Under Mason, the football program has had a few moments of positivity, to the point where fans had hope of turning the corner as pieces all seemingly came together. The end of the 2016 season where we earned our way into a bowl game with numerous upsets, the start of 2017 when a ranked K-State fell, and entering into the 2019 season with “the big 3” were all times I thought “maybe this is it,” and then we fail. Spectacularly.
The morning of the 26th, I spent the day plopped on my couch watching SEC football and was finding myself filled with dread.