The Camp: A Wisconsin Badgers Football Podcast

The Badgers opened the season with a 38-0 win over Illinois State. Zach and Jesse discuss Graham Mertz's good outing, the record-breaking plays by Braelon Allen and John Torchio, Wisconsin showing a new wrinkle on offense, they play a little Overreaction or No and answer your Twitter questions. 

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It's finally game week for the Badgers. Zach and Jesse talk about the injury to Chase Wolf, our depth chart takeaways, we hit some over/unders and give our season predictions for Wisconsin. 

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Fall camp is in the books. Zach and Jesse talk about their biggest takeaways, including whether the passing game improved, if the offensive line can play up to its talent level and some injury concerns. 

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Fall camp is underway for the Badgers. Zach and Jesse breakdown what they saw at the first practice fully open to the media, including a big day for WR Skyler Bell, the play of Graham Mertz and discussing a few position battles. 

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Jesse returns as we officially start season No. 6 of The Camp. The guys discuss what they learned at Big Ten Media Days, whether this will be the year that everything comes together for Graham Mertz, the biggest questions facing the program heading into fall camp and more. 

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We close out our series on getting to know more about those that cover Wisconsin with BadgerBlitz.com's Jon McNamara. He talks about facing former Badgers RB Brian Calhoun in high school, his experience at the Daily Cardinal in college, how he ended up leading a recruiting site, the competition with other sites and he helps us preview UW's defensive backs. 

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We welcome Lee Sports Wisconsin columnist Jim Polzin to the show to hear his story of how he came to cover the Badgers. We learn how growing up in Clintonville helped foster his love for sports, the key decisions he made to land at the Capital Times, covering Barry Alvarez and Bret Bielema, how his job has changed in going from a beat writer to a columnist and more. He also helps preview Wisconsin's linebackers. 

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Our preview series continues with Evan Flood as our latest guest. We hear about how he got to 247Sports, the business he wanted to start before he got into media, the challenge of always needing to be in work mode, dealing with upset parents and he helps preview the defensive line. 

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Our series on learning more about the people that cover Wisconsin on a day-to-day basis continues with SI/AllBadgers.com's Matt Belz. We talk about him missing out on UW-Whitewater's football dynasty, his career as a teacher, his love for sports that pushed him to get into media, the challenge of working a full-time job while also running his site and he helps preview the tight ends. 

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Jesse returns to help with our latest position preview and we get the story of his journey to Madison more than a decade ago. We talk about his college basketball career, when he knew writing was the profession for him, how having a kid impacted how he does the job and how long he sees himself covering the Badgers. We also preview an offensive line that has a ton of talent but also some questions marks. 

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