Miami Nice ... Twice

Two teammates from Belen Jesuit Prep in Florida have verbally committed to Dartmouth according to a brief in the Miami Herald. Joining former teammate Peter Pidermann in Hanover will be 6-1, 175 defensive back Anthony DiBlasi and 5-11, 190 Diego Fernandez-Soto, a tight end/linebacker in high school, but described by the Herald story as an "athlete."

Both recruits were first team All-County and Class 3A All-State honorable mention last fall. Fernandez-Soto had 95 tackles last year while DiBlasi had 70. Fernandez-Soto was was credited with three forced fumbles while DiBlasi was picking off one pass.

Belen Jesuit has been an Ivy League pipeline in recent years. For a list of players who went on to the Ivies and other college programs, click here.

By the way, while looking at the Belen Jesuit website I came across Pidermann's name in the school records for most rushing touchdowns in a season (16), most touchdowns in a season (17) and for the third-longest kickoff return in school history (95 yards). ... He had 47 tackles, a 70-yard interception return for a touchdown and a blocked punt for the Big Green last year, moving into a starting role after Ian Wilson was sidelined for the season by injury.

While Dartmouth scored in Miami, it came up short in a bid for 6-6, 260-pound two-way end Steven Chase of Maryland. The Frederick News-Post reports that Chase considered Penn State, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth and Brown before accepting a full scholarship from Wake Forest.

The future of Colgate star running back Jordan Scott is yet to be determined after he was arrested along with a teammate for an on-campus incident. In its first issue since the incident, the Colgate school newspaper has this story.

The New Haven Register's Sean Barker reports on his Portal 31 Yale football blog that the school is naming its new football captain today. What I found interesting in his report was the following:

Yale and Harvard are believed to be the only two programs remaining for college football that pick just one captain.

I suppose it may happen on occasion at other schools, but I didn't know that only Harvard and Yale followed the practice regularly. I suppose as long as you get the right solo captain, it's a good thing.