Breaking: Duke's Greg Paulus to QB for Syracuse Orange!

[HD MM]

From spazz Duke point guard to Syracuse quarterback. That's the unprecedented career path that Paulus has decided to travel.

Paulus announced Thursday morning that he would return to his hometown of Syracuse to play football after four years of basketball with the Blue Devils. He said he called new Orange coach Doug Marrone on Thursday morning to notify him of his decision.

Because Paulus did not redshirt and he completed his degree at Duke in four years, he can go to graduate school elsewhere and compete right away in football if he is granted a waiver. Paulus said he plans to drive back to Syracuse in the coming days to deal with the necessary paperwork.

[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4166034"]Greg Paulus to play football for Syracuse Orange - ESPN[/ame]

 

[anders5189]

And Syracuse fans thought their program couldn't get any worse.

 

[Ramy]

Why go somewhere to play one year? Doesn't make sense.

 

[satjay]

There was news that he also visitied Michigan, glad he did not come here, lets focus on QB's that are going to he here for a while

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Why go somewhere to play one year? Doesn't make sense.

For both sides.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

One year of starting did wonder's for Mark Sanchez's NFL prospects, didn't it?

 

[Ramy]

One year of starting did wonder's for Mark Sanchez's NFL prospects, didn't it?

Yeah, but he was on the team longer, learning the program.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Well that won't make things easy for him, but why bother if he doesn't have a shot at starting for Syracuse? I could think of better things to so for a year than being the third-string QB for ONE season. Like playing BB in Europe or the NBA development league.

 

[SamCdbs]

Odd. Actually, I think the "grad school loophole" is cool. Its what happens in real life. Lost of people do four years at one college and then go to grad school somewhere else. Its actually the smart thing to do, career wise, to attend a different school for grad work.

You get a kid who plays by the rules and takes advantage of the free education he is getting and actually graduates and he gets to be "re-recruited" and play elsewhere.

But Syracuse? Might as well stay at Duke. The guy wants to play football before a sea of empty seats? Having tested himself vs the very best in basketball, he wants to test himself in footbal vs Rutgers and Cincinnati? Should have went Div II.

 

[hancox]

I just hope he flops in the pocket against UConn