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Do any of you think you can do better??  You forget that he's as human as the rest of you and not perfect. Cut him some slack and try to put yourself in his shoes.  You act as if he's doing this intentionally!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8897373355798828390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8897373355798828390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224627840000#c8897373355798828390' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-858235070653536281</id><published>2008-10-18T17:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T17:33:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The evidence is in the score board. Bielema just d...</title><content type='html'>The evidence is in the score board. Bielema just doesn't cut it. What we see on the score board is evidence of not making current performance through play calls, player slotting, and use of current assets. But the real damage is that these underlying assets still have some Barry in the mix. The more we let Bielema continue, the deeper the serious damage. A classic case of promoting to a level they aren't ready for; Barry is an AD who was a great coach but set himself up to fail by so strongly endorsing Bielema that he can back down and take action himself. It's time they both go; or this situation is going to flush more than Kolher...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/858235070653536281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/858235070653536281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224376380000#c858235070653536281' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-3353059616266357740</id><published>2008-10-17T18:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T18:50:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>so losing to michigan isnt okay? but alvarez not t...</title><content type='html'>so losing to michigan isnt okay? but alvarez not taking wisconsin to a bowl game in 2001 is? or when he lost to unlv in 2003? and when he got KILLED by a michigan state team that didnt even go to a bowl game in 2004?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/3353059616266357740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/3353059616266357740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224294600000#c3353059616266357740' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-2720204326113564104</id><published>2008-10-17T15:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T15:54:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Weiner</title><content type='html'>Weiner</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2720204326113564104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2720204326113564104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224284040000#c2720204326113564104' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-8255711520664844928</id><published>2008-10-16T19:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T19:46:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Doesn't Coach Bielema still have an Iowa Hawkeyes ...</title><content type='html'>Doesn't Coach Bielema still have an Iowa Hawkeyes tattoo?  Maybe we should have known that Alvarez still had his Iowa roots that he wanted to hang on to.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8255711520664844928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8255711520664844928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224211560000#c8255711520664844928' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-6498779633509613261</id><published>2008-10-16T16:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T16:40:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ajk, I agree.  And this is why I do not donate mon...</title><content type='html'>Ajk, I agree.  And this is why I do not donate money to the University unless it is specifically to a certain department.  I certainly do not feel like donating money to go to the athletic department or another ugly bio-chemistry building.  How many more buildings do they need and how many older traditional campus landmarks do they need to tear down to fill their needs?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/6498779633509613261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/6498779633509613261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224200400000#c6498779633509613261' title=''/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-2622068332391914317</id><published>2008-10-16T16:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T16:07:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Very well put -  to think that criticizing the coa...</title><content type='html'>Very well put -  to think that criticizing the coach means that you're not a fan.  GIVE ME A BREAK.   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Someone told me -  "you're not a Wisconsin fan"..... &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And I told them,  "well, I haven't been watching WISCONSIN football"  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of course, for you blind followers -  that means when you don't see a good product on the field, and when you see mistake after mistake after mistake, and when you see NO imagination or corrections,  THEN YES,  I'm sorry,  but it is time to question the leadership.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2622068332391914317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2622068332391914317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224198420000#c2622068332391914317' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-6961265323363200500</id><published>2008-10-16T15:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T15:20:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Get ready for the Hawkeye beatdown this weekend.  ...</title><content type='html'>Get ready for the Hawkeye beatdown this weekend.  We spent the last 3 weeks ready to fire Ferentz and if we lose this weekend, we'll keep talking it up.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://globalhawkeyenation.blogspot.com&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://firekirkferentz.blogspot.com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/6961265323363200500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/6961265323363200500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224195600000#c6961265323363200500' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-897926481585613485</id><published>2008-10-16T14:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T14:16:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Have to agree about Barry after the Rose Bowl.  I'...</title><content type='html'>Have to agree about Barry after the Rose Bowl.  I'm glad they put up the statue-must have been for all those national championships he won.  Oh wait, that's right, HE DIDN'T WIN ANY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. I'm tired of coaches getting passes for bringing in the "criminal element" such as Booker Stanley.  These punks think that just because they're good at a sport they can get away with a lot of crap.  I want to see that end.  And to all of you who think because we rip on Alverez and Bielema we're not good fans?  You couldn't be further from the truth.  Why are they immune?  They're not gods, they're just football coaches, and in the whole general scheme of things, that's pretty low on the totem pole of importance.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/897926481585613485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/897926481585613485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224191760000#c897926481585613485' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-2175793732306270073</id><published>2008-10-16T07:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T07:32:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Results are in?!  