"I think in my first year at Kansas (1988), we were really down in numbers," the former Jayhawk head coach told the Journal Star earlier this week. "We had only 51 players and just seven offensive linemen."
"Before our game that year, I walked up to (then-Husker offensive line coach) Milt Tenopir and said, 'Milt, what are you doing? I counted it up and you have 63 offensive linemen out there,'" Mason said with a chuckle.
He thinks back on his days at Kansas (1988-96) with a certain fondness. He said he enjoyed bringing teams to Lincoln and looks forward to being back in town Saturday night serving as color analyst for BTN's broadcast of the Arkansas State-Nebraska game.