Bo Ryan: A Man Worth Rooting For

Since the NFL is on break, I will break from Packer blogging to talk about my excitement over this years' Wisconsin teams in the Sweet Sixteen, particularly Bo Ryan and the Wisconsin Badgers. I've been a big fan of Bo Ryan for a long time, long before he became a head coach at Madison. When I graduated from high school, I planned out my freshman year at UW-Platteville. One of the classes I registered for most quickly was one of my phy ed credits: a 9:00AM Basketball class, taught by the man who was entering his third year as head coach of the Division III school. I was thrilled. Excited. Bo was already a household name in my hometown, not too far from Platteville, and the thought of being "one of his players" was exhilarating. Of course, reality sets in for many a high school graduate, and two things were pretty apparent right away. Ryan wasn't actually AT class every day, often having an assistant or another teacher covering his class; and I was surro...