BuckAround: A Wisconsin Badgers Football Podcast

Richard Branch/Maxwell Brusky

BuckAround is the first and only podcast focused exclusively on Wisconsin football. An outgrowth of the popular blog founded in 2012, the BuckAround podcast is for the Badger fan who can never get enough Bucky!

  • 48 minutes 29 seconds
    Episode 370 - It's Luke Fickell's Learning Journey and We're All on it with Him (Week 14: Minnesota & NSD Recap)
    Late show this week but Rich and Max cover the Minnesota game (quickly!) and talk about Luke Fickell's roster building vision elucidated at his National Signing Day Press Conference.
    5 December 2025, 3:16 pm
  • 44 minutes 18 seconds
    Episode 369 - Week 13: Illinois
    Rich and Max discuss the Badgers 27-10 win over Illinois. Max is happy. Rich wants to temper your expectations.
    26 November 2025, 5:14 pm
  • 50 minutes 36 seconds
    Episode 368 - Week 12: Indiana
    Rich and Max discuss the 31-7 loss to Indiana and Max gets really angry at the end.
    18 November 2025, 8:57 pm
  • 40 minutes 31 seconds
    Episode 367 - Week 11: Washington
    Lots of talk of field storming and cave crickets. A stupid game deserves a really stupid show.
    11 November 2025, 2:49 pm
  • 34 minutes 47 seconds
    Episode 366 - Week 9: Oregon
    Rich is joined by special guest Jim Polzin to discuss the latest Badger loss and give his thoughts on the state of the program, NIL, and why football is different than basketball.
    28 October 2025, 10:09 pm
  • 51 minutes 38 seconds
    Episode 365 - Week 8: Ohio State
    Rich and Max basically record the same show as last week except they talk about a letter from Chris McIntosh
    21 October 2025, 2:02 pm
  • 39 minutes 12 seconds
    Episode 364 - Week 7: Iowa
    Let's just play your voicemails and vent some rage
    15 October 2025, 12:50 pm
  • 41 minutes 30 seconds
    Episode 363 - It Would Be Kinda Cool if They Won (AKA Week 6: Michigan)
    It's time for media beefs and cannibal rats on Russian ghost ships.
    8 October 2025, 2:53 pm
  • 42 minutes 26 seconds
    Episode 362 - YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN!!! (Actually No...No You Really Don't)
    Rich and Max talk about the state of the 2-2 Badgers during the bye week. Optimism wouldn't be a word to use to describe this episode.
    1 October 2025, 3:34 pm
  • 57 minutes 55 seconds
    Episode 361 - Week 4: Maryland
    Max is joined by a special guest host to discuss what may be the beginning of the end of the Luke Fickell era.
    24 September 2025, 10:55 am
  • 50 minutes 33 seconds
    Episode 360 - Week 3: Alabama
    Rich and Max discuss the Badger's 38-14 loss in Tuscaloosa. It wasn't fun.
    17 September 2025, 2:16 am
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