THE GAME (G.3) is...: 02/09

On December 7, 2007, Paul Johnson was named the 12th head coach in Georgia Tech University football history. Prior to being named the head coach at Georgia Tech, Johnson was a highly-successful head coach at the U.S. Naval Academy for six seasons (2002-2007) and prior to that at Georgia Southern University (1997-2001).

In six seasons at Navy, Johnson compiled a 45-29 record and five consecutive post-season bowl appearances from 2003-2007. Johnson took over a Navy football program that was coming off the worst two-year span in its 123-year history (1-20) and had recorded just two winning seasons in the last 20 years. After a 2-10 mark in Johnson's first year, the Midshipmen achieved what many thought was no longer possible at an Academy. Johnson brought the Midshipmen back into the national spotlight with a 43-19 (.694) record over the last four-plus years. Johnson dominated the other two Service Academies like no other coach in the school's annals, posting an 11-1 (.917) overall record, including a perfect 6-0 mark against rival Army.

In five seasons as head coach at Georgia Southern, Johnson compiled a 62-10 record and two NCAA Division I-AA National Championships (1999, 2000). Johnson took over a Georgia Southern program in 1997 that was 4-7 the previous year and orchestrated a turnaround that ranked among the NCAA's best, directing the Eagles to a 10-3 record. He was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year by the media and Region II Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.

In 1998, Johnson guided the Eagles to a perfect 11-0 regular season record and the school's sixth NCAA Division I-AA National Championship Game appearance before finishing with a 14-1 mark. He directed a high-powered offensive unit that tied or broke 100 records during the campaign, again earned the league's top coaching honor and received The Sports Network's Eddie Robinson Award -- symbolic of the division's national coach-of-the-year selection.

Although, Johnson's current offense is widely referred to as a triple option offense, in the following video, Johnson discusses how the triple option is only a fraction of his flexbone offense; an offense that has evolved from the wishbone as well as run & shoot formations and passing schemes.

On January 18, 2009, LeBron James announced to the world that he would pursue "his first love" by signing a contract with the NFL's Cleveland Browns. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.

A source close to the negotiations revealed that James fought hard to maintain dual status in the NFL and NBA as a condition for his signing with the Browns. After difficult and protracted negotiations between James' NBA Cleveland Cavaliers and Browns, a settlement was reached between the two teams in the hopes that James' participation could foster further future interleague cooperation as well as accelerate the evolution and development of transitional GAME nodes between the sports of American football and basketball.

In an unprecedented move for a currently active NBA player, James cited his desire to bring the NBA style of play to the NFL as his primary reason for signing with the Browns. Next season, it is expected that the Browns will utilize James' basketball skillset in American football at tight end and wide receiver as well as when the Browns are transitioning into their basketball package for THE GAME. While holding up his new Browns #23 jersey, a giddy James admitted to the gathered media that, "this all feels like a dream."