Welcome back to a late-summer edition of the Open Jim mailbag. This feels like the calm before the storm of training camps starting.
For years we heard that high academic standards at Wisconsin precluded the Badgers from competing for the most highly skilled athletes. A lot of offers have gone out to 4+ star recruits. Have academic standards been relaxed for Coach Fickell?
— mpone1956 (@mpone1956) July 17, 2023
What do you think about Connor Essegian opening a Youtube channel to give inside information on the Basketball program?
— JMW123 (@jmw1235) July 17, 2023
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Fall camp is coming up on us for the Badgers. Who should we keep our eyes on when that time comes?
— Eli (@ElijahJ1997) July 17, 2023
I feel like at this point we need to actually see the product (on the men’s sports side at least) before any meaningful questions can be formed. That said, has the success of women’s hockey and volleyball driven the changes in men’s sports?
— Russ Evansen (@waunaruss) June 30, 2023
Why no interviews from local press with Paul Chryst or his assistants since they departed Madison?
— Ferg (@cferg231) July 17, 2023
Percentage chance in your opinion that knueppel goes to Wisconsin?
— Duncan Dixon-Coffey (@TyTyWahlburgers) July 17, 2023
What do you think is more likely: Yelich's performance this year is more reflective of his performance the next few years, or are his last two years more reflective of what's to come? Given the Hader trade, is there any chance ownership tries to do a trade at Yelich's high point?
— Nick P Bassill (@NickPBassill) July 17, 2023
I’ll come back to a question I asked and you answered a few weeks ago. Who do you trade out and get back at the deadline? 44-9 in games they score 4 or more runs. 18-8 since the 6 game skid. Can they get better to beat the Braves?
— A Brewer Forever (@x480888) July 17, 2023
Who is the 1 player you would put your chips in for and trade for at the deadline?
— Jesse Y. (@JJ1986WI) July 17, 2023
What is your take on what Counsell does after this season? Hard to believe he leaves, but looks like he might.
— A Brewer Forever (@x480888) July 17, 2023
Check out where Wisconsin football will work out, live during August stay in Platteville
The George Chryst Memorial Bowl Axe hangs in University of Wisconsin-Platteville football offices as the Pioneers defeated UW-Whitewater last season.
The University of Wisconsin football team will practice inside Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium on UW-Platteville's campus during its stay in early August.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville named its locker room after George Chryst, father of former UW coach Paul Chryst, who coached the Pioneers between 1977 and 1992.
A look inside the University of Wisconsin-Platteville locker room where the University of Wisconsin football team will dress for practices in early August.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville logo lights up on the ceiling in one area of the Pioneers' locker room.
A look inside one meeting room that the University of Wisconsin football team could utilize during its stay at UW-Platteville for the first week of its August training camp.
Inside the University of Wisconsin-Platteville sports medicine area that the Badgers could utilize during their stay on campus for the early portion of their August training camp.
The UW-Platteville weight room that the Badgers will have access to during their first week of training camp features the Pioneers' colors.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Bridgeway Commons where the Badgers football program will stay during the early portion of their August training camp.
A look inside a potential meeting room inside Bridgeway Commons on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus.
A look at a recreational room inside Bridgeway Commons on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus.
