MINNEAPOLIS — When it comes to big time rivalry games everyone always loves to talk about the referees and what effect they had on the game. Well, that’s all anyone could talk about during most of the battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe between the No. 14 Wisconsin Badgers (8-4 overall, 6-3 Big Ten) and the Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-4 overall, 6-3 Big Ten). There were multiple bad calls, that went either way, which made the first half of the game a real slog.
However, it is important to note, the officiating is nowhere near the main reason that the Badgers lost to the Gophers 23-13 on Saturday evening at Huntington Bank Stadium.