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ASK THE BADGERS
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
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If your team had a trophy game with another opponent,
who would it be against and what would you play for?
FRANKIE SIMONELLI // SENIOR // MEN'S HOCKEY
"It would be against Minnesota. Because I hate them. I don't
know what we'd play for. Maybe a cup filled with water from
the Mississippi River. Or maybe a shovel since badgers dig out
gophers from the ground to eat them out on the prairie."
MACY OSWALD // SOPHOMORE // SOFTBALL
"I think if softball had a trophy game it should be against Minnesota
because there is always grit and tension when we play the Gophers.
Minnesota and Wisconsin are separated by the St. Croix River, which
starting in the 1600s was used for fur trade and logging. Back then a
prized good was a beaver pelt, so our trophy could be a beaver or a
bear (to be more masculine) to represent the fur trade."
JOSH GASSER // JUNIOR // MEN'S BASKETBALL
"I think it would be fun to have a traveling trophy for our
rivalry with Marquette. We play them every year and there
is always such emotion in the state over those games that it
would be natural. We'd have to play for something Wisconsin
state-related like an old-fashioned glass jug of milk."
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VARSITY November 7, 2013
