Alabama's Nick Saban hasn't been afraid to schedule marquee out of conference opponents in recent years but according to a

, Saban recently declined an opportunity to play a home-and-home series with the Wisconsin Badgers.

According to Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, an effort was made, with the cooperation of ESPN, to organize a game between the Tide and Badgers at a neutral site but after Wisconsin head coach Brett Bielema proposed instead that the two teams play a two-game, home-and-home series, Saban declined the offer.

The negotiation was one of several discussions started by Wisconsin in an attempt to improve their out of conference scheduling in an effort to increase the Badgers' national reputation in the new four-team playoff era.

How do you feel about Alabama's decision to turn down a chance to play the Badgers? Who else would you like to see the Tide face in the years to come?

(12:06 p.m. Update: this post originally indicated that Saban and Alabama declined both the home-and-home and neutral site options. The story has been edited to indicate that Wisconsin objected to the neutral site option, not Alabama.)