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During Saturday’s 27-7 win over Iowa, Wisconsin football’s identity was perfectly summed up with what was supposed to be part of safety Collin Wilder’s halloween costume.
Wilder showed up to the game with a trucker hat that read “The Grit Factory,” and got the green light from Paul Chryst to wear it. It then took on a life of its own, turning into Wisconsin’s turnover emblem. Whenever a Badger player came up with a turnover, they got to wear the prestigious hat. Grit sums up what Wisconsin football is all about at its best. What’s the furthest thing from a turnover chain? A turnover trucker hat, of course.
With new college name, image, and likeness laws in place, Wilder might just be taking the hat to new heights. Barstool Sports’ popular “Pardon My Take” podcast named Wilder one of their nominees for the “ podcast’s Football Guy of the Week Award and suggested on Twitter that they might just be releasing the hats to the public:
STAY TUNED. COMING SOON. https://t.co/TtY5lYk6BY
— THE GRIT FACTORY HAT (@TheGritFactory_) November 1, 2021
Stay tuned, as Badger fans may soon be able to become part of “The Grit Factory.”