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U23 Nationals Set For Lincoln, Nebraska, May 27-29 U23 Nationals Set For Lincoln, Nebraska, May 27-29 Another big piece in the USA Wrestling calendar is in place. U23 Nationals are headed to Lincoln Nebraska on Memorial Day weekend. May 5, 2021 by David Bray Team USA's men's Cadet and Junior teams are set, we'll know the women's teams this weekend after Women's Nationals, and now we know the official date of the U23 National Championships where the U23 World Teams in men's freestyle and Greco-Roman will be determined. Take a look at the full release from Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling. USA Wres...

Barry Alvarez Woke Up a Sleeping Giant at Wisconsin As football coach and AD, Alvarez turned Badgers into a perennial power. Author: As football coach and AD, Alvarez turned Badgers into a perennial power. The tributes are pouring in for Barry Alvarez, who is retiring after a remarkable run as coach and athletic director at Wisconsin. They are richly deserved. Barry accomplished something that a lot of new coaches talk about, but very few coaches do. He changed the culture of a program, turned a school that was bumping along into a frequent champion and perennial contender. He didn’t just...

As the world knows at this point, Barry Alvarez has announced that he will retire in June, stepping down from the Athletic Director position he has filled so spectacularly for the last 17 years. To say he’s has been a transformative figure in Wisconsin athletics history is a vast understatement. He created a powerhouse football team and then went on as AD to lead Badger teams through some of their best decades ever.  He is a legend here in the state. The story of his hiring by Donna Shalala and Pat Richter and his subsequent football success has been told many times and is widely known. Wh...

LARAMIE -- In just two seasons at the helm, Dennis Erickson turned the Oregon State football program from the tattered doormat of college football into Fiesta Bowl champions. The once toothless Beavers from Corvallis hadn't reached double-digit wins once in their 83 years of existence. Until Erickson arrived in 1999, OSU suffered a then-NCAA record 28 straight losing seasons. My how the times have changed. Get our free mobile app To make things even sweeter, that 41-9 Bowl Championship Series rout in the Arizona desert came against one of the most storied programs in the sport, Notre Dame...

Wisconsin and Iowa were TERRIBLE programs for a long time.  Then they got the right people in place--Barry Alvarez and Hayden Fry--and...then they were winners.   No reason that could not happen at Illinois. Oregon was TERRIBLE forever.  Then they stumbled on Mike Bellotti (21-25 at Chico State then Oregon OC), and then later had Chip Kelly at his prime. Florida State:  Atrocious program since the beginning of time.  Then they stumbled on Bobby Bowden (a good but not spectacular 42-26 at WVa).  Nebraska:  Mediocre to bad for many decades.  Then the hired Bob Devaney (from U of Wyoming...