Wisconsin Badgers Podcast

Wisconsin Badgers Podcast episodes:

• 04.03.2019

  04.03.2019: Look ahead to next year's Badgers basketball team

  Badgers beat reporter Jeff Potrykus joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss the look of next year's Badgers basketball team -- how different it will be without Ethan Happ and whose development will be the most crucial. How does he evaluate...

  
• 03.19.2019

  03.19.2019: Your full-fledged NCAA Tournament preview with Badgers talk (and a little Marquette, too)

  Jake Kocorowski of Bucky's 5th Quarter swings by to preview the NCAA Tournament, with fifth-seeded Wisconsin slated to face Oregon for the third time in six NCAA tourneys. Can the Badgers work deep into the dance despite their flaws? How...

  
• 03.14.2019

  03.14.2019: Previewing the Big Ten tourney and a wild regular-season finish

  Badgers beat reporter Jeff Potrykus discusses Wisconsin's zany finish to the regular season against Ohio State and looks ahead to the Big Ten tournament. How will Wisconsin get past Maryland (if they play) and Michigan State (if Indiana doesn't get...

  
• 03.01.2019

  03.01.2019: Alex Hornibrook departs and March Madness begins

  Badgers beat reporter Jeff Potrykus joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss the big news that Badgers quarterback Alex Hornibrook is leaving the football program, and how many names should realistically be in the hunt to replace him. Yes, the name...

  
• 02.21.2019

  Special episode: Look back at the 2000 Final Four run with Dick Bennett and members of the team

  Nearly two decades ago, the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team made an improbable run to the Final Four and set the table for a cycle of success that featured 19 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament for a program that...

  
• 02.14.2019

  02.14.2019: Revisiting the 1999-2000 Final Four Badgers with Mark Stewart

  It's been nearly two decades since the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team went on a crazy run to the Final Four, employing its airtight defense and cadre of blue-collar Midwesterners who weren't destined for NBA greatness. Host JR Radcliffe sits down...

  
• 02.08.2019

  02.08.2019: How have the Badgers become a legit Big Ten title contender?

  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel beat reporter Jeff Potrykus checks in on the Badgers basketball team one day before UW takes on Michigan in Ann Arbor. Wisconsin, once teetering in its NCAA Tournament candidacy, is now contending for a Big Ten title...

  
• 01.08.2019

  01.08.2019: Badgers hoops sure needed that Penn State win, and Graham Mertz mania

  Badgers beat reporter Jeff Potrykus checks in on the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team, bouncing back from two tough losses with a satisfying win over Penn State. Was that as must-win as it felt? Is D'Mitrik Trice the key to the...

  
• 11.26.2018

  11.26.2018: Loss of Paul Bunyan's Axe makes 2018 a special brand of frustrating

  As if the 2018 season weren't already bad enough, the Badgers lay an egg at home against Minnesota and yield Paul Bunyan's Axe for the first time since 2003. Journal Sentinel beat reporter Jeff Potrykus joins host JR Radcliffe to...

  
• 11.19.2018

  11.19.2018: Where does Jonathan Taylor rank among the best Badgers RBs ever?

  Jonathan Taylor ran for 321 yards and three touchdowns in a stirring triple-overtime win over Purdue; where does he rank among the best ever Badgers to tow the rock? Badgers beat reporter Jeff Potrykus swings by to chat about that...

  
• 11.12.2018

  11.13.2018: What's left to watch for now that the Big Ten title is off the table?

  With another loss at the hands of Penn State, the 6-4 Badgers have been a disappointment, so what's left to look for in the final two regular-season games? Journal Sentinel beat reporter Jeff Potrykus takes a look at the game...

  
• 11.06.2018

  11.06.2018: Still looking for that next gear after win over Rutgers

  Wisconsin took care of business against Rutgers on Saturday, but injuries continued to be a central story and the Badgers couldn't engineer a dominant showing against a lower-tier Big Ten team.  Journal Sentinel beat reporter Jeff Potrykus joins host JR Radcliffe...

  
• 10.29.2018

  10.29.2018: Thoughts on Jack Coan, Jonathan Taylor and if there's any hope for a Big Ten title

  The Wisconsin Badgers football team took another one on the chin with a 31-17 loss at Northwestern, the Badgers' third loss of the season and potentially the most damaging. Badgers beat reporter Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel checks...

  
• 10.23.2018

  10.23.2018: Turnovers galore, and how did the secondary fare against Illinois?

  Journal Sentinel beat reporter Jeff Potrykus looks back at the Illinois game, analyzing the work of the patched-up secondary, the rise of Evan Bondoc and the role of TJ Edwards. Plus, how does he evaluate the receiving corps as it...

  
• 10.16.2018

  10.16.2018: Loss to Michigan puts dagger into CFP hopes

  Journal Sentinel beat reporter Ben Steele -- filling in for an ailing Jeff Potrykus -- joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss Wisconsin's 38-13 loss to Michigan, the latest chapter of a struggle-filled 2018 season for the Badgers. What did Ben...

  
• 09.25.2018

  09.25.2018: Alex Hornibrook dazzles and UW comes home from Iowa a winner

  The Wisconsin Badgers football team went to Iowa City -- a house of horrors for many Big Ten teams -- and rallied late for a 28-17 win over Iowa. Quarterback Alex Hornibrook was sensational -- is he just one of...

  
• 09.18.2018

  09.18.2018: Disaster strikes as Badgers fall to BYU; what went wrong?

  The Wisconsin Badgers' hopes of a historic season in 2018 took a devastating blow at Camp Randall Stadium on Sept. 15 when BYU emerged with a 24-21 upset that reverberated throughout college football. UW struggled in all facets of the...

  
• 09.10.2018

  09.10.2018: Cause for concern or business as usual for Badgers?

  The Badgers struggled to pull away from New Mexico in the second game of the 2018 season, though the 45-14 final score looks plenty good on paper. The offense wore down the defense … but struggled early. The defense looked...

  
• 09.03.2018

  09.03.2018: Badgers take down Western Kentucky; what did we learn?

  The Wisconsin Badgers are 1-0 after handling Western Kentucky on Friday, 34-3. Who gets the game balls from the first game of the year? Journal Sentinel beat reporter Jeff Potrykus talks about the game from a number of angles, with...

  
• 08.29.2018

  8.30.18: Are the high expectations for the season warranted?

  The Wisconsin Badgers head into 2018 with some lofty goals and expectations. Journal Sentinel beat reporter Jeff Potrykus joins host JR Radcliffe to talk about what makes this team special, which players it can't live without, how the off-field problems...