by Bill Scott | Dec 11, 2014
For just the second time in the last three years, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez will spend the holiday season looking for a new head football coach. He must also consider whether he’ll accept the seniors invitation to coach the Badgers in the New...
by Bill Scott | Jun 11, 2013
In today’s WRN Sports Daily, I take a look at the departure of Wisconsin Badger QB Danny O’Brien. It’s hard to call this a failure on Bret Bielema’s part. He struck gold with Russell Wilson and with the Badgers quarterback depth lacking,...
by Bill Scott | Jan 31, 2013
Brookfield East standout Alec James is a big key in Wisconsin’s incoming football recruiting class, but the coaching change from Bret Bielema to Gary Anderson left some doubt as to whether James would stick with the Badgers. Nothing is official until the papers...
by Bill Scott | Jan 1, 2013
When Wisconsin took care of Nebraska 70-31 in the Big Ten title game December 1st, little did we know what the 2013 Rose Bowl would like for the Badgers. Three days after punching a third straight ticket to Pasadena, Wisconsin found themselves without a coach as Bret...
by Bill Scott | Dec 19, 2012
According to a source, Utah State’s Gary Anderson is expected to fly into Madison today. Because of a 2-week waiting period from the time the job was posted, Anderson can’t be officially hired as the new head football coach of the Wisconsin Badgers until...
by Bill Scott | Dec 18, 2012
The Wisconsin State Journal is reporting tonight that Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez has picked Utah State football coach Gary Anderson to replace Bret Bielema as the next head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers. Anderson is reportedly informing his staff of...
by Bill Scott | Dec 16, 2012
Wisconsin Badger assistant coaches Matt Canada and Charlie Partridge decided not to gamble and accepted coaching positions elsewhere. Partridge is joining Bret Bielema at Arkansas to become the school’s defensive line coach. Canada will be headed to North...
by Bill Scott | Dec 12, 2012
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says he hopes to extend an offer to a head-coaching candidate in the next couple of weeks. During his monthly radio show on the Badger Sports Network, Alvarez said, “If things break right I’d like to...
by Bill Scott | Dec 12, 2012
Wisconsin defensive coordinator Chris Ash is joining former Badger coach Bret Bielema at the University of Arkansas. Ash will stay on and coach the Badgers defense through the Rose Bowl. Ash joined UW as defensive backs coach in 2010. he was promoted to defensive...
by Bill Scott | Dec 6, 2012
Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez made it official on Thursday, announcing that he would coach the team in the Rose Bowl against Stanford on New Years Day. AUDIO: Alvarez said this didn’t cross his mind until the players asked him :22 Many of the players...
by Bill Scott | Dec 6, 2012
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, who already has a 3-0 record as a coach in Rose Bowl games, will coach the Badgers against Stanford in the New Years Day Rose Bowl game in Pasadena. A source close to the program said the teams captains asked Alvarez to coach...
by Bill Scott | Dec 5, 2012
Former Wisconsin Badger head coach Bret Bielema was officially introduced today as the new coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. AUDIO: A.D. Jeff Long made the official announcement Unlike when he took over in Madison 7-years ago, Bret Bielema takes over a program...
by Bill Scott | Dec 5, 2012
Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long officially introduced former Badger head coach Bret Bielema as the new head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks at a news conference this afternoon. AUDIO: Arkansas A.D. Jeff Long introduces Bret Bielema this afternoon :13 I’m...
by Bill Scott | Dec 5, 2012
Bret Bielema will be officially introduced as Arkansas’s new head football coach this afternoon in Fayetteville. I talked with WTSO Sports Director Brian Posick in Madison about the events of the last 24 hours and where Bret Bielema’s departure leaves the...
by Bill Scott | Dec 5, 2012
While Barry Alvarez is already searching for Bret Bielema’s replacement as head football coach in Madison, and Wisconsin’s athletic director may pick himself to coach the team in the New Years Day Rose Bowl game against Stanford in less than a month....
by Bill Scott | Dec 4, 2012
Why are the Wisconsin Badgers playing in a third straight Rose Bowl, primarily because of their defense. That’s why defensive coordinator Chris Ash could get a strong look from Wisconsin Athletic Director Chris Ash to replace Bret Bielema as head coach in...
by Bill Scott | Dec 4, 2012
University of Wisconsin Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez issued the following statement on the departure of Bret Bielema, who has been named the head football coach at the University of Arkansas. “I was very surprised when Bret told me he was taking the offer...
by Bill Scott | Dec 4, 2012
Nobody in Madison or the state of Wisconsin for that matter saw this coming. It’s tough to call anyone a lifer these days, but Bret Bielema appeared to be quite entrenched with his position in Madison. Winning three straight Big Ten titles and getting the...
by Bill Scott | Dec 4, 2012
The University of Arkansas confirmed this afternoon, the hiring of Wisconsin Badger football coach Bret Bielema to be the next head coach of the Razorbacks. Bielema took over at Wisconsin in 2006 and led the school to its first 11-win regular season in his first year...
by Bill Scott | Dec 4, 2012
Various news agencies are reporting that Wisconsin Badger football coach Bret Bielema, just days after leading the Badgers to the Big Ten title, has accepted the vacant coaching position at Arkansas. Arkansas is expected to officially announce Bielema’s hiring...