The majority want BB fired or ar...</title><content type='html'>Results are in?!  The majority want BB fired or aren't sure.  45% to keep him around is hardly a great endorsement.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2175793732306270073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2175793732306270073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224167520000#c2175793732306270073' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7327158852996378797</id><published>2008-10-16T07:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T07:31:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Results are in?!  The majority want BB fired or ar...</title><content type='html'>Results are in?!  The majority want BB fired or aren't sure.  45% to keep him around is hardly a great endorsement.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/7327158852996378797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/7327158852996378797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224167460000#c7327158852996378797' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-792886413804644141</id><published>2008-10-16T06:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T06:40:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>12 knots-I don't think we really disagree.  My poi...</title><content type='html'>12 knots-&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don't think we really disagree.  My point is just that the problem is systemic and that it isn't fair to single out Bielema's salary as a reason for criticism: coaches in all college sports at a wide variety of institutions are overpaid.  But because of the market for coaching salaries, you simply can't pay a coach what you can pay a junior professor of English Lit.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Does that represent skewed values?  Yes.  But the market represents skewed values all over the place.  I would love nothing more than for huge donations to be made for the hiring of junior professors and the retention of academic stars.  As a young academic, it would help me personally quite a bit.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Expectations and accountability for job performance are one thing and salary is another.  The market determines the salaries while the nature of the job, and the challenges inherent in that job, determine what kinds of expectations are reasonable.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/792886413804644141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/792886413804644141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224164400000#c792886413804644141' title=''/><author><name>AJK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04674504554010761786</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7710641114164064023</id><published>2008-10-16T06:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T06:09:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>When someone who just coaches a child's sport play...</title><content type='html'>When someone who just coaches a child's sport played by grown men makes a million dollars, there's something seriously wrong there, especially at a university that prides itself on its academic record.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If the boosters are giving so much money, then how come student ticket prices have doubled in the last 4 years since I've graduated? (last ticket I had as an undergrad for the student section was $14)  I've lived in one of the most expensive countries in the world and the tickets for baseball games here have been pretty consistent (well, along with the consistent mediocrity, but Japanese baseball is more of an excuse to drink beer and sing songs)  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Although the athletic department is self sufficient, it really looked bad when there were huge budget cuts for academics at one point and they were completing a $107 million dollar renovation at Camp Randall. Nevermind the money donated by "philanthropists" could have either gone to the academic programs at UW or to other universities with meager endowments. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lastly, by the fact he makes $1.4 million a year makes him a legitimate target, because by making that kind of money, it is implied that you will deliver a quality product.  Several coaches in football get fired for not producing despite their hefty price tags.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Oh, and in case anyone wonders...whenever anyone outside of the US asks me about my alma mater, the response about Wisconsin is "it is a very good school" not "wow, good football program."  That is what is important...Camp Randall is a distraction from the fun of differential equations and aspects of Chinese cosmology.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/7710641114164064023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/7710641114164064023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224162540000#c7710641114164064023' title=''/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-9117746487715738459</id><published>2008-10-16T00:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T00:39:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I keep hearing bary alvarez this and barry alvarez...</title><content type='html'>I keep hearing bary alvarez this and barry alvarez that but why hasnt anyone answered the question that has been brought up on here numberous times? what did barry alvarez do in his last 6 seasons that was so great? there wasnt many</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/9117746487715738459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/9117746487715738459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224142740000#c9117746487715738459' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-8382040348223373403</id><published>2008-10-15T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T17:00:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>12 knots-We can have the conversation about whethe...</title><content type='html'>12 knots-&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We can have the conversation about whether or not college coaches are paid too much.  I'm inclined to agree with you that by some metric (value to society/the world?) they are.  But two things.  First, most of the money that pays college coaches comes from booster donations to the athletic department.  It doesn't come out of the general operating budget and it isn't clear that donors who make their donations to the AD would make those same donations to pay for new physics and history professors.  It's not just a matter of redistribution.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Second, why are we justified in altering our expectations of a coach simply because he makes a high salary?  If Bielema made $55, 000 how, exactly, would that change things?  Could he then stink with impunity?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8382040348223373403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8382040348223373403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224115200000#c8382040348223373403' title=''/><author><name>AJK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04674504554010761786</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-8650418078918881403</id><published>2008-10-15T15:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T15:49:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Badgers should run the wildcat/wildhog formati...</title><content type='html'>The Badgers should run the wildcat/wildhog formation that the Miami Dolphins run with Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8650418078918881403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8650418078918881403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224110940000#c8650418078918881403' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-959158838129363809</id><published>2008-10-15T15:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T15:30:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Huzzah kobycat!