Mavric

Pretty sure that's not the case. That might be how some guys are viewing it. But it's not reality. You can't "cut" guys in the B1G. Their scholarships are guaranteed. Now, I'm not 100% sure how that applies to Dixon as he's a transfer but there aren't 10 guys who could be cut. They might be told they should look elsewhere but that's not the same thing. They have to choose to leave. Walk-ons possibly. But not scholarship guys.

Eh ... that implies there was forethought involved. I don't buy it. Pearlman wanted Pelini out. He found the guy to do it in Eichorst. They didn't much bother with what to do after that. Eichorst reached out to a guy he was pretty familiar with. Had Bielema on the hook but then he backed out. Eichorst then went for another Wisconsin guy and tried Chryst but got turned down. Chryst told him to look into Riley. And the rest (unfortunately) is history.

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