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New Wisconsin AD Shawn Eichorst: Badgers Need 'Texas Swagger' And Less Humility

New Wisconsin athletic director Shawn Eichorst, who spent the last eight years at Texas, believes his new and old schools have much in common. Both are well-regarded research universities in state capitals that belong to major conferences and have relatively similar enrollments. He also pointed out one difference. "There’s swag at Texas, right?" Eichorst said Tuesday during his introductory news conference. "There’s 30 million people in Texas. We’ve got swag, too, but we have a little humility with that deal. We need to get our shoulders up. We need to feel good about what it is that we’re doi...