Booked a ticket for tomorrow in Tempe
3 a.m., doing cartwheels down the hallway
Leading off:
Jack Follman over at Pacific Takes broke down the rosters of this weekend's Super Bowl teams to find out where the Seahawks and Patriots are finding their talent. His findings are very College Football Playoff-y. Here's the breakdown, by Power Five conference: 1. Big Ten, 26; 2. Pac-12, 25; 3. SEC, 22; 4. ACC, 13; 5. Big 12, 9. In all, 11 Pac-12 teams were represented, with Washington State being the lone exception. The full list of players, broken down by team, can be found at the link.
Here are a few other Super Bowl-related items as they relate to the Pac-12:
CBSSports.com notes that Oregon boasts the most Super Bowl starters of any college team.
Both starting running backs are from California.
Here's an interesting study from Stanford (in a somewhat nerdy kind of way) about Super bowl advertisements.
You might have heard former Colorado linebacker Chad Brown opining on the Super Bowl this week.
News/notes/team reports:
Utah picked up a commitment from offensive lineman James Empey.
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber has made good on a bet with Ohio Governor John Kasich.
Here's a look at Bryce Sterk, who recently committed to Washington.
WSU receiver commit Deontay Burnett had a good showing at a high school all-star game.
The story of new Oregon commit Fotu Leiato is worth reading if you haven't already, wih an assist from the Internet.
UCLA received a $1 million donation from Marilyn Silva-Lund and David Lund for the Wasserman Football Center project. As a result of their donation, the couple will have the center's recruiting lounge and terrace named in their honor, according to the school.
Nam Le dreams big in his State of Cal Address.
Just for fun:
Two groups of alums from USC's School of Cinematic Arts are finalists in Doritos’ “Crash the Super Bowl” contest, which has been pared down to 10 finalists. The winner, chosen by an Internet vote, will have their 30-second commercial shown during the Super Bowl and earn a $1 million prize. You can vote here.
Here are the commercials from USC's two groups:
Middle Seat
Lemonade Stand