about six years too late. And what's funny is that without that epic collapse, he'd still be coaching the Gophers next year. And with Mason, I use the term "coaching" loosely. He's always been a solid, but not great, offensive coach and their running game has always been good. But they never have any semblance of a defense whatsoever and this was the last straw. As someone who has followed Big Ten football for the past five years, I can say for certain that just as big a weakness as the defense is Mason's inability to coach with the lead. When they have a 4th quarter lead they go into the prevent and go away from the good balanced offense that was gaining yards and scoring points. If other D-I athletic directors have any sense, Mason will never have another head coaching job.