Will Murray flourish or wilt in the spotlight?
Let's go ahead and put the ball in Aaron Murray's hands. (Johnny Crawford / AJC)
I know many UGA fans at this point are tired of talking about the Zach Mettenberger situation, especially since it doesn’t look like we’re going to get the full story about why Mark Richt kicked him off the team any time soon.
There are a lot of rumors circulating, but no one in a position to confirm what happened is talking. Suffice it to say from what we’ve seen of Richt over the years, you have to assume that when additional information about what happened in Remerton reached him, it crossed some boundary that made tacking on a few more games’ suspension not enough punishment. Possibly the head coach found out he’d been lied to.
I do know one thing: Richt wouldn’t throw this kid’s UGA career away lightly. He’s bent over backwards to near-contortionist levels to give players a second chance in the past.
He anguishes over having to deal with wayward players. After the Touchdown Club of Athens meeting last week, I was thanking him for the classy way he’d handled the taxi incident allegations and the sorry saga of Montez Robinson. Richt said he appreciated it and shook his head over the Robinson affair. You always hope that you can turn a kid like that around, but sometimes you can’t, he said with a sad look on his face. “And you wonder why you couldn’t connect with him completely.”
Added Richt: “I really hate that it was so public, too.”
Well, I said, that’s the other side of the coin for big-time college athletes. He agreed. Some, he said, love the spotlight and flourish in it. He was probably thinking of Jeff Owens, David Pollack and others. And then there are those who don’t like the attention at all. “Take A.J. Green,” Richt said. “He doesn’t want anything to do with all that. He just wants to play football.”
Mettenberger, obviously, fell into the group who didn’t handle the spotlight well. And whatever he did, his story is, I think, over at UGA. I’ve heard speculation that maybe he could go away to Georgia Military for a year like Odell Thurman did and then come back to Athens, but I think that’s highly unlikely. Usually when that’s a possibility, Richt says so from the start. Plus, Mettenberger probably would just as soon start over at another program.
So we’re left with Aaron Murray and Logan Gray. Some still hold out hope that Gray the “athlete” will prove to be an SEC-caliber quarterback, and there’s always that possibility, but if he winds up as the Dogs’ starter, I think you’re talking more of a caretaker QB until Murray develops or someone else steps forward. Sort of Joe Cox with less of an arm but more scrambling ability.
No, it’s more than likely that Murray is UGA’s best bet behind center. A year ago, everyone was sky-high on the prospect of him playing quarterback for the Dogs. But the fact that he’s a bit short and has been injury-prone, plus his lackluster showing this spring, has cooled fans’ ardor for him quite a bit.
I’m hopeful, though, that he’ll yet rise to the occasion, as Erk would say. You know he’s a tough competitor just based on the way he came back from a broken leg to lead his high school team to a championship. He showed some really good moves at G-Day but kept overthrowing wide-open receivers. Perhaps the competition with the strong-armed Mettenberger had Murray pressing too hard.
We’ve seen that situation at QB before. Remember how awful D.J. Shockley looked at times when he was battling the cool field general David Greene for playing time? Richt usually built a certain number of guaranteed series into games for Shockley (when he was healthy), but D.J. often looked like he was trying too hard, as in that awful interception he threw against Florida. And when he had to relieve the injured Greene against Tech. (Greene, you’ll recall, had to come back in to save the game.)
Once the job was his, however, Shockley relaxed and became the superb quarterback Richt had always thought he could be.
Perhaps that will be the case with Murray, too. Which makes me think it might be better if Richt and Mike Bobo go ahead and make Murray a clear-cut No. 1 on the suddenly tiny QB depth chart as soon as possible, rather than let the battle go on deep into August. So he can get that monkey off his back and settle down.
The spotlight is on Murray now. Keep your fingers crossed he’s able to handle it.
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Bud Kilmer
April 20th, 2010
10:59 am
Never show weakness, the only pain that matters is the pain you inflict.
meh
April 20th, 2010
11:09 am
I think the “Murr” is gonna end up being a pretty QB for the Dawgs.
PeachJam
April 20th, 2010
11:26 am
They need to name Murray #1. Good article Bill.
TommyP
April 20th, 2010
11:33 am
Murray will get the job and would have been even if Mett would’ve stayed out of trouble.
