Appearing on The Dan Patrick Show Thursday morning, Michigan Heisman Trophy finalist Jabrill Peppers explained why he chose the Wolverines over LSU three years ago. Ultimately, Ann Arbor offered something that Baton Rouge simply could not: cold weather.

"LSU – I couldn't play with that heat," Peppers said. "I couldn't take that heat everyday. It was a different kind of hot. Other than that, I loved it. I liked Michigan because it was like New Jersey in terms of the weather. The summer was really hot – a little fall, a little winter. I enjoy the cold. So it was a no-brainer for me."

In the past, Jim Harbaugh has joked (I think?) that "global warming is good for Michigan," and now he has some smoking gun evidence.Not only is climate change making Michigan warmer, but it's also making the Deep South uninhabitable, in the eyes of five-star prospects from New Jersey.

"Now we're the new Mediterranean: a lot of coastline and how about that out there today? 80 degrees out there," Harbaugh said in October. "It is so beautiful here, it's awesome."

Of course, weather wasn't the only thing that drew Peppers to UM.

"I was a lifelong Michigan fan," Peppers told Dan Patrick. "A lot of the greats played there, and I grew up loving the helmet. It was the best opportunity for sports and academics. Stanford was up there too, but Stanford was across the country, and I didn't want to go that far."