Football coaches, at least in public, are usually as buttoned-down as possible. They say little (unless they happen to be Greg McMackin - oops) and often give a vibe of being extremely conservative.
Then Wisconsin's Bret Bielema jumped on stage at Big Ten media days this week and mentioned his tattoo. Of the Iowa Hawkeye.
"Iowa, I graduated from there," Bielema said. "I've got a tattoo of a hawkeye on my calf. It was a great idea when I was 19."
Now, as the coach of Wisconsin, it is just a reminder of the past.
Michael Rothstein covers University of Michigan basketball for annarbor.com. He can be reached at (734) 623-2558 or by e-mail at michaelrothstein@annarbor.com.
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