In Year 3 under Luke Fickell and Mike Tressel, the Wisconsin Badgers' defense is undergoing a major transformation. This video breaks down everything we learned from the 2025 Spring Showcase — from the shift to a versatile 3-3-5 base, to evolving blitz schemes, improved situational play, and key development areas like edge containment and linebacker reads. As the Big Ten welcomes tempo-heavy teams like USC and Oregon, Wisconsin is building a defense designed to adapt, disguise, and disrupt.

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The Badgers are redefining their offensive identity blending NFL run concepts, Air Raid passing concepts with creative misdirections. In this breakdown, we analyze the 2025 Spring Showcase:

The New Offensive Identity – Power meets spread with mesh, stick, and sail concepts.

Motion & Formation Variety – Motions and shifts to create mismatches.

QB Development – Billy Edwards Jr. shows command; Danny O’Neil flashes poise; Carter Smith brings raw talent.

RB Spotlight – Dilin Jones takes the lead, with Ituka, Dupree, and Yacamelli all in the mix.

Passing Game Progress – Shot plays, screens, and timing still a work in progress.

O-Line Evaluation – Wide zone strengths, but pass protection and LT depth are concerns.

Red Zone & Situational Execution – Inconsistent, but flashes of promise. The offense is growing fast—but execution, timing, and depth remain key questions.

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The Badgers are wrapping up their 2025 spring practices and it's time to take a look back at the questions we asked at the beginning of spring ball and see if we have gotten any answers.

Key topics:

- Offensive system: more motion, more packages, more answers

- WR rotation: deeper, faster, more versatile

- TE & RB roles: The exit of Tanner Koziol creating opportunities and Dilin Jones taking advantage of his.

- QB development: Billy Edwards is the undisputed QB1, but O'Neill is rising

- Defensive evolution: true multiple fronts & dynamic pressure

- Young talent stepping up across the board

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The Badgers are on spring break, but we’re taking a deep dive into what we’ve learned from early practices. From offensive adjustments to key depth chart battles, here’s everything you need to know about Wisconsin football’s spring progress so far.

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Finally the Badgers are back on the practice field this week for spring practice and the Dairy Raid is here to ask the questions of the program from a coach's point of view.

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Spring Ball is almost here, which means it’s time to wrap up the offseason and look ahead to what’s next for Wisconsin football! In this video, we break down key storylines, including Jeff Grimes’ departure from Kansas and why Wisconsin was the right move for him. We also dive into the Badgers’ challenges in adjusting to the new Big Ten landscape, Luke Fickell’s efforts to rebuild the roster and coaching staff, and what fans can expect heading into Spring Ball. Make sure to like, comment, and subscribe for more updates as we gear up for the season! Let me know in the comments what you think about Wisconsin’s offseason moves.

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In Episode 6 of Let's Build an Offensive System we're going to break down the easiest way to get high percentage passes into your offense and that is through quick screens. Instead of complicated down the field blocking schemes we take basic blocks, both run and pass schemes, and focus more about getting the ball into space and letting our playmakers do the work.

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We are back with Episode 5 of our Let's Build an Offensive System series and today we will be wrapping up the base run game with the power scheme. The multiple options zone schemes can give you is definitely an advantage but with the power/gap scheme you are direction the ball to a specific gap which in turn has its advantages. Whether it is taking advantage of or isolating a specific defender, or perhaps simplifying reads for your back, the power schemes you to focus the point of attack of your run game.

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Today in Episode 4 of our Let's Build an Offensive System series we continue with building our run game by introducing the natural complement to the inside zone which is of course the outside zone. I often call the term outside zone a "misnomer" in that while it creates the illusion of an outside run it is actually a scheme that can be hit at all points of the field. It creates lateral flow that when the defense tries to fit creates natural vertical cuts for the ball carrier.

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The last 23 years has been interesting to say the least. And I thought since it's a quite time for Wisconsin football I could share some of these stories and give you all a bit of insight into the crazy world that is coaching football overseas. Today I bring you back to 2017 to a season that started with so much promise that was brought quickly back to Earth by the most unusual source.

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