 Beamer, a Virginia Tech alum, denied any interest in the position, and the controversy abated when Georgia hired Kansas' Glen Mason as its head coach on December 18.Mason changed his mind hours before the Jayhawks faced UCLA in the Aloha Bowl, and Georgia hired Jim Donnan instead.The biggest off-the-field incident was revealed on the final weekend before the Sugar Bowl, when Texas reserve defensive back Ron McKelvey was revealed to be using an assumed name.