A 24-point loss to Illinois was apparently the final straw for Wisconsin.
ESPN's Adam Rittenberg reported the Badgers fired head football coach Paul Chryst on Sunday. They made defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard the interim head coach in a corresponding move.
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