BOULDER, Colo. — Former Illinois foootball player and staff member and current Colorado athletic director Rick George told CUBuffs.com on Thursday he wasn't interested in replacing Mike Thomas as athletic director at Illinois.
"There has been a lot of speculation out there that I will be considered for the athletic director position at the University of Illinois,” George said in a release by the university. "While it is flattering that my name has been connected to the Illinois job, I believe it is due to Illinois being my alma mater and others pushing my name publicly.
"Should Illinois contact me, again that would be both humbling and flattering, but I would gracefully decline because Colorado and Boulder is my home for the foreseeable future.