FIRST TIME, SECOND CHANCE
UW defensive tackle Patrick Butrym also discounted the revenge theme.
"I think you kind of lose focus if you're looking at this
game being about revenge,'' Butrym said. "Redemption might be a better word I suppose. "This is just another opportunity to play these guys — this time for the Big Ten championship.'' Meanwhile, UW coach Bret Bielema rejected the invita- tion to be dragged into a discussion on which team might be wearing the bigger chip on its shoulder for the rematch. Do the Badgers have more motivation after losing on a
Hail Mary? Do the Spartans have more incentive after los- ing last season's conference tie-breaker which sent Wis- consin to the Rose Bowl? "I really haven't heard that out of my kids,'' Bielema said. "I mean, I get it why people say it.'' But he made it clear that "I don't get into the revenge fac- tor really at all.''
Wilson dismissed the "chip on the shoulder'' theme. "I don't think it's a factor,'' he said. "The factor is you're play- ing for a lot — a lot is at stake.''
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pressure on the Spartans' of- fense – like Kevin Claxton managed to do on this play — will be a key as the Badgers look to even their sea- son series with Michigan State.
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