LAST WORDS

(if a coach is) texting these kids, ‘Good morning, have a great lunch and good night, Sunshine,’ then you’ve got problems, man, in my humble opinion.”

Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald, telling reporters college coaches have to be cautious while using social media as a recruiting tool. “I think there is a fine line between building a genuine relationship and being a creepy adult,” Fitzgerald said on the Big Ten Conference call this week.

I had no idea how close I was to changing my family’s life.”

Colts lineman Matt Slauson, who continued playing last week against New England not knowing he’d broken two vertebrae in his back. He admitted this week how shaken he was when he realized he could have been paralyzed. He doesn’t need surgery but will be out for the rest of the season.