Ryan and Bridgette met at Ace's, the Wisconsin bar in San Francisco, while reluctantly participating in a round of group shots purchased by an outgoing mutual friend. They started talking as the big Wisconsin/Minnesota game was kicking off. Turns out that on top of both being Badgers, they spent the majority of their lives in Mountain View, CA (he lived there, she worked there). Small talk with others continued. An hour later, Ryan said goodbye -- he needed to get to a friend's. He left, only to return two minutes later with phone in hand, asking for her number. Little did they know that watching the battle for the axe together would soon become a tradition. And now that tradition will go on for the rest of their lives.