| As someone who never cared much about college | | | | 'Sconsin Football! It's been a great ride, what with a |
| football growing up, when Barry Alvarez was hired to | | | | Heisman trophy winner (Ron Dayne), 3 Rose Bowl |
| coach my state's largest (only) Division I football | | | | victories, and a beautifully remodeled Camp Randall to |
| program in 1990, I was only mildly interested. After | | | | watch the games at. I went to Camp Randall this |
| 116 victories, and 3 Rose Bowl victories, I am now a | | | | year to watch the Badgers defeat Michigan, and the |
| convert: I love Badgers football!As of yesterday, | | | | place was electric!Thanks for all of that, and so much |
| things will be different at UW-Madison: Head Coach | | | | more Coach Alvarez! Making it great never looked so |
| Barry Alvarez coached his las college football game at | | | | easy as when you coached, so thanks for inspiring so |
| Camp Randall stadium. Sure there is 1 more game, at | | | | many Wisconsin kids to believe that our little state |
| Hawaii, and 1 more bowl game to play and win. And | | | | college is so much more than just a place to |
| yes, Coach Alvarez is thankfully staying on as athletic | | | | learn!Now let's go win at Hawaii and win your last |
| director to help recruit and run our programs to | | | | bowl game! On Wisconsin!Phil Gerbyshak leads a team |
| ensure we stay top notch in all we do, but things will | | | | of IT help desk professionals in Milwaukee, WI, and |
| be different, that's for sure.I just wanted to say | | | | finds that sharing his knowledge is a crucial |
| thanks for being such a great leader, Coach Alvarez. | | | | component in his success as a leader and as a |
| You innovated your way into my heart with a new | | | | person. Phil's personal philosophy is paraphrased from |
| brand of college football, and you made your way | | | | Tim Sanders' fantastic book Love is the Killer App: |
| into the hearts of so many others in the state of | | | | "Share your knowledge, your network, and your love. |
| Wisconsin. Thanks for bringing respectability back to | | | | The rest will follow. |