How the Badgers adjust without Mellusi, grading Mordecai and more

BadgerExtra reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jake Kocorowski discuss the fallout from Chez Mellusi’s injury, Tanner Mordecai’s play so far, and how the defense will adjust to Big Ten play.

Week 4 Big Ten picks feat. Jim Polzin

BadgerExtra reporter Colten Bartholomew and columnist Jim Polzin give against-the-spread picks for a fun Week 4 in the Big Ten. Can Wisconsin cover -6 at Purdue? Hear what they think. Colten was 7-5 last week and is 13-18 on the year, while Jim went 6-6 last week and is 12-19 on the year. 

Can Wisconsin keep the win streak against Purdue alive?

BadgerExtra reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jake Kocorowski break down the Badgers’ matchup with Purdue, how similar the offenses are, and why Wisconsin’s stubborn defense may hurt them.

Week 3 Big Ten picks feat. Jim Polzin

BadgerExtra reporter Colten Bartholomew and columnist Jim Polzin try to get hot picking Big Ten games against the spread, including Wisconsin’s nonconference finale against Georgia Southern.

What Wisconsin has to do to get right against Georgia Southern

BadgerExtra reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jake Kocorowski dissect the matchup between Georgia Southern’s up-tempo offense and the Badgers defense, then discuss what needs to happen to improve Wisconsin’s run game.

Week 2 Big Ten picks feat. Jim Polzin

BadgerExtra reporter Colten Bartholomew and columnist Jim Polzin give you their against-the-spread picks for Week 2 in the Big Ten. Colten went 4-5 last week, while Jim went 2-7. (P.S. Sorry the audio isn’t as good as we’d hoped. Phone recording didn’t go as expected.)

How the Badgers may try to slow down Wazzu

BadgerExtra reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jake Kocorowski break down the No. 19 Wisconsin football team’s matchup at Washington State and how they see the Badgers combatting QB Cameron Ward.

Big Ten Week 1 picks featuring Jim Polzin

BadgerExtra reporter Colten Bartholomew and columnist Jim Polzin gives their picks for the Week 1 slate in the Big Ten, including the Badgers’ matchup against Buffalo.

Breaking down the Badgers depth chart, matchup with Buffalo

BadgerExtra reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jake Kocorowski give takeaways from the Badgers depth chart, and break down the matchup against Buffalo.  

Football season preview prop bets

Beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jake Kocorowski take a stab at Badgers season-preview prop bets — some are real, some are made up.