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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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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I think Joe has mentioned it and I've seen it written before, that our game may have cost them two or three games. They couldn't get that game out of their system, it was such a tough loss.
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When they change formations . . . two or three times, every time there's a change, there's a different communication that comes out,
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We probably had three this year where he sees nothing but goal line in front of him and a lot of yardage, a big hit, and somebody dives and just nips his toe. But he'll get some of those before the year is over.
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I haven't seen any frustration, I really haven't. I pulled him over late in the (Indiana) game and told him to just keep going because I think it's just a matter of time. There have been probably three (runs) this year where he sees nothing but goal line in front of him, and somebody dives and just nips his toes. But he'll get some of those before the year is over.
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I'm going to take the blame on that one ... because I called the swift kick. We should have just kicked it deeper. We flat out gave them three points. It's my fault for calling it.
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There can be a lot of distractions during a bowl game. The team that can stay focused can win. I think that's one reason you see a lot of upsets.
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We just weren't the same in the second half without him. No one is playing as well as he is.
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You have to correct mistakes and just show where we had breakdowns. A lot of it was communication. That's something that we'll have to correct and go back to fundamentals. You've got a totally different game plan this week and a different type of team that you're defending.
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We are sincerely apologetic for the traffic flow problems that fans encountered Saturday on the lower west concourse. The safety of our customers and providing good customer service is our No. 1 priority.
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We were OK at the half. They didn't have the ball much, and I didn't think there were any major things we had to correct. ... I would have been pleased to play like we did in the first half.
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We weren't very talented and (Fry said), 'We can win four.' And we did. He was right on, because there were teams that weren't very sound.
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You have two ranked teams and I think this is the second-biggest stadium in the country. They talk about this maybe being the largest crowd ever at the stadium, national TV again, play for a lot; if that doesn't get your motor running, there's something wrong.