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If UGA is willing to schedule Texas, Notre Dame, and Clemson, I doubt they are scared to schedule Wisconsin because of some historic winning percentage.

If they schedule UCLA and Colorado and ASU, I doubt they are scared to travel that many miles.

And losing to any of them is more apt to get a coach fired than losing to a very credible Wisconsin team.

If UGA is willing to schedule Texas, Notre Dame, and Clemson, I doubt they are scared to schedule Wisconsin because of some historic winning percentage.

If they schedule UCLA and Colorado and ASU, I doubt they are scared to travel that many miles.

And losing to any of them is more apt to get a coach fired than losing to a very credible Wisconsin team.

I think that's all correct. So let's make it happen!
Badge's view of what happened in 2008 is consistent with my memory, but we may wear the same tint of Rose [Bowl] colored glasses. Another thing I remember from that year was how appreciative the Fresno State crowd was that Wisconsin hadn't backed out of the game in Fresno (at just about the height of the Pat Hill era). They all thought the Badgers wouldn't end up coming and were happily surprised when they did. It was a fun environment, but I can honestly say that having been to home games at Fresno and at UNLV (not a Badgers game there), teams like Wisconsin should be embarrassed at those teams being even moderately competitive with them. The imbalance in resources is astounding.

that's were you get the pipeline for the RBs, WRs, and DBs

Several years ago I was at a fundraiser where then WVU AD Ed Pastilong was speaking. He was asked how he decided on who to schedule for H and H OOC games.  This was before neutral site games were as prevalent as they are now.

He said he had three main criteria.

1. Is it a game that would be attractive for tv?

2. Is it an area we want to have a presence in for recruiting purposes?

3. Is there a big alumni base in the area?

The more of those boxes that could be checked the more attractive it was to get a deal done.  Of course the finances have to be right and you have to have a willing dance partner.

If other schools have similar criteria then it might be harder for schools like Wisconsin and Iowa and WVU to get H and H deals.  Those aren’t fertile recruiting grounds and I don’t think there are a lot of Miami grads now living in WV. The same is probably true for Iowa and Wisconsin.

And yeah, there are probably some coaches who would be less than thrilled their AD scheduled them a game at Camp Randall.

hah, love it

Ha!  I knew the pot-stirrer would latch onto that little tidbit of bulljive.
If there was no contract, how can one "back out" of it?  The word "negotiation" by definition means nothing has been resolved, no promises have been made.
Nice try though.
If you REALLY want to give Texas a hard time for backing out of something, then there is ample ammunition with the Hawaii game in the 90s, and the Minnesota series in the late 2000s, that Texas certainly did back out of, by paying out the exit clause in the contract.

Ha!  I knew the pot-stirrer would latch onto that little tidbit of bulljive.
If there was no contract, how can one "back out" of it?  The word "negotiation" by definition means nothing has been resolved, no promises have been made.
Nice try though.
If you REALLY want to give Texas a hard time for backing out of something, then there is ample ammunition with the Hawaii game in the 90s, and the Minnesota series in the late 2000s, that Texas certainly did back out of, by paying out the exit clause in the contract.

Badger's use of terminology - that's the art of the stir
I just acknowledged it.
he tries to put himself off as innocent - unless he's dealing with Gophers 

I think a brand name like Texas doesn't really have to play in fertile recruiting grounds to get noticed, nor do any of the Blue Bloods and probably none of the near BBs either.

I do think playing an upper tier P5 team OOC creates interest (duh) and can help recruiting.  If Texas plays in Athens, they might not snag a player from Georgia, but somebody from New Jersey might notice and think it was cool.

But isn't this sort of what badgerfan is getting at?
Texas and the other helmets don't view a series with Wisconsin as being worth the risk.  Not enough upside, too much downside.  That's why they;re saying it's a p*ssy way to approach things, and I agree with their view of the situation.
I wish things were otherwise.  I'd love to see Texas play a home-and-home with the Badgers because they're a good team, and a roadtrip to Madison would be great-- it's a bucket-list thing for many college football fans.