▁over ▁Wisconsin . ▁The ▁atmosphere ▁was ▁loud ▁at ▁T CF ▁Bank ▁Stadium ▁with ▁snow ▁project ed ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁game . ▁The ▁G oph ers ▁and ▁the ▁Bad gers ▁were ▁not ▁only ▁playing ▁for ▁Paul ▁Bun yan ' s ▁Ax , ▁they ▁were ▁also ▁playing ▁for ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁B IG ▁ 1 0 ▁West ▁in ▁the ▁B IG ▁ 1 0 ▁Championship ▁game ▁against ▁Ohio ▁State , ▁who ▁won ▁the ▁B IG ▁ 1 0 ▁East ▁last ▁week . ▁The ▁game ▁started ▁out ▁well ▁for ▁Minnesota . ▁The ▁G oph ers ▁got ▁Wisconsin ▁to ▁go ▁three ▁and ▁out ▁to ▁start ▁the ▁game ▁and ▁Morgan ▁found ▁R ash od ▁Bat eman ▁for ▁a ▁ 5 1 ▁yard ▁touch down ▁that ▁ign ited ▁the ▁crowd . ▁But ▁it ▁would ▁all ▁go ▁down hill ▁from ▁there ▁as ▁Wisconsin ▁took ▁a ▁ 1 0 - 7 ▁lead ▁at ▁hal ft ime ▁and ▁ran ▁the ▁G oph ers ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁building ▁by ▁putting ▁up ▁ 2 8 ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁ 3 1 ▁points ▁to ▁end ▁Minnesota ' s ▁shot ▁at ▁a ▁B IG ▁ 1 0 ▁title ▁and ▁winning ▁them ▁back ▁Paul ▁Bun yan ' s ▁Ax . ▁The ▁Bad gers ▁c lob ber ed ▁the ▁G oph ers ▁ 3 8 - 1 7 ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁B IG ▁ 1 0 ▁Championship ▁game . ▁For ▁the ▁G oph ers , ▁the ▁loss ▁ended ▁any ▁shot ▁they ▁had ▁at ▁a ▁New ▁Year ' s ▁Six ▁bow l ▁game , ▁including