Locked On Podcast Network, Justin Julka, Ryan Harings
500 episodes listed below
Badgers news with a live-wire pulse.
Locked On Badgers is a Wisconsin-focused sports show built around Badgers football and basketball. Recent episodes move from Greg Gard’s portal additions to Chris McIntosh’s reported departure, Marcus Sedberry speculation, NIL talk, and Big Ten Squad conversations.
PRESS PLAY
Locked On Badgers is built for close Wisconsin Badgers tracking, especially football, basketball, roster construction, and athletic-department movement. It is not a detached national overview. The show lives inside the Badgers conversation, where a portal commitment, a campus leadership shakeup, or a Discord question can become the center of the episode. Recent basketball episodes focus heavily on Greg Gard and the transfer portal. Trey Autry’s commitment from George Washington becomes a discussion of experience, role, offense, defense, and fit. Eian Elmer appears first as a visiting target and then as a commitment, giving the show a clear through-line around how Wisconsin basketball is trying to reload. The language is energetic. “Portal combat,” “perfect fit,” and “Greg Gard has done it again” capture the show’s habit of treating roster news as live program drama rather than paperwork. Football and administration get equal urgency. Chris McIntosh stepping down is framed as major news for Wisconsin athletics, with follow-up conversation around Marcus Sedberry, the athletic director question, Barry Alvarez, NIL, and the broader leadership hierarchy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The show also makes room for structured fan prompts. Discord questions feed episodes, and the “fact or fiction” format lets recurring arguments arrive as quick, sparring claims rather than formal essays. Guests appear, but the evidence points to a host-led Wisconsin room more than a roundtable as the default center. Big Ten Squad episodes widen the frame, putting Wisconsin beside other conference programs and personalities including Spencer McLaughlin, Zach Sacco, Isaiah Hull, Roman Tomashoff, and Mark Colkin. Those segments still keep the Badgers in view, even when the subject turns to wider Big Ten scandal or weekend-preview energy. The result is a show with a beat-reporter pace and a fan-forum nerve. It is useful for following names, stakes, and immediate implications without leaving Wisconsin’s lane. It suits a listener who wants Badgers talk that treats basketball recruiting, football identity, athletic leadership, and conference context as connected pieces of the same program story.
Made for: Suits a listener who follows Wisconsin football and basketball closely enough to care about portal fits, athletic director speculation, NIL, and Big Ten context. It also fits fans who like their team coverage conversational, immediate, and rooted in current Badgers arguments.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its narrow Wisconsin focus combined with quick reaction to both roster news and administrative drama. It treats a Greg Gard portal addition and a Chris McIntosh leadership change as parts of one larger Badgers power map.
Locked On Badgers podcast is the daily podcast that keeps you ahead of the games and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the Wisconsin Badgers. Hosted by Ryan Harings, the Locked On Badgers podcast provides your daily Wisconsin fix with expert opinions, interviews, recaps, local analysis, and coverage of all things Wisconsin Badgers. From Camp Randall’s electric atmosphere including the iconic “Jump Around” tradition, the Locked On Badgers podcast takes you beyond the headlines for the inside scoops from the biggest stories inside the Badgers’ locker room and the Big 10. The Locked On Badgers...
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A Badgers recruiting update that uses Cole Ryder's commitment to open into spring-defense talk.
Wisconsin adds another in-state commit, and the episode leans on Cole Ryder's pledge to sketch what he might become for the Badgers. The discussion stays on recruiting and film.
A focused Wisconsin update on the quarterbacks, receiver room, and the positional battles still taking shape.
Lockdown Badgers stays focused on the quarterback questions, the receiver room, and the positional battles still taking shape. Payne Blasich of 247 Sports adds useful detail, especially when the talk gets into third-and-short and third-and-medium usage, slot work, and how the…
A lively Big Ten roundtable that stays sharp while moving through football, March, and the conference's Sweet 16 surge.
Big Ten Squad works best as a lively roundtable, and this episode settles into that rhythm quickly. Big Ten quarterback talk opens the conversation, then the hosts move through the conference's record-setting Sweet 16 weekend, Iowa's buzzer-beater over Florida, and the wider…
Nebraska athletics, explained from close range.
Daily Cardinals roster radar.
Purdue sports, argued from the details.
The episode celebrates Cole Ryder's commitment to Wisconsin as an in-state offensive tackle, analyzing his film and athletic potential.
The podcast features a debate among Big Ten analysts on top quarterbacks like Dante Moore and Julian Sane, discusses the conference's strong showing in March Madness with six Sweet 16 teams, and explores NCAA transfer portal issues.
Host Ryan Harings interviews Payne Blasich from 247 Sports to react to Wisconsin Badgers spring football practice, focusing on quarterback improvements, positional battles, and receiver depth, followed by a discussion on the basketball season's evaluation.
The host discusses Greg Gard's successful recruiting additions, including Eian Elmer and other portal pickups, for the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team.
The episode discusses fan confusion over Chris McIntosh's departure and speculation about Marcus Sedbury potentially becoming the next athletic director for the Wisconsin Badgers.
Ryan Harrings discusses Trey Autry's commitment to Wisconsin Badgers basketball, analyzing his background, skills, and potential role.
A panel of Big Ten podcast hosts discuss the latest scandal involving Kirk Ferentz and its impact on Wisconsin.
Ross Jackson discusses a potential basketball recruit, Eian Elmer, visiting Wisconsin and addresses listener questions about NIL and team dynamics.
Hosts Ryan Herring and Rajiv discuss whether Barry Alvarez is responsible for the rise and fall of Wisconsin athletics in a fact or fiction segment.
Ryan Harris discusses the leadership shakeup at Wisconsin Badgers after Chris McIntosh steps down, including hoops news and the future of the program.
The podcast discusses the reported resignation of Wisconsin Badgers athletic director Chris McIntosh and its potential impact on the program.
Ryan Herring discusses the Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey team's heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Denver in the national championship game.
Ross Jackson and Rajiv discuss the Wisconsin Badgers' dominant three-point shooting victory over the Huskies, highlighting Carrington's performance and the team's bounce-back ability.