When Mike Ditka, Ricky Williams and the New Orleans Saints called UW-La Crosse home with players like Joe Montana paying a visit

It was called the Cheese League. NFL teams holding minicamp across the midwest, and UW-La Crosse was host to one of those teams for a dozen years.

Beginning in 1988, the New Orleans Saints called the UW-L campus home for a few weeks in the summer.

From coach Mike Ditka, a rookie RB named Ricky Williams to the visiting Joe Montana during his Kansas City Chiefs era, fans got an up close look at the NFL right in their own backyard.

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