The Badgers were trying for a second straight 10-win season under head coach Bret Bielema.
Media attention focused on comments that were interpreted as slurs against Catholics and Notre Dame, plus digs at former Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema, the Southeastern Conference, the University of Cincinnati, and Kentucky's two major state universities of Kentucky and Louisville.
After a year and a half long off from competing for an NFL spot, Swan was signed to coach by his former head coach at Wisconsin, Bret Bielema.
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