THE READ OPTION: The Jameis Winston lawsuit arrives

Jameis Winston sued. The anticipated lawsuit over a 2012 sexual assault allegation, for which Winston wasn’t charged by law enforcement, has arrived. The news comes two weeks before he’s expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft.

Potentially 12 cities could be in the mix to host the College Football Playoff title game between 2018-2020. There is a great multitude of factors that affect how these types of things are chosen, but perhaps the best way to sort the potential title game host sites is alphabetical order:

Wow, that can’t be good news for Santa Clara!

Still flying? Bill Connelly’s journey through the Mountain West continues with Air Force, a team that already had its surprising breakthrough last year and is looking for an encore.

Air Force wasn’t lucky and didn’t take advantage of tons of opponent mistakes (Boise State game aside). The Falcons were reasonably healthy, sure, but there were still injuries. They did go 3-1 in one-possession games, but the one loss was less likely than any of the wins.

There was no smoke, and there were no mirrors. Air Force was simply an excellent, top-50 caliber team in 2014, against significant odds.

I have no idea how that happened, and I love it.

Top that, Nike and Under Armour! Mississippi State’s bizarre “Stark Vegas” baseball warmups seem to include a profane dig at Ole Miss. Adidas is a madman at the wheel.

Learning from mistakes. SB Nation’s Ian Boyd looked at how a bad performance against Baylor is helping to move the Michigan State defense forward. When you’re the Big Ten’s best defense, you can’t do things like this.

We have a leader. Jim Harbaugh said, among other things, that Shane Morris is the Wolverines’ No. 1 quarterback coming out of the spring. However, Iowa transfer Jake Rudock will still have a shot to compete.

Today in YOU ARE OLD: Andrew Boselli, son of Jaguars great Tony, commits to Florida State.

Elsewhere in crootin’, USC added its second four-star offensive line commit of the week.

Spring games this weekend! Among festivities: