Honoring Willie Bogan '71

Willie Bogan

From an email that hit my in box this morning:

One week from today, on February 7, more than 1,100 Ivy League Football friends and alumni will gather in New York City for the Ivy Football Association's dinner. . . .

If you haven't signed up but would like to attend, there is still time!  . . .  Join us as we celebrate Ivy League Football and honor Willie Bogan '71.

The evening will begin for the Dartmouth contingent with a 5:30 pre-dinner reception. The IFA dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis Broadway Ballroom will kick off at 7 and a league-wide reception will start around 9:45. For more information or to register for the dinner, click here.

What follows is a writeup on Dartmouth's honoree, Willie Bogan, that appeared in the Friends of Dartmouth Football newsletter (used with permission):

Willie C. Bogan, an honored defensive back on Dartmouth’s undefeated team in 1970 who has gone on to a successful career in law spanning more than 35 years in California, will be among eight honorees at the seventh biannual Ivy Football Association dinner in New York City on January 24, 2013.

Bogan graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Dartmouth in 1971 and studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University before earning his law degree from Stanford University in 1976.

Currently, he is associate general counsel and corporate secretary of McKesson Corporation, the nation’s largest health-care provider and a leader in health care information systems. Based in San Francisco, McKesson is ranked 15th among Fortune 500 companies.

The Ivy Football Association recognizes the unique aspects of Ivy League football and honors the history and tradition of the League. The IFA recognizes a distinguished alumnus from each Ivy institution who played football as an undergraduate and has achieved prominence in his chosen field.

Bogan came to Dartmouth from Albion, Mich., and was the starting safety in 1969 and 1970 as the Big Green won 17 of 18 games and two Ivy League championships. The 1970 undefeated team was ranked 14th in the final national major college ratings and won the Lambert Trophy as the outstanding college team in the East.

As a senior, Bogan earned All-Ivy, All-New England and All-East honors, played in two post-season all-star games, and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1971 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts (who knew he had received the Rhodes scholarship).

In 1972, after his first year at Oxford, Bogan returned to try out with the Colts. Bothered by shin splints, he was unsuccessful with the Colts and then the New England Patriots. He returned to England to receive degrees in politics and economics in 1973.

A Spanish major, he also was an Academic All-America who also received postgraduate scholarship awards from the NCAA and the National Football Foundation. In 1989, he was inducted into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame, an honor that recognizes former Academic All-Americans for career achievement and community service.

“My experience at Dartmouth is fundamental to who I am and how I view the world,” said Bogan. “It was fundamental in shaping me as a person, as a student, and as an athlete, as someone who has an awareness beyond self.”

Before joining McKesson in 2006, Bogan held senior counselor positions with several companies in the Los Angeles area and was a partner at Steinberg, Miller, Bogan and Goldstein in Los Angeles. Over the years he has been involved with numerous community and professional activities in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

In 2010, he was named one of Savoy Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America.

Dartmouth’s previous honorees at the IFA dinners include:

• Bill King ’63 (2001), an attorney in Richmond, Va., and former chair of Dartmouth’s board of trustees
• Henry Paulson ’68 (2003), former Secretary of the Treasury and CEO of Goldman Sachs Group
• Jeff Immelt ’78 (2005), chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Company
• Reggie Williams ’76 (2007), a 14-year NFL linebacker (1976-89) and now retired as vice president of Disney Sports World
• Jake Crouthamel ’60 (2009), Dartmouth football coach (1971-77) and director of athletics at Syracuse University (1978-2005)
• Murry Bowden ’71 (2011), a real estate developer in Houston who was Bogan’s classmate and teammate at Dartmouth.

Joining Bogan as honorees at the 2013 IFA dinner will be:

• Tom Catena, MD, Brown ’86
• Marcellus Wiley, Columbia ’97
• Tim Ring, Cornell ’79
• Jerry Jordan, Harvard ’61
• Robert Wolf, Penn ’84
• Robert Baldwin, Princeton ’42
• Calvin Hill, Yale ’69 

 For an Ivy League Celebrating Black History month story from several years back on Willie Bogan, click here.

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The Dartmouth writes about newly appointed New York Jets general manager John Idzik.'82.

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The Dartmouth athletic department announces new endowments in this release.

A Hidden Gem?

The Sports Network has a story about how difficult it is to uncover a talented player that others don't already know about. Colgate coach Dick Biddle had this to day:

"There's nobody out there that you find that nobody really didn't know about. Maybe their evaluation is different than your evaluation. There's so much information that it's hard (to find an overlooked prospect). There's almost too much information out there."

For what it's worth, after Dartmouth freshman quarterback Dalyn Williams had a strong game against his team last fall, I asked the opposing head coach if he had known about Williams when he was in high school. (It had been suggested to me that Williams had been somewhat under the radar coming out of Texas.)

Suffice it to say the coach looked at me like I had just fallen off a rutabaga truck before he said yeah, he knew all about him.

More from that Sports Network story:

"Locating a hidden gem was never an easy task," Robert Morris coach Joe Walton said, "but I do think finding one in today's world is certainly more challenging than when I started here due to the proliferation of the Internet, recruiting websites and social media. If you know about a high-quality potential prospect, odds are somebody else does, too."

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Is it possible that in a quarterback Dartmouth passed on that Penn State has found one of those hidden gems like Matt McGloin, the walk-on quarterback who this fall broke school records for passing yardage in a season and TD passes in a career?

ESPN's Nittany Nation has a story about PSU coach Bill O'Brien's program for walk-ons, players he likes to refer to as run-ons (because in their desire to prove themselves they don't walk anywhere). The story (with photo) is built around a Worcester Academy quarterback from Cape Cod named DJ Crook who fired out emails to coaches saying, "I'm hoping to be a midyear walk-on."

From the story (italics are mine):

Some schools, like Dartmouth, came through Worcester to inquire about the fleet-footed signal-caller. But Penn State was one of just three schools to respond to his emails.

Thanks for the link ;-)

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Boston.com has posted a story from the Boston Globe under the headline:

NFL players union and Harvard team up on landmark study of football injuries and illness
Cross-campus research on 1,000 retired players aims to treat, prevent wide health problems.

Close Call

A high school teammate of Dartmouth secondary recruit Lucas Bavaro has chosen Penn over coming to Hanover. From a Salem News story about Alex Moore of St. John's Prep in Massachusetts:

“I made my official visit to Dartmouth a week ago, and they made the biggest push. It was a hard choice because I’ve been with Lucas all the way from elementary, middle school and high school,” said Moore. “It would’ve been nice to keep it going in college because we’ve been playing for so long we instinctively know where (the other) will be on the field.”

