Alvarez is coaching. He's 3-0 in the Rose Bowl, and he's leading a team that will be playing with a chip on its shoulder and something to prove. Badgers' OL and run game got better and better as the year progressed. Only wild card is Phillips at QB, but I think Wisky will upset the Cardinal after hearing for a month how badly they're going to get beaten by the Pac-12 champ and how volatile the environment is around their program with Bielema gone.
A rusty Alvarez is still a 10x better game day coach than Bielema anyway. This could be a perfect storm of circumstances for Wisconsin.
He was better than Bielema 10 years ago..he's out of the loop now....Alvarez will be nothing but a distraction at this point. He has a month to learn what the coaches are doing.....stanford is the pick.