When Big Ten media days appear on the calendar every year, the upcoming season starts to feel real and present.
After no official media day last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a welcome sight seeing Wisconsin HC Paul Chryst take the podium and talk about what is to come in September.
Honestly, it was even welcome to see former Wisconsin HC Bret Bielema answer questions about his new job at Illinois.
If you need any indication about the significance of media days returning to an in-person environment, just take the beginning of Chryst’s opening statement: “I never thought I’d be saying this, but excited to be at media days and have the opportunity to get back to the new normal.”
Here’s that, as well as everything the Wisconsin head coach said during his time at the podium during Big Ten media days:
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