Michigan football quarterback J.J. McCarthy hasn't been able to bring himself to play his former sport, even for fun.
Walking around Schembechler Hall with bare feet, the sophomore told the story of how football was not his original sports passion and while it is now, his heart will always have a soft spot on the ice.
"That was actually my first love," McCarthy said of growing up playing hockey in La Grange Park, Illinois. "I started when I was like 5 years old and yeah I had to make a really big decision on if I was going to stick with the hockey route or the football route.