Throwback Thursday Tribute: Coach Barry Alvarez

The Throwback Thursday series will highlight historic individuals who were a part of the Wisconsin Football or Wisconsin Basketball programs. This article will feature the legendary Barry Alvarez.

Barry Alvarez started off his tenure as the Wisconsin football coach with what seemed to be an outrageous comment: “They better get season tickets right now because, before long, they probably won’t be able to.”

At the time, Badger fans probably could have rolled their eyes and expected the same poor play from the football program as always. Wisconsin football was in a bad place. They rarely put a competitive team on the field. They spent the previous three years (1987-1989) in the cellar of the Big…