</title><content type='html'>Huzzah kobycat!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/959158838129363809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/959158838129363809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224109800000#c959158838129363809' title=''/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-5478746402905212493</id><published>2008-10-15T14:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T14:56:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't fire Bret yet. instead, fire Barry and get s...</title><content type='html'>Don't fire Bret yet. instead, fire Barry and get some of that Ath Dept revenue distributed to needy students and to the UW to make it a first-class university....</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/5478746402905212493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/5478746402905212493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224107760000#c5478746402905212493' title=''/><author><name>kobycat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06706420696135229151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-8846111779144835797</id><published>2008-10-15T14:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T14:21:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>And for everyone saying that the people who suppor...</title><content type='html'>And for everyone saying that the people who support this are "fair weather fans"...I guess its just fine to drop obscene amounts of money for a football team just to see them lose, the players go around beating up girlfriends or getting in trouble with the law and  a head coach who carouses in the bars, setting a great example for his players.  If this was a case of an coach with a less vulgar salary (no college football coach should ever be paid millions of dollars while tuition skyrockets, because they are not a genius...that title should be reserved for people like Mozart and Da Vinci) and the team was losing, it would be a case of shrugging and stating: "oh well, s**t happens."  But Bielema makes more than your typical professor and more than an entry level undergraduate.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8846111779144835797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/8846111779144835797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224105660000#c8846111779144835797' title=''/><author><name>12 Knots to Nowhere</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06213715442856078957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-6480892262004099671</id><published>2008-10-15T14:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T14:16:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Its not so much that they lose, but that most of t...</title><content type='html'>Its not so much that they lose, but that most of the players are real assholes, just like the coach.  There are exceptions, but the quality of a person is definitely inverse to the athletic ability of a person these days.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/6480892262004099671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/6480892262004099671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224105360000#c6480892262004099671' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-2314841520992794427</id><published>2008-10-15T11:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T11:02:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THIS post was from another blogger. (read below) I...</title><content type='html'>THIS post was from another blogger. (read below) Interesting when you think about it. I'd like a piece of that "futures" market.  I mean, if the Badgers lose the next two - then this website WILL be a GOLD MINE!! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;....IOWA is a 3 point favorite over Wisconsin. Weren't we ranked in the Top 10 2 weeks ago? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;IOWA.... And we will lose - that is just a cold hard reality. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Then home against ILLINOIS and away vs. MICH STATE. This website won't be able to hold all of the hits when this team is sitting 0-6 or even 1-5 (we'll give Bielema one...)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2314841520992794427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2314841520992794427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224093720000#c2314841520992794427' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-2458242067325180333</id><published>2008-10-15T09:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T09:51:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What a bunch of SPOILED "fans" the supporters of f...</title><content type='html'>What a bunch of SPOILED "fans" the supporters of firing Bielema have become!  Those that were participating in the chants on Saturday should be ASHAMED of becoming what we have always accused other schools' fans of being:  FAIR WEATHER NONFANS.  One subpar year and some freak...we are 2 plays away from being 2-1 in the Big Ten...get real and learn something about the game and about life.  Go Badgers!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2458242067325180333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/2458242067325180333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224089460000#c2458242067325180333' title=''/><author><name>PackAttack2020</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02217937638038468613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7792291453919221612</id><published>2008-10-15T06:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T06:46:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>wow this really is a website ha and they say the W...</title><content type='html'>wow this really is a website ha and they say the Wisconsin badgers have the best fans. you guys lose a few times and you all turn your backs on them, your not fans. you won't see penn state doing this childish crap.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/7792291453919221612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/7792291453919221612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224078360000#c7792291453919221612' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-4894205286711111837</id><published>2008-10-15T03:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T03:37:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dude.  ARTHUR!  Say what you will -  you have a GO...</title><content type='html'>Dude.  ARTHUR!  Say what you will -  you have a GOLD MINE here!  This website is the talk of the town, and every major newspaper or outlet has been talking about it. It is THE topic on all major sports talk shows.  Start advertising, start selling space, whatever.  If you're claiming that some "other" group is promoting this site -  MAKE MONEY !!  (pay off those college bills)  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Like the guy selling Buck Bret and Fire Bret t-shirts.  He already has more than 1,000 sold - at $20 a pop !!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/4894205286711111837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/7719740890114934270/comments/default/4894205286711111837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html?showComment=1224067020000#c4894205286711111837' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.firebretbielema.com/2008/10/results-are-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006346130897012230.post-7719740890114934270' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6006346130897012230/posts/default/7719740890114934270' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>