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Big Ten Harvest: Do It for Sparta!

By John WaltersOct 20th 2010 – 2:30PM

Road Trip! With a zero on the right side of its record, Michigan State stands in rare company in late October. The 7-0 Spartans are one of just 10 remaining schools, and there will be at most eight after this weekend, that are undefeated. Surprising Sparty, however, is all alone in one category: interstate...

Tim Brewster Fired as Minnesota Football Coach, Effective Immediately

By Bruce CiskieOct 17th 2010 – 11:15AM

Amid numerous reports that his tenure at Minnesota was on the rocks, football coach Tim Brewster said after Saturday's loss that he intended to lead the Gophers on the field Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium, when they are scheduled to host Penn State. No dice. Brewster was fired Sunday morning, effective immediately....

In Firing Season, Kansas, Mangino Quiet

By Terrance HarrisDec 1st 2009 – 12:30PM

Another morning has come and perhaps another day will pass in Lawrence, Kan., without so much as whisper about Kansas football coach Mark Mangino and his tenure coaching the Jayhawks. As recently as late last week it seemed a formality that athletic director Lew Perkins would fire Mangino once the season was complete...

Pickin' on the Big Ten: Iowa Isn't Concerned About Your Scorn

By Mark HastyOct 29th 2009 – 12:00PM

Every Thursday, Pickin' on the Big Ten runs down the weekend's games from inside a chicken coop, at least as far as you know. Cue the inevitable anti-Iowa backlash. A team that barely got by Arkansas State and Northern Iowa is somehow No. 1 in the nation according to the computer polls the BCS uses. Don't like it? Line...

Gene Chizik Rearranges Deck Chairs on the Cy-tanic, Puts Out 'Now Hiring' Sign

By Mark HastyDec 1st 2008 – 11:01PM

If there's a tougher job in the Big 12 than being the head football coach at Iowa State, I'd sure like to know what it is. Gene Chizik just finished his second season in Ames, and it wasn't a good one. The Cyclones won but a single game over a Division 1-A Football Bowl Subdivision opponent, and didn't win at all after...

glen mason News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 Charlie Weis shows national scope Source: Lawrence Journal-World & 6 News - Lawrence KS It's early to draw any concrete conclusions on where, other than in the home state and neighboring Missouri, the new Kansas University football staff will concentrate its recruiting efforts.
  • 05/29/12 One dead as earthquake hits northern Italy Source: RTE At least three people were killed after a 5.8 magnitude quake shook northern Italy on Tuesday.
  • 04/07/12 Gophers set aside X's and O's to mourn Source: The Aitkin Independent Age - Aitkin MN It was around 4 in the morning when Glen Mason made one of the most difficult phone calls of his life.
  • 03/20/12 > Refreshed Management Induction Standards launched at... Source: National Care Association (NCA) Refreshed Management Induction Standards were launched on 13 March at Skills for Care's national conference in Manchester.

Background on glen mason

Glen O. Mason (born April 9, 1950) is an American football coach. Mason previously served as the head football coach at Kent State University, the University of Kansas, and the University of Minnesota, compiling a career college football record of 123–121–1.

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