Said his high school coach, echoing a familiar refrain:

He could play at a higher level, but it’s awfully hard to turn down the Wharton School of Business.

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Dartmouth currently has players from nearby Lebanon (sophomore running back Cody Patch) and Hanover (freshman wide receiver Daniel Gorman). The Big Green might have finished its set of three players from the three closest high schools but 6-foot-3, 270-pound offensive lineman Michael Dulac of Hartford High is going to Bryant. The Burlington Free Press has a story about the Vermont Gatorade Player of the Year who it reports also considered Albany, Holy Cross, Sacred Heart, Wagner, Stonehill and Assumption.

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A Sacramento Bee story includes this note:

Jesuit High offensive lineman Garrett Strohmaier has verbally committed to Dartmouth of the Ivy League. 

Strohmaier is an honors student who said he appreciated the academic and football tradition of Dartmouth, never mind all the snow in Hanover, N.H., at this time of year.

Green Alert Take: Snow? You call that snow?

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According to FootballScoop, Virginia offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Bill Lazor is heading to the Philadelphia Eagles. Lazor, a former Cornell quarterback, might have been on the radar in Ithaca after coach Kent Austin left for the Canadian Football League. Although he would cost a pretty penny don't be surprised if an Ivy League team or two takes a run at him sometime in the future because he's got quite the resume and is only 40.

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The Harvard Crimson looks at what the draft experts are saying about Harvard tight end/H-back Kyle Juszczyk.

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It would be interesting to look at the draft boards – oops, recruiting boards – for the various Ivy League schools and see how much crossover there is with Patriot League schools. The always industrious Lehigh Football Nation website has been pulling together lists of anticipated recruits for the various PL schools and there aren't many (if any) names that had been tossed around on the Internet as potential Dartmouth targets.

The Big Green will play two Patriot League teams next fall. Find the Holy Cross list here and the Bucknell list here. The lists are preliminary and incomplete, but it's still revealing.

As longtime followers of the BGA blog know, That Certain Dartmouth 14 very nearly ended up at Colgate. Her mom likes to tell the story about an icebreaking "red rover" game she heard about out in Hamilton where one of the "red rover, red rover let anyone who **** come over," commands was, "anyone who also applied to Dartmouth." Perhaps the story is apocryphal, but apparently that command moved more Colgate kids across to the other side than any other. That said, the Colgate list doesn't show any crossovers that we know of, either.

Time will tell if all that changes as the Patriot League football scholarships gain traction.

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The NCAA is employing a little common sense in changing recruiting rules. Check out the story.

Freshman Honors

Three Ivy Leaguers were named to the College Sports Journal Freshman All-America team. Cornell running back Luke Hagy, Cornell center Zach Wilk and Princeton corner Anthony Gaffney were selected.

Although four quarterbacks were honored Ivy League Rookie of the Year Dalyn Williams of Dartmouth wasn't one of them. That's understandable, given that he started just three games and saw significant action in just five. Still, his numbers over essentially a half season compared favorably with the QB's who were chosen:

Dalyn Williams

Passing Efficiency (with national rank)
4. Vernon Adams, Eastern Washington 160.61
6. Dalyn Williams, Dartmouth 156.07*
25. Sawyer Kollmorgen, Northern Iowa 141.88
31. John Robertson, Villanova 138.05
34. Josh Woodrum, Liberty 137.24
* Not officially ranked

Completion Percentage
Woodrum 68.5
Williams 64.0
Adams 60.9
Robertson 60.1
Kollmorgen 59.1

TD/Int Ratio
Williams 7/0
Kollmorgen 21/8
Adams 20/8
Robertson 14/7
Woodrum 11/9

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Caught just a bit of the Senior Bowl Saturday but the announcers were relatively optimistic about Harvard H-back Kyle Juszczyk's NFL chances. Given the way Princeton's Mike Catapano showed during the Shrine Game week it's not outside the realm of possibility that the Ivies could have two players drafted this year.

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A little inspiring music to get your week started . . .

Watch This. No, Really

In this video pulled together to get the blood flowing for the Dartmouth-Princeton game be sure to check out the runs by quarterback Dalyn Williams at the 1:58 and 3:31 marks. And the Ryan McManus TD against Harvard at 1:22. Ridiculous.

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Thanks for this link to a Tulsa World list of all-state players from Oklahoma that includes Dartmouth-bound running back Abrm McQuarters. From the story:

Rushed for 1,802 yards on 204 carries and 20 TDs. Also had five catches for 93 yards and two TDs. In part-time duty on defense, had 33 tackles and was one of the team's leaders in big hits. Had career totals of 3,002 rushing yards and 40 TDs. Co-player of the year in 4A-4. 

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Here's what we think we know so far about the recruiting class. If this list is accurate there could be 2-3 more recruits yet to be identified, or 2-3 offers yet to be made/accepted. Caveat emptor . . .

OFFENSE
Quarterback
Jonathan Dibiaso, 6-1, 195, Phillips Exeter/Everett, Mass.
Running Back
Alex Mccrory, 5-11, 222, Shawnee HS, Ohio
Abrm McQuarters, 5-10, 185, Cascia Hall, Okla.
Jacob Siwicki, 6-0, 220, Northfield Mount Hermon, Mass.
Wide Receiver
Houston Brown 6-2, 175, The Woodlands HS, Texas

Jon Marc Carrier, 5-11, 165, Steinbrenner HS, Fla.

Joseph Cook, 6-4, 185, Bishop Amat HS, Calif.

