MADISON, Wis. — Hours after learning Bret Bielema was leaving the Wisconsin program for Arkansas, which promised more money and better odds of winning a national championship, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez sat in his New York City hotel room and mulled his options. A barrage of text messages and phone calls disrupted his focus. "That evening, Curt Phillips texted me and wanted to contact and visit with me prior to naming an interim coach," Alvarez said Thursday, referring to UW's fifth-year senior quarterback. "Later that evening - you can imagine my phone was blowing up - I kept getting a Green Bay call. I didn't think there was anybody in Green Bay that I needed to talk...
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