Bret Bielema was born in Illinois at a place called Illini Hospital. He played his college football at Iowa and has a tattoo of a tiger hawk on his leg.
Except for a two-year stint at Kansas State as co-defensive coordinator, Bielema spent his entire career in the Big Ten and was groomed by Barry Alvarez to take over Wisconsin. In February, after he objected to some of Ohio State coach Urban Meyer’s aggressive recruiting tactics, Bielema said this: “We at the Big Ten don’t want to be like the SEC — in any way, shape or form.
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