In 1989, Wisconsin went 2-9. They won one game in the Big Ten, a 35-31 Homecoming victory over Northwestern. Northwestern went 0-11 that year. The Badgers sucked.
The next season, there was a new coach on the sidelines in Madison with the hiring of Notre Dame's Associate Head Coach, Barry Alvarez. Now, before I go off into more Alvarez lore and mythology, let's go back to my post on the Rutgers "brand".
That post drew a lot of attention and a lot of comments. The premise was that Rutgers has had - and has this academic year - some successful teams, most notably women's soccer and wrestling.