It?s Donald Duck versus Bucky Badger. The Emerald City versus Madtown. ?Animal House? versus ?Back to School.? This year?s Jan. 2 Rose Bowl matchup between Oregon and the University of Wisconsin also pits two schools whose presidents departed this year under similar circumstances ? fighting lawmakers and their own bosses for more autonomy.
?It?s a very parallel story,? said Pat Bartlein, a University of Oregon geography professor who got his undergraduate and graduate degrees at UW-Madison. ?The real difference between the two places is just the scale.?