MADISON, Wis. — Greg Scruggs couldn’t contain his excitement. Minutes after Jamel Howard publicly announced his commitment to Wisconsin during a signing day ceremony at his high school Feb. 1, Scruggs posted a three-word message on Twitter: “I’m not playin’.” Scruggs had helped Wisconsin to secure a massive recruiting win for the program, pulling Howard away from Michigan, Illinois, LSU …
Ron Dawczak isn’t sure whether it was the day Mike Tressel was hired as Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator or the day after that the two men first connected in early December. That gave the Badgers an advantage because it allowed Fickell to hire Howard’s potential position coach — defensive line coach Greg Scruggs — who worked with Fickell at Cincinnati and …
