Greg Paulus to Syracuse for football?

Freep posted this article this morning. A few hours later they added an Ed. note that said it was an April Fool's joke. April Fool's Day was 2 weeks ago, and they didn't mention that when they originally posted the story. People fell for this hoax it seems like. The story said Paulus worked out for the Packers - how could he do that and expect to sign with UM?

http://www.freep.com/article/20090415/SPORTS06/90414127/Report++Ex-Duke+PG+Paulus+may+play+football+at+U-M

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

heh ... mustang said rod.

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

I guess you missed this BOLD disclaimer at the top: Editor's note: This story was originally published by Fox Sports as an April Fool's joke. We apologize for the mistake.

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

What's weird thought is that espn is whoring this story now too though. I'll post part of it in case it gets deleted after the fact.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft09/news/story?id=4067162

ESPN.com news services

Greg Paulus, who chose to be a point guard instead of a quarterback in college, last week had a workout for the Green Bay Packers.

Paulus, who started 95 games at Duke before his role was drastically reduced his senior season, worked out in front of Packers representatives in Durham, N.C., Duke spokesman Art Chase said.

Chase said that Paulus threw to receiver Eron Riley during the session in advance of the draft, which is April 25-26.

The Wisconsin State Journal and ProFootballTalk.com first reported the story.

Later on Tuesday, a University of Michigan official confirmed to ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel that Paulus visited the Ann Arbor campus on Tuesday.

Sources told ESPN.com's Christopher Lawlor that Paulus was there to speak to football coach Rich Rodriguez about the possibility of playing this season for the Wolverines. Paulus watched Michigan practice Tuesday afternoon and could fit in with Rodriguez's spread offense, the sources said.

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

Does Maisel have a source or did he just poach a story and get torched?

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

How could it be an April Fool's joke if it was reported yesterday?

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

He did try out for the Packers, yet I think his eligibility was used up, so he couldn't play for Michigan.

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

So is this an April Fool's joke or not? There's no indication of the joke on Goodman's story, which was dated April 14 -- not April 1. And as DD said, Maisel allegedly confirmed it yesterday -- though I'm not sure why a Michigan official would confirm this to ESPN, because wouldn't that be an obvious NCAA violation for commenting on a potential recruit/transfer (even anonymously) before his paperwork was made official?

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

Honestly, that was my first thought, and the reason I grabbed it to post here. Maisel is pretty good, so I guess I don't think that happened here. But I do think it happens more than we think.

Editor: Someone else is reporting this story. Can you confirm it so we can grab credit for it?

Reporter: Um, yeah, I have a, uh, source who says it's legit.

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

Why would his football eligibility be used up? Pretty sure if you play a different sport, you're eligible for at least one year, and maybe two. I think your 6-year clock starts ticking from the time you enroll.

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

You have five years to play four seasons in any sport. If he's got a year left Paulus could play a season of football as a grad student.

 

Re: Greg Paulus talks to Rich Rod about playing QB; Mustang punches hobo

That was not there this morning at 8:45 when I read the story.

My brother just e-mailed me and said they changed it. So that's at least 2 of us who saw it without an ED note.