This happened Saturday in Madison, Wis.:
• A running back bulled his way for tough yards, pushing piles and moving the chains while surpassing 120 yards.
• A quarterback played an efficient game, making sound decisions, avoiding turnovers and completing key third-down throws.
• An offensive line imposed its will as the game wore on, pushing the defense around for more than 200 rushing yards and burning more than 35 minutes off the clock.
• And at the end of the day, a team got to parade around Camp Randall Stadium with Paul Bunyan's Axe, frolicking as its fans roared in approval.
Sounds like another case of Wisconsin using its tried-and-true formula to beat the Gophers, right?
Not at all.
On Saturday, it was the Gophers using that blueprint to bludgeon the Badgers 37-15 and win that Axe for the first time since 2003.
Quite simply, the Gophers out-Wisconsined Wisconsin.