Fire Bret Bielema? Some Wisconsin Fans Think So After Badgers Lose to Iowa 38-16
I was just looking at the daily web traffic statistics for Midwest Sports Fans, and decided to peruse the search keywords that were bringing people here to the site. “Kellen Winslow illness” is the most popular search term so far, driving 32 visits from search engines. Lots of the search terms include “Kellen Winslow” or “fantasy football” as that has been a focus of a lot of the content on the site this week.
But as I scrolled down, I saw something interesting. The phrase “fire bret bielema” had driven two visits; meaning that, most likely, some drunk buffoon in Madison watched Wisconsin get trashed by Iowa today and then typed “fire bret bielema” into Google and landed on my previous post that paid homage to the biggest losers in college football last weekend. More importantly, it means that at least some Badger fans have decided that one bad month of football should spell the end of a pretty good start to the Bret Bielema era so far. Look at the numbers coming into the season:
- 21-5 overall record, 12-4 in the Big Ten
- Two straight bowl appearances, winning the Capital One Bowl in 1996
- Consistently in the top 10, occasionally breaking into the Top 5
As a Tennessee fan, numbers like these look pretty good. And when Wisconsin jumped out to a 4-0 record before beginning Big Ten play, Brett Bielema sat at 25-5 through his first 30 games as a head coach. That is an outstanding winning percentage of 83.3%. Even with four straight losses, Bielema is 25-9, a winning percentage of 73.5%.
Could firing Bret Bielema really be a reasonable topic of thought and conversation for Badger Nation?
