There probably won’t be much to say about Syracuse football this season, so let’s talk about it now.

The Orange were in the news quite a bit this week, and not for being blown out in any games. First-year coach Doug Marrone has already shaken things up with his quarterbacks. After naming sophomore Ryan Nassib the starter in the spring, Marrone needed just a week of fall practice to move Greg Paulus into the starting quarterback slot.

Yes, you read that right. Former Duke point guard Greg Paulus is going to start at quarterback for Syracuse.

The only way this happens is if the Orange have fallen to the bottom of the 120 teams in Division I-A. And Syracuse has. Why not take a chance and do something drastic?

Although he’s a grad student, Paulus is listed on the roster as a senior. The only other senior quarterback is last year’s starter, Cameron Dantley, who threw 11 touchdowns and five interceptions last year, but only completed 48 percent of his 251 pass attempts. Oh, and Syracuse was 3-8 when he played.

Nassib is a sophomore and the only other QB is Charley Loeb, a Hollis resident, who is a freshman.

The other big Syracuse news was the announcement of future football games . . . that will be played at the new Meadowlands Stadium. In 2012, the Orange will host USC and in 2014 and 2016, they’ll host Notre Dame.

That’s a long drive for the Orange fans that reside upstate, but perhaps it will help Marrone recruit in the New York City area. But if that’s the best way to go about recruiting players, maybe Syracuse should be playing games in Texas and California.

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