Football Kaleidoscope: Spring practice dates set

Things are getting crazy in recruiting, but spring practice dates have been set for April 3-26 with the spring game scheduled for Saturday the 26th.

>> The Austin American-Statesman reported that the nation’s No. 1-rated running back, Darrell Scott of Ventura St. Bonaventure, has Texas and Colorado as his top two picks for schools at present, but the Bruins are recruiting him hard.

>> Just to show how strange recruiting can be, Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale, Az.) quarterback Sean Renfree turned down Arizona State and Boise State and will sign with Duke. The Blue Devils, despite being a perennial loser in football, just hired David Cutcliffe as head coach. Cutcliffe coached Peyton Manning at Tennessee and Eli Manning at Mississippi. Kelly Page, a highly-regarded quarterback from Mesquite, Texas, de-committed from Oregon after the Ducks got two verbal commitments from other option quarterbacks and will now go to Ball State.

>> In case you missed it, the only former Bruin selected in the inaugural All-American Football League Draft last Saturday was quarterback David Koral, who was primarily a reserve in 2004 and 2005. He was the fifth pick in the first round and went to Michigan, which will play its home games at Ford Field in Detroit. The six-team league will begin play in April with a ten-game regular season.