Badgers get redemption shot in Big Ten title game

Wisconsin is in some unfamiliar territory. No, not the Big Ten title game. The Badgers count as grizzled veterans after playing in last year’s inaugural conference championship, well acquainted with all the hype and hoopla that comes with it. A trip to the Rose Bowl isn’t so daunting, either. The Badgers, after all, rang in the last two New Years in Pasadena. It’s being so, well, mediocre, that’s new for Wisconsin. Winners of the Big Ten title the last two years, the Badgers are getting a chance at the first three-peat in school history Saturday – by default. With Ohio State and Penn State ineligible for the postseason, it’s Wisconsin playing No. 14 Nebraska on Saturday for the title and a trip to the Rose Bowl. ”Obviously it is different and strange this year because of our record going into this game,” said Montee Ball, who last week became major college football’s all-time touchdown leader. ”But it’s not our fault what happened to the teams that can’t play in this game. We’re most definitely going …