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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Paulus to start for 'Cuse

Interesting story in that after one week of practice Greg Paulus has been named the starting QB for the Orange Crush. I suppose Syracuse needs to do something to generate excitement back into their program but it's fascinating that a guy that hasn't played QB in four years since high school and hasn't taken a college snap was named starter so quickly.

I believe Paulus has the leadership and management qualities to be a QB (probably developed that as the PG for Duke) but seems like it would be hard to shake the rust off after 4 years. Not to mention Division I A football is a whole lot different than high school. Again, a lot more people will be interesting in Syracuse now that he is QB so good for them.

2 comments:

Rob said...

He was a top-rated high school QB, and I'm sure he can still play some ball. I don't really care much for Syracuse, but I would like to see him perform well. It would be nice after his Duke bb career fizzled out.

j, k, and s's d said...

It will be interesting. No question he has talent given that he was one of the best QBs coming out of college. However, not having taken a snap in 4 years will be a challenge and then I'm sure Smallville High School isn't like facing West VA or Pitt.

I wish him luck.