The Paulusination Of Syracuse Is Upon Us
by Sean Keeley on Apr 22, 2009 7:12 PM EDT
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So says Joe Schad of ESPN. There's no story to link to just yet on ESPN but it's working its way across the ESPN bottom scroll at the moment.
Tony Reali over at PTI has also said that Paulus-to-Cuse is at 95%, whatever that means.
Check back for updates...
Update: Still no story up. But there is this article confirming that Paulus is visiting the University, not just the town, this weekend. (H/T: NOLACuse)
Update Dos: Here's Joe Schad's Twitterfeed. "Watch for Greg Paulus to Syracuse. This would be a great match!" Not exactly "done deal" kind of talk. Little more speculative than official. Are we getting worked up by Stat Boy and some tweets over nothing here?
Update Tres: The stunning lack of any editorial on ESPN, Syracuse.com or any other media outlet is leading me to believe that while we might be heading down this road, it's not the done deal it sounded like. Question for those in front of a TV, is it still on the scroll? Cause no one else is touching this.
Update Quatre: Joe Schad tweets "To reiterate, Paulus to Syracuse likely. Not done, just likely. Might be done this weekend. Likely a great homecoming story." So there you go. Set your phasers to wait and see.
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I just posted this on BigEast44's post:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4083862
No one is saying he is on the team. They are saying he is likely going to visit the University soon. Probably this weekend when he is home. But this is the only link I found and it seems sketchy at best (Updated last two days ago). It could just be ESPN finally getting the news that he his visiting Syracuse (the city, not Syracuse University) and they don’t know what they are talking about.
I wouldn’t be surprised if ESPN was just late to the party on this one and there might not be any story here. Or maybe he is visiting the University for real and not just going home like we thought this morning.
I should mention this though:
I’m at work and not watching TV, so maybe the Internets just haven’t caught up with the official goings-on.
If True
If it’s true (b/c espn has NEVER got anything wrong) it’s a good move for the university. Open up the competition and let the best man win. If he doesn’t start he’s a solid citizen, he won’t cause problems.
Plus in the fall he can teach the whole hoop team how to flop
stat boy on PTI and around the horn host
by Jameson_Fleming on Apr 22, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
that article about him visiting was from Monday
But Donnie had one the same day saying he wasnt. I trust Donnie.
Yea.
I linked to it because it’s all I could find on ESPN, but something about it makes me want to think ESPN doesn’t know what’s going on and Paulus isn’t visiting the school at all. Probably won’t hear anything new until early next week one way or the other.
Watch for Greg Paulus to Syracuse. This would be a great match!
Thats on Schad’s twitter.
Probably blown out of proportion.
Hmmm.
I know I said before that I didn’t want it to happen. I’m still not sure, but it could be a good thing for the team.
Are you guys saying
that Greg Paulus may play football at Syracuse. Not sure, but I think that’s what you were getting at?
Pauluses or Pauli?
What are the chances that when Mike Paulus is done at UNC, he comes back to finish up his eligibility with the lacrosse team?
As a Penn State fan (and blogger)
Who grew up in a Syracuse household rooting for the Orange (only to find the astronomical cost of private college more than a bit intimidating), this intrigues me. I am intrigued.
As a Duke basketball fan, I still hated Paulus. I would love to see him get beat up. That said, I want to see Syracuse do well this year and moving forward, and if Greg can help with that, well, he’s worth a look. Hell, he can’t be much worse than Andrew Robinson, right?
DADADA! DADADA!
Linda Cohn has now reported it on the 11:30 Sportscenter so it must be legit, haha. I like how they say “a source close to the situation tells Joe Schad…” Between this story and the countless NFL mock drafts, everyone has a source. TNIAAM is my only source and its the only one I trust.
At first I didn't like it.
But here’s the thing: We have nothing to lose in this. If he comes in prepared to become a starter, it will mean he comes being as good as he was expected to be out of high school. Or in other words, very good. Better than anyone we’ve had in awhile. Nassib loses a year sure, but that’s not to say he wouldn’t mature for next year. If Paulus isn’t ready to start, we go on business as usual with a very capable QB bullpen in Paulus and Dantley. Loeb can redshirt and not lose as much time to Nassib (though I suspect that will happen anyway if Paulus comes at all). I don’t think he would be a locker room trouble maker, just an added bonus if he’s good. It would be a media distraction certainly, but that could end up working in our favor. Or maybe I’m just trying to rationalize all this…who knows.
It's on Rotoworld.. without a link
Former Duke PG Greg Paulus will join the Syracuse football team this fall, according to ESPN’s Joe Schad.
It’s a much better fit than Michigan. SU’s new coach, Doug Marrone, is New Orleans’ old offensive coordinator, figures to run a pro-style offense, and has some history with “short” QBs. Paulus still faces an uphill battle to start.
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by MattRichWarren on Apr 23, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions
I dunno...
This smells like a slow news day on the WWL, and someone reading through three-day-old blog posts. I really, really hope I’m right – first because I don’t think it does anything for the program in the short-term, and second because I laughed in the faces of all my “big school” football program friends who tried to tell me today this was happening, and proceeded to I link ’em all to TNIAAM…
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