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Football preview: In final home game of season, No. 21/25 Wisconsin to take on No. 20 Northwestern Saturday

Melvin Gordon cemented himself into the annals of Wisconsin football history a year ago this week when he rushed for a then-NCAA record 408 yards against Nebraska as snow in the sky created a snow globe-like feel at Camp Randall.

The win put Wisconsin in the driver’s seat for the eventual Big Ten West crown.

With what local weather forecasts are predicting (3-to-6 inches of snow), Saturday’s Northwestern-Wisconsin game will conjure memories of that evening.

Though the game will likely decide second place within the division, the implications aren’t as severe as last season’s “snow game.