Polzin: Wisconsin bowl games have lost their luster. Here's why I'm still interested JIM POLZIN Jan 1, 2024 Jan 1, 2024 Updated Jan 6, 2024 × Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TAMPA, Fla. — It dawned on me this week that I’ll be returning to the site of my first bowl trip as a journalist.kAm(6==[ ?@E 6I24E=J] q24< @? E96 7:CDE 52J @7 `hhg[ H96? v6@C8:2 5:D>2?E=65 E96 &?:G6CD:EJ @7 (:D4@?D:? 7@@E32== E62> bb\e[ :E H2D :? E96 ~FE324< q@H= 2E w@F=:92?’D $E25:F>] }@H[ H:E9 E96 q2586CD Wf\dX D6E E@ @A6? a_ac 282:?DE }@] `b {$& Wh\bX @? |@?52J[ :E’D E96 #6=:2"F6DE q@H= 2E #2J>@?5 y2>6D $E25:F>]k^AmkAm$2>6 E@H?[ 3FE 5:776C6?E DA@?D@C[ 5:776C6?E G6?F6 2?5[ :? D@>6 H2JD[ 2 5:776C6?E DA@CE E92? E96 @?6 x 6IA6C:6?465 2D 2 4F3 C6A@CE6C ae J62CD 28@]k^Am kA 4=2DDlQE?4>D\:?=:?6\=:?<Qmk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^32586C6IEC2]4@>^E?4>D^2DD6E^65:E@C:2=^7_h66a`2\2ed7\``66\gh24\b7d2g5e53`75Qmw6C6 2C6 E96 @55D 7@C (:D4@?D:? 7@@E32==VD >2E49FA H:E9 {$& :? 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