Tuesday, April 6, 2010

After months and months of speculation, the Philadelphia Eagles finally traded quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins. I’ll bet new Redskins’ coach Mike Shanahan is thinking Christmas arrived early.

In conjunction with the trade, SI.Com ran a piece on other elite quarterbacks who have been traded in mid-career. I’m won’t mention all 10, but some of the best known include Fran Tarkenton from the New York Giants to the Minnesota Vikings, Sonny Jurgensen from the Eagles to the Redskins, Archie Manning from the Saints to the Oilers and Norm Van Brocklin from the L.A. Rams to the Eagles.
 

And of all the things I’ve come across to accentuate the huge descrespency between the Butler University basketball program and that of Duke, think about this: This year, the Blue Devils spent $13,873,000 million on their program. The Bulldogs from Indianapolis splurged with a total expenditure of $1, 729,000.
 

Here’s the latest word and I tend to believe it’s true. The New Jersey Nets are rumored to be ready to make an offer to Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski to become head coach and possibly General Manager. The annual compensation would be $12-$15 million PER YEAR. Krzyzewski turned down an NBA offer in 2004, but not for that kind of money. Still, leaving one of the best college jobs for one of the worst NBA jobs is quite a leap of faith.
For those who felt television ratings might suffer with only one No. 1 seed making the Final Four, have no fear. The ratings were the highest since 2005.
 

Football writer Tom Dienhart of Rivals.Com rates two of Georgia’s assistant coach hires in his top six in the SEC. Dienhart liked defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and secondary coach Scott Lakatos. He calls Georgia Tech’s hiring of former Virginia head coach Al Groh to lead their defense a "grand slam."
 

And for those who watched West Virginia star De’Sean Butler writhing in pain in the second half of the Duke game, an MRI revealed that the Mountaineer’s third leading all-time scorer tore an ACL and sprained his MCL.
 

And finally, for those Tar Heel fans, never has there been a turnaround in the best rivalry in all of college sports than this year - and yes, I’m talking about Duke vs. North Carolina. Last year, Roy Williams was cutting down the nets as the coach of the national champs. This year, the ‘Heels finished 20-17. Duke played for the title last night as Mike Krzyzewski contemplated becoming a very wealthy man.
 

This is Norman Arey and I’d take the money and run.