Following Up On A Linebacker Commitment

A year-end roundup from a South Carolina newspaper again mentions that Hammond linebacker Carter Scott is heading to Dartmouth (as posted in the Green Alert blog a few weeks ago). Scott is 6-foot-1, 210 pounds and his school's all-time leading tackler. Find a head shot of him here, and a picture of him as Homecoming King here. ... This latest mention of Scott send me surfing backward and I found this from The State:

"As he helped the Skyhawks push through their undefeated, state championship season, linebacker Carter Scott was fielding offers from Ivy League programs including Princeton, Harvard, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania. Scott has now verbally committed to play for coach Buddy Teevens at Dartmouth College, becoming the first Hammond football player to commit to an Ivy League program."

For a couple of other kids from Florida that Dartmouth has shown some interest in, click here. One is a 6-2, 221 linebacker named Kyle Timpane (22); the other a 6-foot, 200 running back named Zach Tronti (36).

We went to see We Are Marshall yesterday. I must admit I wasn't sure Matthew McConaughey was right for the part of coach Jack Lengyel, but to his credit, he did a terrific job and absolutely pulled it off. It's not an Oscar-caliber movie, but it's well worth seeing. ... The kids got a DVD of The Invinceable for Christmas and watching it the other evening our 7th grader was using the pause function to freeze still shots of former Dartmouth quarterback Brian Mann, who played the Eagles quarterback in the movie.

We'll be leaving the Princeton area to head back to the Upper Valley today. Word is the little snow we got the other night is still on the ground. It will be nice to see it.