I really wanted to see Brett Favre in the Super Bowl, but after that boneheaded across-the-body-into-traffic throw to lose the game, maybe I really don’t need to see him again… Lebanon is saying this is not suspected terrorism. Like that matters when there are 90 deaths… So much for the land of the free: Americans seeking asylum as political refugees peaked in Pres. Bush’s final year in office… Put those hankies away, Brangelina is not over…
Andre Dixon and Lindsey Witten did UConn proud at the East West Shrine game. (Sox & Dawgs)
UConn’s building itself a Florida pipeline. Funny little aside about how Bob Stoops and Greg Schiano’s VIP creds rate next to Urban Meyer’s. (Hartford Courant)
Charlie Strong’s staff is looking at other QBs, but one who committed to Steve Kragthorpe is staying committed. (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Pitt had alums on three of the four teams playing yesterday. They’ll have them on both teams at the Super Bowl in two weeks. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Was Pitt alum Clint Session talking smack about one-time Pitt teammate Darrelle Revis? (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Devin McCourty took home more hardware from Rutgers’ year-end banquet than any other Scarlet Knight ever has. (ScarletKnights.com)
Rutgers tailback Jourdan Brooks is transferring… (Bleed Scarlet)
…to Morgan State. (Scarlet Scuttlebutt)
Rutgers product Kevin Haslam really shined during Shrine Game Week. (SI.com)
Star South Carolina running back Mustafa Greene is torn between Rutgers and N.C. State: “Rutgers has said he would come in and start.” (The State)
West Virginia’s heir apparent at QB broke his foot. Again. (Charleston Gazette)
The Mountaineers’ top QB recruit, meanwhile, could be headed to Louisville instead. (The Commercial Appeal)
USF’s Kion Wilson made the official Shrine Game hometown paper’s game story. (Orlando Sentinel)
Aditi Kinkhabwala has written a regular column for SI.com and been published in Sports Illustrated.
fava bean can’t crawl back under his rock fast enough. Good riddance.