Recruit Video

For video of Dartmouth defensive back recruit Shawn Abuhoff of Dade Christian in Miami, click here. Abuhoff is No. 1. (I can't really tell you much about the clips because I had a little trouble with the MaxPreps video player on our slow computer connection.) For stats on Abuhoff, click here.

New Hampshire high school running back Alex Theodosi will continue his career at Brown according to a curious story in the Manchester Union Leader. What follows are a couple of notes from the Leader, which says the 2,000-yard rusher from Londonderry Highdecided between Nebraska and Brown:

Theodhosi's father said the 'Huskers offered "preferred walk-on" status, a distinction that assures a non-scholarship athlete a roster spot.

"Obviously, you want to play (in a conference that receives national exposure)," said Theodhosi, an A student. "I know at Nebraska I probably would've been redshirted. At Brown, I know I have a chance to play (as a freshman)."

What makes the story a little curious is that while it says, "The University of Nebraska came knocking late in the recruiting game," Theodosi apparently was not a prime target for Dartmouth. From the story:

Brown's conference competitor, Dartmouth, pursued the 5-foot-11, 205-pound running back. But Theodhosi's father, Harry, said the Big Green's interest diminished over time.

Dartmouth bound John Gallagher's signing ceremony gets a brief mention in a newspaper writer's blog about his day's assignments and future teammate Andy Altman is mentioned on this list. Tailback Nick Schwieger is mentioned in the Boston Globe story built around a Brown recruit.

The Union Leader, by the way, reports that another New Hampshire product, 6-3, 205 linebacker Bryan Farris of Pinkerton Academy, is headed to Yale.

Speaking of recruiting, the story of the Nevada high school lineman who might have been duped into thinking he was headed to Cal on a scholarship is covered by the New York Times and the Washington Post.

I've long been a big fan of Dartmouth women's basketball coach Chris Wielgus, one of the best coaches at the college in any sport. She was the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Athletic Directors' Association (NHADA) and New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) high school female athletic-academic awards ceremony. I'm going to make sure my kids read something Wielgus told the group. From the Union Leader:

"The single most important component of success is failure," said Wielgus, the winningest coach in Dartmouth history with a career record of 330-233 entering this season, her 23rd. "You cannot be successful without failing, and I encourage you to fail often and fail early. Get it over with, get back on your feet, and start over again because that's what successful people do."

And finally ... snow and plenty of it. We could get up to a foot by tomorrow afternoon. Rest assured the kids will have their fingers crossed tonight for a three-day weekend.