Chris Brooks Jr.

Okay, some momentum.

And then you complete a crossing route to Chris Brooks Jr. for a first down.

Then you get a screen to Dupree, kind of a swing pass screen to Dupree, who breaks a tackle.

Ryan Schwendeman leads the way on that one.

They are pulled in by that action, and on the back side, on the weak side, Kevin Haywood, Stiles Blackman do an incredible job of selling it, releasing, getting into the open field.

Colton Joseph sells it, beautiful touch pass, Darian Dupree, and Chris Brooks is out in front blocking.

styles blackman gets 20 30 yards downfield on this play emerson or kevin haywood absolutely pancakes a guy it is such a well executed drawn up and called play it's beautiful it's beautiful hats off on this again to styles blackman colton joseph darren dupree chris brooks jr absolutely kevin haywood who gets on the perimeter just punishes a dude for playing football like it was beautiful so you get Out of your end zone, you have momentum.

You get out of the second and 19.

The first interception is just...

I mean, you're trying to throw the screen to Chris Brooks Jr., and DB is sitting there and just picks it off with one hand and returns it 51 yards for the touchdown.

Do you think you

saw him?

So it's an enjoyable conversation that went for 30 plus minutes.

And I'll have my video preview Badger Breakdown on Friday, about 10 minutes, me breaking down the three key storylines, good conversations with Chris Brooks Jr. and Sebastian Cheeks.

And as Zach mentioned, I'll be out in Happy Valley.

So you can check out all our coverage at Badger Connect.

Sometimes maybe we see a team, and even when we talk this offseason about do they have a number one wide receiver, and that was a big storyline.

Well, they have a variety of guys who could come up with a play down the field.

Certainly Chris Brooks Jr., who's improved tremendously.

Jacob Harris and his catch radius, just throw it in his area.

Henry caught 14 passes, which is a school record for 160 yards.

Chris Brooks Jr. got loose on a 75-yard touchdown.

They had a total of 479 yards.

They had six trips into the red zone.

Obviously you had two 400 yard passing performances and you've got Melvin and now you've got Colton Joseph putting his mark in there very early on, but yeah, I think we saw what some of the capabilities are, and it's not that it was perfect.

You know, the 75-yard touchdown pass to Chris Brooks Jr. was an underthrown ball that Chris had to come back for, which allowed the cornerback to try and tackle Chris, but Chris was able to get away.

But ultimately, I think they were able to get him on the move.

He had some nice runs.

I think he is still the most talented wide receiver on the roster.

I did have a great conversation earlier this week with Chris Brooks Jr.

Fully believe in him.

Expect big things.

Yeah, it's low-hanging fruit, but Colton Joseph, I want to see the most improvement out of him.

He's coming off a week where he shouldn't really be banged up whatsoever.

Chris Brooks Jr., when I talked to him, he still believes in him.

He says the entire offense still believes that Colton Joseph can become the guy that Badgers fans want and hope him to be.

He's looked explosive.

Staying on offense, Chris Brooks Jr. Dude, let's go.

For all, all of you and all of us and me, who at times opines about the good old days of college football.

And by the way, really quick side note, I think we romanticize the good old days of college football a little too much.

And I miss the players that stay with a program for their entire careers, who develop, who you kind of associate with one school, who wait their turn, who put in the time, who just continue grinding and getting better, who are program guys, culture guys.

They're winners.

Chris Brooks Jr.'s that.

Went to media days to represent Wisconsin, stayed with the program, could have gone somewhere else.

Um, again, in the, what went wrong, but yeah, the 51 yard completion of Tyrell Henry.

And he comes back with yes, an easy throw into the flat on a screen to Chris Brooks jr.

But Chris took it for a 30 plus yard touchdown run.

And, uh, I have to say, I mean, shout out to Chris, right? How many guys do we cover that are here for five years that put in all the time that don't play, that stick it out and then become a respected veteran leader? And he gets his first touchdown of his career.

And that's why some of the interceptions happened, but there, he was getting to second and third reads at times.

I haven't seen it in the game at all.

We talked after the Notre Dame game about the play where Chris Brooks Jr.

Is running wide open.