Paulus to Syracuse? It's just silly

Former Duke point guard Greg Paulus is back at the top of the list of hot college sports topics. And it's not about the Duke basketball program bombing out last season. Nope. Now he will battle for the quarterback position at Syrucuse, a school whose football program has won only five games in the last two years.

Paulus grew up watching the Orange, since he went to school at the nearby Christian Brothers Academy. But don't you remember all the conversations about him looking into playing at Michigan? I guess he watched that episode of 12th Street Sports Bar in which we made fun of him and Michigan for even considering the notion.

"I am very fortunate to have had the opportunity to play college basketball," Paulus said. "And I am very lucky to have another opportunity to do something else in college I love. I'm really excited about having a chance to further my education and play college football."

We will be very fortunate if we don't have to hear too much more from him. Blah.

Syrucuse student and blogger Kevin Cartini writes his three reasons Paulus will be bad for Syrucuse.

What do you think about Paulus' playing for Syrucuse?

Who's selling UT championship ring on eBay?

The Longhorns did not get their way in the recent Big 12 meetings. Big 12 coaches decided against changes to the current tiebreaker system and to use Bowl Championship Series standings as the method to break ties between more than two teams.

Here's something even better involving the Longhorns. Somebody has reportedly placed a University of Texas championship ring for sale on eBay. Click here for more details.

NCAA bracket - I'm not a loser, but I'm not a winner either

Not that it's anything new to you all, but I'm just terrible at making picks. And that didn't change when I filled out my bracket for the NCAA Tournament.

Here are the results after one day.

UConn vs. Chatanooga
My pick: UConn
Actual: UConn, 103-47 Yay me!

Washington vs. Mississippi State
My pick: Washington
Actual: Washington, 71-58 I rule!

Northern Iowa vs. Purdue
My pick: Purdue
Actual: Purdue, 61-56 How am I so awesome?

Maryland vs. California
My pick: Cal (reluctantly)
Actual: Maryland, 84-71 I'm terrible.

CSU Northridge vs. Memphis
My pick: Memphis (no brainer)
Actual: Memphis, 81-70 Back to being right.

Texas A&M vs. BYU
My pick: Texas A&M
Actual: Texas A&M, 79-66 Two years in a row!

Morgan State vs. Oklahoma
My pick: Oklahoma (I pick the Sooners to be in the final four, too.)
Actual: Oklahoma Who's surprised?

Western Kentucky vs. Illinois
My pick: Illinois
Actual: Western Kentucky, 76-72 Holy smokes. Cinderella team? I like it.

Michigan vs. Clemson
My pick: Clemson
Actual: Michigan, 62-59 Good for Michigan, but I'm a loser on this one.

Akron vs. Gonzaga
My pick: Gonzaga (I have a bulldog named Lucy Dot.)
Actual: Gonzaga, 77-64 The Akron Zips were leading for a bit, but the Gonzaga Bulldogs win and so do I.

Butler vs. LSU
My pick: Butler ( I picked Butler to upset both LSU and North Carolina.)
Actual: LSU, 75-71 No good.

Radford vs. North Carolina
My pick: Radford - just kidding - UNC
Actual: North Carolina, 101-58 Winner, winner. Chicken dinner.

Binghampton vs. Duke
My pick: Duke (I picked the Blue Devils to play in the title game as well.)
Actual: Duke, 86-62. Yup.

VCU vs. UCLA
My pick: UCLA
Actual: UCLA, 65-54 It was a good one.

Minnesota vs. Texas
My pick: Minnesota
Actual: Texas, 76-62 I'm sorry for picking against you, Longhorns.

American vs. Villanova
My pick: American (These colors don't run.)
Actual: Villanova, 80-67 Darn it.

HOW DID YOUR BRACKETS DO AFTER ONE DAY? I finished 10-6.

LOSE ANY MONEY? I won't laugh at you if you did.