On the night of Dec. 1, 2012, Bret Bielema could do no wrong. Out of nowhere, his 7-5 Wisconsin team — which had reached the Big Ten championship game only because two teams in its division (Ohio State and Penn State) were ineligible — unleashed a season?s worth of frustrations in a 70-31 rout of Nebraska. In doing so, Bielema?s Badgers captured their third straight Big Ten championship and Rose Bowl berth, becoming the conference?s first team in more than 30 years to pull off a Pasadena three-peat.
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