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It’s AXE Week: Giving thanks for Minnesota

Happy Thanksgiving, Badger Nation.

Like turkey and pumpkin pie and your weird uncle spouting bizarre conspiracy theories around the dinner table, giving thanks for our rivals to the west has become a bit of a tradition around here this time of year.

Here are the top 10 things in 2018 we give thanks for in that special place to the west.

10. Drew Hamm

Speaking of weird uncles, B5Q’s beloved Drew Hamm has taken up residency in Minnesota (at least until the heat dies down, one suspects). We fear Drew may have gone native, though, with his passionate, well-reasoned argument for why Minnesota beating Wisconsin might be good for the rivalry.