The Delaware Blue Hens already have TE Robby Agnone and QB Joe Flacco. Both late of Pitt. Now, disgruntled former Pitt RB Brandon Mason hopes to join the party.

Mason walked away from Pittsburgh two weeks ago and arrived in Newark, Del., where he’s taking classes at Delaware Tech. In the meantime, Mason is awaiting his scholarship release from Pitt so the 2003 Express-Times Player of the Year will be eligible for one from the University of Delaware.

Delaware Tech actually is on the Delaware campus, so Mason will not have to go far to become a Blue Hen — which he hopes will happen in January. Providing he gets his release, he will be eligible to play for Delaware next fall, although whether he will have sophomore or junior eligibility is still to be determined.

“I can’t have any contact with any of the coaches until I get my release, and right now Pitt isn’t releasing me,” Mason said by phone from his dorm room in Newark. “They’re giving me no leeway at all.”

Mason refuses to express bitterness toward Wannstedt or Pitt — at least not publicly. In fact, he says his experience with the Panthers, for the most part, was positive.

The article amusingly, makes no mention of the fact that Mason couldn’t stay healthy his first two years at Pitt — a major factor that kept him off the field. Somehow, not bad mouthing Wannstedt and Pitt doesn’t include

“…Then the coaching change came and they wanted to be partial to the guys they recruited. They like the western Pa. guys and I wasn’t one of the homeboys.”

Mason couldn’t crack the line-up in training camp, despite performing well. He does dispute Dorin Dickerson being moved to RB was a factor in his decision.  He also had praise for RB Coach David Walker.