Badgers QB Tyler Van Dyke talks winning QB battle, expectations with new school

mention officially start when did you have that conv we had that conversation uh Sunday morning uh back in plau um you know obviously he named me the starter but obviously we're still competing still got to you know go go out there every day and do what I got to do and you know bren's done a great job pushing me I pushed him so um yeah um you know it's been good why what does this opportunity mean yeah it means a lot um it means the coaches believe in me it means the players believe in me and I'm just glad they gave me this opportunity to you know get some revenge for myself and know bring some greatness to the Wisconsin do you think in in Camp you kind of helped you helped your cause yeah you know I think uh you know coming to spring it was a little rocky in the beginning just learning the offense and I think towards the end of spring I kind of you know got it rolling a little bit uh understanding what he wants as OC um then over the summer just you know you know kept running the offense and making sure everything um was installed in my brain and understanding more of what he wants um and obviously just perfected in Fall Camp um you know I think he's done a great job you know hitting more explosiv explosives down the field uh receiver's been doing a great job you know cat the ball um getting up field and making plays so talking to some of those safeties yesterday they said kind of the way you your leadership person was in the week was that kind of a goal of yours and how did that kind of help you become better than you yeah my goal was just to come in and um you know just be a hard worker earn respect of the guys um that were already leaders of the team and everybody else as well so sorry about that um yeah and then I think you know going to the summer um you know my goal is to be more vocal that vocal leadership role and um I definitely feel like I accomplished that and obviously going to the fall just got to keep it going and uh um just be as vocal as possible yeah BR has a really bad feuture I mean he he could spin it he's very smart understands where he has to go to football um you know he pushed me every day to be my best and like as well as I did too so um he is a bright future um he shouldn't be disappointed I uh he works hard every day and um you know does what he has to do he has a bright future so um I'm excited to see uh what he has uh after this seems like have the attitude even though you are the starter you as you said it's always still competition you know what fuels that mindset what fuels that that attitude yeah I mean I've been through a lot um back in my past experiences so you always got to keep you know competing keep um you know going through it um you always you know be motivated even when and sometimes you feel comfortable so you can't never be complacent just got to keep going and uh never stop what was your family reaction when you told them that you got the St guy I mean uh yeah they were proud of me for how I handled things and and and went through it and uh yeah I mean they're just excited for the season to start going so now now that your been more defined moving forward with Camp how does that how does that help things moving forward as as you get ready for the season yeah I think it just helped the continu a little bit you know playing with the same guys uh especially up front you know getting the communication down and um with run schemes protection um and also timing with the receivers uh when we go live because we we get reps all the time just routes on air but live is a little bit different so um you know getting those more reps uh with the receivers and offensive line is is definitely going to help out a lot we see obviously how hard yall practice the amount of live reps is this something different maybe than some of the other training camps you've had in Prior schools and if so have you kind of grown to that this yeah good question uh um yeah Miami I didn't really do as much uh you know live reps uh we did a lot more drills and stuff maybe three four periods of um you know just team play and all that so I'm glad we do this CU that's actually football um so you know I'm excited that uh you know coach fle understands that and uh you know just helps helps out U to make it easier for the game so working with the receivers a lot today seem to be a heavier tight end day with the double sets and the red zone everything what's it been like working with this versatile set of tight ends yeah I mean uh you know we have a lot of different packages that we use um you know when we get to the goal line or um you know short distance um third and shorts fourth and shorts so um yeah we have a lot of guys that can um you know be Heavy Hitters in there tight ends and also make catches too so you know we got a lot of different schemes out of that those packages so um you know Riley Tucker uh Jackson Mohan JTC all all can do it so yeah really glad we have those guys so one of the things that Phil said was a separator for you was the ability to push the ball down the field and create some explosive plays like that seems like Bryson's been one of your top targets for doing so just what is it about how do you develop chemistry with a guy that can be a downfield target for you yeah and you know it takes a lot of reps um I mean offseason summer spring you know um you know just throwing OTS uh over the shoulder um after every uh walkth through at night um you know doing a lot of work with that in the summer um you know it's it takes a lot of reps because you're not just going to get to down right away and I think we saw that in the spring a little bit uh not being able to connect connect on those as well as we wanted to so um it just took a lot of reps you know kind of get going and um I think we still have a lot of work to do with that I think we could be a lot more exposive than we shown so far so Tyler one of the things we kind see you know in the pocket when freshers come in you're able to either stay pois in pocket and kind of you know find your receivers even just like read or you scramble in be able to kind of move around how have you kind of grown in that area and do you think that running ability you know the coaches have talked about it is going to be a big part of your game this year yeah no doubt um you know I think the line has done an unbelievable job so far you know protecting um you know defense has done a great job uh when we had good days protecting coming back the next day and like mixing it up a little bit showing some more pressure so but the oine has done a great job you know giving me time to you know throw the ball and when I do have to get out there I feel a lot more comfortable now than I did in the past I think you know what coach Brady does in the way room the way we train you know uh just helped that out a lot so you play with a lot of different cers in your career what's about about how Jake runs the line makes the calls and things like that yeah Jake's a really good communicator he's a dog um you know pushes the guys around him to be great so um you know really glad he's the guy making the points up there and uh um you know I've created a great relationship with him so far and uh you know you always need that bond between the quarterback and so uh he's done a great job uh leading up front as a new face to Wisconsin what should fans expect from you both on and off the field yeah I mean I'm just going to go out there and compete every day um you know try to win every every snap every rep um and you know lead these guys uh I mean to all these victories uh this season so all good guys