Greg Paulus to Syracuse

In a must-win that Syracuse football played in May, they got their man. Former # 1 QB prospect Greg Paulus has committed to Syracuse to play football. Syracuse was set out to be the front runner by the national media and if he had not come to Syracuse, people would be attempting to figure out how Syracuse couldn't get a hometown kid to play 1 year there. Doug Marrone would have had a tough time recovering.

I like the way the Syracuse skill positions are profiling (our offensive line sucks and will need a lot of work to just become manageable). Consider this:
QB: Greg Paulus vs. Ryan Nassib - Atleast there is now legimitate competition for Nassib. Paulus had a tryout with the Packers and knows he has one year to strut his stuff, so he should be motivated. Nassib beat out Cameron Dantley (who we all know is not our answer at QB) so he did what he needed to do. If he beats out Paulus, then we have a QB who is ready to go for 4 years.

HB: Delone Carter vs. Antwon Bailey vs. Averin Collier - Carter had a great frosh season and is now working himself to his former self and looked great in the spring. Bailey brings a slash and go style that the other 2 just don't have and he is a very special tailback. Collier is a little bit of a mixture of the 2 and was Cuse's top recruit from last season. Luckily, he was not part of the redshirt purge instituted by Greg Robinson, so he still has 4 years to play ball. I would take this group of tailbacks over anyone in the conference besides West Virginia.

WR: Mike Williams vs. Lavar Lobdell vs. Donte Davis vs. Marcus Sales - These 4 will likely end up being on the field together in 4 WR sets and these guys are very talented. I would also take these 4 over any receiving corps in the Big East.

TE: Mike Owen will be the blocker. Cody Catalina and Nick Provo are fighting to be the receivers. Both are very talented and show the potential to be something.

Things are beginning to look up for Syracuse.