Charlie Miller, 6-1, 180, Totino Grace HS, Minn.
Chris Warren, n/a The Woodlands, Texas
Tight End
Peter Eggert, 6-4, 227, Laguna Hills HS, Calif.
Offensive Line
Zach Davis, 6-5, 290, Lake Havasu HS, Ariz.
Mike Langman, 6-5, 275, Naperville North HS, Ill.
David Morrison, 6-3, 270, Shaker HS, N.Y.
Garrett Strohmaier, 6-4, 290, Jesuit HS, Calif.
DEFENSE
Interior Line
Jack Friedman, 6-3, 285, Howard HS, Md
Michael Warren, 6-5, 279, Providence Academy, Minn.
End
Brandon Cooper, 6-2, 260, South Grand Prairie HS, Texas
Jeremiah Douchee, 6-4, 230, Hales Franciscan, Ill.
Zach Shank, 6-5, 235, Olentangy Liberty HS, Ohio
Jake Smirk, 6-2, 235, Gorman HS, Nev.
Linebacker
Brian Fordon, 6-2, 215, Providence Catholic HS, Ill.
Folarin Orimolade, 6-0, 218, Blake HS, Md.
*Cannon Wille, n/a, St. Mary's HS, Colo.
Secondary
*Chris Aguemon, 5-9, 180, Heritage HS, Va.
Lucas Bavaro, 6-1, 195, St. John's Prep, Mass.
Danny McManus, 5-9, 175, St. Thomas Academy, Minn.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kicker
Alex Gakenheimer, 6-1, 180, Charlotte Country Day, N.C.
Punter
Ben Kepley, 6-2, 175, Charlotte Country Day, N.C.
Snapper
Graydon Peterson, 6-1, 225, Whitefish Bay HS, Wis.
* Anticipated walk-on

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Noticed that former Cornell head coach Jim Hofher is now the wide receivers and assistant head coach at Nevada. Since his successful tenure at Cornell from 1990-97 (45-35 record, 33-23 in Ivy play) he's been at North Carolina, Syracuse, Buffalo (head coach), Bowling Green, Delaware and now Nevada.

The pastures may look greener elsewhere but when you see that kind of itinerary you understand just how smart Al Bagnoli, Tim Murphy and Phil Estes are for staying put. The first two were head coaches at Penn and Brown when Hofher was in the Ivies and the last was an assistant at Brown when Hofher was in Ithaca.

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Dartmouth just missed one of the most historical days in the recent annals of Big Green basketball yesterday. In a nationally televised matinee, the Dartmouth men had a Harvard team that had a 16-point win over Boston College, a win over Cal, a 30-point win over Rice and very respectable losses to UConn and Memphis all-but buried until the final 90 seconds before losing in overtime. Then last night at Leede Arena, the Dartmouth women, an uncharacteristic 2-13 coming in, posted a convincing 58-45 upset victory over the 10-win Crimson.

Lanky Cal WR Commits

Updated with Scout.com info.

Twitter has come to life with the Dartmouth commitment of wide receiver Joseph Cook, Bishop Amat HS, La Puente, Calif. He's 6-foot-5 or 6-4 or 6-3 and 185ish, depending on which service you believe.

Rivals shows commitment and has him at 6-4, 185, for what it is worth.

 Yahoo page

 Scout.com background story here

Two-sport kid?

Hudl page and video highlights

Florida WR Commits

Florida WR Jon Marc Carrier is Tweeting his commitment to Dartmouth.

From an earlier BGA posting:

Carrier's father, Mark, played 12 years in the NFL as a wide receiver with the Tampa Bay Bucs, Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers. (link) Already committed to Dartmouth is Lucas Bavaro, whose father Mark had a fine NFL career as a bruising tight end.
It probably doesn't hurt Dartmouth's chances that Big Green receivers coach Cortez Hankton also played wide receiver in the NFL, also was on the Bucs, and like the senior Carrier, grew up in Louisiana. 

Apologies for quoting myself ;-)

Hudl page.  ESPN Recruiting page.

What We *Think* We Know

Tight end recruit Peter Eggert has his own web page here that lists his honors.

Another recruiting weekend. It's cold but absolutely beautiful on campus with crisp white snow and cloudless, azure skies.

Once more, with feeling, here's what we think so far. The guess is, with two walk-ons listed, there are 4-5 spots left. As far as the list goes, caveat emptor . . .

OFFENSE
Quarterback
Jonathan Dibiaso, 6-1, 195, Phillips Exeter/Everett, Mass.
Running Back
Alex Mccrory, 5-11, 222, Shawnee HS, Ohio
Abrm McQuarters, 5-10, 185, Cascia Hall, Okla.
Jacob Siwicki, 6-0, 220, Northfield Mount Hermon, Mass.
Wide Receiver
Houston Brown 6-2, 175, The Woodlands HS, Texas
Charlie Miller, 6-1, 180, Totino Grace HS, Minn.
Chris Warren, n/a The Woodlands, Texas
Tight End
Peter Eggert, 6-4, 227, Laguna Hills HS, Calif.
Offensive Line
Zach Davis, 6-5, 290, Lake Havasu HS, Ariz.
Mike Langman, 6-5, 275, Naperville North HS, Ill.
David Morrison, 6-3, 270, Shaker HS, N.Y.
Garrett Strohmaier, 6-4, 290, Jesuit HS, Calif.
DEFENSE
Interior Line
Jack Friedman, 6-3, 285, Howard HS, Md
Michael Warren, 6-5, 279, Providence Academy, Minn.
End
Brandon Cooper, 6-2, 260, South Grand Prairie HS, Texas
Jeremiah Douchee, 6-4, 230, Hales Franciscan, Ill.
Zach Shank, 6-5, 235, Olentangy Liberty HS, Ohio
Jake Smirk, 6-2, 255, Gorman HS, Nev.
Linebacker
Brian Fordon, 6-2, 215, Providence Catholic HS, Ill.
Folarin Orimolade, 6-0, 218, Blake HS, Md.
*Cannon Wille, n/a, St. Mary's HS, Colo.
Secondary
*Chris Aguemon, 5-9, 180, Heritage HS, Va.
Lucas Bavaro, 6-1, 195, St. John's Prep, Mass.
Danny McManus, 5-9, 175, St. Thomas Academy, Minn.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kicker
Alex Gakenheimer, 6-1, 180, Charlotte Country Day, N.C.
Punter
Ben Kepley, 6-2, 175, Charlotte Country Day, N.C.
Snapper
Graydon Peterson, 6-1, 225, Whitefish Bay HS, Wis.
* Anticipated walk-on

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Part of Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens' recruiting pitch is what Dartmouth can offer that the other Ivies can't. Here's something.

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It didn't take former Yale coach Tom Williams long to land another job after the new UTEP coach cleaned house. He's the new linebacker coach at Florida International. link

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Catch the Dartmouth-Harvard men's basketball game at 2 p.m. today on NBCSports Network (not the normal NBC but the former Versus). Unfortunately, we don't get it on our system.

California Checks In

It has taken a while for California to check in but Dartmouth can now boast of a couple of recruits from the Golden State in 6-foot-4/or -5, 227-pound tight end Peter Eggert of Laguna Hills and 6-4, 290 lineman Garrett Strohmaier of Jesuit High School and Carmichael, Calif.

This story from the OC Varsity says Eggert had offers from Air Force, San Diego and Georgetown at three different positions.