Mett….let’s just say he needs to keep his hands in his own pockets. His parents ought to be highly embarrassed.
Run the damn ball
April 20th, 2010
11:34 am
Personally, I think “Air Georgia” should be grounded for a year or two. There is absolutely nothing wrong with running the football with a veteran offensive line and (at least) two talented backs. Alabama went with this approach in 2009 and I would say it worked fairly well for them. Let Murray grow into the role while handing off to two of the SEC’s finest. Unfortunately, our offense is run by two ex-quarterbacks who love to throw it. Good coaches, but a bit pass happy in my humble opinion.
droopydawg
April 20th, 2010
11:36 am
As bad as Murray looked in the G-Day game, Logan Gray has looked that bad or worse every time he has touched the ball under center in a game scenario. It is too bad he will never end up playing WR at UGA because of Mettenberger. BTW, I have to assume that either Mettenberger had some new alcohol problems in ATH or else he lied to Richt as Bill suggests. No way he gets kicked off solely for a misdemeanor arrest.
droopydawg
April 20th, 2010
11:37 am
I agree with Run the Damn Ball…no reason we cannot pound the ball to set up play action. I seem to recall play action worked pretty well for us in the past…
Bud Kilmer
April 20th, 2010
11:39 am
The hard work of so many, sacrificed by the disrespect of few.
Do the Dirty Nerd
April 20th, 2010
11:45 am
No techies posting the baseball score yet?
Dawg Stephen
April 20th, 2010
11:48 am
Credit where its due Bill. Good post today, very good indeed. Awesome job.
Cuz
April 20th, 2010
11:51 am
Good article Bill. You have to know that player dismissals bother CMR. I would expect no less.
Laughing out loud at the idiots
April 20th, 2010
11:55 am
This is just too much. First Murray is the second coming for the Dawg Nation. People worshipped him even though he had NEVER thrown a pass in a game. Then he played the worst of the chosen 3 and everyone was throwing him under the bus because of Mettenberger played the best of the chosen 3 now everyone is pinning their hopes again on him. Did you not see how nervous he was at G day and how difficult a time he had seeing over his linemen? Prediction; he will start the first game and it will be much closer than it should against Louisiana Lafayette and Logan Gray will start the first SEC game against Carolina. Just sayin…………
Ca$hville Dawg
April 20th, 2010
11:55 am
I don’t care who’s the QB is as long as he know how to win and don’t makes stupid mistake.
Delbert D.
April 20th, 2010
11:57 am
Again, Murray needs to be able to do what McElroy at Alabama can do; make plays, no need to be flashy. Too short? Then why was he the #3 nationally coming out of high school? Georgia appears capable of being a more balanced run-pass team this year.
Laughing out loud at the idiots
April 20th, 2010
11:59 am
Yes too short Delbert, if you sat in the endzone like I did you would have seen just the difficulty he had seeing not over the D line but his own line.
Bud Kilmer
April 20th, 2010
12:01 pm
You wouldn’t know anything about dedication…teamwork
Paul Jonhson
April 20th, 2010
12:02 pm
We are getting ready to demolish your little qb named murray in your place. If he wasn’t better than joe cox then he must be trash HAHAHAHA
Do the Dirty Nerd
April 20th, 2010
12:08 pm
If you start prepping for the UGA game right now you just might have a chance. Maybe you can figure out how to stop an off tackle run from the I before November. Then again, probably not. Who runs this state?
And just so you don’t have to, 25-6.
mike on lake hartwell
April 20th, 2010
12:09 pm
30 – 24
8 of 9
pathetic losers.
Ca$hville Dawg
April 20th, 2010
12:09 pm
Stupid FK, you need to get a life.
Paul Jonhson
April 20th, 2010
12:11 pm
Mett was the better qb and all your rednecks know it. Murray is trash another 7-5 year
Whiznot
April 20th, 2010
12:12 pm
Mettenberger was the victim of an evil conspiracy perpetuated by Valdosta’s gator and seminole supporters. The nefarious lying ba3tards from that God forsaken hellhole hate everything and everyone north of Hahira. Right now the cretins who bore false witness to eliminate the Dawg’s most dangerous weapon are laughing their asses off. If Zach had been smart he would have partied in Albany where a Dawg QB is appreciated.
jd
April 20th, 2010
12:13 pm
Run the ball….. With King’s injury history and Ealey’s temper… Unless Samuel is some kind of Ray Lewis at LB, he will be turned into a wasted scholarship. What a waste of someones career.
