ROSE BOWL GAME THREAD: Wisconsin Badgers vs. No. 8 Stanford Cardinal

TV: ESPN (Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox, Tom Rinaldi)

Radio: Badger Radio Network (Matt Lepay, Mike Lucas, Patrick Herb) | ESPN Radio (Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, Jenn Brown)

Official Websites: UWBadgers.com | GoStanford.com

Twitter: @B5Q

Stanford -6

All-Time: Wisconsin leads, 4-0-1

Last Meeting: Wisconsin won, 17-9, in the 2000 Rose Bowl

Wisconsin: Barry Alvarez (Interim, 17th year)

118-73-4 at UW

Stanford: David Shaw (2nd year)

21-4 at SU

*****

Barry returns. Montee looks to leave UW in a blaze of glory. Wisconsin is back in the Rose Bowl.

Can the Badgers pick up their first win in three tries? We shall see.

Pre-game reading:

Louis Bien examines what Montee Ball meant to Wisconsin

B5Q predicts Alvarez will get the job done

Nick Korger breaks down Stanford's win over UCLA in the Pac-12 Championship Game

Jackson Dahlquist wonders if Joel Stave should get snaps today