MADISON, Wis. — The recording device hadn’t even been placed on Barry Alvarez’s desk to begin an interview about Ron Dayne before he made it clear that he had a bone to pick with the NCAA.



Alvarez, Wisconsin’s athletics director and former football coach, is happy to reminisce any time the topic of Dayne arises. But if you’re going to talk about all the records set by Dayne, the great Badgers running back, Alvarez won’t let slide the fact that he is not officially recognized for holding one key record: the all-time rushing mark.



“He was the MVP of three of the four bowl games he played in,” Alvarez said. “Come on. That’s another 700 yards in bowl games.”



That’s 728 yards, to be exact.



Dayne finished his marvelous four-year career at Wisconsin from 1996-99 with 7,125 rushing yards. According to the NCAA, however, he has 6,397 rushing yards. The NCAA did not count postseason...