Jaylen Williams and Carter Smith scouting reports for the Wisconsin Badgers football team!

Brian Smith talks about the Jaylen Williams commitment for the Wisconsin Badgers football team and Luke Fickell. How big of a commitment is Williams and is he the best DL recruit Fickell has landed.
We discuss Carter Smith and why he'd be a dynamic add for the Badgers in the QB room. We also discuss the firing of Phil Longo and which directino the Badgers should go with for their next offensive coordinator.
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[@Bucky63]

Brian Smith is always great. Love his honesty. He is usually right on.

[@Danimal1965]

Brian's no-nonsense, direct style and vibe is awesome! A Wisconsinite at heart. Keep up the great work, guys.

[@thomasmiller8364]

Disagree. He is a condescending guy, who obviously thinks very little of our Program.

[@CraigFissel]

Thank you to Brian for calling out Offense weakness way beyond Locke. Like Brian said "Locke may not be great - But Give Locke some help!!" Thanks Ryan for having Brian on!! Very productive discussion on the path forward for the Program. Love the Spirit of today's show.

[@craighenrichs6174]

Awesome show. Brian tells you the way it is someone at the UW hopefully is watching .

[@JMFBizzle]

BRIAN! My man!

[@Muppy_Braun]

Gotta get Carter. Great show Ryan!

[@vastsleep7152]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him

[@badgerbill336]

How did they not have better RB room, Knife fights in the dorm, moving a LB to the running back, and then no recruiting departmenf

[@ksbadger]

Question for Brian next time Ryan: Cignetti doesn’t have the recruits Brian is talking about so how did he ‘figure it out’?

[@brianh1287]

A lot easier to figure it out with their schedule. You get on a roll early and the players start believing and the next thing you know you win the one close game on your schedule. They are a good team to be sure, but they were also set up for success with their schedule.

[@njBadger]

Our schedule is brutal and will be brutal for several years . Only in Fick's fourth year will things be easier in terms of schedule. OSU pulled away in the second half and showed again why they are dominant. It's really the haves and have nots. Does the taxpayers want to pay for an elite football national championship team or not. Do folks want to pay NIL money to get the top recruits?

[@RealestRealist14]

Wanted a basketball episode. This UCF game would be a big win.

[@shawnmullen3032]

Was a big win and it was never really close.....Say it with me Badger clowns #Fire Gard

[@mbcudatree]

25:06 that was the face all badgers fans made when we discovered we had no recruiting dept as well.

[@markadsit]

Yes,. The OC hire depends more on McIntosh than many are aware: his job depends on it being a success as much as Fickell if not more so,

[@gtmueller710]

The Smith " Badger Truth Serum"

[@deanstorm9404]

Really like when you have Brian on

[@ksbadger]

Thanks for Reply Brian. This week vs Buckeyes will tell us a lot. If Indiana can compete on road vs a much more highly recruited and talented roster it will show how good a coach Cignetti is and at least the possibility of somewhat less talented teams to compete with the highly talented.

[@markkovatch6180]

NIL is out of control…

[@slimlewisguitar]

Year 4 & 5 (2026 & 2027) the schedule eases up considerably. No Ohio State, Oregon, or Michigan on the schedule in either season.

[@njBadger]

Really appreciate the comment. The schedule makes a huge difference.

[@cur244]

It's debatable if Cignetti has figured it out. IN has obviously played a very weak schedule.

[@fantasycamp4000]

I guess we'll find out tomorrow. The powers in the national press and SEC think Indiana is a poser. As a Badger fan and Big Ten Fan, I would like to see someone else get some love besides Ohio ST. and Michigan.

[@RobertSorenson4991]

Is Flordia State doing the things he's talking about and how are they doing?

[@sharpe52312]

They did go 13-0 last season. The steps you need to take are necessary conditions to success but they aren’t sufficient conditions.

[@timhighsmith8474]

Every team that is elite does exactly what he says genius. Look at the type of recruits Georgia, Alabama, Texas, and Oregon are getting

[@Bucky63]

Is it the RBs or the O-line?

[@gtmueller710]

Cant miss Smith!!!

[@kevintassoul9426]

I’m sorry to say you don’t need 5 star or 4 star guys we didn’t get that in past we did pretty good with 3 star 2 star guys in past coaching

[@badgerbill336]

Hiding in the big ten west

[@RobertSorenson4991]

What happened to the running backs. Well you see there was a knife fight.

[@badgerbill336]

Also a guy who couldn’t pee clean

[@brycetolefree2831]

Ryan, I have a lot of respect for Brian. However. sometimes I get a bit frustrated because he acts like Wisconsin has never fielded top-flight players. I agree we have not recruited. Great quarterbacks or wide receivers. However, we have several linebackers in the NFL today. We have placed dozens of lineman in the NFL. We have one recent inductee in the Hall of Fame and JJ Watt, along with his brother are likely Hall of Famers. We have never attracted these so-called blue chip lineman and yet for many years we’ve had top flight defenses. Michigan, Alabama, Texas, and several other blue-chip programs have had down periods and with a good coach and direction they have rebounded. Our recruiting is great, and I still believe in Fickle. He just made a bad choice for his OC. I know we have work to do but I feel we’re closer than he does.

[@bretthinshaw5779]

He visited FSU twice.

[@DanielKipp-m7r]

Sorry folks old days are gone.. Nil fine but transfer portal with no 1 yr sit out....fine with 1 time transfer but unlimited transfer is getting ridiculous

[@cur244]

WI will never recruit to the level that Brian thinks they need to get to. This staff should be able to develop players so top 20 classes could work.

[@CoryCurry_815]

All it takes is one or two classes for that to change. Look at Clemson. It can be done!

[@highlightcenter5651]

I think the conference realignment will help Wisconsin. Being in the big 10 and SEC as a player will give you more cachet. So guys who maybe would’ve gone to a higher big 12, pac 12, or ACC school may instead go a B tier SEC/Big 10 school. Additionally, we’ve had top 25 recruiting classes over the last few years and we’ve only been winning 7 games and had bad QB’s. If we finally hit on a QB and have a 10 win season I think recruiting will take another leap. I think this team can hit consistent top 15-18 every year

[@cur244]

@@highlightcenter5651 That's a good point. If the team starts improving that should help recruiting.

[@bretthinshaw5779]

Pat mahomes played baseball lol

[@tllower]

Clean up the neck hair bro

[@gtmueller710]

The Smith " Badger Truth Serum"