I've held off the past 3+ years in responding to this crap. Just have to say something now, just because.
The Mason folks that keep saying he was the only one that could win here are living in their own world. Our own history speaks to that. I loved watching Mason's offense, hated his defense. His only good defense, that led to one of his two best seasons, was led by Wacker recruits.
Just because he went to a bunch of bowls means nothing. Cal Stoll had a much better Big Ten record than Mason, and would have had a better overall record had he played the kind of non-conference schedule Mason did. He finished third twice, Mason never did.
John Gutekunst won as much as Mason did. He had the same number of five win seasons (2) and four win seasons as Mason (2), but did it in six years instead of ten. He just didn't go to as many bowls because the standard wasn't simply six wins.
So, let's bring back none of them, although if we had to I'd ask to bring Stoll back from the grave first.
We haven't had 50 years of terrible football. It's been mostly mediocre, some terrible, and a few good. We need the excellent year to get us over the hump. Stoll, Gutekunst, and Mason all had good years, none excellent.
