For the first time since the greatest game in the pre-Barry Alvarez era of Badger football, the Badgers take on USC.
It says something about what happened to the Badgers before Barry Alvarez came around when the greatest football game they played ended up as a loss.
On Jan. 1, 1963, the Badgers were down 42-14 early in the fourth quarter in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 match-up with the USC Trojans in the Rose Bowl. Then, quarterback Ron Vander Kelen helped Wisconsin score 23 unanswered points in the final frame. They fell short in the 42-37 loss, but in being noble with falling short, the Badgers had a rare banner year in football.