Tuesday's shocking announcement that Bret Bielema was leaving Wisconsin for Arkansas dominates today?s daily links as writers examine why he left and what it means. Plus, Purdue hired a coach and Minnesota lost a quarterback. Read it all in my daily links. And let me know what you think via my mailbag, Twitter, or the comments section at the bottom of […]
Yahoo! Sports writer and "Big Ten Football & Beyond" correspondent Pat Forde set off quite the firestorm Tuesday when he reported Bret Bielema was headed to Arkansas. The move came out of nowhere and surprised everyone. After all, Bielema and the Badgers are headed to their third consecutive Rose Bowl. Check out some of the […]
Three days after leading Wisconsin to its third consecutive Rose Bowl, Bret Bielema agreed to become Arkansas' head coach. Yahoo! Sports and "Big Ten Football & Beyond" correspondent Pat Forde first reported the news. Bielema, who will be introduced Wednesday, led the Badgers to a 70-31 win over Nebraska in Saturday night's Big Ten title […]
University of Wisconsin Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez issued the following statement Tuesday on the departure of Bret Bielema, who has been named head football coach at the University of Arkansas: "I was very surprised when Bret told me he was taking the offer from Arkansas. He did a great job for us during his […]
Thanks to Twitter, we now know who Wisconsin's starting quarterback is. Bret Bielema hit the social media site Sunday night to announce Danny O'Brien as his Week 1 starter. The tweet read: "Also had so many questions about our QB situation that want everyone to know we are going to start Danny O'Brien in our […]
We capped off our coverage of the two-day Big Ten Media and Kickoff Luncheon with the 90-minute TV show Big Ten Football Kickoff Luncheon Special, with Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith. It included various interviews and analysis from the event in Chicago. Watch a number of video clips from that Friday night show […]