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Cotton Bowl coaches express respect for each other, teams before big game

DALLAS -- Wisconsin may be the big guy on the block in this Cotton Bowl matchup with Western Michigan, but head coach Paul Chryst said there's plenty to admire in P.J. Fleck's crew.

The two coaches spoke with the media for the final time Sunday morning at the Omni Dallas Hotel and posed with the Field Scovell Trophy one of them will be hoisting Monday afternoon.

"I've followed the MAC for a number of years and you see what a group of people who are doing (something) impressive, you want to grow as a person," said Chryst, whose brother, Rick, is the former MAC commissioner.