The Camp: A Wisconsin football podcast

On this week’s episode of “The Camp,” Zach and Matt look back at the Western Kentucky game, take a big picture look at the Big Ten, answer your Twitter questions and more.

Zach is joined by The Athletic’s Jesse Temple, the Wisconsin State Journal’s Jason Galloway and Bucky’s 5th Quarter’s Jake Kocorowski to preview the season. Zach also chats with Matt Bernstein to get his season predictions. :45 — Is the Quintez Cephus situation a distraction for the team? If so, how will it impact the season? 8:55 — Outside of QB Alex Hornibrook, what player is the most important for Wisconsin to accomplish its lofty goals this season? 17:27 — Fill in the blank 1) The one player that stood out to me in camp was ________. 2) The one player no one is talking about right now that will have an impact this year is ______. 3) The one player I’m most interested to watch this Friday is _________. 4) The one position I’m still concerned about heading into the season is ________. 31:58 — Matt Bernstein interview 42:32 — Sold or not sold 1) Wisconsin will score at least 40 points per game. 2) Alex Hornibrook will break Joel Stave’s record for games won in a career this year. 3) Scott Nelson will lead Wisconsin in interceptions. 4) Kendric Pryor will lead Wisconsin in catches. 5) Wisconsin will finish in the top 10 in scoring defense. 56:47 — How many true freshmen will play this year? 1:03:05 — Biggest challenger to Wisconsin in the Big Ten West? 1:05:05 — Season predictions

On this episode of “The Camp,” Zach is joined by The Athletic’s Jesse Temple for the first segment, while we’ve also got an interview with offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph and answers to your Twitter questions. 1:35 — Alex Hornibrook’s interceptions overshadowed the high level of success he had in 2017 7:20 — What’s a reasonable stat line for Hornibrook this year? 11:26 — Impressions on the first few days of camp 17:50 — Impact of the new redshirt rule 21:40 — OC Joe Rudolph interview on the 1993 Big Ten title team, Patrick Kasl giving up football, the move of Jon Dietzen to LT, losing some of his depth and the new redshirt rule 35:31 — Twitter questions 1) Who do you see winning the No. 2 CB job? 2) How difficult will it be for Kayden Lyles to move to DE? 3) Why didn’t the coaches try Jon Dietzen at LT last year? 4) Which true freshman are most likely not to redshirt? 5) Are they going to add more OL to the DL for depth? 6) Who of the true freshmen is standing out?

On Day 2 of Big Ten Media Days in Chicago, Matt and Zach chatted with Wisconsin’s Michael Deiter and D’Cota Dixon, as well as Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz and his quarterback, Nate Stanley. Bernie also caught up with coach Paul Chryst for a short interview. 1:20 — Answering some Twitter questions, including some on the DL, OLBs and CB. 15:48 — Bernie talks about some “Welcome to Wisconsin” moments for young players. 17:40 — Michael Deiter interview 30:25 — Nate Stanley interview 51:50 — Fall camp is no fun 54:30 — D’Cota Dixon interview 1:07:45 — Kirk Ferentz interview 1:17:14 — Bernie talks with Paul Chryst

Matt and Zach hit Day 1 of Big Ten Media Days for interviews with Wisconsin LB TJ Edwards, AD Barry Alvarez, former Green Bay Packers and Ohio State LB AJ Hawk, Minnesota LB Thomas Barber, Nebraska WR Stanley Morgan Jr., and Michigan DE Chase Winovich. 1:39 — TJ Edwards 15:47 — Barry Alvarez 22:00 — AJ Hawk 32:31 — Thomas Barber 39:13 — Stanley Morgan Jr. 44:43 — Chase Winovich

We conclude our position-by-position look at Wisconsin by talking Rafael Gaglianone, Anthony Lotti and Aron Cruickshank.

We continue our position-by-position preview with a look at the defensive backfield, where Wisconsin is having to replace three starters.

Our position-by-position preview continues with the inside linebackers, where the Badgers are stacked once again.

We continue our position-by-position previews with a look at the outside linebackers, where there is one known commodity — Andrew Van Ginkel — and then a lot of talented but inexperienced players.

Zach is joined by Danny Cunningham to breakdown the Wisconsin defensive line, including how the Badgers will deal with the offseason injuries to a pair of projected starters.

We finish off our offensive position-by-position preview for Wisconsin by looking at the OL.

Zach is joined by Danny Cunningham to preview what’s next for Wisconsin’s tight ends with Troy Fumagalli now in the NFL.

On this episode of “The Camp,” Zach is joined by Land of 10’s Jesse Temple, the Wisconsin State Journal’s Jason Galloway, Badger Blitz’s John Veldhuis and Jake Kocorowski from Bucky’s 5th Quarter to recap spring practice. 1:55 — Everyone gives their spring MVP. 7:08 — Fill in the blank: 1) My biggest question coming out of spring is _________. 2) The best unit on the team right now is _________. 3) The most interesting position battle this fall will be _______. 26:37 — Sold or not sold 1) Wisconsin will score 40 points per game this season. 2) Wisconsin will be successful if Jack Coan has to start multiple games. 38:09 — The most interesting interview everyone did this spring? 43:20 — Who is the biggest challenger to Wisconsin in the Big Ten West? 49:36 — Way-too-early win-loss prediction for Wisconsin.

On this week’s episode of “The Camp,” Zach is joined by the Wisconsin State Journal’s Jason Galloway to look at the defense, and has interviews with defensive end Garrett Rand, linebacker Chris Orr and cornerback Dontye Carriere-Williams. 3:03 — Who will start opposite D’Cota Dixon at safety? 9:46 — Garrett Rand is back home at defensive end 20:08 — Big things expected from Zack Baun in 2018 29:02 — Garrett Rand interview 33:46 — Chris Orr interview 39:51 — Dontye Carriere-Williams interview

On this episode of “The Camp,” Zach is joined by Jesse Temple of Land of 10 to breakdown what they’ve seen the first two weeks of spring, and we also have interviews with redshirt freshman tight end Jake Ferguson and redshirt freshman safety Scott Nelson. 4:20 — Why the 2018 offensive line could be among the best in school history. 8:40 — Confidence is high in the secondary despite so many new faces. 13:07 — Wisconsin seems to be trying to figure out a way to use RB Jonathan Taylor is the pass game more. 15:40 — “I think he’s going to be a much better quarterback.” — Jesse on Alex Hornibrook, who is entering his third year as the starter. 20:46 — Interview with TE Jake Ferguson 30:58 — Interview with S Scott Nelson 39:24 — Twitter questions 1) Could this offense end up being among the best in Wisconsin history? 2) What’s the tight end depth look like? 3) Who will be the No. 2 running back? Will Nakia Watson play as a freshman? 4) Will there be less nickel defense played with so much inexperience in the secondary? Who will be the fifth DB?