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In an offseason with a lot of shocking moves being made in the coaching world, the move of Bret Bielema from Wisconsin to Arkansas has to rank right up there on the shocking meter. However, what's one man's past is another's future and the Badgers went out and hired a coach they knew a lot about in Gary Andersen.  He may not have been a huge, nationally known name, but he was a coach that put together an impressive resume and earned the respect of his future boss, Barry Alvarez, on the field in late September in taking the Badgers down to the wire in a 16-14 Badgers win at Camp Randall (a game in which I was personally in attendance for).  Needless to say no one could've seen him coming to Wisconsin to lead the program after that game, but here we are in January and Gary Andersen has begun to put his stamp on the Badgers as the next head coach. But, the question remains, can he sustain a program that is coming off of three straight Big Ten championships? If so he...
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