Barry Alvarez
Barry Alvarez
Barry Lee Alvarezis a former American football coach who is currently the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He served as the head football coach at Wisconsin for 16 seasons, from 1990 to 2005, compiling a career college football record of 118–73–4. He has the longest head coaching tenure and the most wins in Wisconsin Badgers football history. Alvarez stepped down as head coach after the 2005 season, remaining as athletics director...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 December 1946
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Brandon gives us someone with speed who likes the challenge and wants the ball in his hands. He has been a playmaker for us ever since we've had him.
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We've had MVPs of three Rose Bowls and they're all running backs. When we win big games, our running backs play well. This one happens to be the most talented one that we've had.
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We've had MVPs of three Rose Bowls, and they're all running backs. When we win big games, our running backs play well. This one happens to be the most talented one that we've had.
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We were scoring so fast a lot of the times, there wasn't a lot of time on the sidelines for the coaches to get enough conversation to know what the problem was, before they were back on the field.
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We asked them to jump up in there and play press man and I thought they did a pretty good job. I think it will help them. Every week they should get a little better.
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I grew up a poor kid in Pennsylvania. I went to Nebraska because I saw them play in an Orange Bowl and I wanted to play in that game.
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I don't have an answer - we broke down in all areas.
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I'd like for him to be matched up that way all day. I don't think we'll have that luxury.
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Matt was probably 205 pounds when we recruited him. But we could see what kind of athlete he is. He has a big frame (6-foot-6). He'll get on the field. He's very athletic. He's really going to be something some day.
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Matt was probably 205 pounds when we recruited him,
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Obviously, we couldn't block them very well, you could see that. We couldn't establish the run and had a hard time with pressure off the edge.
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I guess it's bittersweet that I see him leave. You hate to lose a good man, but you know when you have good people they're going to move on. We'll probably get together in the next couple of days to see what his timetable is. But, obviously, we'll post the position and take a look and see who's out there, but I don't have a timetable right now. It's a little too early.
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So, I thought we had a chance to be a nice football team. Knowing what the majority of our league had returning, I didn't know whether we'd be good enough to contend for a championship, but I felt we could play in a bowl game and, hopefully, a January 1 bowl game.
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Neil didn't negotiate with me. Walter and Casey did.