Glen Mason Quotes (58 Quotes)

Credit Virginia. They did a good job, not really of stopping the run, but making it tough sledding in there.

We just didn't have an answer for the tight end down the middle.

I'll greatly miss them and more because of the type of people they are rather than the type of players they are. It was fun. It was an honor for me to go to practice every day and joke around with those guys and talk to those guys. They're in my estimation what college football's all about.

I got to admit I thought, 'Oh, how'd you do that Here we go again,' ... But he hung in there and he fought back and he kept making plays, and that's what the game of football is all about.

I never lost four like that. Last year, before this game, I lost my defensive coordinator. He went to East Carolina. Much like Al did, I jumped in. I was the linebacker coach. I worked with the defense. I had a blast. I really did.

I haven't had the luxury of seeing any statistics yet, but I'm not sure I want to see them. Any way you cut it, we got our butts kicked good.

I thought, 'How'd you do that Here we go again.

I'd be less than truthful if I didn't say that I've been thinking about it because it's important to a lot of people around me -- my coaches, their families and my family. But I really try to put it to the back burner because a lot of responsibilities I have here, and I literally don't have any time to spend on it.

We have less depth than we've had the last couple of years, let's face it. For the last couple of years we were putting three or four guys out there.

We kind of live by the run and I guess if you don't run the ball, you die by the run.

I thought we should have had at least three more turnovers. Colorado State, they tried to run the football. I thought they had the ability to test us in that area better than last week. But they only had 29 rushes for 59 yards. You look at the stats, and a lot of those stats came late in the game when we were playing back on our heels and we had down-the-line guys in there, but I expected them to play better.

I hate overtime. I love double overtime.

I've made no bones about it. I think I have my best football team in the seven years I've been here at Minnesota.

The first time that he's going in there in front of 100,000 people and be on TV, it's a different experience for him. Sometimes they handle it well, and sometimes they don't.

That's an easy question, but a tough answer. To go from a loser to a winner, to a consistent winner, it's not all done until you win a conference championship.

We're not real fancy in what we do, and we don't have a lot of plays. That doesn't mean that what we do isn't complicated. We're fortunate we've got a seasoned group, an experienced line, and we work hard at what we do. We're always forced to adjust, because people are coming up with different ways to defend our running attack. They know what we're doing it's no secret.

I thought it was the right time to take a shot.

I told them in the locker room after the game ... we're the first bowl-eligible team in country, and they just kind of laughed. We've kind of gone past that level as saying we've reached success, it really didn't mean that much.

We used this spring practice to our benefit. We got better in some areas. I thought our offensive line really moved along and we made a vast improvement in our secondary. It put us in good shape to utilize our time between now and August to improve the football team.

I'm not sure (Decker) will play right off, but he will travel and depending on how things go, he may work into it. I get asked all the time about red-shirting. I don't make a decison on red-shirting now. It can changed depending on injuries and how guys perform. He's one of those guys in that situation.

I haven't been very emotional about this thing. The emotional side of coaching is dealing with the kids. I've been a college coach for 34 years. I understand the business side. I might not like the decision that they make, but that is their prerogative.

I think in a lot of ways the Cavaliers' performance mirrors the Gophers' performance. At times they look really, really good. At other times you think there's some room for improvement.

He's a great back. Just look at the number of touches he gets a game. Not only from the running back position, but from screens and passes and you name it. I wished he would have stayed at Colorado.

Credit Virginia. They did a good job - I'm not saying stopping our run - but it was tough sledding in there.

They are playing more physical. Now we have to switch gears because we are playing a whole other type of attack this week. Purdue's tough to defend they are doing a great job with that offense. We'll know a lot more about our defense after this week. Right now, we are OK.

Both opposing coaches after our last two games have come up to me after the game and said, 'Where did you get number 20' He is the type of player, where you'd better know where he is on the field. You better see him coming or you will have a problem.

My good friend Earle Bruce went in there and turned that program around and Sonny picked up and has been going gangbusters ever since,

I thought our wide receivers really stepped it up in blocking, ... Because with a lot of the perimeter running that we do, they become point-of-attack blockers, and they really did a good job.

There is still a lot of football to be played. If you keep looking in the rearview mirror, that's where you will go - backwards. You have to shake this off and march forward.

I think, in a lot of ways, that the Cavaliers' performance mirrored the Gophers' performance or vice versa. At times, they looked really, really good. In certain games, they look spectacular, just jump out at you. At times, you think, there's room for improvement.

I can't adequately express how happy I am, speaking not only for me, but for my family and coaching staff, that we will be able to continue making progress in our football program. I take great pride in being the head coach at the University of Minnesota.

We sure didn't have an answer for him down the middle.

The first thing that comes to my mind, I feel this is the worst defeat we've endured in the seven-plus years I've been here.

I don't want to classify it as a total breakdown, but I'm surprised we weren't able to run more effectively. Sometimes we make it look easy, but it's not easy. I knew it wouldn't be easy against Penn State.

Penn State rushed for 364 yards, most of them up the middle, in a 44-14 victory over the Gophers two weeks ago. Terrible. Atrocious, ... We violated about every fundamental there is.

He's a tough kid, ... He's rock solid. I don't want my QB to play scared and play cautious.

We are thrilled that the couple have found each other after all these years.

It came from his coach, Glen Mason, as a maroon-and-gold celebration spilled from the field toward the dressing room and threatened to engulf them Saturday afternoon. Mason spotted Maroney walking up the ramp in the Metrodome. I said, 'You've got to run,' ... He said, 'Coach, I can't run.' He said, 'You carry me and run, and we'll get it done.'

We're 5-3, ... Right now, it doesn't feel, to anybody associated with our organization, like we're 5-3. Probably because of how we self-destructed against Wisconsin and maybe what could have been today.

We have a lot more depth there than we've had. A year ago we had three receivers that I had confidence in, now we have six or seven guys that are really working in to the mix, which has helped our wide receivers stay healthy.

Why did he do that It wasn't just him, it was blocked perfectly. If you give him some room to run, he's going to run.

It's not just an athlete who is taking the snaps under center who has the ability to do things. It's a darn good quarterback. They add a dimension. Besides throwing and mobility, they've got that unique ability that when you think you've got them, you don't. That's when something really bad happens.

I think Laurence's performance last night was really kind of indicative of the way our offense went,

I knew we only needed a field goal to tie it and put it into overtime, but I thought it was a great time to take a shot. More often than not, from the defensive perspective, the offense gets that ball.

Our running game has been built on the idea that if you always run to make 4 yards, every once in a while you'll make 44. If you always look to make a 44-yard gain, you'll only make 4 inches.

I was dreading having to go, look in their eyes in the locker room and have to give them one of those talks that I've had to give too many times. We've kind of been snake-bitten against Purdue.

I run a clean program. I've been to six bowl games in seven years. I think we're going in the right direction. It isn't easy. Sure, I've had some disappointments, but we've had some great moments, too.

I guarantee you the Rose Bowl hopes it gets as good a game out of Texas and USC.

We're kind of the odd man out these days. In college football you see the spread offense quite a bit. So if you come along with a boring old offense like we got it's unique. I'm an old-fashioned guy.

We definitely didn't want to give the ball back to Michigan.