Hey Jim, how come you occasionally have typos in your tweets?
— Jim Polzin (@JimPolzinWSJ) December 22, 2021
Will the UW volleyball team open next season as the number 1 team? I know they had two of the best freshmen in the country, but also lose the player of the year so…?
— Matt Birschbach 🦬 (@Wigatta) December 20, 2021
Who fills setter and libero for @BadgerVB next season?
— Leonard Go (@LeonardGo) December 20, 2021
I know you will love this one.
— Chris Davis (@cdavis20000) December 20, 2021
What differentiates the ability of the women’s hockey and volleyball teams to win National titles from the men’s basketball and football teams ability to do the same?
Jonathan Taylor is a once-in-a-generation RB that doesn’t get enough national attention, IMO. Top-3 college RB for three years-never got enough Heisman votes. He’s the best NFL RB this year-won’t win MVP. Is he too low-key, down to earth? Why do ppl seem to take him for granted?
— Scott Peterson (@MrPteaches) December 20, 2021
Can we get whoever hired the UW womens vball and hockey coaches to hire all of the future mens coaches?
— Fred Ehle (@FredEhle) December 20, 2021
Worse call…Stave knee down v ASU, or Stave to Jazz v NW ruled no catch?
— Douglas Greenberg (@DougGreenB) December 20, 2021
Question: do You expect many transfers out of the FB program after the bowl game?
— Joseph Freund (@JosephFreund10) December 20, 2021
Rogers has missed some pretty open receivers in the past two games....that would have been certain TD's. MVS two games ago on the sideline route....and Devante on the double move.....to name just two. Is the lack of practice showing up?
— John Karcher (@JohnKarcher) December 21, 2021
How come the special teams coach hasn’t been fired yet? Clearly this is a leadership problem stemming from the coaching staff.
— Sean Stephenson (@sgstephenson) December 20, 2021
Fave 5: Jim Polzin picks his favorite stories of 2021
Jim Polzin stepped into a new role in June, going from University of Wisconsin men’s basketball beat reporter to Lee Sports Wisconsin columnist.
Polzin wore both hats later that month when, on back-to-back days, he broke the news about seven seniors confronting coach Greg Gard in a secretly recorded meeting during the 2020-21 season and followed up with a column about how that recording had exposed cracks in the program’s foundation.
I wish I didn’t have to write this story about the daughter of former UW football standout Al Toon, who was killed in an apparent murder-suici…
I was assigned this story when the news broke in early April that Alvarez was “retiring.” A couple months later, I’d produce what may have bee…
I wanted to get a game column in this list and there were handful from which to choose. But selected this one from the opener against Penn Sta…
Moseley is a fascinating woman who’s in the early stages of a major rebuilding project. Not as many people read this story as I’d hoped, so ma…
This story has been on a Microsoft Word document of stories I’d wanted to pursue ever since Smart, who grew up in the Madison area, was named …
The Open Jim mailbag publishes at 11 a.m. every Wednesday at Madison.com. Wisconsin State Journal columnist Jim Polzin will select one question from a reader each week to highlight in the print edition. To ask Jim a question, email him at jpolzin@madison.com or mail it to 1901 Fish Hatchery Rd., Madison, WI, 53713.
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— Ben Kenney (@benzkenney) December 20, 2021
Where does this year's volleyball team rank in the pantheon of UW's best ever teams across sports through the years?
— Andrew P. Schwartz (@schwartzandrewp) December 20, 2021
