re: Eli Gold not returning to the radio booth

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Let me just say that if you're fortunate to live long enough, you will get old, too. I hope you don't lose your job because of it.

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Very, very few people in sports get to call their own shot out simply because very few know when it's time to call it quits. For every Saban that retires before the bottom falls out there are a dozen or more Bobby Bowdens out there that simply won't hang it up. It's been clear for a while Eli was going to be the latter so I do not blame the University of simply deciding not to renew his contract.