lost their last 11 meetings with the Badgers.

Minnesota hasn't beaten Wisconsin since 2003, but it'll get another crack in Saturday's regular-season finale, at 2:30 p.