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Maybe. What I am certain of is the older you get, the faster you get old. 70 is really old to still be in the workforce. He and his wife appear to be in great health. Another saying is, there are three speeds in retirement: go-go, slow-go, and no-go. There is much more no go than the others. They might just want to enjoy their go-go years. I don't blame them one bit.

College Football 25 has its full reveal tomorrow. It's the most anticipated sports game in a VERY long time as the last college football game released in 2013. It looks like there will be 1 Ultimate Team player per school. Akron's has to be Jason Taylor - right? Or will it be more college-success-based? If so - Charlie Frye? I'm going to be all over this game, so if anyone is interested in doing a ZipsNation online dynasty, let me know.

Guthrie just signed a contract extension that keeps him here until 2028. He has a great working relationship with the BoT. Nemer is also a sports guy with a good understanding of what athletics adds to the university. Btw, John Groce and Jared Embick also got extentions. None of our key guys are entering the transfer portal!😉

Guessing he didn't want to oversee the coming budget cuts.

Relegation is a bizarre concept that would never fly. I just won't...no use even discussing it. A G5 division would fly. Especially if it's a model that uses NIL for it's original intent - Not to pay players like professionals from donor slush funds, but to allow players to promote a local car dealership, or get money from a jersey sale. To begin, maybe it only consists of 30-40 like-minded teams. But there'll quickly be late-adopters who find they're going broke trying to keep up with the Ohio States and Alabama's of the P5 landscape. They'll join the new G5. It would be interesting to see if any upper-tier FCS programs (NDSU) would join. The Zips Football Program barely has two pennies to rub together. Where's the $25k per MAC wide receiver going to come from? And the Zips aren't the only ones. All P5 and G5 schools are acting like they have ample donors lined up to fund this new era of Professional Free Agent College Football. But I don't believe it.

Let's say a Toledo made it up. In three years, they would go from a perennial winner to a laughing stock. The best they could hope for is being Vanderbilt level good. After three years they would have to take their broken, demoted program void of any players because they would all transfer out and then try to win at a lower level. Relegation would be the path of destruction for programs. It would be great for the Alabama's of the world because it would create an even worse lower class than already exists. I would pray for relegation if I was an Alabama fan. Easy wins get easier.

They had him playing out in the wing away from the basket. Cannot rebound from there.

You do realize the university had to borrow $30MM from its ever shrinking reserves this past year and that at least that amount must be cut from the budget going into fall 2024. I'm guessing those facts led Miller to retire 3 years early.

I talked to Dr. Miller and his wife two years in a row at an alumni event the city where I live. Both are wonderfully nice people. Best wishes to them in the next phase of their life together. Dr. Miller had a good five years. He marshalled the University through difficult financial times. He also went out of his way to reach all parts of the University community. I loved the Good News With Gary monthly videos. Five years is enough for an executive at that level. Now that the hard cuts are made, bring someone in n with a different perspective to continue to move the University forward.

i like this new guy's resume, a lot of real world experience and not the typical academia type

Poor guy never even got a basketball bobblehead. On that note, I still have some Matthew Wilson bobbleheads available at a great price!

He is the permanent president, I don't think they could've handled another year long search process lol Two time UA graduate, that already is a good start

This sucks. He was an excellent president.

There were a number of Akron fans sitting right behind the OU band. By the end of that game, I'm sure they really hated us.