In the cold November rain, the reign of Barry Alvarez at Camp Randall Stadium ended with the roar of a capacity crowd, despite a whimper of an effort over the last three quarters of a humbling 20-10 loss to Iowa.
That, if nothing else, is testament to the power of personality that Alvarez has held in this state for the past 16 years. Well, the last 13, anyway, once he delivered the first of three Rose Bowl titles and proved what he had told people since the day he was hired – that there was no reason the University of Wisconsin couldn’t be as successful in football as it was in cross country, or in genetic research, for that matter.