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Podcast: Locked On Badgers - Daily Podcast On Wisconsin Badgers Football & Basketball Episode: Spring Ball INSIDER UPDATES Wisconsin Badgers POSITIONAL BATTLES - Could Ryan Hopkins be the backup? Transcript: It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. Get your daily college sports fix completely ad-free with a 7-day free trial to the Everyday Or Club. Listen to your favorite schools locked on podcast without the interruptions and unlock an exclusive invite to our members-only Discord chat to talk team news 24-7 with die-hard fans. Join the club right now by tapping the link in the show notes to claim your free trial. Welcome to Lockdown Badgers, your team every single day. I'm your host Ryan Herrings, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast. Today's episode, we've got official visit season coming. We're going to talk some key players, key guys to look out for stat projections, thoughts on some key spots here for the Badger football team. Plus positional battles, what is still being decided? We got that dude, Payne Blossovich, 24-7 sports jumping on the show for, I don't know, the fourth or fifth time at this point. Yeah, man. Let's start here. Some positional battles. I talked about this the other day, and we'll go back and forth on some of these. I think there's a chance Ryan Hopkins ends up as the number two quarterback this season. And it's not because of what do Sadam's Dizzer isn't doing, it's almost because of what Ryan Hopkins is doing. What are your thoughts on backup quarterback actually being a battle this year? Yeah, Ryan, again, always happy to join you, always a blast. With that position specifically, it's one that I think we're going to be watching going into fall camp. Dizz Adams was comfortably the backup coming into this year. Colton Joseph joined the program expecting to be the starter, and he's been as advertised the guy that we expected. It's not like Dizz Adams has been playing down, playing poorly by any means. It's just, I don't think most people expected Ryan Hopkins to come in and be the player in the immediacy that he's been athletic. He's been very physical. They threw him in one of those, one-on-one hitting drills in the first couple of weeks of practice, and he was ready to drop his shoulder and hammer some guys. But he's shown his quickness. He's had a really nice timing on his delivery, gotten the ball in over the top of the defense. He's just shown a very mature touch to his game that kind of just lends itself to playing relatively quickly. It's always going to be different when the bullets start flying. But from what we've seen during spring ball in some of that live action, when the Badgers have been competing at their highest intensity, Ryan Hopkins has made plays. So Dizz Adams and Ryan Hopkins, I think, is going to be a really fun battle. That should be a breath of fresh air for Badger fans to know that, should Colton Joseph not be on the field for whatever reason and knock on wood, I'm not trying to get any bad vibes on anything. But you can maybe feel a little bit more comfortable with the guy that you're putting out there, that he can run an offense. Because Dizz Adams has thrown some great balls in spring practice too, especially down the sideline, blazoring into his receivers. These are two guys that I think have the capability to run an offense, to manage an offense, to push the ball downfield if need be. So it's going to be a battle and that's when I'm really excited to watch. Is Carter Smith, because he got better too, but it feels like he is probably, I don't even know how to say it. I don't know if there's a path for Carter Smith, right? And it's crazy when you're talking about a former four-star quarterback, won two games last year, right? As a starter. And it almost feels like he's already been jumped by a couple of guys. Is that accurate or were your thoughts on where Carter Smith is right now? I think that's fair to say, but I also would have said that he didn't probably have a path to playing time last year and they needed him. So if you want to spin it this way, you can look at it as Wisconsin has its starter that it's expecting to play. Two guys that it believes can probably compete in a backup bowl of some capacity and whether that gets solved in fall camp or not is to be determined. And then you also have two guys that have playing experience on the field with Carter Smith and then Daniel Neal coming off the injury. So this is a much deeper room than you've had probably in Luke Fickel's entire tenure. So maybe that can ease concerns just a little bit that you can go multiple levels deep and at least have playing experience if anything. Yeah, I think it's well said. All right, let's shift to receiver. We got a couple positional battles that we're going to try to talk through here. Where do you see receiver right now shaking out? This was one of the toughest spots to read throughout the entirety of camp just because there's so many guys and I said it multiple times. I never felt like anyone truly separated themselves as the number one target, the number one playmaker in the room. But that's not to say that there aren't any playmakers. I think there's several guys that, you know, Houlton Joseph can utilize. You know, you have transfers like Jaylen DiMaggio, Shammar Rigby have made some stand out plays during the spring. You got your returners, Eugene Houlton. Chris Brooks had a really strong finish to the year and he's someone that I feel like is probably going to consistently factor into