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
loss wake
You don't wake up after a loss and say 'At least I've got my health,' ... she's nuts.
coach plan until
This is the plan I've always had. Joe's plan is to coach until he's 100.
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They really executed. They had tremendous speed. That's what I remember about their team.
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You talk about low-key and unassuming and just a very talented young man who's a gentleman at all times. He's just been a joy.
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You take someone who took a program that's similar to what you're inheriting and see what they did, how they did it, kind of what their plan and what their model was, and see how it fits (to) what your situation is and try to implement it,
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You only have so many. You've got to bow your neck and do with what you've got. That's how you handle it.
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Coach Mason could have taken a safety, but that's his call and I'm not going to second-guess him.
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As I visit with some of the other coaches in leagues that have playoffs, I don't think that there's any excitement about the playoff. Sure, it's a big payoff for one game, but I think it diminishes some of the season. I think it's a let down for a team that has a great season and then puts their season on the line for a playoff game. And it all seems done for no other reason than a paycheck.
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This bowl has lived up to all the hype that I heard of it. Coaches...that have been here rave about the hospitality, rave about the venue and all the activities for the players. The people here have been marvelous. The bowl committee has bent over backwards to make sure that our stay is an excellent one. The players have something to do if they choose every day. You couldn't find a better place.
balls deep
We thought we could get some deep balls with him,
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We've studied the Bowling Green defense of a year ago, and what they did and their tendencies and their patterns. And we've also studied the Clemson defense as to what they did, what he (Lovett) seems to hang his hat on, and that type of thing. So it's been a little more of a difficult preparation for us.
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We'll absorb Jamie's loss and move forward and, to be honest with you, I'm not going to get real wrapped up in it this week. I have one other priority that sits a little higher than replacing Jamie, as valuable as he was, and I have a lot of confidence in the people that I have that we'll be able to absorb it for the short-term until we find a replacement. But I'm not going to let it be a distraction.
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That's two weeks in a row we've had to come back. Finally getting rewarded with a victory helps morale.
backs happens running talented win
When we win big games, our running backs play well. This one happens to be the most talented of the ones that we had.