The influence Barry Alvarez still has over WI football is enormous. Three people have been head coaches at WI since Alvarez retired and all have won there in a big way. Two of those coaches moved (unwisely) to other jobs and one was fired by Oregon State earlier this year and the other was fried by Arkansas over the weekend.
Why hasn't MN had WI's success? Our ADs did not hire a Hayden Fry like Iowa did, a Bill Snyder like Kansas State did or an Alvarez like WI did. In college football, it's all about the head coach. MN has had some real dandies over the past fifty years.
Why hasn't MN had WI's success? Our ADs did not hire a Hayden Fry like Iowa did, a Bill Snyder like Kansas State did or an Alvarez like WI did. In college football, it's all about the head coach. MN has had some real dandies over the past fifty years.
