Cooked brats sizzle on a grill during the Badger Bash at Union South's The Plaza at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Sept. 1, 2011. The gathering -- the largest and longest running public tailgating event at UW-Madison -- opened the 2011 football season and marked the return of the Badger Bash to Union South following two years of construction of the new facility. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)