Sports News
Sports – Friday, December 7th, 2012
Alvarez: Rose Bowl One Game Return
Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez says that his return to coaching will be a one game stint. The Hall of Fame coach agreed to coach the Badgers in the Rose Bowl after team captains asked him to shortly after Bret Bielema bolted to Arkansas. Alvarez told the media that he will be a game manager and the assistant coaches will do the game planning and pregame prep for Stanford on January 1st.
Not So Smooth Exit
Bret Bielema’s exit from the University of Wisconsin seems not to be on good terms. Barry Alvarez says that the first he learned of Bielema’s leaving UW was when he actually resigned on Tuesday. Alvarez says its common courtesy for schools to ask permission to talk to a coach under contract but Arkansas did not do that. Alvarez said the he once thought of Bielema like a son. When asked by a national radio show why he left the Big Ten for the SEC, he said “ My father told me its better to play in excellence than excel in mediocrity. “ He also said he had a better chance to win a national title at Arkansas than at UW which irked the AD and some players.
Chryst Not A Candidate
Badger AD Barry Alvarez says that the search for a new head coach has already begun and he will be looking for a person who already had head coaching experience. Many considered former UW assistant and current Pitt head coach Paul Chryst as the front-runner for the job, but Alvarez said he is not a candidate because it wouldn’t be right to hire him back after working hard to get him the job a year ago.
Ball Wins Doak Walker
Badger running back Montee Ball won the Doak Walker Award given to the nation’s top running back. Ball set the NCAA career TD mark this season. In 2012 he ran for 1730 yards and 21 TDs
T’eo Is Top Player
Notre Dame LB Manti T’eo won the Maxwell Award as college football’s top player and also the Bednarik Award as the top defensive player. Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel won the O’Brien award as the top QB. Both are finalists along with Kansas State’s Collin Klein for the Heisman Trophy which will be awarded on Saturday night.
Thursday Night Football
Denver 26 Oakland 13
Men’s College Hoops
Tennessee Tech 74 UW-Green Bay 68
High School Hoops on KFIZ and K107.1-FM
You can hear a pair of games tonight on the Mountain Dog Media family of radio stations. Fond du Lac’s boys host Oshkosh North tonight. You’ll hear that game on KFIZ with the Backyard Grill Pregame at 7:05pm. On K107.1-FM St. Mary’s Springs boys host WLA. Coverage there begins right around 7:25pm.
Prep Schedule
Thursday, December 6th
Boys Basketball
Plymouth 58 Waupun 55
Two Rivers 66 New Holstein 55
Campbellsport 42 Kewaskum 39
Winneconne 62 Ripon 56
KML 72 Mayville 29
Girls Basketball
Chilton 52 Valders 41
Girls Hockey
Fondy-Waupun 4 Appleton 2
Friday, December 7th
Boys Basketball
Oshkosh North @ Fond du Lac
Appleton West @ Oshkosh West
Neenah @ Menasha
Appleton East @ Appleton North
Kaukauna @Kimberly
WLA @ St. Mary’s Springs
North Fond du Lac @ Lomira
Laconia @ Omro
St. Mary’s Central @ Chilton
St. Lawrence @ Stockbridge
Girls Basketball
Fond du Lac @ Oshkosh North
Waupun @ Plymouth
Two Rivers @ New Holstein
Campbellsport @ Kewaskum
Rio @ CWC
Ripon @ Berlin
Oakfield @ Oshkosh Lourdes
Boys Hockey
Neenah @ Fond du Lac – 7:30pm
Appleton @ St. Mary’s Springs – 5pm
Saturday, December 8th
Boys Hockey
Fond du Lac @ Wausau West – 3pm
Waupun @ Fox Valley Stars – 6:30pm
CWC @ Sheboygan Christian