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The Wisconsin State Journal Melanie Conklin column: Tattoo U.
Byline: Melanie Conklin
Feb. 20--New UW football coach Bret Bielema has taken enough grief and says it's time for the final word on his controversial Hawkeye tattoo. "It's permanent, it's a part of me -- that tattoo is a part of my history. It's staying," says Bielema. "But I do wear high socks now." The two-inch tattoo on Bielema's calf is something he designed himself as a young man heading off to college at Iowa.
"It's a Tiger Hawk set into an "I" with the word 'Believe' on the top and 'Achieve' on the bottom," says Bielema. Poor man. It's not a topic that will die easily. At a Mendota Gridiron Club event on recruit signing day, ...
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