Find his Rivals page here and check out his highlight video:



Strohmaier is listed as having offers from Army, Navy, Princeton and Brown among others on his Rivals page. There's an extensive statement with information about him from a year ago on his NCSA page.

Here's his highlight video:



And . . . thanks to the regular blog visitors for steering me to the California pair!

Schwieger Update

After training in San Diego with USA Rugby, Nick Schwieger '12, Dartmouth's all-time leading rusher, is back in the east ready to pursue a career in construction management according to The Dartmouth.

From The D:

“It was a tough decision to leave because it was great to be out there with a good group of individuals who are so passionate about their sport,” Schwieger said. “Although rugby is great, it didn’t have the same spark that football had for me. My heart was back home in New England and I wanted closure on my athletic career.”

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Kijuan Ware, a member of the Dartmouth coaching staff for the 2004 and '05 seasons, is moving from offensive coordinator at Western Illinois to the coaching staff at Eastern Michigan according to the CoachingSearch website. Ware's Western Illinois bio is here.

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Boston.Com is carrying an AP story built around former Dartmouth wide receiver John Idzik '82, newly named GM of the New York Jets.

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Yes, the conference-jumping/pushing takes place at the FCS level also. From The Sports Network:

Having announced a move to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in most sports, Monmouth University has been denied its bid to remain in the Northeast Conference as an associate member in football.

More from TSN:

The Big South Conference and Patriot League, both seeking to expand membership, could be potential landing spots for Monmouth.

Green Alert Take: Not at all sure Monmouth fits the Patriot League model.

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This 1947 video shows a lot of Dartmouth and Hanover that still looks familiar. The mockup of the proposed Hopkins Center doesn't look even remotely familiar. There's a one-play clip from a Dartmouth-Penn football game on Memorial Field at the 14:40 mark. (Hang with it, the video takes a while to get going ;-)

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Just 16 below last night. Should be just a few below tonight and then (according to the latest forecast) starting to moderate.

HiHo Ohio

Springfield, Ohio's Alex McCrory of Shawnee HS has Tweeted his intention to continue his studies and play football at Dartmouth. A linebacker/running back, he's been listed from 5-foot-11 to 6-1 and 222 to 235. He was first team all-conference, all-county and all-region.

Find his NSCA profile here.

Find a video interview here.

Gee, Thanks

From ESPN Recruiting National (and this might make you wonder about the Sports Leader):

Dartmouth picked up its second commit in the 2013 class this morning when defensive end Jeremiah Douchee (Chicago/Hales Franciscan) gave his verbal to Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens, according to Hales Franciscan coach Randall Townsel. 

Thanks for the help, ESPN. But second commit?

Douchee is a 6-foot-4, 230-pound defensive end who ESPN (if it is to be believed ;-) chose Dartmouth over Western Illinois.

Recruiting And GREAT News

You know it's cold when you hit "scan" on your car radio and that s-l-o-w-s down. We didn't hit the 24.9 below I've written about in the past, but 16.9 below here on the shoulder of Moose Mountain is pretty good ;-)

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OK, here we go again. This is an updated list of recruits per internet reports. Positions are speculative, obviously subject to correction, and no doubt in some cases flat-out wrong. (Email me ;-). All the warnings from the other day are still in effect:

OFFENSE
Quarterback
Jonathan Dibiaso, 6-1, 195, Phillips Exeter/Everett, Mass.
Running Back
Abrm McQuarters, 5-10, 185, Cascia Hall, Okla.
Jacob Siwicki, 6-0, 220, Northfield Mount Hermon, Mass.
Wide Receiver
Houston Brown 6-2, 175, The Woodlands HS, Texas
Charlie Miller, 6-1, 180, Totino Grace HS, Minn.
Chris Warren, The Woodlands, Texas
Offensive Line
Zach Davis, 6-5, 290, Lake Havasu HS, Ariz.
Mike Langman, 6-5, 275, Naperville North HS, Ill.
David Morrison, 6-3, 270, Shaker HS, N.Y.
DEFENSE
Interior Line
Jack Friedman, 6-3, 285, Howard HS, Md
Michael Warren, 6-5, 279, Providence Academy, Minn.
End
Brandon Cooper, 6-2, 260, South Grand Prairie HS, Texas
Jeremiah Douchee, 6-4, 230, Hales Franciscan, Ill.
Zach Shank, 6-5, 235, Olentangy Liberty HS, Ohio
Jake Smirk, 6-2, 255, Gorman HS, Nev.
Linebacker
Brian Fordon, 6-2, 215, Providence Catholic HS, Ill.
Folarin Orimolade, 6-0, 218, Blake HS, Md.
*Cannon Wille, n/a, St. Mary's HS, Colo.
Secondary
*Chris Aguemon, 5-9, 180, Heritage HS, Va.
Lucas Bavaro, 6-1, 195, St. John's Prep, Mass.
Danny McManus, 5-9, 175, St. Thomas Academy, Minn.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kicker
Alex Gakenheimer, 6-1, 180, Charlotte Country Day, N.C.
Punter
Ben Kepley, 6-2, 175, Charlotte Country Day, N.C.
Snapper
Graydon Peterson, 6-1, 225, Whitefish Bay HS, Wis.
* Anticipated walk-on

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Best news of the day by a country mile: The Dartmouth reports that Athletic Director Harry Sheehy participated in the inaugural student-athlete talent show. From the story:

Sheehy surprised the crowd as the first act of the night, dedicating the song “Halleluiah” to his wife. 

The back story is that Connie Sheehy has been battling an extremely serious illness and has turned the corner enough that the athletic director, who had been by her side at the hospital for weeks, was comfortable enough to honor her in the touching way that he did. Doubtful there was a dry eye in the house among those who know what the Sheehys have been going through.

Among other performers was freshman wide receiver Victor Williams who played guitar and sang Musiq Soulchild’s “Don’t Change.”

DE from Las Vegas In Fold

Rivals is listing Jake Smirk, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound defensive end from Bishop Gorman HS in Las Vegas, as choosing Dartmouth. The Las Vegas Sun also has a note.

According to Scout, he also held an offer from Colorado State.

Find his Hudl highlight video that lists him at 236 pounds here and a video interview with him here.

Dartmouth Is OK By Him

The Twitterverse is humming with the commitment of 5-foot-10, 185-pound Abrm McQuarters to Dartmouth. McQuarters is listed as a running back/middle linebacker but at that size the only thing we know is he won't be a middle linebacker at Dartmouth.

McQuarters is from Cascia Hall in Tulsa, Okla. Find a Q&A with him here. There's a photo here.