the receiving game. Tyrell Henry, another returner that feels like he's probably due for a step in his role and responsibility. He was one of the guys that Wisconsin's offense looked to the most to go over the top down the middle of the field, you know, on those post routes scoring the long touchdown. Like Tyrell Henry was the guy, so I like expect him to see time on the field. And then behind then you got guys like Malekai Coleman and Zion Kearney who are immensely talented and have the physical traits. And if one or both of them really took a jump during fall camp, I would make complete sense to me. So like I can't diagnose or analyze that room right now just because it feels like there's so many possibilities. So fall camp is going to be so important for that group because you're going to start to dial in the rotation just a little bit. I'd expect that to become a little bit more clear, but there's a number of names that you can look to. It's kind of hard to tell right now. Yeah, it is. I did a receiver show recently and it's like I don't break down my receiver show. I was almost like eh, that was almost like my nonsense of it. And I think there's a lot of interesting bodies there. Does it worry you that nobody maybe took the reins and really broke out like it felt like every practice and you saw a lot of these guys right? A different guy there'd be a moment where Kearney would show up and there'd be a moment where Hilton would show up. And you mentioned Henry and Dimajio seemed to pick up steam as the practices went on. Would you feel better if one guy had kind of stood out to you? No, that doesn't concern me just because that's competition. Like that is what spring is all about. And it's my job as a beat reporter to cover this team every day. But even I will tell you that spring ball isn't necessarily as important as fall camp. Like you can start to get a read on some stuff, but you're going to learn your lessons in the fall. That's where these names are going to start to stand out. That's where these position battles are going to be sorted out. So I don't need one or two players to be the de facto standout right now. That needs to start ironing out in the next couple of months here. And I think we'll eventually end up seeing that. That's just kind of how it goes. But there's just been so much competition in that room. I don't think I'm necessarily worried about that just yet. Yeah, I think that's well said. I don't get too stressed about spring. I think spring is about figuring out where people can fit in certain spots, trying on different packages, you know, getting reps for younger players. I think there's a lot going on. There's also a lot of new offensive coaches that are getting used to a new receivers coach, for example, getting these players. I'm not that stressed about it either. Let me ask you this and we'll move off receivers. You saw these guys a lot. Is there one guy you saw that surprised you? Either a turning guy that you said, man, that dude made a jump or a portal guy that you're like, or even a freshman. Any other freshman in the freshman make plays. Was there a receiver that surprised you? That is funny that you noted those freshmen. All three of those guys were honestly had their moments. And just with the amount of bodies that are in front of them, they didn't get necessarily the run that someone like a Eugene Hilton might have last year, just because there was maybe more of an absence of players that could fill that, you know, rotational role. But beyond them, I think Jalen DiMaggio just like his ability to move through space kind of is going to sound weird when I say this, but you can kind of feel the veteran presence and experience as a receiver. He can just kind of manage the game pretty well in where he gets himself to create some space, get himself open across the middle. Like he just seemed like a receiver that can get rid of a defender and get open, which I thought was impressive. And Shramar Rigby too honestly came on really strong. He was sort of the guy that Colton Joseph looked to down the field along the sidelines, you know, on those out breaking routes. Like his athleticism, I think, caught me off guard just a little bit. And he played a little bit greater role for the off. This event I may be anticipated. I can't wait for fall camp to see these receivers. Let's shift to Edge, because Edge is another one, right? Where Gone is Mason Riger, Gone is Darryl Peterson. In steps maybe Sebastian Cheeks to a bigger role. You still have FyraBri Garner. You got some young guys like Williams, Latesjou. I'm sure I'm missing a couple here. We also missing on the Edge. Did you say Clayton yet? Yeah, Nick Clayton, Liam Dannitz, like the track guy coming in at Portal. How would you look at this Edge group right now? I think the anchor for that room is Sebastian Cheeks. I'm very comfortable in saying that he's going to be starting out one of those two spots on the perimeter. His experience, his physicality, he's a real relentless player. He's going to be a guy that is going to be causing the disruption in the backfield. I can confidently say that. He was working his way into the rotation with that group, Lesti's, and that had two guys now on NFL rosters. I think Cheeks, for sure, is someone that is going to lead the way. For the defense, not just the position group. For me, it's FyraBri and Clayton that are the two guys that are probably going to split time pretty consistently opposite Cheeks. Tyree FyraBri was another guy in that rotation last season and saw some action on the field. I think he's