football

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/magic-nick-saban-everyone-wants-alabama-155022258.html

An interesting read about revenue changes at Alabama corrrelated with Nick Saban becoming the coach.  Athletic department revenue went up by 11.7 million.  Tuition revenue increased by 58 million (mostly from increases in tuition and enrollment from out of state students).  Nick Saban only costs 5.3 million (in money).  Selling your soul in the name of football can, in fact, pay well. 

The Michigan-relevant takeaway would be that a successful athletic program generates a lot of income for the school.  That conclusion is obvious, but seeing it in print is nice.  It's also nice to have a retort for your friend who is convinced that schools waste money on football.

US News rankings for rough perspective: Michigan 29, Rutgers 68, Michigan State 72, Delaware 75, Alabama 77.  The student in the article, who is from Long Island, cares more about Alabama and Delaware than Rutgers; read into that what you will.

Per twitter. Quite a number for QBs-

Leach

Henson

Henne

And who could forget the great Spencer Brinton?

EDIT: MOAR jersey numbers per twitter. Incoming kicker J.J. McGrath will wear #46. Really great to see a large contingent of local kids coming to Michigan. Morris from DLS, McGrath from Lutheran North, Hockey's Evan Allen from Henry Ford.

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/05/brady_hoke_notre_dame_chickeni.html#incart_river

Pretty straight forward really; Brady Hoke says Notre Dame is chickening out of the rivalry. 

WHO?

/end of meme

According to Sam Webb on Twitter Sr. LB Mike Jones is also leaving the football team. This follows on the heels of Jr. Safety Marvin Robinson leaving as well.

Tom VanHaaren sent out a reaction from Chase on his visit. Some quotes I loved

"I couldn't find a bad thing about it, either. I looked but couldn't find it." (talking about the day of a player)

"I'd like to make a decision the weekend after my visit to Pitt, whenever that happens,"

"I got to ride around on scooters with Jake Ryan and Taylor Lewan, which was fun," (scooters instead of his twosie?

Link? LINK

We'll see how our recruitment with him goes and how that pans out with Watson in the mix as well. If we get either we get a quality guy :)

Go Blue!