'Dartmouth Football Eyes'

The above video is a Dartmouth Football 2009 promo spun off the Michael Jordan commercial. Enjoy.

One potential football recruit who is going elsewhere, one who could be coming here and a big one who the whispers say is coming headline today's news.

As reported here previously, the one going elsewhere is Mario Conte of Denver's Mullen High. The Boulder Daily Camera blog offers a little more about his decision to walk on with the Colorado Buffs as a wide receiver rather than come to Hanover as a defensive back. Of note in the post: Not all walk-ons are simple practice fodder. At Boulder, fully 31 of the 95 players on the roster this spring are walk-ons and some of the school's past walk-ons have actually gone on to the NFL. From the story:

"That actually did play a big factor," Conte said. "I didn't feel like, you know, everyone sees walk-ons as just extra bodies to fill out scout team, but they made it seem like that's not what I was getting into. That really helped."

The Star Beacon in Ashtabula, Ohio, has a story about a local graduate coaching high school football in Virginia. Dig into that story and Covenant Christian coach Mark Stanford has this to say about one of his seniors from last fall who could be coming:

"Andy Colberg, our flanker, is also a real good defensive back and led our conference in interceptions and kickoff returns. He's a 4.3 student and is trying to go to Dartmouth."

Whether that means he's applied, been accepted and will be playing football is unclear. What is clear is that Colberg had quite an impact on his small-school team. From the Charlottesville Daily Progress:

Colberg is listed as a wide receiver and defensive back on the roster, but fills myriad other roles. In fact, he has played some at running back, handles the kicking duties and even played a little bit at quarterback in the team’s previous meeting against STAB. But more important to the team are his leadership qualities.

“He’s an exceptional athlete. We could literally put him anywhere on the field, including the line and he would be the best player at his position,” Sanford said. “He’s just that good of an athlete."

Colberg had 23 catches for 409 yards and eight touchdowns and ran 26 times for 180 yards last fall.

One who apparently is coming is a 6-foot-6, 290-pound lineman from one of the mountain states. Sorry for the tease, but that's all I've got at this point.

Penn wrapped up its spring practice with an intrasquad scrimmage that featured a good number of younger players as more-establish players such as quarterback Keiffer Garton, tailback Mike DiMaggio and All-America defensive back Chris Wynn watched from the sidelines "for precautionary reasons." From the Daily Pennsylvanian:

With the mobile Garton slated to be the number one quarterback in the fall, the scrimmage emphasized passing plays out of the spread formation. (Coach Al) Bagnoli said that the team ran more passing plays than usual to get the younger players more comfortable with spreading the ball out.

The Yale Daily News has a column about the athletic traditions that make Yale special. One of them:

Unlike the large majority of other Division I schools, Yale has remained faithful to the election of a single captain per team.