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Bret Bielema Takes Reins of Illinois Football
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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1567641" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>One other thing to mention, the Barry Alvarez halo effect owes a great deal to his very strong ending in the job, which was driven very substantially by the quality of Bielema's defense.</p><p></p><p>From 01-03 Alvarez went 5-7, 8-6, 7-6, 9-15 combined in the Big Ten. Then 34-year-old Bielema takes over the defense, and in 04 they surged back into the top 15 with a 5-0 start and scores of:</p><p></p><p>Wisconsin 34 UCF 6</p><p>Wisconsin 18 UNLV 3</p><p>Wisconsin 9 Arizona 7</p><p>Wisconsin 16 Penn State 3</p><p>Wisconsin 24 Illinois 7</p><p></p><p>That was a hinge moment in the history of the magical Wisconsin juggernaut. It could have gone another way. But Alvarez ended 9-3, 10-3, and retire upstairs to be Head Coach Emeritus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1567641, member: 746137"] One other thing to mention, the Barry Alvarez halo effect owes a great deal to his very strong ending in the job, which was driven very substantially by the quality of Bielema's defense. From 01-03 Alvarez went 5-7, 8-6, 7-6, 9-15 combined in the Big Ten. Then 34-year-old Bielema takes over the defense, and in 04 they surged back into the top 15 with a 5-0 start and scores of: Wisconsin 34 UCF 6 Wisconsin 18 UNLV 3 Wisconsin 9 Arizona 7 Wisconsin 16 Penn State 3 Wisconsin 24 Illinois 7 That was a hinge moment in the history of the magical Wisconsin juggernaut. It could have gone another way. But Alvarez ended 9-3, 10-3, and retire upstairs to be Head Coach Emeritus. [/QUOTE]
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