Dylan McCaffrey gives Michigan a reliable backup option at QB (LINK).
Aaron McMann says Brandon Peters has a decision to make (LINK).
Ron English told Sam Webb how Jai Eugene ended up at LSU instead of Michigan (LINK).
New defensive line coach Shaun Nua is going to make $400,000 a year (LINK).
Deion Sanders wrote a letter to his younger self for The Players Tribune (LINK).
A Pittsburgh television station worker got fired for insulting Tom Brady (LINK).
History.com has an article on “Oval Office Athletes: Presidents and the Sports They Played” (LINK). It’s noteworthy that so many presidents involved themselves in athletics.
Since we’re all superfans of Michigan football, here’s this year’s look at the preferred walk-on offers and commitments that have come along throughout the recruiting cycle. Some of these players have earned scholarship offers from other, lower-level programs or committed elsewhere, but Michigan has landed a few pledges so far.
Antwaun Powell – DE – Portsmouth (VA) Norcom: Powell is a 6’2″, 214 lb. prospect with offers from Duke, Michigan, Pitt, and Virginia, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #25 weakside end, and #622 overall.
Michigan alumnus Adam Schefter did an interview on Real Sports about something that’s not really sports related (LINK).
This is crazy: Not too long ago, people figured out that a couple people pictured on a New York Knicks’ Mark Jackson trading card were . . . the infamous Menendez brothers (LINK).
I mentioned last week that I was watching Conan O’Brien’s new show, and I found a Q&A with him from the New York Times (LINK). I appreciated this quote:
Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.
I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.