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5 unusual facts about Brooks Bollinger


2002 Alamo Bowl

Brooks Bollinger connected with wide receiver Brandon Williams for a 10 yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 14.

Brooks Bollinger

After a disappointing preseason, Bollinger lost the third-string spot and was released by the Vikings on August 30, 2008.

Bollinger was traded to the Minnesota Vikings in 2006 for defensive tackle C. J. Mosley and a draft pick where he was reunited with new head coach Brad Childress, his offensive coordinator in college.

Bollinger would not play for the rest of the season as backup QB Chris Greisen took the Tuskers back to the UFL Championship, which they would later lose, once again to the Las Vegas Locomotives.

On February 1, 2011 Bollinger announced that he would take over as Head Coach for the Hill-Murray Pioneers of St. Paul, Minnesota.


Jeff Horton

The quarterbacks during his tenure (Jim Sorgi, Brooks Bollinger, and John Stocco), rank 1st, 2nd, and 4th in Badgers history in passing yards.


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