He's the interim. Until this season he was the obvious replacement, the defense hasn't been stellar. If he can't help turn the season around and Liepold is open to coming to Wisconsin, I think the go with Liepold.
Lance Liepold is a name being floated around. Born and raised in Wisconsin, assistant coach for one year at Wisconsin, and has simply won everywhere he's gone. They'll have to fight Nebraska for him though, he was an assistant at Nebraska as well.
Anyone who took a swing for suspended, it's not a difficult concept. Nothing anyone did prior to Howard taking the first swing deserved a suspension. If the swing never happens no one is even talking about the skirmish at this point.
My take, and I'm fine if no one agrees with it...
Up until the point where Howard swung there was nothing that warranted a suspension. Both teams likely would have gotten call from the commissioner asking them to cool it, and that would have been that. After Howard swung all hell broke loose...