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Barry Alvarez has an incredible Wisconsin vs. Alabama take that will knock you over

ByMark Knight|
Retiring UW athletic director Barry Alvarez is shown during a ceremony honoring his tenure at the Kohl Center Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Madison, Wis. Alvarez was head football coach for 15 years and athletic director for 18 years. During his time Wisconsin teams combined to win 16 national titles and 74 conference regular-season or tournament titles in various sports. Mjs Barry 3 Jpg Barry
Retiring UW athletic director Barry Alvarez is shown during a ceremony honoring his tenure at the Kohl Center Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Madison, Wis. Alvarez was head football coach for 15 years and athletic director for 18 years. During his time Wisconsin teams combined to win 16 national titles and 74 conference regular-season or tournament titles in various sports. Mjs Barry 3 Jpg Barry | Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell said in his Tuesday press conference that his team is not looking ahead to Alabama. They are focused on Middle Tennessee this coming Saturday. That's not true for Barry Alvarez or Wisconsin fans. Alvarez is excited about it enough to come out and say that the Badgers will be the favorites against the Crimson Tide.

Alvarez isn't the only one; Wisconsin fans are starting to circle that game. A two-win (last season) Florida State team just toppled the Crimson Tide, giving some hope to Badger fans that maybe, just maybe, the game could be close and even some with the audacity to see it as winnable.

The former legendary Wisconsin coach and athletic director. He was on his weekly ESPN Madison "The Barry Alvarez Show," and he said the line that will knock you over and make you go, "Are you serious?" He said, "I would guess that right now, we'll [Wisconsin] will be the favorites going into that game [vs. Alabama]." Wow.

Barry Alvarez is predicting that Wisconsin will be the favorites over Alabama next week

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Before you start to think that Alvarez is just blowing smoke, he clarifies his logic. He said he watched the game and was not impressed, "That's not a Nick Saban Alabama team." He did go on to say that even if Saban was there, he would expect this team to go in there and compete well.

This is a bold take and a bit like hitting the giant while they are on the ground. Which is fair game, and maybe he has a point. The Crimson Tide will use this week's game against Louisiana-Monroe to get right, and then will look ahead to Georgia. If there was ever a time to steal one against Alabama, the time is now.

First things first, Middle Tennessee, let's see how that game goes and then turn the attention to the Crimson Tide.

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