Ken Hoffman, the executive director of the Motor City Bowl, never expected to be talking in late October about the possibility of the Wisconsin Badgers football team playing in his bowl.
The Badgers had Bowl Championship Series aspirations as recently as five weeks ago.
“I think everybody is a little surprised that Wisconsin lost four straight games in the Big Ten to start the season,” Hoffman said. “People realize they’re a talented team, they have a lot of tradition and they’ve already started to turn things around.