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Duking it out: Wisconsin Badgers knock off Wake Forest Demon Deacons to finish strong with bowl win

COLTEN BARTHOLOMEW
Dec 31, 2020
Dec 31, 2020 Updated Apr 14, 2021

Wake Forest defenders converge on Wisconsin's Garrett Groshek during the second quarter of the Badgers' victory over the Demon Deacons in the Duke's Mayo Bowl Wednesday at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
JEFF SINER, THE NEWS & OBSERVER VIA AP

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COLTEN BARTHOLOMEW

At first, it didn’t appear that the University of Wisconsin football team was interested in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.

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