With traditions, records, and team lore, this lively book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Badgers fan should know. This guide to all things Badgers covers football and basketball (and even a little hockey), including the Barry Alvarez years, Camp Randall Stadium and the tradition of Jump Around, and the Bo Ryan era. Jesse Temple has collected every essential piece of Badgers knowledge and trivia, including the 1941 NCAA Championship and 1994 Rose Bowl victory, as well as must-do activities, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for fans of all ages.
Jesse Templecovers Wisconsin and Big Ten football for ESPN.com. He has twice been named a top-10 beat writer in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors.Barry Alvarezis a College Football Hall of Fame coach who served as the head football coach at Wisconsin for 16 seasons. Alvarez is now the Athletic Director at Wisconsin.