[Husker] Mason Fired at Minnesota (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> > Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune says that
> > Frank Solich would be the leading candidate to replace
> > Mason.  (Wasn't Solich once a finalist for the
> > Minnesota job?)

Not that I recall, though he was reportedly offered the Northern Illinois
job and, as the story goes, was named assistant head coach at Nebraska 
(and in effect heir apparent to Osborne) as inducement to turn that offer 
down.
--
Mike Nolan