The first two plays of the game were passes, which is not something I can remember seeing in recent memory. That’s not really something Wisconsin has really done a lot ever, but especially more recently with the struggles of Graham Mertz. He said something that I never heard Chryst say, which was essentially admitting teams were going to stop the run and that they had to be willing to get off of that. Leonhard talked in his post-game on Saturday about the necessity of establishing the passing game. Q: Did you see anything different about the team under Leonhard in last week’s win over Northwestern ?Ī: "The offense was really different. I think they definitely are still showing that support for him, even though maybe the initial reaction wasn’t as pleasant." Leonhard has been a fantastic DC for Wisconsin for a handful of years now, and I don’t think that’s lost (especially on the defense) that that’s their guys, the guy that recruited them. I think they support him, they support their guy. There were guys jumping all over him as the game went final Saturday just to show a little bit of happiness and pride in Leonhard being the head coach. It seems like those guys really trust him and support him. I think the bad taste in their mouth early in the week about Paul Chryst being fired had less to do with Leonhard and more so to do with missing Chryst. Leonhard has been kind of a career-long Wisconsin guy. They were very clearly happy for him towards the end of the week. I was on the field at Northwestern before the game on Saturday and got to see a lot of those guys run up to Jim Leonhard and give pretty big hugs and handshakes and just showing that pregame support. They just didn’t seem real thrilled early in the week. There were a ton of the big-name players - Graham Mertz, Braelon Allen, Nick Herbig just to name a few - all posted a lot of stuff on Twitter and Instagram, things like 'I hate to see this' things like that. Q: What have you seen from the players after Paul Chryst was fired ?Ī: "It was weird at the start. Ahead of the upcoming matchup, The State News’ football beat writer Alex Faber spoke with Sam Harrigan to get a preview of what Michigan State can expect Saturday afternoon.
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