Barry Alvarez

Stanford-Wisconsin not exactly a matchup made in Rose Bowl heaven

2012-12-31 18:20:00

The Rose Bowl pregame weather has been about as crummy as the seven combined losses for Stanford and Wisconsin. It's never good to make Dick Butkus, who made the game-clinching interception for Illinois in the 1964 game, slog through drenching rain...

Chris Dufresne's look at the season's college football bowl games

2012-12-12 18:41:00

ESPN's "Octomom" family of networks hopes you enjoy this year's cavalcade of commercials and center snaps as it furiously tries to secure the two games it doesn't broadcast. Conspicuously missing from the lineup is Ohio State (12-0) vs. Louisiana Tech...

Stanford marches, or plods, past Wisconsin to end Rose Bowl drought

2013-01-01 21:30:00

Some people probably think quarterback Jim Plunkett led Stanford to its last Rose Bowl victory. It's understandable if memories are foggy, because it's been that long. It was actually Don Bunce, backed by the "Thunderchickens" defense, back in 1972....

Wisconsin hits frustration trifecta in Rose Bowl

2013-01-01 21:30:00

The Wisconsin Badgers slinked out of Pasadena again Tuesday, defeated for the third straight year in the Rose Bowl. The good news was, by now, they certainly know the backroads out of town. There was distinction in their 20-14 loss, but not the sort for...

So Wisconsin's Curt Phillips doesn't throw much — he can manage

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Curt Phillips was asked Thursday, by the only reporter interviewing him, how far he could walk outside his downtown hotel without being recognized. "The whole way," Phillips joked. San Diego? San Francisco? Las Vegas? "Wherever you want me to...

Coaching at Rose Bowl never gets old for Wisconsin's Barry Alvarez

2012-12-29 16:29:00

Barry Alvarez had trouble adjusting his chair at Saturday's Rose Bowl media day but eventually settled in without even spilling his coffee. Alvarez said no other adjustments would be necessary. "This has been easy," he said. "Just give me a whistle. I...

The Wisconsin State Journal Tom Oates column

2013-05-19 05:04:02

You have to applaud the University of Wisconsin for taking the non-conference scheduling ball and running with it now that the college football landscape has finally changed. Since the four-team playoff was approved and strength of schedule became a key...

Big Ten ADs eye stronger football schedules

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Cupcakes are out. Compelling matchups are in. "We want to get out of the business," Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said, "of scheduling games that feel like scrimmages to our fans." To that end, the Big Ten will begin playing nine...

Terps Trio: Big Ten schedule, previously scheduled games, road trips

2013-05-17 09:42:00

Baltimore Sun reporters Don Markus and Jeff Barker and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. Given the 2014 schedule announced Thursday by the Big Ten, how tough will Maryland’s road back...

Big Ten may shake up its bowl lineup

2013-05-15 16:39:00

Not to dis Mickey Mouse, but Big Ten officials know their fans don't want to go to Orlando every year. Or Tampa. Or Houston. There is one exception. "Pasadena," Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said. So to combat the bowl fatigue that affects...

Big Ten bowl lineup might include Pinstripe, Holiday bowls

2013-05-15 08:14:01

Geography is the new Big Ten buzzword. First it was the new 2014 football division names, embracing East and West, and now it's spilling into the revised bowl plan. As the Big Ten athletic directors meet Tuesday and today at the Sofitel hotel in...

Alvarez cold to idea of Soldier Field hosting Big Ten title game

2013-05-14 12:43:00

Given that attendance at the Big Ten football championship game torpedoed – from 64,152 in the inaugural game to 41,260 last year – moving the game out of Indianapolis after 2015 could become a hot topic. But Wisconsin athletic director...

Athletic Director Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin's acting coach, leaves the Rose Bowl field after his first loss on Tuesday.

2013-01-01 00:00:00

The referees meet under the watch of Wisconsin head coach Barry Alvarez at the 99th Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Sanford beat Wisconsin 20-14 which was the third time in a row Wisconsin had lost the Rose Bowl, and Stanford ended a 40 year stretch since their last win.

2013-01-01 00:00:00

Quarterback Darrell Bevell, left, and Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez connect during the Hall of Fame Bowl in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 2, 1995.

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