The Camp: A Wisconsin Badgers Football Podcast

Wisconsin is in its first full week of spring practice and will be on the field Tuesday for a second time. While it's just the start of spring ball, it's far from the start of the process of building a team under new coach Luke Fickell. That started in January when the players returned to a drastically different weight room and setup. Brady Collins led that effort, but it wasn't just him.

On the show today, we are joined by the entire strength staff for a lengthy conversation on how they are adjusting to Madison, what separates the group from other schools, training for a new hurry-up offense, how they decide on Dudes of the Week and more. 

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Spring ball has started! Zach and Jesse look back at the first practice, including the speed at which things were done, the play of the quarterbacks, what the initial depth chart looks like and more. We also hear what coach Luke Fickell had to say after practice. 

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Spring ball is nearly here. Zach and Jesse give their takeaways from Monday's media availability with Luke Fickell and a host of players, they go through the updated roster and what potential weight changes mean, and they talk about what they expect to see during the first practice on Saturday. 

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Zach drops a big show announcement at the beginning of the episode. Then him and Jesse get into the football and basketball teams recruiting Daniel Freitag and the chances he comes to Madison to play one or both sports. They also do a position-by-position preview of the offense for spring ball and answer your Twitter questions. 

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The push towards spring ball continues. Zach and Jesse talk about what they learned from meeting with OLB coach Matt Mitchell and TE coach Nate Letton, potential breakout players in spring, proposed rule changes and Paul Chryst. 

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It's March, which means spring ball starts this month. Zach and Jesse get into what they learned from talking with assistants Devon Spalding and Paul Haynes, catching up on the latest regarding future Big Ten scheduling/divisions and they close by debating the best position groups on the team. 

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Zach and Jesse are joined by Wisconsin wide receiver Chimere Dike to talk about his youth football camp, a new offense, changes in the wide receiver room, what he's seen from QB Tanner Mordecai and more. 

The guys also talk about the change at TE coach, along with what OL coach Jack Bicknell and DL coach Gregg Scruggs had to say when they met with the media earlier this week. 

For more information on Chimere Dike's football camp visit: www.chimeredikecamp.com 

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Zach and Jesse are back talking about the excitement within the wide receiver room, guys on the roster we have potentially been overlooking, re-ranking the 2019 recruiting class, debating the biggest bust in the recruiting rankings era at Wisconsin and more. 

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The QB room has one less guy in it. Zach and Jesse talk about Chase Wolf no longer being with the program and what led to that. They also discuss Wisconsin's recruiting efforts in the state, the commitment of Jamel Howard, superlatives for the 2023 class and expectations for Luke Fickell's first year. They close by answering your Twitter questions. 

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Wisconsin has landed two more commitments in the 2024 class and both are tight ends. Zach and Jesse talk about Grant Stec and Rob Booker, along with breaking down some of the other 2024 recruits that were in town the last two weekends. They also talk about QB Nick Evers and why he and his family felt Madison was such a good fit, along with which transfers outside of the quarterbacks will make the biggest impact this fall. 

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