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Northwestern's interim head coach David Braun speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days at Lucas Oil Stadium, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Big Ten’s four new coaches took divergent paths to new-look West Division
Luke Fickell and Matt Ruhle already have experience leading major college football programs. Ryan Walters and David Braun are getting their first taste.
 
Kansas head coach Lance Leipold talks to an official during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Duke Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Leipold happy at No. 19 Kansas despite links to Wisconsin
 
Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh talks to reporters during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days, at Lucas Oil Stadium, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Big Ten’s expansion further damages Rose Bowl’s status
 
FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2020, file photo, Wisconsin tight end Jake Ferguson runs up field during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Ferguson has a special understanding of his school’s football history that makes him want to leave his own legacy on the program. Growing up as the grandson of former Wisconsin football coach and athletic director Barry Alvarez will do that. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Ferguson continuing family tradition for No. 12 Wisconsin
 
FILE - Chris McIntosh smiles as the Seattle Seahawks first-round draft pick is shown during an introductory press conference in Kirkland, Washington, in this April 16, 2000, file photo. Chris McIntosh played for Barry Alvarez on two of Wisconsin’s Rose Bowl championship teams and spent the last few years working as his right-hand man. Now he is about to succeed his former coach and boss as the Badgers’ athletic director. Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Wednesday, June 2, 2021, that McIntosh will take over when Alvarez finalizes his retirement. (AP Photo/Jay Drowns, File)
Wisconsin promotes Chris McIntosh to replace Alvarez as AD
 
Wisconsin to name Camp Randall Stadium’s field after Alvarez
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is naming the playing field at Camp Randall Stadium after former Badgers football coach and athletic director Barry Alvarez.
 
Wisconsin Board of Regents to discuss athletic director hire
Wisconsin appears close to hiring a successor to longtime athletic director Barry Alvarez. The University of Wisconsin System said in a news release Tuesday that the Wisconsin Board of Regents will meet in a closed session Wednesday to consider an employment agreement and compensation for a new athl
 
FILE - Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is shown on the field before an NCAA college football game against Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., in this Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, file photo. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is retiring after a three-decade run in which he transformed the university’s football program and later guided the Badgers to their greatest all-around sports success in the school’s history. Alvarez announced Tuesday, April 6, 2021, he would retire on June 30.(AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)
Barry Alvarez, AD who reshaped Wisconsin sports, to retire
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As he announced his retirement, longtime Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez summed up his career by referencing the advice he often gives students.
 
John Stanton, owner of the Seattle Mariners, wears a mask he he sits next to cutout photos of fans in the stands while watching the team's baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Latest: Wisconsin football, hockey taking 2-week break
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Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says the school’s football and men’s hockey teams are taking a two-week break from team activities as part of the school’s COVID-19 testing protocols.
 
FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2019, file photo, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields (1) runs with the ball against Wisconsin during the first half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game, in Indianapolis. The Big Ten won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, becoming the first of college sports' power conferences to yield to the pandemic. The move announced Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, comes six day after the conference that includes historic programs such as Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State had released a revised conference-only schedule that it hoped would help it navigate a fall season with potential COVID-19 disruptions. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
College football in the spring: When? How much? Who plays?
Back in April, not long after the NCAA basketball tournaments were canceled because of the pandemic, the idea of moving the college football season to the spring of 2021 already was being tossed around.
 
Young and old, rivalry games remain important in Big Ten
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Barry Alvarez was pacing the sideline as coach the last time that Wisconsin lost Paul Bunyan’s Axe to Minnesota.
 
Wisconsin cancels spring football game due to threat of inclement weather
The University of Wisconsin has canceled its spring football game due to the threat of inclement weather. The game was set for 6 p.m.
 
Alvarez: Stadium policies will change before next home football game
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez issued a statement Tuesday saying that UW will change stadium policies in the wake of an incident Saturday when the Badgers took on Nebraska at Camp Randall Stadium.
 
Badgers football: Mutual interest exists between UW, Packers for another game at Lambeau Field
CHICAGO — University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said Tuesday at Big Ten media days that he has visited with the Green Bay Packers and that the organization would have interest in hosting another Badgers football game at Lambeau Field.