Duke Basketball Player to Play Syracuse Football. In Other News, My World Implodes

I hate Duke. No, I really hate Duke. I love it when they lose in the NCAA tournament. But all of that hate is for Duke basketball. I think Duke is a good school, and none of their other sports too put up enough to hate them that much. I have lots of friends that went to Duke. Really!

But I still hate Duke basketball, and so it is going to take a little while to get used to the idea of one of the cornerstones of the Blue Devil basketball program over the last four years, Greg Paulus is going to use his one year of college football eligibility to play for the Syracuse Orange football team.

Normally, I would be against something like this, but let's be honest here. It's not like the Orange football program can get any lower. Other than victories over Notre Dame and Louisville (not in the same year!), the program hasn't show much of anything. The program needs excitement and to get some fans back. In high school Paulus was a star QB for a local high school team and had offers from Miami and Notre Dame. He may have never thrown a pass in a college football game, but neither has any other QB on the roster. And we did beat out some other programs (Michigan, Nebraska) who reportedly looking at Paulus as well, and it's been a long time since we beat anybody recruiting anything in football.

So I guess there will be at least one former Duke basketball player that I am going to embrace.... Don't go getting any ideas Christian Laettner.

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