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Fear of violence chops Gophers-Badgers ‘axe’ ceremony

Just in time for the University of Wisconsin Badgers to hand over “Paul Bunyan’s Axe” to the University of Minnesota, UW football coach Gary Andersen has outlined a new policy that will prevent the ceremonial parading of the axe by the team that wins the game, and the ceremonial chopping of the goalposts.