Jim Polzin joins The Jump Around after Wisconsin hires Shawn Eichorst as AD

Wisconsin Badgers beat reporter for BadgerExtra and the Wisconsin State Journal joins Jim Rutledge and Riley Jauch on The Jump Around after Wisconsin officially names Shawn Eichorst as the new director of athletics. Polzin shares his insight into how the hire became official, his initial thoughts, and what it means going forward for the University of Wisconsin. Will Eichorst grow from past mistakes at Nebraska? Will his experience at Texas prove the hire to be valuable?

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