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Fitzgerald, Mason optimistic about future of programs

By Bruce Hooley
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

There are traces of defiance in both their voices, proving neither Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald nor Minnesota's Glen Mason has conceded what everyone outside their programs accepts as fact: Defeat on Saturday is as certain as the sunrise. The coaches of the two winless programs in Big Ten conference play, Fitzgerald and Mason must feel like they've stumbled into some sort of masochistic reality show for guys with million-dollar contracts. At a time when both covet something positive o ...

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