in position to take a step up. He's a little bit more dialed into the defensive scheme, to the physicality that's necessary. He was an effective tackler last season when he saw his run on the field. I think they'll be asking him to do a little bit more. Then the intriguing young guy is Nick Clayton, for sure. He's probably the most explosive guy just getting off the line in this unit. He's bendy, he's long, he's kind of the dream archetype for a past rusher. He's built on his physicality as a true freshman. Last year, I think he's going to be a guy that is going to take a huge jump, maybe explode this season and be one of the creative playmakers for Wisconsin's defensive front. I'm smiling because I love to hear that. That's a guy that I've had him on the show. I love that dude. Just as a person, but also as a player. He's a guy, people may not remember this. He came into the program under 200 pounds. He's like 190 something and he's put on a lot of good weight. Do you think he can be at more than a situational past rusher this year? That's a good question. I think it's sort of a deal like a Mason post or a Cooper-Cottalano where started off the year, this guy can be in the rotation. Keep it going. This guy can get significant run as a backup. Maybe by the time we get to the end of the season, it's how are we supposed to keep Nick Clayton off the field? That would not surprise me if that's the trajectory that he follows. It just makes sense that it's the late of the year because the nature of the position requires that you need that first season to just build up the necessary body, the frame to make an impact on the trenches. It would not surprise me if he was a consistent guy getting action there, but at the very least I expect him to be competing to be in the rotation. Who's the guy in the edge position that we don't talk about enough? Because everything you're saying about Nicholas Clayton, I think Badger fans are going to be stoked here, but that's also a name that has quite a bit of buzz. I mean, the hard part about Badger fans. Who's the guy in this position? Is it a Jalen Williams? Is it a Le Tejou? Is there somebody we're not talking about enough in this group? I think Liam Dennis is very curious. He was previewed as being very quick, very athletic, and that translated immediately. He was getting run with around that second group during the spring, and he had a ways to go just building out his size, but it would not surprise me at all if he sees some action on the field in some capacity, whether it be as reserved, maybe on special teams, and if need be, getting some time in the rotation, but you just saw that speed of him chasing down ball carriers in the backfield. If he were running back, hesitated if a hole hadn't quite opened up, Liam Dennis was there to get around the edge and make a tackle. So I was pretty impressed with that, just because I wasn't quite sure what to expect with him, but it wouldn't shock me if he did have a role on the field in some way. That was like an easy guy that you would be able to slot in his special teams at least, right? Some type of core special team are reserved defensive end edge player. I think that makes sense for him. We're going to take a quick second here. We're going to go back. We both think holding Joseph is going to be pretty good, but just how good? We got some stat predictions and projections next on lockdown badges, but first a quick second for our friends of the show. Quick second to say thank you for tuning in to lockdown badges. Today's episode brought to you by our tremendous friends over at Indeed, and you have workplace chaos. You have deadlines stacking up. You have deadlines you have to meet. You have clients. You have to keep happy. You have projects. You have to deliver. And on top of that, you're supposed to hire the perfect candidate. That's tough, right? Maybe turn to Indeed, sponsor jobs to help you get the right people in the door. And that's probably what 247 did, finding people like paying. I mean, that's a home run hire. That's a five star hire. Guys like Nick Olson, like they probably maybe went to Indeed and found the perfect talent to push their business forward. 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Where can people find everything that you and your team have going on? Yeah, so this is one of the busiest times of the year at Badger 247. I've got a lot of the daily team content, the post spring coverage doing a little bit of basketball, maybe a little bit of look ahead to fall camp too. And then Nick Osen and John McNamara have been hammering the official visits coming up here. It's one of the biggest four week stretches of Wisconsin football recruiting. And we've got it all dialed in every single day. So if that sounds at all interesting to you, Badger 247. Right now we actually have 50% off VIP subscription. That's where you're going to get all the juice, all the nuggets on the recruiting stuff. So be sure to tune in for sure. If you're a Badger fan and you're not subscribed to 247, what are you doing? Go check out the content. Those three guys are doing. It's amazing. Those are the three amigos of the Badger coverage content. Let's go receivers. Let's do some stat projections. Actually, no, let's go quarterbacks to start with. So Colton Joseph, a number we played around with the other day, over Wagner, total touchdowns 22.5. So passing and rushing 22.5 per Colton Joseph. What do you think? I think I probably like over just the mobility, the evasiveness. I think he's a guy that they're going to look to do the air on the ground. We