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State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin break down the news around the Badgers’ football and men’s basketball programs. They start with football and a recap of UW’s win in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, players staying and leaving the program, a coaching staff change and more. Then Jim gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Badgers’ postponed basketball g...

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin break down the Duke’s Mayo Bowl and the Badgers men’s basketball team’s first Big Ten loss. They examine what Wisconsin must do on offense to attack the Wake Forest defense, how the Badgers’ defense can slow down the fast-break attack of the Demon Deacons and make their against-the-spread pick for the game. Then...

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin get together over Zoom to break down the news surrounding the Badgers football and basketball programs. They start with National Signing Day for the football team, which brought in its highest-ranked recruiting class ever. Then they break down the matchup against Minnesota, how UW can break out of its offensive rut and more. They wrap...

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin get together over Zoom to talk about Badgers football and men's basketball teams.  They start with looking at what's wrong with the Badgers' offense, if it can get better against Iowa, how the defense can continue its dominance and the Hawkeyes' edge on special teams.  They also discuss the Big Ten title game picture, make pi...

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin get together on Zoom and break down the Badgers' football game against Indiana this weekend.  They look at what the offense needs to do to bounce back this week and how the defense can handle the Indiana receivers. They make Big Ten picks and discuss the Badgers basketball team's hot start to the year.  See omnystudio.com/lis...

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin are back to break down the Gophers canceling the Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe due to a COVID-19 outbreak. They discuss what it means for the Badgers going forward, what's still left on the table for UW, make Big Ten picks and more. Then they get into Badgers men's basketball getting set to start, Jim's excellent feature on Greg Gard's...

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin discuss the No. 10 Badgers' game at Northwestern, the coaching matchup between the staffs and make Big Ten picks. They wrap up the show talking about the UW men's basketball team's schedule and projections for this season.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin break down the Badgers’ matchup at Michigan, discuss Jim Harbaugh’s future and make Big Ten picks. Note: This podcast was recorded before the Ohio State-Maryland game was canceled.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin break down the Badgers' COVID-19 outbreak as it stands, discuss what happens moving forward and talk about the start of basketball season.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin get together over Zoom to discuss what happened with the Badgers over the past week.  After throttling Illinois in a season-opening win, the UW football team has had 12 positive cases of COVID-19 in five days. Colten and Jim talk about the timeline of all of this, the decision to cancel the game, what's next for the Badgers, and m...

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin get together over Zoom to talk about the Badgers' game against Illinois and the requests that Big Ten cities' mayors are making this season.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the news surrounding the Badgers football team.  Colten starts by discussing the buzz around freshman wide receiver Chimere Dike, is joined by State Journal beat reporter Jim Polzin to discuss season expectations for Graham Mertz, the defense and more. Colten wraps up by giving a behind-the-scenes look at the State Journal's Badgers p...

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the Jack Coan injury news, what the Badgers need to do to make sure Graham Mertz is successful, gives sleeper and breakout candidates for UW's roster, and offers some picks on Big Ten win totals.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the key players returning and not returning after opting out this season, and what those returns mean for the Badgers. Then, he answers listener questions.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the impacts that gaining OL Jon Dietzen and losing S Reggie Pearson may have on the Badgers before diving in and giving you a game-by-game look at UW's schedule. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew is joined by colleague Jim Polzin to break down the Big Ten's return to football, UW's central role in the process, and what's left to do.  Colten then discusses Tuesday's Senate committee hearing regarding the name, image and likeness law for college sports.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the Badgers’ big recruiting win in landing five-star tackle Nolan Rucci , looks into what the O-line of the future could be, discusses the soap opera that is the Big Ten and gives some thoughts about Badgers in the NFL. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew is joined by colleagues Jim Polzin and Todd Milewski to break down all the news around the Badgers. Colten and Jim talk about President Trump's involvement with Big Ten football, what is most realistic regarding the start of the football season, and the mistakes the conference has made. They also talk about the start of basketball season. Todd and Col...

Editor's note: This podcast was recorded before  Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren's open letter was published Wednesday night . State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew discusses the Badgers' recruiting win with wide receiver Skyler Bell, his issues with the complaints coaches and players' parents have with the Big Ten, and why consistency is so important in times of crisis like right...

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew details why the Big Ten punted on the fall football season, what role myocarditis played the decision, and discusses if spring football can actually work.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the Big Ten schedule release, what it means for the Badgers, the impending fight between the Power Five conferences and the NCAA, and previews the UW offense position by position.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down a rare recruiting loss for the Badgers, gives a position-by-position look at the UW defense, and tries to go the whole episode without talking about COVID-19.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the news around the Badgers football program. He starts by talking about the newly open recruiting of three-star WR Joseph Manjack, and the Badgers losing out of three-star CB Robert Regan Jr. Then he discusses the interesting tweets of Deacon Hill, a UW 2021 recruit.  Bartholomew shares his thoughts on two former Badgers standing up...

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew is back to break down the news surrounding Badgers football.  He starts by discussing UW's newest recruiting prize, 2022 safety Braelon Allen. Where will he play? What does he bring? What can he become for the Badgers? Colten gives his thoughts.  Then he dissects what the all-Big Ten schedule means for the Badgers and why it happened. ...

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew sits down with Nebraska Dr. Chris Kratochvil to discuss a number of topics regarding COVID-19's impact on college football.  Kratochvil is the chair of the Big Ten's task force on infectious disease, associate vice chancellor for clinical research and professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Nebraska, as well as the executive director of the Glo...