According to Tulsa World, he ran for 1,802 yards and 20 touchdowns last fall, averaging 8.8 yards per carry.

And yes, that's the correct spelling: Abrm McQuarters.

Brrrr

It was 14 degrees when Coop and I went up the
mountain yesterday. It's 11.9 below zero
 as I write this on the shoulder of Moose Mountain.
We may not hike today ... but we might ;-)

Former Dartmouth strength coach Dan Nichol has been named strength & conditioning coach at Western Michigan. (link)

Speaking of former Dartmouth coaches, Erica Walsh has been named the national women's coach of the year by Soccer America after leading Penn State to the NCAA championship final. Walsh helped Dartmouth to the 2000 and 2001 Ivy League championships in her three years as head coach in Hanover.

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There are three Ivy League alums on The Sports Network's NFL All-FCS team. Can you guess who they are? Click here to find out. Aw, nevermind. They are Baltimore center Matt Birk (Harvard), New York Giants offensive guard Kevin Boothe (Cornell) and Giants longsnapper Zak DeOssie (Brown).

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Former Yale head coach Tom Williams is out at UTEP as the new coach let five assistants go.

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Former Princeton defensive end Mike Catapano had a big Shrine Game as recounted in a story on the Princeton Football blog.

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Locally, Kimball Union Academy opened its new field house a year late because of construction issues. There are several photos accompanying the story here. Interesting on such a cold day to see pictures of the inside. Dartmouth, as you know, is eager to build its own hard-sided facility – rather than a bubble.

The List So Far

OK, here's what we've discovered so far in the recruiting class – and here's what you need to know:
• The Early Decision list is, as it says, official. But the heights and weights are not official. They are drawn from the internet and those sources can vary widely. Feel free to share corrections.
• The Regular Decision list is, with the exception of an email or two, drawn entirely from the internet. Given that it's not an official list, caveat emptor. No guarantees that these kids are coming.
• Heights and weights on the regular list are from the internet. (See above.) Positions are speculative.
• High schools are listed for the RD kids because it's not clear in many cases what the hometowns are.
• Feel free to point out typos. You are my best prufreeder ;-)
• There should be another 10 or so names out there.
• Ivy League coaches are not allowed to talk about the regular decision recruits until their deposits have been received in the spring. BUT, the student-athletes, their families, coaches and friends can, so keep those emails coming with names and corrections. ;-)
• Signing Day is Feb. 6 but because the Ivy League does not recognize the National Letter of Intent, whatever "ceremony" takes place regarding Ivy recruits is for show only. That said, there will be a lot of newspaper and internet stories that day and in the days to follow.
• If you see something I missed, send it along. Please!
• And finally, guys, be careful with those Twitter accounts. I've seen some pretty nasty stuff, not necessarily from anyone listed below, but it's out there and people who are going to make judgments about you are reading it.

And now, without further ado . . .

Confirmed Early Decision (Official)

 • Lucas Bavaro, 6-1, 195 safety, St. John's Prep, Danvers, Mass.
 • Jonathan Dibiaso, 6-1, 195 quarterback, Phillips Exeter/Everett, Mass.
 • Alex Gakenheimer, 6-1, 180 kicker, Charlotte Country Day, Charlotte, N.C.
 • Ben Kepley, 6-2, 175 punter, Charlotte Country Day, Charlotte, N.C.
 • Danny McManus, 5-9, 175 defensive back/athlete, St. Thomas Academy, Mendota, Minn.
 • David Morrison, 6-3, 270 offensive lineman, Shaker HS, N.Y.
 • Graydon Peterson, 6-1, 225 long snapper, Whitefish Bay HS, Wis.
 • Zach Shank, 6-5, 235 defensive end, Olentangy Liberty HS, Ohio
 • Jacob Siwicki, 6-0, 220 tailback, Northfield Mount Hermon, Mass.

Accepted Early and expressing interest in walking on

 • Chris Aguemon, 5-9, 175 defensive back, Heritage HS, Va.
 • Cannon Wille, linebacker, St. Mary's HS, Colo.

Regular Decision (Unofficial)

 • Houston Brown 6-2, 175 WR, The Woodlands HS, Texas
 • Brandon Cooper, 6-2, 260 DE, South Grand Prairie HS, Texas
 • Zach Davis, 6-5, 290 offensive line, Lake Havasu HS, Ariz.
 • Brian Fordon, 6-2, 215 linebacker, Providence Catholic HS, Ill.
 • Jack Friedman, 6-3, 285 defensive line, Howard HS, Md
 • Mike Langman, 6-5, 275 OL, Naperville North HS, Ill.
 • Charlie Miller, 6-1, 180 WR, Totino Grace HS, Minn.
 • Folarin Orimolade, 6-0, 218 LB, Blake HS, Md
 • Chris Warren, WR, The Woodlands, Texas
 • Michael Warren, 6-5, 279 DT, Providence Academy, Minn.

Texas Teammates Commit

Chris Warren and Houston Brown, teammates at  The Woodlands in Texas, are both Tweeting that they are heading to Dartmouth.

Find Warren's Hudl highlight videos here. Find the 6-2, 175 Brown's Hudl highlight videos here.

There was a story about the pair visiting Dartmouth in the Houston Chronicle back in October.

Brown had 46 catches for 768 yards (16.7 ypc) and nine touchdowns this year with a long of 73. Warren had 22 catches for 231 yards (10.5 ypc) with a long of 58.

Brown was a member of the all-district first team and Warren was honorable mention.

For a story about Brown and his sister, click here.

Another Texas

Brandon Cooper, a 6-foot-2, 260-pound defensive end from South Grand Prairie, Texas is now Tweeting that he has chosen Dartmouth. He is listed as a two-star by Rivals, which says he had offers from Air Force, Rice, Memphis, Penn, Yale and Columbia among others.

Find a video and statement from Cooper on his NCSA page. More highlights here. He's a Texas Prep Stars "underrated." ESPN recruiting has him at 6-7, which doesn't match up with any of the other listings.

Cooper was a District 7-5A All-District first-team selection at defensive end and a Texas High School Coaches Association All-State football academic first-teamer. (link)

And Another

It's a pretty good sign when a kid who Tweeted about his visit to Harvard a week earlier updates his Twitter account to feature a photo of Dartmouth's Memorial Field and then Tweets to an early decision Dartmouth recruit that, "it's gonna be an awesome 4 years!" And when that ED recruit Tweets back congratulations ;-)

Add to your list Charlie Miller, 6-foot-1, 180 all-stater and all-Metro from Totino Grace in Minnesota. He was a quick corner and wide receiver at the same high school powerhouse that sent safety Tony Pastoors to Dartmouth. Check out his Hudl video highlights here. You can see a quick postgame interview with him here.

