The Camp: A Wisconsin Badgers Football Podcast

It's Q&A Friday on The Camp. We answer questions on Nolan Rucci, injuries, wide receiver rankings, the meshing of the old defense and the new, the athleticism of Tanner Mordecai, the potential of scrimmaging other teams in the spring and more. 

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Jesse returns to help breakdown practice No. 6 of spring. It includes another nice morning for quarterbacks Tanner Mordecai and Braedyn Locke, the role of the running backs coming into focus, some issues with snaps, the play of Maema Njongmeta and more. 

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The Wisconsin football program is massive and takes hundreds of people to make work. While Luke Fickell is at the top of the structure, right below him is Greg Gillum, the program's Chief of Staff. He joins the show to talk about his role that includes overseeing everything from recruiting to creative media to academics and more. 

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Wisconsin was back on the field for practice No. 5 of spring. We look at another nice day from Tanner Mordecai, a change to the starting lineup, some pass catchers standing out, a strong spring from Ricardo Hallman and more. Arrowhead head coach Matt Harris also joins to talk about new Wisconsin commit Derek Jensen and how Luke Fickell and his staff are growing relationships with high school coaches. 

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There have been some major changes in the recruiting department since Luke Fickell took over. The biggest reasons for those are Director of Recruiting Pat Lambert and Director of Player Personnel Max Stienecker. They join Zach for a conversation on their approach to recruiting, why it was a no brainer to follow Fickell to Wisconsin, how they whittle thousands of players down in the evaluation process, whether there is a ceiling on recruiting at Wisconsin and more. 

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Wisconsin showed off its deep passing game on Saturday in practice No. 4. Zach and Jesse breakdown what they saw, including a big effort from CJ Williams, progress from Tanner Mordecai and Braedyn Locke, the fast pace of the Badgers offense and more. 

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It's Q&A Friday on The Camp. Zach spends the show answering your questions, including on comparing what Tanner Mordecai has done this spring to what Graham Mertz did last year, the changes Mike Tressel has made to the defense, whether some of the early enrollees could play early and more. 

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Jesse joins Zach to talk about what he's seen so far in three practices. It includes another big day for Will Pauling, a standout day for Tanner Mordecai and some intriguing looks from the defense. The guys also talk about the lack of reps for Nick Evers and they discuss Jesse's recruiting story. 

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On today's episode, Zach is joined by Wisconsin's Director of Creative Media Kelsey Sharkey and Video Producer Jerry Mao to talk about the important role social media is playing for the Badgers, how Luke Fickell's trust is allowing them to go further than they have before and some of the new projects fans can expect in the coming months 

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The Badgers were back on the field for practice No. 2 of spring on Tuesday. Zach talks about what he saw, including a nice day for the defense. Then he gets into what we learned when the offensive linemen spoke with reporters on Monday. 

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