Miscellaneous
University president Luis Proenza named Hunter Yurachek its interim athletic director as Akron searches for a longterm replacement through a national search.
Yurachek has thrown his name into consideration for that position, and many believe him to be the favorite heading into the search process. GoZips.com laid out Yurachek's accomplishments in a press release.
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They are conducting a national search to find a new AD. They should be able to attract a lot of top talent in the country with all that is going on here. I also heard that Mack is sticking around a month or two to "advise" Hunter, which sounds like Hunter's not really in charge to me. Who was in charge of signing a one-and-done deal with Virginia Tech for 2015? A shame when you should be setting up deals with return games thanks to the stadium.
Non-related: Mike, can you find out how much Akron is getting to play Penn State? Wisconsin payed UA $600,000 last year and I would be disappointed if PSU didn't pay Akron a good chunk of change more than that given the circumstances the game was scheduled under (Akron was a last-minute emergency scheduling when another team backed out on them). They should have been able to work them for a nice sum of money.