Josh Moyer, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Vote: Best Big Ten game setting, Wisconsin vs. Iowa

Get those polling fingers ready because we've reached the final game of Round 2.

After a first round short on upsets, we're down to our own version of the Elite 8 in best game-day atmospheres in the Big Ten. But this is where it starts to get tricky and where fans might disagree with our seedings.

Before we dive head-first into the final matchup, let's recap the other games this round:

No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Minnesota

No. 4 Nebraska vs. No. 5 Michigan

No. 2 Penn State vs. No. 7 Michigan State

And now ...

No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 6 Iowa

Tournament résumés:

Wisconsin: Where to begin? The bratwursts are big, the crowds are loud, and the atmosphere is electric. The marching band performs a pregame concert at Union South -- listen for "On Wisconsin" -- an hour before every game. Regent Street/Breese Terrace are packed with fans and bars blaring House of Pain before and after the game, and the entire downtown takes on a football flavor. Inside Camp Randall, the excitement really picks up. The most famous tradition is "Jump Around," when the song sends the entire stadium rocking between the third and fourth quarters. But there’s also the wave, singing along to "Build Me Up Buttercup," and remaining seated after the game listen to the marching band perform once more. And after all that? It’s time to take that energy back downtown to continue the party.

Iowa: Rich history, good food, loud crowds -- there’s plenty to like about Iowa City’s game day atmosphere. Like most destinations, the real atmosphere starts in the parking lots, where fans buy turkey legs on Melrose Avenue before heading to the pregame concert inside the Rec Building. Players and coaches will touch the 20-foot statue of football legend Nile Kinnick before entering Kinnick Stadium, where fans will listen to Kinnick’s moving 1939 Heisman acceptance speech on the big screen before every home game. Inside, fans will line up behind the visitors’ bench -- so close they can reach out and grab the opponents -- to make the stadium a truly intimidating venue. They’ll chant I-O-W-A after every touchdown, sit entranced at the pregame intro and hope to hear the Hawkeye Victory Polka at game’s end. Plus, opponents are still treated to a pink visitors’ locker room.

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