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P.J. Fleck rocking a cowboy hat was about the least-surprising thing that could’ve happened upon Western Michigan’s arrival at the Cotton Bowl.
Paul Chryst, on the other hand, was a different story. Based on his Walmart-like sweatshirt in last year’s Holiday Bowl, the mild-mannered Wisconsin coach isn’t exactly known for pushing the fashion limits in the postseason.
But amazingly enough, Chryst got into the Texas spirit:
Coach Chryst in a cowboy hat.
Now it's official.
Welcome to Texas. pic.twitter.com/WRnOFaXWPy— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) December 27, 2016
That was two surprising headgear moves made in the last week for Wisconsin. Ahead of his final game in a Badger uniform, linebacker Vince Biegel chopped off his signature mullet.
It appears that the times are changing quickly for the Badgers.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.