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Jim Leonhard celebrates with Wisconsin in locker room following debut win over Northwestern

Grant Bricker

By Grant Bricker

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Jim Leonhard was feeing good after his team’s win over Northwestern. Wisconsin beat Northwestern in Evanston for the first time since 2016.

Linebacker Nick Herbig gave Leonhard the game ball for his first win after celebrating in the locker room. Herbig finished the game with 7 total tackles, 1 sack, and 1 tackle for loss.

Leonhard gave a speech after receiving the honor from his players.

“We’ve been through a lot, we’ve dealt with a lot,” said Leonhard. “We knew that we needed to play better football number one. We got that done. We played for the right reasons, we played for each other today. I’m proud as hell man, we got bigger ones coming. We need to stay focused moving forward.”

Wisconsin has some more B1G teams on the schedule next. Michigan State, Purdue, Maryland, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota are the remaining teams on the schedule.

The Badgers and Spartans play Oct. 15. The time and channel for the game has not been announced yet.

Grant Bricker

Grant Bricker covers the B1G for Saturday Tradition. His previous stops include the Williamson Homepage and Nashville Post.