Quick Hits....

"I've really got on Twitter because of recruiting, so I can direct message people and, (it's) a way of sort of communicating with a recruit" -- Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio, who has gained more than 11,000 followers since joining Twitter in February (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 7/28).

"Zoe will be getting a very nice baby gift from me. I can't thank Kandi enough for going into labour early. I don't know if I'd be sitting here if she hadn't” -- Golfer Brandt Snedeker, who won the RBC Canadian Open after the second-round leader Hunter Mahan withdrew to be with his wife for the birth of their first child (CP, 7/28).

"You got to be in the uniform game, bottom line" -- ESPN's Max Kellerman, following Baylor and South Carolina unveiling new chrome helmets, on the importance of alternate uniforms in recruiting ("SportsNation," ESPN2, 7/26).