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Conklin: Sister, mother influence Bielema’s charity work

Bret Bielema remembers what he was thinking on the plane trip back to school after the football game during his junior year in college when his Iowa team beat Michigan, solidifying the Hawkeyes ‘ trip to the Rose Bowl.
“My sister hadn ‘t seen me play, so on the plane on the way home I was thinking that the Rose Bowl will be her chance to see me play, ” he says.