One thing I'm pretty psyched about: my cousin, Tom Dance, is 2nd on the Michigan State depth chart @ strong safety. He was redshirted last year, so this is his freshman season. The guy ahead of him is a sophomore, but neither have any experience. I'm hoping that Tom plays his way into the starting role this season.
Tom, like his old (and broken down) cousin R. Rich, is a football and track guy. He ran the 110 hurdles in high school like I did, but Tom won 2 state titles in the event where the best I did was a 4th place finish as a senior. I'm really excited for him. His older brother, Tim, originally went to the University of Buffalo as a WR, and wasn't bad there, either. He has since transferred to a school in Erie, Gannon University.
Good luck to both of them.