Article: NEW BADGER RECRUIT--BIGFOOT?(LOCAL/STATE)(THE TALK)(Column)

Byline: Doug Moe

I MAY have happened upon the answer to the football Badgers' problems at fullback.

The presumed starter, Eric Bickerstaff, was ruled ineligible last month.

My possible stand-in has a few problems to overcome, like not currently being enrolled at UW-Madison, and not being, strictly speaking, a human being. Who's perfect? I'll tell you this much -- he's got potential.

I am speaking of Bigfoot.

On Monday, the St. Paul Pioneer Press ran a 1,000-word story under this headline: "Northwestern Wisconsin: Search is on for bigfoot."

It seems a man named Dennis Murphy has spent nearly 30 years tracking ...

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