saw that a little bit in camp with the red zone work. It's really difficult for defenses to stop when a quarterback can look like they're trying to run, pop it over the top, look like they're throwing, tuck it, go up the middle and score a touchdown. That's where Colton Joseph earns his right on the field. He's a dynamic, fast player, very decisive in what he's doing and makes it really difficult for defenses. I'd probably go over on that number very tentatively, I would say. I think I'm over too. Where do you think the realistic ceiling is? If you were to set the total touchdown, this is a realistic ceiling for Colton Joseph. How good could he be this year? I think if I, and we had just looked at this, I think if I'm right, the number last year was 34 total touchdowns, something like that between passing and running. I'd probably put his ceiling as maybe just under that based on some of the defenses he's going to face. I'm not sure if I would expect him to take as much of a dual threat role as he did. He was at a thousand yard rusher at Old Dominion last year. I don't think I quite expect that, though. I think his legs will be pretty huge regardless. I'd maybe say just under that, maybe we can put the ceiling as around 30, something like that. I think that's a fair guess. But it's tough to say right now. Let's shift to running backs. One of the questions we had in the comments was Abu Sama over under 750 rushing yards. I'm going to let you point your flag on a running back stat here in a second. But where would you go on Abu Sama over under 750 this year? I think I would probably go under. I think I would expect there to be a little bit more rotation between him, Derem De Prix, and a couple other guys in the room. Abu Sama throughout the entirety of his career hasn't been an all-down back. That's what he's told us that he's trying to be with the Badgers. I think that's certainly possible. But just based on what we've seen right now, I'd probably go under and then not to jump ahead of you, but maybe with Derem De Prix, I'd probably go up just a little bit with what we might expect. I think those guys will split action fairly evenly, at least from what we've seen right now. Does Jackson have a defined role in this offense? So if you've got Dupree, and I agree with you, I think Dupree and Sama are your one and two. And however that split works out. Does Bryan Jackson have a defined role in this offense? Does Nate Palmer? So Bryan Jackson, I think, is going to be the physical guy. We need two yards. He's a big, physical guy that the Badgers can rely on. Maybe this isn't a perfect comp, but maybe a Jackson-acre type of guy where he's someone you can get in a ball to and try and get a yard or two. And he's shown honestly a little bit of burst up the middle. He can definitely outrun the defense if given the space, but just with the explosiveness that you have with Abu Salah and Darian Dupri, I think Brian Jackson's the guy that you need to hammer it up the middle. That's the guy you go with. I agree. I think you need three backs anyway to make it through the big 10 season and he gives you. I'll also say this. I generally think transfer guys aren't coming here for no reason. A guy from USC, like the guy's from lower levels, sure, but a guy from USC is probably coming here because they told them you're going to play a role and this is the role we see for you. That's just my interpretation of it, but I think he plays. Over under total yards, Darian Dupri, 550. So on the ground and in the air, 550. I would say over and that's going to be a pretty significant jump from his number last season, but it's so hard to judge because the offense was so poor last year that none of those numbers may be translate very well, just looking at it in a vacuum. So I would probably say over, I do think he'll play a little bit. Bigger role in the receiving game out in the backfield. It's just such a strength for him and it gets him into space a little bit more. I think they're going to try and stretch the field with him, get him going side to side and then he has the speed to go up the middle and get to the second level of the defense. So just with the versatility, the experience in Wisconsin's offense, the O line does their job and the passing game can get the defense stretched out just a little bit. I'd be more than comfortable saying over with him. Yeah, I agree with you. I think there's a big strength that's coming out of high school as well. And the point I made and you just made it to you can't really look at last year. Last year was so broken in every facet. And he got dinged up. It was just that was just a bad season to judge. But I think he goes over to let's go to receiver. I'm going to kick it to you to start this one. Give me a plant to flag stat you have for receiver. Like what is something you're confident in statistically with this receiver group, whether it's one player, whether it's a group of them. Where would you go? That's a good question. I think I could say three receivers over 200 yards. Is that fair? I would need to check the stats for last year. It was so evenly split. And I think it was Lance Mason at the tight end spot that ended up actually leading that group. So maybe that's a little bit bullish, but three receivers at least with over 200 yards, I think, could be a fair target. If you see that, your passing game is probably healthy. It's probably dynamic and you're not looking to one option. That's just like it is trying to predict the rotation. That's kind of throwing darts out of wall there. But I think that's