Saw that Bill Connelly dropped his previews and I just had to laugh. All these numbers and projections and not one word about what actually wins football games in the Big Ten. I remember sitting in Camp Randall in 1998 watching Ron Dayne run over Michigan State for 215 yards in a driving November rain. That was toughness. That was grit. Not some fancy formula that tells you how many yards per play someone averaged against air.
This new AD talking about bringing Texas swagger to Madison makes me sick. We don't need swagger from Austin. We need offensive linemen who want to bury someone in the fourth quarter. We need running backs who get stronger as the game goes on. Barry Alvarez built this program on hay bales and Wisconsin winters, not on watever they're selling down in the Lone Star State.
Fall camp is starting and I keep hearing about Notre Dame's fancy uniforms for Lambeau. You know what matters more than throwback jerseys? Whether our front seven can punch them in the mouth for four quarters. That's what built this program. That's what will keep us alive against the Irish at Lambeau Field. You can keep your projections. Give me a team that wants to earn every yard the hard way.