Nebraska @ Wisconsin: Fri 11/1/24, 8 PM CT (BTN)
Oct 26, 2024 16:38:53 GMT -5
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Post by rainbowbadger on Oct 26, 2024 16:38:53 GMT -5
| Wisconsin vs. Nebraska |
| Friday, November 1, 2024 - 8:00 PM Central |
| The Dungeon - Madison, Wisconsin |
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The Teams
Players to Watch
Wisconsin
Nebraska
History
The Series: Nebraska leads 20-14-1.
In Madison: Wisconsin leads 8-4-1.
In Lincoln: Nebraska leads 11-4.
Neutral: Nebraska leads 5-2.
The Streak: Wisconsin has won 11 of the last 12 matches.
Last Meeting: Wisconsin swept Nebraska in the dungeon on Black Friday, 2023.
Did you know…?
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| 15-4, 9-1 B1G | 20-1, 10-0 B1G | |
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Players to Watch
Wisconsin
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| #13 - OH Sarah Franklin 6-4 GR | #14 - MB/RS Anna Smrek 6-9 SR | #10 - MB/RS Devyn Robinson 6-2 GR | #52 - MB Carter Booth 6-7 JR | #24 - S Charlie Fuerbringer 5-11 FR |
Nebraska
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| #27 - OH Harper Murray 6-2 SO | #5 - MB Rebekah Allick 6-4 JR | #13 - RS Merritt Beason 6-4 SR | #2 - S Bergen Reilly 6-1 SO | #8 - L Lexi Rodriguez 5-5 SR |
History
The Series: Nebraska leads 20-14-1.
In Madison: Wisconsin leads 8-4-1.
In Lincoln: Nebraska leads 11-4.
Neutral: Nebraska leads 5-2.
The Streak: Wisconsin has won 11 of the last 12 matches.
Last Meeting: Wisconsin swept Nebraska in the dungeon on Black Friday, 2023.
Did you know…?
W335A is an heirloom red corn developed at the University of Wisconsin in 1939. Once considered a high-producing hybrid, the varietal yields roughly 70 bushels per acre and was popular in Wisconsin until the 1970s, when GMO corn yielding 250 bushels per acre replaced it on most fields. Jerry Henry was a local farmer who purchased land in the town of Dane, north of Madison, in 1946. He grew W335A for decades before transitioning to the higher-yield seeds that his peers were using. W335A would have gone extinct, but because it is a proprietary seed, the university preserved a small amount in a humidity-controlled seed library. It sat there dormant until 2006.
W335A is a red corn hybrid developed at UW Madison in 1939.
In the mid-2000s, Jerry's son, Joe Sr., decided to try his hand at distilling bourbon whiskey. Using the heirloom red corn that had once grown successfully on the family farm was the obvious choice. He found 1,200 kernels of W335A in the UW's seed vault and spent the next several years re-establishing the crop on 100 acres of the farmland. And thus, J. Henry & Sons Bourbon was born. The corn harvested in 2009 was distilled and aged, making its debut in bottles as a 5-year bourbon in 2015. They entered the new product in their first spirits competition in Louisville, Kentucky. “We didn’t even have a label for it yet,” says Joe Jr. “The bottle had our name on a piece of masking tape.” But it won a coveted gold medal from the American Distilling Institute.
Liz Henry and Joe Henry, Sr. show off their award-winning bourbon and a sample of the red corn used to make their product.
Joe Jr. samples some bourbon in the J. Henry & Sons rickhouse, where the spirit is aged.
Joe Jr. and his mom, Liz, both alums of the University of Wisconsin Business School, are carrying on a proud Wisconsin farming tradition. They've created their own proprietary hybrid, spending 7-10 years cross-pollinating W335A with some more progressive crops to get the best of both worlds (yield and flavor). That hybrid, J. Henry Red, became the brand's source grain in 2021, and it gives the bourbon its distinctive aroma and kick. Wisconsin may be known for beer, but this family bourbon reflects the best of everything the state has to offer.
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