The Big Ten announced Friday night games are coming to the conference’s 2017 primetime football schedule Tuesday afternoon.
The University of Wisconsin football team was selected as one of the six teams to play on Friday nights next season, with the Badgers slated for a matchup with Utah State University on Sept. 1, 2017.
Wisconsin isn’t the only school in the school scheduled for a game that night. Rutgers University, a member of the Big Ten West division will share the spotlight with the Badgers as the Scarlett Knights host University of Washington in New Brunswick.
There is something unique about the nature of Wisconsin athletics.