The Camp: A Wisconsin Badgers Football Podcast

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The Camp: BadgerBlitz.com's Jon McNamara, DB preview Jul 21, 2022

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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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The Camp: Lee Sports Wisconsin columnist Jim Polzin, LB preview Jul 17, 2022

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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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The Camp: July 13, 2022 Jul 13, 2022

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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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The Camp: July 7, 2022 Jul 07, 2022

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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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The Camp: June 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022

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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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The Camp: June 28, 2022 Jun 28, 2022

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Our journey to learn more about the people that cover the Badgers continues with Mike Hogan from 247Sports joining us. We talk about him growing up as a triplet just outside of Milwaukee, the impact of his time at St. Bonaventure, the challenge of writing for a subscription site and he helps preview the exciting but inexperienced wide receiver room.

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The Camp: June 23, 2022 Jun 23, 2022

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We continue to introduce you to the people that cover your favorite team with this episode's guest being the Wisconsin State Journal's Jake Kocorowski. He talks about his long and winding road to his current job, the things he's passionate about away from sports, what it's like covering UW for a traditional media outlet and he helps us preview Wisconsin's running backs.

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The Camp: June 21, 2022 Jun 21, 2022

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We're back! We get our position previews underway with a bit of a twist. The Wisconsin State Journal's Colten Bartholomew joins to talk about his path to being the beat writer for the Badgers, his life outside of the job and more. Then we jump into breaking down the quarterback spot headlined by Graham Mertz.

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The Camp: May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022

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It's a recruiting episode of The Camp. Zach is joined by BadgerBlitz.com's Jon McNamara to get the latest on the Wisconsin's recruiting efforts in the 2023 and 2024 classes, as well as the impact of NIL and how Mickey Turner is settling into his role leading the recruiting department.

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The Camp: April 24, 2022 Apr 24, 2022

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Spring practice is done! The guys get together to talk about what they learned during the 12 practices open to the media, the questions that remain, some guys that stood out and others that have put themselves in position to compete for playing time this fall.

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