That Name Is Familiar

From the Clear Lake High School football web site in Texas about a 6-2, 255 offensive lineman:

Scott Fritz, Clear Lake High School Falcon offensive lineman, will join the 2008 Harvard Football Team in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Name sound familiar? It should. More from the site:

Scott’s brother, Michael Fritz, was the 2006 MVP and quarterback for Harvard’s rival, Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire.

Another offensive lineman might be coming Dartmouth's way. Depending on which numbers you believe (generally go with the smaller) Joe Barker is either 6-3, 280 or 6-4, 300. Either way, the Tallahassee Democrat reports that Barker is mulling "offers" from Florida International, Cumberland University, Brown and Dartmouth. There's a little information on Barker here.

And now, another one Dartmouth recruited but will have to play against. (That probably happens in the Ivy League more than any other conference in the country.) Ohio tailback Eric Stoyanoff of Strongsville (great city name, by the way) chose Princeton over Dartmouth and Penn according to this Plain Dealer story. The 5-10, 200 Stoyanoff (if he were an offensive lineman you just know his nickname would be Beef) ran for 1,846 yards and 26 TD's last year.

A brief mention in a column out of Tennessee Titans country suggests that former Dartmouth tight end Casey Cramer is expected to re-sign with the NFL team for next season.

Jake Novak over at Roar Lions Roar blog is hoping to drum up support for former Columbia football player Bobby Ray '90, who is battling ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease. Jake has a posting here. Bobby Ray is trying expensive alternative treatments in his battle with the insidious disease and the cost is great. If you can help, click here. Also, check out Bobby's blog, which has background about when he was diagnosed and how he's dealing with the disease.