This is a RickOHIO Magazine article. Many major Miami University sporting events can be heard LIVE on Broadcast. Tradition Transitions by RickOHIO September 1997 M iami University in Oxford, Ohio reeks of tradition. Nearly every page in the Miami University web site mentions tradition.
Sports are a big part of that tradition.
Miami University has given the football world the likes of Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank, Woody Hayes, Ara Parseghian, John McVay, and Bo Schembechler. Great coaches are born here. The cradle, however, has been rocked. The Miami board of trustees voted last fall to listen to the tribe and discontinue use of the team name . After a notice to alumni and a distinquished task force review, RedHawks was chosen as the new name for Miami sports teams.