Guess Who Must Be Reading This Blog...

The Wisconsin Badgers were found in violation of Spaulding Law the last few weeks when they wore the unitard look (matching jersey and pants) on the football field, seemingly turning their backs on the wonderful, rich football history of the school.

Spaulding, Get Your Foot Off the Boat! jumped on the team immediately and criticized them soundly for dressing like amateurs.

Then came this week versus Iowa...

Wisconsin State Journal:

Since Bielema figured it was going to be an old-fashioned Big Ten game, he had his players go back to their customary white pants, instead of the red ones they wore in the last two home games.

"I talked to our team on Thursday night, I said, 'You know what, this is an old grind-out football game, we're playing one of our arch-rivals, it's a 40-40-2 (series) split, a rivalry game, it's a trophy game, let's get back to doing what we do best, ' " Bielema said.

"They all started grinning. (Defensive tackle Jason Chapman), who never says anything, exclaimed very loudly that he likes the white pants look. We have to keep everybody guessing from here on out."

You know what this means...

...Bielema reads this blog.

Thanks for dressing your team like football players this week, coach.

We'll be sure to speak up if you bust out those red pants with anything but the white jersey tops.

Uniform Blasphemy

The photo at the top is a Miami (Ohio) University football player. The photo at the bottom is a University of Wisconsin football player. Anyone else see a problem here?!? When a football school like Wisconsin starts dressing like a not-known-for-our-football school like Miami (O-h-i-o) you know you're not doing something right.

Why this hideous (matching colored pants and colored jerseys) uniform decision?

AP:

[Badgers coach Bret] Bielema broke with tradition for the Badgers' home opener two weeks ago against Washington State, dressing the players in all red instead of red and white. While the new uniform drew a mixed reaction from fans, the players loved it, and Bielema said it will be back against The Citadel.

"I love to see just red swarming the football," Bielema said. "As this thing hopefully gains momentum, it will have a huge effect at Camp Randall."

While time will tell if Bielema's color scheme catches on, the Badgers are riding an 11-game winning streak that is tops in the nation.

Memo to Bielema -- the winning streak started back when your team dressed like football players, not wrestlers in a unitard. Bring back the white pants.

[Note: Before my reader asks, yes, the all white road uniforms are A-OK because that is a classic football look. The unitard, on the other hand, is something that a high school team would wear when the school district can't afford to buy both home and road pants].