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“It’s a 60-minute fight every game,” Bergin said. “To go into halftime thinking the game is over would be extremely immature, and that’s not the kind of defense we feel like we are right now this year.”

Bergin is no stranger with big games against the Huskers, with career-highs against Nebraska in 2019 with two tackles for loss and in 2018 with 11 tackles.

Add in middle linebacker Paddy Fisher, and Northwestern has had a perfect mix at the linebacker core against Nebraska the past four seasons. With Fisher’s 13 tackles Saturday, the 6-foot-4, 240-pound senior finished with 46 career tackles against the Huskers.

Blake Gallagher added a career-high 14 tackles for Northwestern.

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“That group of three with Gally (Gallagher), Bergy (Bergin) and Paddy, it goes back to the way they prepare,” Fitzgerald said. “If it’s Nebraska, Iowa or Maryland or next week against Purdue these guys are relentless now. They will do everything in their power to film study; I mean they practice the same way they play.

“I’ve got to slow them down at times. So credit goes to those three guys most importantly. I think their backups are pretty darn good, too, and are waiting for an opportunity, and they’ll be prepared for it. (Linebackers coach) Timmy McGarigle, again, going to be another head football coach here on our staff, does an absolutely outstanding job with those linebackers.”



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