Glen Mason Is A Buckeye -- Thank God

by PJS on Sep 16, 2008 1:37 PM CDT

The latest reason to be thankful that Joel Maturi dismissed Glen Mason comes to us via Dennis Brackin in the Star Tribune. Turns out, the man who made up excuses for his ineptitude by the minute will be doing color commentary for Minnesota's Big Ten opener at Ohio State. And .... Mason will be a honorary captain at the game.

For the team he coached to mediocrity for years? Nah. Instead, he'll be honored by Ohio State, the team he always wanted to coach. The very fact that Don't Blame Me Mason accepted this opportunity, when OSU is facing the Gophers, during his first opportunity to call a game the Gophers are in should tell us what we already knew: Mason will slap the U of M, its students and its supporters in the face at any opportunity.

And, yes, I know, Mason is an OSU alum. That's great. The Buckeyes can have him.

I can't wait for this game. I've been stating for two weeks that OSU was not very good. They showed that versus Ohio University. They were embarrassed for about the 10th straight time against a national power on Saturday night. I honestly think this will be a closer game then people think. It's really too bad this game isn't in Minnesota. I'm sure we could orchestrate some Fire Mason chants.

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slap the U?

Last week after we beat Bowling Green, Mason said the gophers were the most improved team in the Big Ten on BTN. He only had nice things to say… to bad he delivered his message a la Steven A Smith or Dickie V… why does mason suddenly have to act like an ass so that he can be the “color commentator”

by goldybobblehead on Sep 16, 2008 12:01 PM CDT reply actions

didn't hear that. ...

. … but it’s an obvious statement. The U won 1 game last year. Three wins is an obvious improvement. Who else could be considered most improved?

I still think this is bad form. Take the honorary captain down the line, in a game when they aren’t playing Minnesota.

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.

by PJS on Sep 16, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Point taken...

Given the timing – not only are they playing the U, but there are still a bunch of his former recruits on our sideline – I can see what you mean. It does seem like kind of bad form.

Still, the guy did more or less turn the program around – he basically brought the U back to respectability, even if he didn’t get much beyond that. That’s got to count for something?

by plinytheelder on Sep 16, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Statue

Does he still believe that the U will be building a statue of him oustide the entrance to TCF?

by Kelly Leeks on Sep 16, 2008 12:34 PM CDT reply actions

Big Deal

He did more for this program than anybody in my lifetime, and anybody since the ’60’s…and he was FIRED….so why is everybody still on his back, angry at Mason? I don’t get it. Guy took us to bowl game after bowl game…gave us hope each season, and stretched bottom of the Big 10 recruiting classes to mid-tier finishes. Yes, it may have been time to move on…but I don’t understand the hostility toward Mason. I met him down here in Chicago and he’s a pleasant guy. So he loves his alma mater….who doesn’t? Brewster would be back in Illinois in a HEARTBEAT if given the chance….don’t think otherwise. That’s the joy of college sports. You don’t get that at the professional level. That level of love and dedication.

As for OSU…they will KILL the Gophers. I saw so many mistakes in that Montana State game that it was nothing but disappointments. Thank GOD for the dropped pass…we won’t see many of those in the Big 10 season.

by jimipig on Sep 16, 2008 9:53 PM CDT reply actions

It's too bad

you spent so much time analyzing the Gophers that you didn’t have time to watch that juggernaught Buckeye team Saturday night…thet LOST. it was EMBARASSING.

by MAHOGMA on Sep 17, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions

You mighr be right about unnecessarry hostility, jimipig, but I still think Mason should have said “How about week 9 when you’re not playing the team I coached less than two years ago that has many of my recuits on its sideline.”

The only reason to do this now is for publicity for Mason or the Big Ten Network.

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.

by PJS on Sep 17, 2008 8:04 AM CDT reply actions

I watched most of the OSU game…and all it took was two minutes to know we should not be in the same league as them.

Look, I bleed maroon and gold….literally, I’m a freakshow fan of the Gophers. BUT…I’m a realist, and we kind of stink this season, and it upsets me in that I believed another full year of hard-core conditioning and weight training and a few good recruits would make a big difference. I can honestly say, it hasn’t really made a big difference. We could have easily been 2-0 or 3-0 or 4-1 last year, so the 3-0 record isn’t enough to tell me the tale of widespread improvements. Not at all.

by jimipig on Sep 17, 2008 8:58 PM CDT reply actions

What's Up With Mason Anyway?

All of the sudden he thinks he’s the Dickie V. of college football. If he smiled any bigger, he’d be a dead ringer for the Joker.

Mark 8:36

by lonebadger on Sep 17, 2008 10:23 PM CDT reply actions

Bottom Dwellers

I love it when the bottom dwellers of the Big Ten think they can talk trash to Ohio State.
Just because you beat the likes of Montana State and Florida Atlantic doesn’t mean you will
even come close to beating OSU.

Have the Gophers ever even beaten a national power? Until you do. Keep your mouth shut and go talk trash to Northwestern a team you might be able to beat.

by OSUWillCRUSHTheGophers on Sep 22, 2008 2:30 PM CDT reply actions