Jason McMahon: Who ponied up to front Bielema’s big raise?

So just who is paying for Bret Bielema’s nice fat raise? It’s not who you might think. When Bielema, the University of Wisconsin football coach, received a hefty bump in his salary earlier this month, it sent the money men in the UW athletic department back to work on next year’s budget, the final version of which was presented to the finance committee of the Athletic Board on Thursday and was forwarded for approval by the full board at its scheduled meeting today.