Just Win, Baby!

Al Davis has the right idea.  

"Just win, baby!" has been his motto ever since he has been the principle owner of the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders.  This motto has come into question lately, with guys like Andrew Walter under center and Jerry Porter going deep.  "The Big Spaz" Lane Kiffin had the most laughable NFL coaching run since Butch Davis coached the Browns.  And they also traded Randy Moss for a fourth round draft pick, thus uniting Brady and Moss while the entire AFC mailed a shit sandwich to Davis.  

So where am I going with all of this?

  

Surely you have heard the rumors by now.  Former Duke PG Greg Paulus has made his intentions known that he would like to pursue a football career, working out with the Green Bay Packers and visiting the campus of the ... *gulp* ... University of Michigan.  At first, my reaction went like this. 

OH  HELL NO!

As I thought about it though, I started to warm up to the idea.  I quickly remembered the quarterback situation behind adolescent freshman QB Tate Forcier at the Spring Game.  Another Big White Guy and a Walk On Presidential Candidate.  Out of high school, Paulus was a US Army All American Bowl participant at quarterback before he decided to enroll at Duke and pursue a basketball career.  He quickly realized he was just another white point guard that was destined to suck off the teet of Coach K on the bench (I'm looking at you, Steve Wojciechowski).  So when his eligibility at Duke ran out, he looked to explore other options.

As of right now, I put the odds of Paulus coming to UM as slightly less than 50%.  The preferred back-up QB transfer (and make no mistake, Paulus would be a back up), would be Forcier's brother and former Michigan QB Jason Forcier.  J-Force, stuck behind uber-recruit Ryan Mallet on the depth chart, transferred to Stanford to finish out his career.  After a year at Stanford, he has graduated and is now looking to enroll in a graduate program.  Lucky for us, Michigan  has not soured on him or his family (as evidenced by Tate) and he is seriously considering re-enrolling.  The only hurdle seems to be the NCAA clearing Forcier for his final year of eligibility.  

So with three open scholarships for the 2009 season, I hope Michigan takes BOTH of them.  For any Michigan fan that cannot look past Paulus' annoying Duke ways, I urge you to remember the 2008 football season.  The Toledo Game, the Northwestern Game, the Purdue Game where a converted running back beat us, and the Ohio State game.  Hell, remember every damn game that we played.  The quarterback's were AWFUL and they cost us any shot at having a decent year last year.  I will do ANYTHING to not have to go through that again; this list includes eating Chinese food and then having a pooping fast for a week, eating glass, drinking a bottle of Windex, and most definitely accepting Greg Paulus as a Michigan Wolverine.

Onto other news:

• The "Braylon to the Giants" rumors are hot again.  This has my woody at about 83%, and it will be Viagra-after-four-hours painful if the deal actually goes down.  From what I have read, it is pretty much "when" not "if" right now.  I have heard two different scenarios.  The first is a 1st and a 3rd for Edwards, and the second is a 2nd and 5th with Domenik Hixon for Edwards.  Either one would be acceptable to me.  Now that I have the idea of Braylon coming to NY, I MUST HAVE HIM!
• John Madden has retired from the NFL.  I wish him luck in his future, which will no doubt consist of inventing new bird combinations to eat (I'm thinking Eag-Owl-In, a combo of an eagle, owl, and robin).  Cris Collinsworth has been announced as his replacement, which is perfectly acceptable to me.  I continue to wait for a network exec to see the light on Brian Billick.  He is the next Madden, a coach turned star in the announcing booth.  He was pure money on the first edition of HBO's Hard Knocks, and with no team looking to hire an offensive guru that doesn't produce good offenses, it looks like he is stuck in the studio.
• Isiah has vowed that he will donate his first year's salary back to FIU.  This just confirms my initial reaction to this hiring; Isiah is paying FIU to let him coach.  There is no other explanation.
• Kevin Garnett seems to be out for the entire playoffs.  This makes the Cavs eventual choke in the conference finals that much sweeter.