WVU President Mike Garrison won’t be deposed for the WVU v. Rich Rodriguez lawsuit for quite some time.

In another delay to the Rich Rodriguez lawsuit, a key deposition — West Virginia University president Mike Garrison — has been postponed to June 12.

The university’s tactics are “dodge and delay,” Rodriguez’s attorney, Marv Robon of Maumee, Ohio, said Wednesday.

Good news for Garrison, of course, as he’s guaranteed to be in office for another 42 days. In all seriousness, it’s not a tactic and WVU’s lawyers have presented Rodriguez’s lawyers with a list of dates when Garrison — and others — would be available for his deposition. June 12 just so happens to be the first date that works for both sides. No one’s fault, really, so the “dodge and delay” talk is nonsense.

Let’s take a closer look at what really matters.

In the lawsuit, WVU is seeking interest on the buyout money that was due Jan. 17. Rodriguez’s contract says he was to pay one-third of the $4 million by that day, though WVU is actually seeking interest on the full sum because it claims Rodriguez showed he had no intention of paying any part of the buyout. The interest on the $1.3 million payment is about $300 a day and the interest on the $4 million sum is about $900 a day.

So, in theory, Rodriguez today is staring at an interest tab of either $31,500 or $94,500. Garrison basically ordered a round of drinks to the tune of another $12,600 or $37,800.

Let’s now deal with a hypothetical. Assume Garrison is the last deposition and the the lawyers need two weeks to prepare a case. The trial then starts June 30 and takes two full weeks and ends July 11. Rodriguez loses and has to pay the full sum plus interest on the third that was due initially. Interest is then $52,800. If Judge Robert Stone rules completely in favor of WVU and orders interest on the full $4 million, the total is $158,400.