probably my best guess. Let me give you this one then to take it one step further. I'm going to take your 200. I'm going to raise it. Brian Shetty asked, will there be two receivers over 500? Ah, that's a really good question. Two receivers over 500 yards. And I'll get what you think about that. I'll tell you what I said. I don't think so. I go for him. I probably say no do. I think you get one. And then I think, to your point, I think it's spread the wealth. I think running backs, tight ends, receivers, a lot of people are going to catch balls this year. But I do think you get one over 500, but I don't think you get two. Yeah, that's a tough question. That's a great number. I think probably one. But if you're asking who it is, I probably couldn't tell you yet. That's where the difficulty lies there with that. But I do expect the action to be fairly evenly split just based off of what we've seen. And if one guy does end up emerging, I would not be surprised if they looked to him pretty consistently. But beyond that, it's so tough to say with that unit. Let me ask you this, because I think this is interesting. I'm going to give you a list of receivers on this team. And I'm going to tell you, would it surprise you if any of these receivers led the team in receiving the advantage, the Majio Hilton Henry? I think that's it. I don't know what would. Because I think it's a prize. You've currently Coleman Brooks or Henry did. Is that crazy? I would agree with that. I think that's probably fair. If I had to like grab a like three guys to leave the room, I'd probably say to Majio Rigby and and Hilton would be my best yes to break out and be that maker. Brooks is always going to have a spot on the field just because his physicality is so difficult to manage as a defensive back. That's so challenging to overcome. And then he can be an asset in the run and pass game based on that. So I'd always expect Chris Brooks to have a role. I just don't think he's going to be a guy that is leading the explosive plays in that regard. He's a lot more over the middle in the flat. That's sort of where he lies right now. And then Tyrell Henry is a good question. He picked up so many big plays throughout the spring that maybe I can see a world where it happens. But just right now I like the experience of a guy like to Majio. I like the athleticism and the hands of someone like Rigby. And I like the dynamicism, the fluidity of someone like a Eugene Hilton. Yeah, I think as well said. Cheesed Dog asks fact depiction. Cheeks leaves the team in sacks paint. And if that is what I said, that was what I predicted. Yeah. And when I had actually put out a story on Badger 247 just kind of guessing some stat leaders just going down the list. And I said that I think she leads. I said TFLs but it's pretty similar. I think that she's going to be a great player. I think that's all based on how he's blocked. Like if Cheeks is by far and away with the biggest pass rushing threat, they're going to double team him. They're going to pull for and they're going to they're going to try and make sure he stays away from the quarterback. So in that regard predicting that can be kind of tough. But I think pound for pound. He is the guy that I expect to lead the way there. So would not surprise me at all if he's the leader in sacks TFLs, whatever. Who's this year's version of Darryl Peterson then? So let's say Cheeks is this year's version of Riker. Not the same player and probably not quite as as multidimensional. But he's Riker this year. Who's the guy that takes pressure off him? Is it Clayton? Is he ready to be the Robin to the Batman here? I'd go for your brief first, I think. Because Clayton is kind of in a similar vein where he's explosive very quick. But if you have a beefy physical strong offensive line, you might be able to get a hand on him and at least slow him down a little bit. Fear Breeze going to match that physicality and intensity for sure. He's probably going to be a guy that opposing coaches when they're prepping for the Badgers. Say, I don't want to see that guy. Yeah, Cheeks is great and all. But I don't want to see that guy opposite him. You know what I mean? So like with the kind of the workhorse type of role that Darryl Peterson played for this team last season, wouldn't surprise me at all if Cheeks is kind of in that similar role. I love it. I always say one more quick sec. We got official visit season. We're going to highlight just a couple of the key dates and a couple of key players coming up in what is a huge part of this recruiting cycle that's coming up next on lockdown Badgers per first. A quick second for our friends of the show. Quick second say thank you for tuning into lockdown Badgers. Want to say thank you again for tuning into lockdown Badgers making this one of your first listens every day and just for being a part of this community. We're going to wrap this show up. We got official visit season. Pain. We've been doing a lot of talking about this year's team, but the foundation for next year's team, the team after that, it's being built in the summer. It's official visit season. I think it makes sense for people who maybe don't live and breathe this every day. Like what are some of the key dates coming up here? Yeah, it's these next four weeks over the weekends. This is where you're going to get a lot of the guys that can help shape your class. It's interesting when you look at it last season, there was probably a lot of anticipation, a lot of angst maybe I could say because it felt like your whole class was going to be defined by this next