An oral history of how Barry Alvarez transformed the Wisconsin Badgers football progr

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An oral history of how Barry Alvarez transformed the Wisconsin Badgers football program | FOX Sports

Interesting long form article on Barry Alvarez's turning around of the Wisconsin football program. Has some great quotes

Carlos Fowler: Barry was the epitome of I would say Tony Soprano. One day he invited all the offensive and defensive linemen out to his house for a barbecue. We were all excited. We think we're going to go chill with Barry out at his house. He had us out there to move his hot tub into his house. He was truly the godfather of Wisconsin football.

Matt Lepay: Here's what Barry walked into. We would do a weekly coaches show. And at the time, we just relied on listeners calling in. Nobody freakin' called in. We made it up during the season. Dan McCarney would be Dan from Middleton. Bill Callahan would be Bill from Sun Prairie. We were like, we have to drum up some calls here. This sucks. You're filling an hour show. Do you know how long that is when no one is calling? They'd say, "Coach I just want to let you know we support the program. We're with you all the way." That's for real. It's a hit everywhere we tell that story, but it's true.

Brent Moss: The class we had was the true ballers. I'll put that against anybody. We turned shit into sugar. So you can't beat that.