Playing For Pizza

Sitting on the names of several kids who are said to have committed to Dartmouth as I try to get confirmations.

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Still digging on this one but corner/return specialist Shawn Abuhoff '12 has landed with the Milan Seamen in the Italian Football League. The season begins in March. Check out this link that includes four pictures and his complete Dartmouth statistics. Here's a Google translation of part of the page:

Shawn has played Dartmounth college that participates in the IVY League Division 1 of the NCAA, and record holder in interceptions and Punt return is a versatile player that can also be used on offense as a receiver, a real top athlete 1 and 82 to 90 pounds, runs 4.5 seconds 40-yard dash, but it is above all a leader, captain of the team, starter for all four years in the dual role, never injured will be one of the strengths of the 2013 season of Seamen. . .  

Green Alert Take: Having read blogs by Ivy League players who have gone to Europe as well as John Grisham's fictional account Playing for Pizza, it always amazes me that more players don't enjoy that one last season overseas. The last Dartmouth player to go to Europe was defensive back Peter Pidermann '10 who played in Germany. (link)

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Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens likes to sell the familiar line that "It's different at Dartmouth." That being the case, it's not at all unusual for him to offer prospective players the chance to snowshoe, sled at Hanover Country Club or skate on Occom Pond during their recruiting visit. With the weather unseasonably warm, the last hasn't been possible but that's about to change – and in a big way. Check out the chilly forecast here.

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The Cornell Sun has a lengthy look at new head football coach David Archer that begins this way:

Seven years ago, David Archer ’05 crouched on the Red offensive line, protecting his quarterback alongside Super Bowl Champion Kevin Boothe ’05. This year, he will stand proudly on the sidelines as the 27th head coach of Cornell football, protecting the Red’s hopes of its first Ivy League title in over 20 years.

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Last week Dartmouth's Abbey D'Agostino ran the fastest mile in the world so far this year. Showing her versatility, the former NCAA champion this weekend broke the Big Green 1,000-meter record by almost four seconds as Dartmouth defeated Yale and Columbia down in New Haven. (link)

And Another

Maryland linebacker Folarin Orimolade, James Hubert Blake HS/Silver Spring, Md. via Twitter:

yea I committed today on my official visit, I left Friday morning and come back tomorrow afternoon

Hudl page with 2012 highlights.

He's listed variously as 5-11 or 6 feet, 210-218 pounds. ESPN page.

Green Lands Lineman

Naperville North (Ill.) lineman Mike Langman has Tweeted his commitment, writing yesterday, "Officially committed to play football at Dartmouth College next fall! Thank you so much to everyone who's helped me out along the way."

Langman is a 6-foot-5, 275-pound tackle who was his conference offensive lineman of the year. From his Hudl page:

Tom Lemming All Area Award - 2010 - Underclasmen
Special Teams Player of the Week - 9/16/11
2011 All Conference - 2nd Team
Voted Team Captain for 2012 Season
2012 ~Unanimous All Conference 1st Team Dupage Valley Conference 8A
2012~ Offensive Lineman of the Year - DuPage Valley Conference 8A

Here's a brief sophomore year video interview with a very polished young man.

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Also per Twitter, Florida receiver Jon Marc Carrier was in Hanover last week and is visiting Brown this weekend. Carrier attends Steinbrenner High School along with Kendall Pearcey, who also took a visit to Dartmouth (link).

Carrier's father, Mark, played 12 years in the NFL as a wide receiver with the Tampa Bay Bucs, Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers. (link) Already committed to Dartmouth is Lucas Bavaro, whose father Mark had a fine NFL career as a bruising tight end.

It probably doesn't hurt Dartmouth's chances that Big Green receivers coach Cortez Hankton also played wide receiver in the NFL, also was on the Bucs, and like the senior Carrier, grew up in Louisiana. Check out the younger Carrier's highlight video.

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As expected John Idzik '82 has been named GM of the New York Jets. Idzik was a wide receiver at Dartmouth whose career was limited by injury. Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens, a senior quarterback when Idzik was a freshman, is widely quoted in this Newark Star-Ledger story.

(Click to read)

Back In Green

To end your week a peaceful shot of sunset
 over Vermont taken from the shoulder of
Moose Mountain earlier this week (click to supersize)

In what should be a surprise to no one who has been paying attention, Dartmouth grad John Idzik '82 has been named general manager of the New York Jets. A statement from Jets owner Woody Johnson in this story summarized his experience this way:

“During his two decades in the NFL, John helped build a Super Bowl championship team in Tampa Bay, an NFC championship team in Arizona and, most recently, a team in Seattle that narrowly missed reaching the NFC Championship game."

From the Jets' release:

Born in Detroit, Idzik graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1982, earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. At Dartmouth, he also played wide receiver for the Ivy League champion Big Green. He later earned a master’s degree from Duke in 1992. 

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick playing for the Big Green? From The San Francisco Chronicle:

Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale recruited him hard, but Kaepernick's dream was to play Division I football.

Two things. First, Dartmouth may have recruited him but BGA has been following Big Green recruiting pretty closely since before Kaepernick went to Nevada and his name never appeared on these pages. That's a little curious. Stay tuned for more on that.

And second . . . people, people, people, as much as you don't want to believe it, the Ivy League IS Division I football. OK, it's not the so-called "major college" football, but again, it IS Division I.

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From the Palm Beach Post:

Brown (Tuesday) and Dartmouth (Wednesday) were at Boca Raton this week. Both interested in OL Charles Strippoli.

And . . .

Wisconsin, despite not having any available scholarships for tight ends, visited Cardinal Newman tight end Matt Burke at school. Burke, a U.S. Army All-American, also said Dartmouth and Princeton may visit him.

He Was Super

Dartmouth-bound safety Lucas Bavaro of St. John's Prep in Massachusetts earned area student-athlete of the month honors for December according to a piece in the Salem News. From the story:

He was the leader of a Prep defense that was particularly stingy down the season’s homestretch and into the playoffs; Bavaro had 23 tackles (including three for losses) and an interception in the final month of the season. In the Prep’s Super Bowl triumph over Brockton, he blocked a punt and forced a fumble.

Speaking of Bavaro, last month the Danvers Herald had a story with his reflections on a "Super season." From the story:

“A lot of the papers had it wrong – everybody called me a tight end this season,” said Bavaro. 

