You see this search committee for our next AD with Ballard and Finley on it, and I think back to the 1998 season when we ran the ball down people's throats with a fullabck who actually blocked before he ran. We need an athletic director who understands what built this program, not someone who thinks we can just buy our way back with NIL packages and transfer portal rentals.
The problem is the last two hires kept chasing the shiny new offensive scheme instead of remembering that Wisconsin football was built on cold weather, hard running, and defensive linemen who stayed four years and graduated. Barry Alvarez didnt need a nine-person committee to find the right guy. He looked across the desk and knew if the man understood what Camp Randall meant to this state.
I hope Ballard remembers what it was like watching us pound the ball in the fourth quarter when it was 15 degrees outside and the other team was begging for the clock to run out. That is Wisconsin football. Not this spread of...