Green Adds RB From California

Add running back Billy Bradshaw of Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego County to Dartmouth's list of commitments. The 6-foot-2, 203-pound Bradshaw was an all-league choice for the Broncos. Find a brief mention of his choice of Dartmouth in the North County Times and his game-by-game stats here. For a photo of Bradshaw, who also played outside linebacker in high school, click here.

Harvard-LSU-Harvard for quarterback Andrew Hatch? As Lee Corso might say on ESPN, not so fast, my friend. According to the Harvard Crimson, Hatch's return to Harvard is no sure thing given the school's moratorium on transfers. From the Crimson:

... (A)ccording to Harvard's admissions office, the well-traveled athlete might not have a spot reserved for him back in Cambridge.

“Transfer admissions has been suspended, therefore no candidates, regardless of previous admission, are eligible to transfer to Harvard College at this time,” director of transfer admissions E. Marlene Vergara Rotner wrote in an e-mail today.

Not much news of local interest in this tennessean.com story about what the Titans should do at various positions during the offseason except for a tidbit at the end (italics are mine) regarding Dartmouth's Casey Cramer:

Key stat: Bo Scaife had a team-leading 58 receptions, also his career best.
Status report: Scaife’s contract is up. He was a force early in the season, but not as much down the stretch. Veteran Alge Crumpler has a year remaining on his deal, but he was invisible at times this season. Rookie Craig Stevens contributed on special teams and as a blocker in the run game, and improved when it came to catching the ball. Casey Cramer has a year left on his contract.

USA Today reports the welcomed news that the NCAA is going to put 7th and 8th graders off limits for college basketball coaches. From the story:

The NCAA has officially designated those youngsters "prospective student-athletes," a move designed to insulate them from aggressive recruiters by making many of the camps they attend off-limits to college coaches.

A proposal that might have forced the Ivy League's hand with regard to the letter of intent was turned down. From USA Today:

Conference commissioners, who oversee the colleges' letter-of-intent program, elected Thursday not to add a second earlier signing period for football recruits. Coaches and the Big Ten had sought the third Wednesday in December date to allow schools to wrap up recruits ready to commit in writing before February.