Leo Musso studied the faces of his teammates on the University of Wisconsin football team and saw expressions of shock.
UW trailed 17-7 at halftime to Minnesota, who the Badgers had beaten 12 years in a row. The Gophers were on the verge of kidnapping Paul Bunyan’s Axe across the border for the first time since Twitter was invented.
Wisconsin had already clinched a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game following Nebraska’s loss to Iowa on Friday. Still, this would be a demoralizing loss, especially for the senior class playing in their final home game.
So Musso, a fifth-year senior safety described as “soft-spoken” by his teammates, felt compelled to say something.