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I'm Pete Sampson, joined as always by my co-host,

Matt Fortuna in Chicago and from Madison, Wisconsin, for now until we unite in Chicago on

Saturday, or maybe Friday night, is Jesse Temple. Jesse, thanks for being with us to talk

Badgers. I think this game was sort of viewed as like the biggest game on Notre Dame

schedule since the summer. I get the perception that it's a similar vibe around Wisconsin,

but after the first couple weeks of the season, what is sort of the Wisconsin viewpoint of

what's coming Saturday?

There's no question.

It's a massive game.

It's hard to say it's the biggest game for Wisconsin,

simply because it's a non-conference game,

and Wisconsin already lost to Penn State,

which is now a top 10 team.

There's a matchup looming down the road against Iowa.

It still could potentially decide the Big Ten West,

but purely from a storyline perspective, this is the biggest in my mind just because of the

Jack Cone-Gramerts angle, which I know we'll dive into. And also, the simple fact remains that

Wisconsin has really struggled against nationally ranked teams in the last couple years.

This is a program that has been on the cusp of reaching the college football

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