That would be his father – Mark Bavaro was a tight end for the NFL Super Bowl champion New York Giants of 1986 and 1990. He was also a two-time Pro Bowl selection, in 1986 and 1987. 

“[My father] helps a lot,” said Lucas. “I watch film with him a lot. He always gives me advice. He’s helpful to have around, as he’s had that [NFL] experience.”  

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Jake Smirk, a 6-foot-2, 235-pound defensive end from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas has Tweeted that he'll be in Hanover this weekend. Find his Rivals recruiting page here. He is listed as having offers from Colorado State, Cornell and Georgetown in addition to Dartmouth. Find his video package here. There's a video interview with him here.

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Among other prospective recruits in town is Mike Langman, a 6-5, 275 tackle from Naperville North in Illinois. Find his Hudl video package here. He's listed as a unanimous all-conference player and the conference offensive lineman of the year. His Rivals page lists offers from Dartmouth, North Dakota, South Dakota and Yale and he's had interest from Harvard as well.

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According to Newsday, Dartmouth grad John Idzik is the "clear front-runner" to be the new general manager of the New York Jets. From the story:

It appears the Jets have found their man. Only one question remains: Does John Idzik want the job?

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The Garden City News on Long Island has a story about the winner of the Robert J. Reeves IV scholarship, honoring the former All-Ivy offensive lineman at Dartmouth. From the story:

The scholarship was created in memory of Bobby Reeves, a member of Garden City High School’s Class of 1999. Bobby was a rare and colorful person; he was a gifted athlete, a strong performer in the classroom and was selected funniest person by his class. Upon graduation, Bobby went on to Dartmouth College, where he played football all four years. 

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The Associated Press is among the outlets reporting Dartmouth's decision not to award Advanced Placement credit. From the story:

(Hakan Tell, a classics professor and chairman of the college's Committee on Instruction) pointed to an experiment undertaken by the college's psychology department as proof that AP courses often fall short. 

Rather than award credit for an introductory course to incoming students who got the highest score on the AP test, the department gave those students a condensed version of the Dartmouth course's final exam. Ninety percent failed, Tell said. And when those students went on to take the introductory class, they performed no better than those who did not have the high AP test scores.

Interestingly, Hanover High School does not offer AP classes, much to the amazement of some college classmates of a couple of Certain Hanover High Grads. According to their guidance counselor, there's a growing movement away from AP classes at elite high schools in part because they "teach to the test."

More Names

Rivals is reporting that Dartmouth has gotten a commitment from Jack Friedman, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound defensive tackle from Ellicott City, Md. Here are his junior highlights:



Friedman was first-team all-Howard County. The Baltimore Sun referred to him last month as: "The crown jewel in the Lions' vaunted offensive line."

For his senior highlights, check out his Hudl page.

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A blogger for GopherIllustrated has Tweeted that Michael Warren, a 6-5, 279 defensive tackle from Providence Academy and Maple Grove, Minn., has chosen Dartmouth over a preferred walk-on spot at the University of Minnesota. Warren is a Rivals three-star player.

Warren earlier told GopherHole:

With Dartmouth and Cornell, I  have gotten the green flag with the admission, so if I were to apply there, I would get in. It is a big decision, weighing the football and the Big Ten compared to the education of the Ivy Leagues, but it is still a big decision. 

A second-team all-state selection, Warren was an all-conference choice as well as a member of the Star-Tribune and KARE 11 All-Metro Offensive Team. Minnesota Preps reports he was offered a preferred walk-on at Iowa and has offers from North Dakota, South Dakota State and Southeastern Louisiana among others.

Here are his highlights:




The Confirmed ED Class

• Lucas Bavaro, safety, St. John's Prep, Danvers, Mass.
• Jonathan Dibiaso, quarterback, Phillips Exeter/Everett, Mass.
• Alex Gakenheimer, kicker, Charlotte Country Day, Charlotte, N.C.
• Ben Kepley, punter, Charlotte Country Day, Charlotte, N.C.
• Danny McManus, defensive back/athlete, St. Thomas Academy, Mendota, Minn.
• David Morrison, offensive lineman, Shaker HS, N.Y.
• Graydon Peterson, long snapper, Whitefish Bay HS, Wis.
• Zach Shank, defensive end, Olentangy Liberty HS, Ohio
• Jacob Siwicki, tailback, Northfield Mount Hermon, Mass.

Accepted and expressing interest in walking on

• Chris Aguemon, defensive back, Heritage HS, Leesburg, Va.
• Cannon Wille, linebacker, Colorado Springs St. Mary's HS, Colo.

Regular Decision (Unofficial)

• Zach Davis, offensive line, Lake Havasu HS, Lake Havasu, Ariz.
• Jack Friedman, defensive line, Howard HS, Ellicott City, Md.
• Zach Shank, defensive line, Liberty HS, Olentangy, Ohio

Possible

• Michael Warren, defensive lineman, Providence Academy, Maple Grove, Minn.

There's also a Twitter mention about a 6-2, 260 center from Evanston, Ill., named Zach Husain and Dartmouth – but there's just that one anonymous Tweet. Find his highlights here. He was an all-area selection.

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The Sports Network has a list of FCS players participating in the better-known collegiate all-star games.  Cornell center JC Tretter and Harvard H-back Kyle Juszczyk are listed for the Senior Bowl while Princeton defensive end Mike Catapano is listed in the East-West Shrine Game.

Catapano has been opening some eyes. Wrote one observer:

As opposed to many of his classmates who will be working on Wall Street, based on his performance today, Catapano could have a long NFL career ahead of him.

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USA Today talked with former Dartmouth defensive tackle/linebacker Adam Nelson '97 after Lance Armstrong's admission of doping. Nelson lost the Olympic gold medal in the shot put in 2004 to a Ukrainian now found to have cheated. Nelson told the paper:

"This particular issue cuts very, very deep. I've lost out on an experience, emotionally and personally that I can't get back as well as the financial benefits. I have no patience, no tolerance for anyone who cries, 'It was the system, not me.'"

Big Guy Headed This Way

Scout.com is reporting that Dartmouth has a verbal commitment from Zach Davis, a 6-5ish, 290ish offensive lineman from Lake Havasu High School in Arizona. Here's his highlight video:


On his BeRecruited page Davis is listed as first-team All-Conference Gila Valley Region, an honorable mention All-Section 5A-2 and a two-year team captain. He also has a page on the National Collegiate Scouting Association site.

And quick, what is Lake Havasu City best known for? In 1971 the famed London Bridge was opened there.

