MADISON, WI (LEARFIELD-WSAU) Wisconsin’s season-opening football game against Alabama will be shown on the Saturday night of Labor Day Weekend. A-B-C has picked up the game, with a 7 p-m kickoff on September fifth.
Paul Chryst will make his head coaching debut with the Badgers against Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide in the Advo-Care Classic. It will be played at A-T-and-T Stadium in Arlington Texas.
The U-W won its only previous match-up against Alabama, but it was a while ago — 1928 to be exact.