May 8th, 2009 
David Gillikin 
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It was going to happen at sometime, the only question was, where? Matt Millen was hired yesterday by sports mega giant ESPN as a game and studio analyst. Millen will work as a college football game analyst and will contribute to ESPN’s NFL studio coverage throughout the year, appearing on “Monday Night Countdown,” “NFL Live,” “SportsCenter,” ESPNEWS and other programs.
Millen began working in television in 1992 with CBS and later with Fox, where he earned acclaim as a game analyst. He left broadcasting in 2001 to become team president of the Detroit Lions, a position he held until early last season.
The Lions went 31-84 during his tenure and 0-16 last season. Millen later took responsibility for the team’s decline, saying he would have fired himself after last season. I can hear that conversation now; Millen – “Millen! You’re fired!” Millen – “You can’t fire me, I quit!” It’s probably a good thing that the Lions do not play on Monday night this year, because Millen will travel to the site of each weeks football game and appear on “Monday Night Countdown”.
Can you imagine him coming back to Detroit to do a Monday Night game? How could he objectively analyze the Lions? Hopefully by the time the Lions get back to playing on a Monday night, most of his players that he brought on board will be gone.