month, month and a half. It's different now this year. The Badgers have, I believe it's 13 names locked in already as commits. And a lot of those are your biggest names. A lot of those are your kind of foundational pieces to the to the class. It brings a little bit of the pressure off of official visit season. You have the vast majority of your group kind of set right now, and you have some work that you'll hopefully end up doing in the fall, getting some of those guys. So right now official visit season, you're dialed in on a handful of prospects each week, and that's what you're trying to do. And interestingly enough, pretty much all, I believe it's all of Wisconsin's committed class will be in town for this weekend, which is insane. I actually don't think I've ever seen that. So it is going to be very unique. They're a handful of guys. The Badgers are looking towards coming up here, but the bulk of your class feels like it's complete right now. And it's more about now kind of building those relationships, building the camaraderie, just letting those guys hang out. And if anyone is joining on the official visit wants to join, they're more than welcome, if that makes sense. I love getting that entire bulk of already committed kids on campus because I think that builds, I think use the word peer pressure because that sounds like people want to be part of something. If you get this excited group of kids that are here that are excited to be Badgers, I just think that permeates to everybody else. Those guys have been fun. Yeah. And you want to be part of that. More. What are the key names for this weekend next weekend that people really want to key in on? Badger fans want to key in on. What that says to me is he's a guy that is going to shoot up the rankings. Coaches are always one step ahead of the evaluators. And when someone maybe hasn't gotten as much tape, he's graded an 83-3 star prospect right now. And you can go look at his offer list. It's very notable. So he's a guy that I think the Badgers are going to try and lock down as best they can. He'll get up to defense a little bit. He's physical. He's versatile. He plays on at the outside linebacker edge spot. But I think the Badgers like him on the inside. And he's someone that has drummed up a lot of buzz. And it's a big win for the Badgers to get him on that first weekend. Can go on the list. A lot more prominent big name is a guy Williams. He's defensive back. We have him right now at 24-7 as a safety. I think the Badgers like him at cornerback. but he's long attacked the ball, very, very quick athlete. That he's a guy that the Badgers are targeting at a priority position that they need to build up a little bit on the perimeter. So he's a key name to watch, but he's not a key name I expect to come away with a decision this weekend, or maybe even this summer. If the Badgers do end up getting a commitment from him this weekend, that would be a tremendous win. So wouldn't expect a decision, but certainly a guy to watch. And then give you another one, three-star wide receiver TJ Powell, fluid, slippery guy, and I'm not sure if he'll come with a decision either, but he's one of a few key wide receivers that will be on campus over the next couple of weeks. So wide receiver in general, I would keep an eye on that. They're gonna try and build that up a little bit. That's a spot that needs a few more bodies and TJ Powell to me is someone to note for sure. How big of a deal is that first visit? Is the first visit the biggest deal? Is it last visit? I think you just don't want something in the middle in general, but like, okay, yeah. It's first and last visit, but this first weekend in particular so important because you're getting all those guys on campus, all those committed guys. So it's like your first introduction to this class, a lot of times for some of the guys at Levada State, it's their first time meeting, some of these guys that they're gonna share a class with. Wisconsin uniquely has so many members of its class in the state, they've been to so many practices, they've been to games together, but this is where you're getting all those guys together. You're doing all the activities, you're going out on the lake, you're doing all that stuff. So like the first weekend is massive, that's where you really wanna to get your focus in on some of these key guys in some of these key spots. Like the first weekend is huge. That is tremendously well said as always by pain. Dude, thank you again for jumping on the show. I could have, I've already kept you a few minutes longer than I normally do, but you were a tremendous guest and it was an awesome show. Go check out Pain, Blossom at you over at 247 Sports, along with obviously Nick Gose and John McNamara, both have tremendous people. I always say that, like go support good people doing good things. For everyone doing it into the show, thank you so much. On Wisconsin, as always, and a bunch more content coming up this week as well. So make sure you stay tuned for that. Show notes: Spring Ball INSIDER UPDATES Wisconsin Badgers POSITIONAL BATTLES - Could Ryan Hopkins be the backup? Wisconsin Badgers fans brace for tightly contested positional battles as Ryan Hopkins challenges Deuce Adams for the backup quarterback role and rising talents like Nick Clayton and Liam Danitz look to energize the Edge group. Can Colton Joseph exceed 22.5 total touchdowns this season, and which Badgers receiver will finally step forward as the go-to target in a deep, competitive wide receiver room? 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