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For all the problems, Michigan State still a great job

By Herb Gould
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 6, 2002

Say this for new Michigan State athletic director Ron Mason, who wrapped up a 36-year career as the winningest coach in college hockey last season: He doesn't mess around. With the Spartans football team, a team that had been expected to contend for the Big Ten title, crumbling on the field and off, and with coach Bobby Williams reportedly planning to make a public appeal for his job at his weekly press conference Tuesday, Mason made a preemptive strike, firing Williams after practice Mon ...

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