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Well-regarded former Dartmouth assistant James Jones is on the move again. He's been named defensive line coach at San Jose State. Jones has done two stints in Hanover and most recently was at Northern Colorado (bio). So you want to be a college football coach? Be ready to move. A lot.

Jones' stops since starting his coaching career as an undergraduate at Texas Southern in 1996:
Morehouse
Cornell
Wagner
Texas Southern
Prairie View
Dartmouth
Kansas State
Kentucky State
Dartmouth
Northern Colorado
San Jose State

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Apparently John Idzik '82 is a hot commodity. The New York Daily News reports that he will be taking a second interview to become the Jets' general manager. His name was floated earlier with regard to the same position with the Cleveland Browns. He's currently the Seattle Seahawks vice president of football administration.

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The Harvard Crimson blog has a piece about how fall sports fared at Dartmouth introduced this way:

With the spring semester already having begun at Dartmouth but around the corner for the rest of the Ancient Eight, The Crimson takes a look at the fall semester for each athletic program and the season that was in each major sport. Next Up, the Dartmouth Big Green.

Dartmouth, of course, is not on the semester system and has, in fact, just started its winter term, but the piece is worth looking at anyway ;-)

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Yesterday's note about former Ivy League athletes completing their careers at other schools as graduate students should have mentioned Chad Gaudet '08, a former Dartmouth running back who some of us thought could break the Big Green career rushing record before a horrific knee injury ended his football career. He finished his Dartmouth career not on the football field but on the lacrosse field and then played a fifth year at the University of Virginia playing lax. There was a Q&A with him on the Virginia site that asked the question, "You transferred from Dartmouth to UVa to use your final year of eligibility this year. How did that come about?" Again, not really a transfer ;-)

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Have you seen that the Big Ten is considering changing the Leaders and Legends nomenclature? Here's hoping they can come up with something better. Speaking of which, have you figured out BCS, FBS and FCS yet?

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The CBS TV station in Philadelphia has a quick blurb about Dartmouth's SEAD program. That Certain Dartmouth '14 is the intern this winter at one of the five high schools hosting the Summer Enrichment At Dartmouth program.

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Went to see Zero Dark Thirty last night with Mrs. BGA. That is one intense movie and while it runs for 2 hours, 37 minutes, you won't be checking your watch to see how much time is left.

That "Transfer" Thing

Did you see that former Cornell wide receiver Shane Savage (bio) will finish his football career at the University of Richmond? A 2011 All-American, Savage returned to Cornell last fall as a fifth-year senior but was limited to two games because of a leg injury. He was granted a rare sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA not because of the injury last year (he played after the cutoff) but because he missed his freshman year because of injury.

Click here to read a story mentioning that Savage is one of three players who "have signed an athletics grant-in-aid and will transfer to the University of Richmond." (Italics are mine.)

It has been mentioned before in this electronic precinct, but back when I was the Dartmouth beat reporter I wrote several stories about Big Green graduates who, like Savage, used their final season of eligibility at other schools. Several were skiers. Several were runners. One was a soccer player. To a person the "transfer" nomenclature grated on them because they believe it suggested they were unhappy in Hanover and that wasn't the case. Because the Ivy League does not allow graduate students to compete in intercollegiate athletics they had no alternative but to move on if they wanted to use their last season of eligibility.

It doesn't happen all that frequently but Dartmouth had a high-profile grad competing elsewhere last fall. Alexi Pappas '12 finished eighth in the NCAA cross country championships while helping Oregon with the national title. Like Savage, she was described as a "transfer" in her Oregon bio.

Brown's TJ Popolizio played soccer last fall for national champion Indiana and the Indiana Daily Student took no chances, describing him both ways, under the headline: Grad student transfers to IU soccer team.

While Pappas and Popolizio were on national championship teams, there are no guarantees for Savage next fall. There have been Ivy League football players who finished careers elsewhere with a bang. Columbia quarterback Joe Winters threw for 523 yards and three touchdowns in his final year in New York and then put up Arena League numbers at Missouri-Rolla, passing for 3,724 yards and 35 touchdowns in 2006, including six TD passes in a win over Morehead State. (Find a story about his transfer here.)

On the flip side, Kory Gedin, twice a second-team All-Ivy League selection as a Penn linebacker (after transferring from North Carolina) wrapped up his career at Wagner where he appeared in six games and made 15 tackles in 2007.

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A 6-4, 253-pound projected defensive end from Florida has chosen Navy over Dartmouth according to the Orlando Sentinel. The paper quotes Carter Shipley:

"Yes, those were my final two and it was big-time football at Navy, obviously Division I, and I was drawn more toward that."

Dartmouth is, in fact, Division I, but you get the idea.

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From The Sacramento Bee:

Jesuit lineman Garrett Strohmaier took a recruiting trip to Dartmouth last week and also hosted new UC Davis coach Ron Gould on Sunday. He is weighing offers.

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And finally, WCAX TV in Burlington, Vt., had a report on new Dartmouth President Philip Hanlon '77 . . .
WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-

Back At It

The big recruiting weekend in Hanover has wrapped up and the high schoolers who were on campus are back home trying to catch up on their schoolwork. Wrote Kendall Pearcey of Florida's Steinbrenner High School on his Twitter account:

Jus got back from Dartmouth. I strongly believe an official visit should count as a homework pass for like a week lol

Pearcey is a 5-10ish, 190ish speedster who ran for 775 yards, caught 260 yards worth of passes and returned kicks and punts last fall. He had a 95-yard kickoff return, a 91-yard run from scrimmage, a 65-yard reception and a 40-yard punt return among his big plays as a senior. Check out his highlight video here. Find his full stats here.

There was a Tampa Bay Times spotlight column prior to his senior season about Pearcey here. From that story:

Boasting 4.49 speed and a sturdy build at 5-9, 190, the senior ran for 11 touchdowns, including ones from 73, 80 and 94 yards last season. He caught two touchdown passes. He scored six TDs in one game, two via punt return, and also returned a kick 85 yards for a score.

And yes, Steinbrenner HS is named after you-know-who, according to its Wikipedia page.

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Buried in this story about Joe Moglia, the former Dartmouth assistant-turned-financier and now head coach at Coastal Carolina, is mention that, "Several years ago, Moglia donated a huge sum of money to help Archmere (Academy) update its athletic facilities. The building that houses the Auks’ gymnasium as well as weight and exercise rooms is named Moglia Fieldhouse." Moglia served as the Delaware school's head football coach.

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Seattle Seahawks vice president of football administration John Idzik's '82  name has been floated regarding the general manager's position with the Cleveland Browns. Idzik's bio is here.