Cell Block Thursday: Slow Day = Link Factory

• An ESPN.com article on Michigan commit Isaiah Bell.

Bell didn't wait long and jumped at the University of Michigan, a gutsy pick for a kid from Ohio. When asked why, he said "I really felt comfortable there and I have a chance to play early. I am impressed with Coach [Rich] Rodriguez and secondary coach Tony Gibson."

• Stewart Madel from SI.com. Rips WVU in his "Mailbag" secton:

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but West Virginia's run as a national power is likely down to its last days. As I wrote at the time, Stewart's hiring was a foolishly impulsive decision made by an already suspect set of West Virginia administrators still high off the emotional Fiesta Bowl win just hours earlier. They took a now-nationally prominent program and put it in the hands of a guy whose only head coaching experience was a three-year, 8-25 stint at VMI that ended in his resignation over the use of a racial slur; and a guy who, of the nine assistants on West Virginia's staff, was the only one Rodriguez did not feel compelled to offer a job at Michigan.

• Mike Phelps begins his "goodbyes".
• Michigan baseball hoping to host an NCAA regional tournament games in it's new $10 Million re-built stadium.
• Michigan Basketball Team signs a German national big man 6-10 forward Robin Benzing (Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany) to a National Letter of Intent for the 2008-09 season.
• MSU gets a QB loses one. Nick Foles, a Texas QB decides to transfer.