Just so blessed. I am now fired up to be a Florida Gator. The opening on the Florida staff came after Scott left to take over as the head coach at Howard University. Scott will be the only member of the Gators coaching staff from last season not returning under Mullen. Share Facebook Twitter. He explains to us why Pitts is a star. Previous Chiefs plan to continue momentum against the Texans in Season Opener. And in another surprising twist, Brewster made a good hire to replace Withers, tapping former Duke head coach Ted Roof as his new defensive coordinator.
But as with all good things under Brewster, eventually the wheels came off the wagon as the team struggled down the stretch. After the bowl game, Roof took the first ticket out of Minneapolis, accepting the same position at Auburn.
To replace Roof, Brewster hired Kevin Cosgrove and promoted defensive backs coach Ronnie Lee to serve as co-coordinators for the final two seasons of his tenure. The Gopher defense was unexceptional but not quite dreadful during their first season calling plays together, ranking 69th in rushing defense, 55th in passing defense, and 51st in scoring defense.
But the rush defense and scoring defense both tanked in , ranking 98th nationally in both categories. But they did rank 33rd in pass defense. So that counts for something, I suppose. He was hired for his reputation as an elite recruiter, having been credited with helping Mack Brown land Vince Young at Texas.
His recruiting persona stood in stark contrast to the more laid back recruiting efforts of his predecessor, and I have no doubt athletic director Joel Maturi saw him as a much-needed shot of energy for the program on the recruiting trail.
Brewster did acquit himself well with his first full recruiting class, which ranked 26th nationally and 5th in the Big Ten according to Sports. The next class took a step back in the rankings, ranking 35th nationally and 8th in the Big Ten, but in hindsight his success rate diminished. And his final recruiting class was more of the same, ranking 52nd nationally and 9th in the Big Ten, as the appeal of his recruiting pitch seemed to wane with each passing season. The class featured the likes of Brock Vereen, Donnell Kirkwood, and Zac Epping, but that was about it in terms of significant on-field impact.
To be honest, it is difficult for me to evaluate his effectiveness as a recruiter, even in hindsight. The not-much-anticipated return of Brewster to his alma mater lived up to the nonexistent hype, as the Gophers were and looking to beat a Fighting Illini squad one year removed from a trip to the Rose Bowl. It clinched a bowl game for Minnesota following their season in and launched them into the AP Poll at No. The opening of the on-campus TCF Bank Stadium was christened with an inaugural game that did not disappoint the sold-out crowd thanks in large part to the heroics of linebacker Nate Triplett, who recorded a career-high 17 tackles in the game and scooped up a fumble in the fourth quarter that he returned 52 yards for the go-ahead touchdown.
It does not get much more fun than this. The Gopher offense made it a party by supplying their own fireworks, even with Decker sidelined due to surgery to fix torn ligaments in his foot. Weber went wild, throwing for passing yards and five touchdowns, punctuated by a yard touchdown pass split between tight end Nick Tow-Arnett and running back Duane Bennett.
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