CHICAGO - When he first arrived in Madison, a rare Wisconsin player not from the Midwest, Garrett Graham didn’t expect too much of being a tight end. For so long with the Badgers, the tight end position was more like being a sixth - or sometimes seventh - offensive lineman. ...
For each Big Ten preview, Michigan writers Dave Birkett and Michael Rothstein will jaw back-and-forth with words, parting shots and general opinions about why we selected each team to finish where we did. Sometimes we'll agree. Other times, we won't.
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 ...
In a college football culture where coaches continually say they don’t read anything the media writes or has Internet bans for themselves, University of Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema is a clear exception. He, apparently loves to read - read everything. “I love to read what people say about us,” Bielema said. ...