It didn't come as too big of a surprise for most that college football that Minnesota went down to Purdue on Saturday. What may have been a little bigger surprise is that Tim Brewster went down as head coach as well.Saturday's matchup between Minnesota and Purdue was in a sense a "Tale of Two Programs." One of them (Purdue) on the rise, and the other (Minnesota) in a downward decline. During the game it was being released that if Minnesota lost to Purdue head coach Tim Brewster would be out.
Just a day later following a loss to the Boilermakers those rumores quickly became reality. Now the Gophers are stuck with a 1-6 football team without a true head coach for the rest of the season. A somewhat rare occurance in college football.
During Brewsters tenure as head coach at Minnesota the football program won only 15 out of 45 games, and went a disappointing (at least for Gopher fans) 0-10 in trophy games. One of those trophy games is of course the battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe against Wisconsin which the Gophers again lost just a week prior to Brewster being let go.
The record is a far cry from where Brewster said he would take the program when he was hired to be the next head coach at Minnesota. At time time Glenn Mason had just been let go, but had been leading the Gophers to bowl games consistantly. Brewster stepped in and promised more than just repeated trips to the PappaJohns.com Bowl.
He promised trips to the Rose Bowl, and to become a annual competitor for the Big Ten championship. Those promises never came true, and after a 1-6 start to this season the Gophers have decided to kick one out of the hole. All be it with a $500,000 by out go with it.
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