Current, former Badgers react to Wisconsin winning back the Axe

Current, former Badgers react to Wisconsin winning back the Axe

Published Nov. 30, 2019 9:08 p.m. ET

No game on Wisconsin’s schedule stirs up the emotions like the yearly game against Minnesota, with the winner taking home Paul Bunyan’s Axe.

This game might have meant a little more to the Badgers, since they lost to the Gophers last year for the first time in over a decade.

Wisconsin got some revenge, winning back the Axe – as well as taking the Big Ten West title – by winning in Minnesota on Saturday, 38-17.

To the winner go the spoils, and not only did this mean the Badgers claiming the Axe and heading to Indianapolis this week, but also it allowed players – both current and former (as well as some notable former hoopsters) – to go on Twitter and gloat.

Here’s a roundup:



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