When the Oregon Ducks and Wisconsin Badgers take the field Jan. 1 in Pasadena, the matchup will harken back to more than just the 2012 Rose Bowl game.That’s because the University of Oregon and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have more in common than just success on the gridiron. Though the two campuses are roughly 2,000 miles apart, the communities they call home date to the same historic period: Eugene was founded in 1846, the same year Madison, Wisconsin was chartered.
