Even the ardent University of Wisconsin football fan probably doesn’t remember the name Chris Kennedy.
And that’s understandable, because his favorite catch at Camp Randall Stadium came after he graduated, on a pass from Burt Reynolds while playing a role in an instructional film — an exchange that foreshadowed a career in the entertainment industry for the former walk-on from Waunakee.
But Kennedy remembers a lot about UW football. And, sparked by his attendance at the 10-year reunion of the school’s first Rose Bowl championship team, he sought to record those memories in a manner that would be cathartic for himself, instructive for fans and serve as a road map of sorts for anyone weighing a future in Division I football — particularly those kids who might not be scholarship material.