This Friday’s facts are dedicated to our very own Hal, who is probably enjoying some irrational exuberance this year due to Michigan’s 4-0 record.

Have a ball. Give or take a million:

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.

Major League Baseball teams use about 850,000 balls per season.

Americans spend more than $630 million a year on golf balls.

Michigan Football Facts:

As of this writing, the Michigan Wolverines are the winningest team in college football history.

The Michigan Football stadium is the largest college stadium in the country, seating 109,901*

When Michigan Stadium was being built, a crane sank into the wet land under the site during construction, and according to legend, remains buried under the stadium today.

A Deadly Game

In 1905, 18 men were killed in college football games, and 159 were permanently injured.

In 1943, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged to form The Steagles due to player shortages created by the World War II draft.

Watch Out For Those Self Fulfilling Prophecies:

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, “They’ll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run.” On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.

*Michigan always has that extra seat, it’s reserved for Fritz Crisler