Shinskie, 25, Commits to BC

LOOP - David Shinskie, a 25 year old who has been playing minor league baseball player for the last 6 years, has committed to Boston College, and is their leading candidate for the starting quarterback job. Shinskie hasn't played organized football since the East-West Shrine game in June 2003. He had originally signed a letter of intent to play football and baseball at Delaware but was drafted by the Twins in the 4^th round of that year, pitching in AA there for 6 years before joining the Blue Jays’ league farm system. Shinskie was released three weeks ago by the Jays, but still wanted an opportunity to compete in athletics. "I've always been a competitive guy," he told ESPN.com. "I've been playing sports my whole life. When a door closes and another opportunity opens, I'm just going to try my best when I go there." Good to hear, Dave. You're really giving Eagle nation a lot to look forward to, citing the fact that you’ve played sports your whole life as a motivating factor for being our man under center in the ACC next year.

This is the sketchiest college football situation since Greg Paulus, arguably my least favorite athlete and/or person on this planet, told the world he would be playing football at Syracuse in the upcoming season. Shinskie is 25 and he’s going to be a freshman? (Lebron James is 24... yeah). First of all, my sincere apologies to all BC male freshman, on a count of this 25-year-old QB is going to be setting the bar pretty high in the eyes of your female counterparts. I suppose this is a positive for the Eagles, considering the only QB on the team with any experience at all was forced to transfer for academic reasons, and next in line were Codi Boek, a former junior college transfer who was playing fullback just a year ago, and Justin Tuggle, a red shirt freshman. It’s just going to be hard for me to get over the fact that I’m a grade above a football player who’s old enough to be the father of my little sister.

Eligibility guidelines have always intrigued me, and this is just a great example of why. However, big Dave is really using them to his advantage, and is setting one hell of an example for how we should all try and go about our twenties. The fact is “Living your Life Between 18 and 30 Like and Absolute Legend: The David Shinskie Story” is going to be a New York Times best seller.