Last week former Wisconsin football coach and athletic director Barry Alvarez retired after a long and successful career. Along the way in one’s coaching career you learn from the people you coached with and the players you coached. There are also people you coach against who make an impression on you. They force you to compete to your fullest capacity. They make you understand things about your own philosophy, and you become a better coach. Barry Alvarez was one of those coaches. The first time we ever played Wisconsin in the Big Ten was in 1995, I learned something. That night Barry Alvarez had a plan. The Badgers would stay on schedule, run the game clock, get makeable third downs and hold the ball. They converted an ungodly 80+% on third down that night.