Bret Bielema (HC Illinois)

[BUCKYLE]

Uh huh. Except, I'm a little skeptical of the view that teams like USC, Alabama, Miami, and Oklahoma are willing to sign two-game deals to play Ohio State, Michigan, or Penn State, but are just too damn scared to face the Badgers. Maybe that's just because I'm not "football people". Hey, at least there's always Austin Peay.

edit: h/t to Buckyle for the, in retrospect, obvious Biff Tannen comparison.

Maybe those teams AD's are afriad...of getting raped by Wisconsin's AD's.

Alabama looked like they wanted it. Why was Da U dressed like that if they didn't want it? Those slacks all pressed and collared shirt on. USC is from CALIFORNIA for fucks sake. That's all dudes do out there is get their crotches grabbed.

 

[colobuck79]

Uh huh. Except, I'm a little skeptical of the view that teams like USC, Alabama, Miami, and Oklahoma are willing to sign two-game deals to play Ohio State, Michigan, or Penn State, but are just too damn scared to face the Badgers.

Bielema: "It's tough to get a home and home with good teams, because they don't want to play [at Camp Randall Stadium]. We've gone three years now and we haven't had a loss at home, and I've lost five games in nine years here. Football people know how tough we are, and for that reason people don't want to go home and home with us. We've tried to bring in some really elite teams, and they just won't do it."

So he is a doucher and a liar? And he's fat?

 

[Muck]

Maybe those teams AD's are afriad...of getting raped by Wisconsin's AD's.

Alabama looked like they wanted it. Why was Da U dressed like that if they didn't want it? Those slacks all pressed and collared shirt on. USC is from CALIFORNIA for fucks sake. That's all dudes do out there is get their crotches grabbed.

I wish I knew how to quit you.

 

[Bucky32]

So much for home field advantage.

 

[HorseshoeFetish]

So much for home field advantage.

Looks like a future site of Nascar action.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

So much for home field advantage.

Good start. Now fill it up and tear the rest of it down!

 

[muffler dragon]

So much for home field advantage.

I don't understand. Is it because it' s not a night game and there aren't any batteries flying through the ari?

:p

 

[BuckTwenty]

I don't understand. Is it because it' s not a night game and there aren't any batteries flying through the ari?

:p

Actually, if you look closely, they're lining the base layer of the field with batteries before installing the field turf.

 

[Bucky32]

I don't understand. Is it because it' s not a night game and there aren't any batteries flying through the ari?

:p

Hey, at least this year's not a night game. But the batteries will still be flying, if somewhat subdued.

 

[BUCKYLE]

Biff's grazing has ruined the place.

 

[starBUCKS]

Actually coming across as a stand up guy at media day. A few highlights.

- denied ever saying there was a "gentleman's agreement" not recruiting committed players, and that he had plenty of players on his roster that were committed elsewhere before ending up at Wisconsin

-said he made a decision not to poach Penn State roster and would not go after any of their players

-final game of the year against Penn State, and he said he would be pulling for them that game and all year

 

[Zurp]

-final game of the year against Penn State, and he said he would be pulling for them that game and all year

I heard that part, too. Maybe he stated it wrong, but he probably shouldn't be rooting for the opposition in any case. He did sound really classy, though.

 

[jwinslow]

- denied ever saying there was a "gentleman's agreement" not recruiting committed players, and that he had plenty of players on his roster that were committed elsewhere before ending up at Wisconsin

IIRC, he was downplaying it at the last B1G media day, while complaining about it privately.

-final game of the year against Penn State, and he said he would be pulling for them that game and all year

So he's pulling for his opponent? Very believable.

 

[Saw31]

Bret's found his clown car.

Little douche coupe

This thread was over. Why are we still posting here?

 

[AJHawkfan]

Actually, it looks like he's correct. Matt hayes used the term "gentleman's agreement":

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2012-02-02/urban-meyer-negative-recruiting-ohio-state-bret-bielema-upset

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One issue Bielema would talk about—and it’s perfectly legal under current NCAA rules—is Meyer’s recruitment of players who already had given verbal commitments to other Big Ten schools. It has been a longstanding “gentlemen’s agreement” in the league that coaches wouldn’t recruit players who had publicly given commitments to schools.

And here is where the two roads meet—where the Big Ten’s long history of playing nice could succumb to the SEC’s 21st Century pressure of winning it all. Someone, somewhere once said the most sincere form of flattery is copying the SEC.

All Bielema was quoted as saying was that he didn't want the Big Ten to turn into the SEC....