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Gideon Erhabor, a former football player at Bethel University in Minnesota, is accused of raping three students last year.

After their setback in Seattle on Monday, there’s a persistent question about whether they can produce a complete, winning performance on the road against the league’s elite.

“We just felt like they disrespected the Axe by renting it out to people,” Badgers linebacker Chris Orr said, lamenting the “everybody-can-touch-it” opportunities that Minnesota staged over the past year at various venues, from the stadium to the state fair.

Jack Coan delivered two momentum-shifting touchdown passes in the snow for No. 13 Wisconsin, Jonathan Taylor added three touchdowns and the Badgers forcefully repossessed Paul Bunyan’s Axe by beating No. 9 Minnesota on Saturday to win the Big Ten West Division.

The Wisconsin Badgers beat the Minnesota Gophers 38-17 on Saturday, winning back Paul Bunyan’s Axe, reclaiming the edge in a longstanding college football rivalry and dashing Minnesota’s hopes of playing in the Big Ten championship game.

“It’s something you dream about as a kid. You’re in the backyard thinking, ‘All right, this is fourth-and-10 to go to the Big Ten championship,’ or whatever it is,” Gophers quarterback Tanner Morgan said. “You want to play in big-time games. I think all competitors do.”

A new book, “A Team of Their Own,” describes the Korean Women’s Olympic hockey team’s struggle and its Minnesota connection.

The Gophers beat Northwestern 38-22 on Saturday; the win improved their record to 10-1 this season, and bumped them up two spots to ninth in the national poll.

ESPN's "College GameDay" is finally heading to Minnesota. The popular national college football pregame show will broadcast from Minneapolis starting at 8 a.m. next Saturday ahead of the Minnesota-Wisconsin game.

Tanner Morgan led No. 11 Minnesota to scores on its first three possessions and finished with four touchdown passes, and the Gophers bounced back from their first loss of the season with a 38-22 win over Northwestern on Saturday.