Charles Ganske Honored as Strength All-America

Note: Blogger has been down all day. Very frustrating. I'm headed to practice this afternoon and hope to be able to post a recap tonight. I'll hold the Chris Lincoln Q&A on Ivy League recruiting for Tuesday. Sorry for the problems.
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Kudos to senior fullback Charles Ganske for being named an NSCA All American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year. (link) Here's what Dartmouth strength coach Bob Miller wrote about Charles in his nomination form:

Charles has always been a dedicated player in the weight room He has rehabbed from major knee surgery and 10 months later he was back on the field. Charles came back stronger and set personal records in all his major lifts. Charles is one of the top students in the engineering department in addition to being a major contributor to our football team. He is a tremendous person and has been a pleasure to coach.

Incoming freshman Zach O'Donnell has been recognized as a scholar-athlete by the Eastern Mass. chapter of the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame.

Three Dartmouth opponents conducted their spring scrimmage Saturday. Yale's had the most points scored as the Blue team defeated the White team, 42-24. But, and it's a BIG but, points were allotted for first downs, defensive stops and turnovers. Must have made for a riveting broadcast ;-). ... For the more traditional Columbia spring game recap, click here. ... The Holy Cross spring game simply pitted the offense against the defense if I read this recap correctly. ... Brown has "announced" its 2006 schedule. I always find schedule announcements kind of silly given that the schedule is generally known years in advance and even when changes are made, they are well-known long before the schedule is, ahem, announced. ... He may be looking for a job, but Jay Fiedler is still a "celebrity." Skip to the bottom of this story.

Now it's the Columbia Spectator banging the drum about the I-AA football playoffs in this column. Can't say as I agree with the idea of players boycotting a game, though. Ivy League minds should be able to come up with a more creative protest than that.

We're just about dried out from our trip to Penn State for the Big 10 school's Blue-White game. Now I've got to get our soggy tent and sleeping bags out of the car and dried out. It was wet but worth it. If you happen to see an 8th grader and a 6th grader at Hanover's Richmond School wearing Penn State sweatshirts, you'll know who they are. (They'll be wearing different PSU gear tomorrow; I suggested they limit themselves to one article of Nittany Lion-wear per day ;-) ...

Speaking of Penn State, the 11th-seeded Dartmouth men's rugby team upset sixth-seeded Ohio State in the national Sweet 16 before falling to the third-seeded Nittany Lions Sunday with a berth in the Final Four at stake.