...John Cooper was fired after the 2000 season, Tressel beat out former Ohio State player (and Minnesota head coach) Glen Mason for the Buckeyes' job. "Jim Tressel is a card player; you never know what he has," Holtz said. "He plays it very...

...near the top of the Golden Gophers' wish list and that there was mutual interest. The job opened Sunday when coach Glen Mason was fired, two days after his team blew a 31-point lead in a 44-41 loss to Texas Tech. It was the largest rally...

...on Saturday. "Everybody anticipated a drop-off with the caliber of players they lost last year," Minnesota coach Glen Mason said of the Buckeyes, who had to replace nine starters. "I don't see any drop-off, nor have the other people...

...university as athletic director. 1995: Goff is fired after seven seasons, unable to match Dooley's success. Kansas' Glen Mason is hired but changes his mind after a few days. Division I-AA coach Jim Donnan is hastily brought in. 2000: Donnan...

...significant improvement," which essentially made him a lame duck. Goff was fired after the '95 season. Dooley hired Glen Mason as the replacement, but he changed his mind a few days later. Georgia hastily went with Jim Donnan, a Division I-AA...

...seconds left. "We came down the field and Lloyd, a.k.a Winston Churchill, is a cool customer," Minnesota coach Glen Mason said. "He has done this before against Wisconsin, so I had every confidence in him." Lloyd, who is from Dover...

...downtown bar, police said. "To the best of my knowledge, Brandon Hall was an innocent victim," Minnesota coach Glen Mason said. The 6-foot-5, 270-pound Hall made one tackle in the Golden Gophers' 42-0 season-opening victory over...

...After we had beaten Ohio State the headlines in the local paper said: `Gophers Are Smelling Roses,"' Minnesota coach Glen Mason said. "I said, `Oh my god.' Our kids read that stuff and they started thinking about that stuff and maybe we started...

...that he has. But in that particular case, it has come back on him this year." Timeline Dec. 25, 1995: Hours after Glen Mason did a double-take and informed Vince Dooley that he would not be coming to Georgia and instead go to Minnesota, Georgia's...

...national champion Florida State in the Sugar Bowl Tuesday night. Other finalists were Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Mike DuBose, Alabama; June Jones, Hawaii; Glen Mason, Minnesota; and Bob Pruett, Marshall.