She has the same looks, same accent, same birthplace, and same last name (BTW, it's Jacob, not Jenkins) as the Michelle we knew from 1981. And the same bit of luck, too. In her loss to Denise Lockhart in the finale, she managed to win game 2 in sudden death when Denise missed the last card. Then, all three games in today's match went down to sudden death, with Michelle winning the tiebreaker when her opponent missed his last card. And remember, a few weeks ago, Bill hosted a match between not one, but two 7-time undefeated champs from the Perry days. Combining all of that, I believe that Michelle Jacob and this Michelle Jacob are indeed the same person.
Twenty-eight, huh? I wouldn't have thought she was that young...
BTW, did anyone also notice that game 1 of today's match had four questions but game 2 had only three?