THE AXE WILL BE CONTESTED IN MADISON.

The longest continuously scheduled college football tilt will take place.

Big Ten officials announced Sunday that the contest that was called off last month due to concern over COVID-19 cases within the Gophers program is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.

It would be the 130th meeting between the teams, which is the longest-running uninterrupted series in Football Bowl Subdivision history and is the most-played rivalry in FBS history.

Well, good. There was enough flexibility in the quarantine-style college football schedule to make such a game possible, in this case as a sort of curtain-raiser for the Big Ten title game that will take place later that evening in Indianapolis.  There is also enough flexibility in the quarantine-style professional football game to have the [North] Carolina Panthers at Packers game take place that same Saturday (!) evening.