NCAA.com broke down what schools and what conferences are represented on the Super Bowl LIII rosters (LINK).
And SB Nation broke down the starters for each team by their recruiting ranking (LINK).
Ted Nguyen, a writer for The Athletic, broke down how the Patriots might defend the Rams on Sunday night (LINK).
With Leather ranked the top ten football movies of all time (LINK). Thoughts?
Tom Brady on possibly being a coach once he retires. #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/kiGqdwxXWU
— Brian L Jones (@BrianJones247) January 31, 2019
12 assists by Zavier Simpson in 68 seconds. https://t.co/t61yTEL9iW pic.twitter.com/xjK4XTkTAp
— Dylan Burkhardt (@umhoops) January 30, 2019
Former Michigan basketball players Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway, Jr. were traded from the New York Knicks to the Dallas Mavericks in a huge trade involving Kristaps Porzingis (LINK).
The NCAA has banned Missouri from the post-season next season and taken several other steps to impact their recruiting (LINK). Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for UNC, Miami, and Michigan State to see any notable punishments…
Brandon Peters (image via MLive)
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.
Adam Schefter
Michigan was #1 in home attendance in 2018:
College football’s home attendance leaders (per game) for 2018 season:
1 Michigan – 110,736
2 Penn St – 105,485
3 Ohio St – 101,947
4 Alabama – 101,561
5 LSU – 100,819
6 Texas A&M – 99,844
7 Texas – 97,712
8 Tennessee – 93,022
9 Georgia – 92,746
10 Nebraska – 89,034
— CFB Home (@CFBHome) January 29, 2019
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.
Nolan Ulizio
Offensive lineman Nolan Ulizio is transferring (here’s his “Nolan Ulizio, Ex-Wolverine” post) to the Pitt Panthers (LINK).
Former Georgia Tech and Appalachian State defensive coordinator Nate Woody is being hired as an analyst at Michigan (LINK).
Aaron McMann writes about Shea Patterson leading the QB room going into 2019 (LINK).
Oak Park (MI) Oak Park wide receiver Maliq Carr, who has a Michigan offer, was possibly going to play his 2019 season in Missouri, but it sounds like he will be staying in the state (LINK). He’s a jumbo wide receiver/flex tight end.
Here’s an article from the Post and Courier on Clemson’s PED issues (LINK).
If you’re subscribed to ESPN+ Live Sports, here’s Peyton Manning’s breakdown of Tom Brady from the AFC Championship game (LINK).