Bret Bielema’s Arkansas Pen Pal
In September, then-Wisconsin coach sent the following handwritten note to Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long, the man who eventually hired him away from the Badgers (via Arkansas News): Jeff, Just...
View ArticleBig Bowl Bucks For Badger Barry
Barry Alvarez, who already makes $1 million a year as Wisconsin’s athletic director, will earn an additional $118,500 to coach the Rose Bowl. Which – in the screwy world of college athletics – makes...
View ArticleVideo: Why Wisconsin’s Job Isn’t That Attractive
In the video above, former Ohio State running back and current ESPN analyst Robert Smith talks about why the Wisconsin job isn’t as attractive as you might think for a school coming off three...
View ArticleNew Badgers Coach Committed To Staying At Utah State 3 Days Ago
Wisconsin appears to have a new football coach, the State Journal reports: The University of Wisconsin is set to hire Utah State’s Gary Andersen as the Badgers’ next football coach. A source close to...
View ArticleTom Crean: Big Ten Twitter King
Tom Crean is the undisputed Twitter king of Big Ten coaches. The frenetic Hoosier coach has more Twitter followers and has Tweeted more than the rest of the Big Ten coaches combined: Coach Followers...
View ArticleMichigan Football Is No. 2! (In A Good Way)
There are six Big Ten teams among the 20 most valuable college football programs in the country – and they are the six you would expect (though not necessarily in the order you may think). A report by...
View ArticleNew Badgers Coach Leaves Utah State With Class
Gary Andersen, the reported new head coach at Wisconsin, is leaving Utah State in a fundamentally decent way: Hearing that Gary Andersen is still calling Utah State players this morning. Goal is to...
View ArticleTop 10 Big Ten Stories Of 2012
The Big Ten had an eventful 2012, marked by great basketball, lousy football, some messes off the field and lots going on with the business side of things. With that, here are the top 10 Big Ten...
View ArticleFormer Badger, Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton Worked As Escort
Former University of Wisconsin track star and three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton has, well, had quite a secret: DECEMBER 20—A three-time U.S. Olympian whose illustrious running career has included...
View ArticleWSJ: Big Ten Football Is Lousy
Rachel Bachman of the Wall Street Journal watched some football Tuesday and noticed that the Big Ten … well … sucks: For three quarters Tuesday, the Rose Bowl seemed like that Clint Eastwood commercial...
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