Mike Lucas’ Inside the Huddle: Bielema proved his mettle this year, Alvarez says

Bret Bielema assumed that he was alone with his thoughts — and the soap lather — while showering after the Illinois game, a much-needed 27-17 win, snapping a troubling four-game Big Ten losing streak for the Wisconsin Badgers football team. Bielema was, thus, startled when he heard a voice from what he thought was an empty locker room in the McClain Facility. “Congratulations,” Barry Alvarez offered. “You just became a coach today.”