Barry Alvarez on Wisconsin, Notre Dame and coaching success
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Barry Alvarez, former Wisconsin athletic director and Hall of Fame coach, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of the Notre Dame-Wisconsin series, former Wisconsin QB Jack Coan playing for the Irish, the success of defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, Alvarez's decision to leave Lou Holtz's staff at Notre Dame to become head coach at Wisconsin, why the program has sustained its winning ways, his grandson Jake Ferguson playing tight end for the Badgers, his thoughts on Brian Kelly's tenure at ND, the College Football Playoff and more. Then Tyler James and Eric Hansen make ND-Wisconsin prediction in "Place Your Bets" (27:50) before answering questions from Twitter (37:10).
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