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:13 pm
It show is lookin good fo the rest of us! I feel a festivus for the restovus.
SEC fan
April 20th, 2010
12:13 pm
Hope doggies can run the ball this year. If not, their opponents will set records for tipped passes/interceptions. Maybe they can hide him behind thier line for qb sneaks since he’s also so sturdy and not injury-prone.
Going to be fun seeing the anguish out of humperland this year. They’ll be wishing they could get to Shreveport.
droopydawg
April 20th, 2010
12:14 pm
I love how overconfident Tech fans are. You have had one decent year in a decade, and you still couldn’t beat UGA or win your bowl game. Plus, you lose almost every good player on your team to the draft. CPJ is a good coach, so Tech will be in the ACC hunt most years, but this isn’t Pete Carroll’s USC, the 14-year FSU run, or even Richt’s dogs. The Jackets are simply a good, not great team with little to no fan base.
Jackson
April 20th, 2010
12:15 pm
Here it is in a nutshell. Murray — shorter than your prototypical QB, lacks Pro Caliber arm strength is athletic but can be prone to injury… facts in evidence. Therefore, for UGA to have a successful offense we have to be able to execute three things extremely well. 1. Run the ball effectively… line it up and pound it. 2. Murray will need to change launch points… play action boots(please bring Greene back to teach how to properly hide the ball in play action), waggles, and roll outs… 3. Execute the bubble screen/quick hitch patterns to perfection.
If we start seeing freaking quick tosses and shotgun read options against UL-Lafayette its going to be a horrible year. Also, look at how many times the play starts under center versus shotgun. Richt and Bobo have gotten way to shotgun formation happy. Under center enables more of a run first approach and defenses have to adjust to it.
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:15 pm
SEC fan, 5-7, not bowl eligible, Richt gets fired and UGA hires Chris Peterson from Boise State, book it.
Paul Jonhson
April 20th, 2010
12:17 pm
@Whiz not He should have partied With big ben they know how to get you off down there.
Chris
April 20th, 2010
12:17 pm
Murray has skills or he wouldn’t have been invited to the elite super 11 camp. Drew Brees is too short. How tall is Murray anyhow? While he did look nervous, he threw a couple of frozen ropes as well. All he has to do is execute the offense with all that junior and senior talent on that side of the ball which is easier said than done.
To quote Parcells, it’s not how many yards you run for that’s important, it’s how many times you commit to run the ball.
The schedule will make life easier this year. Unfortunately, I can’t think of a single freshman quarterback (David Greene, Manning) that ever won anything of substance.
Dawgbone
April 20th, 2010
12:18 pm
it’s a good thing the O-line has to bend over at the line or else Murr wouldn’t have any idea what the D was doing. and for the record, i thought Cox was too short also. if i’m not mistaken, he had a whole lot of balls knocked down last year…they’re the same height, by the way…and no, they wont be moving the pocket around to get him in space a lot, that’s not what the offense is “trying to do”, per CMR and CMB…
as far as Mett, spoiled brat who thought he could do what ever and get away with it..i hate that, because he was the better of the three. no worries about him tho, he’ll end up in Columbia or Oxford and come back to torch us. those two schools don’t care what you’ve done as long as you can play football..
I’m hoping H Mason comes in and shows us he’s the man…pipedream, i know…
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:18 pm
I think that this year’s QB doesnt have to throw 24 TDs like Cox did last year. He just has to avoid throwing 17 INTs like Cox did last year. the offense is stacked at every spot: one of the elite OLs in the nation, THE best WR in the nation, and two of the top RBs in the league. If we had Stafford or Greene this year there would be no doubt that people would claim this as the best O in the nation right now (except for maybe BSU or Bama). The great thing is-we dont NEED Stafford or Greene to still score 30 or more any given Saturday. Richt has proven that ANY week against ANYBODY and often when you least expect it, the Offense could very likely EXPLODE in any opponents face.
GO DAWGS SIC EM
I say this year we score more points on tech than they’ve won in the series, thats right
a 40 burger on the nerds
Chris
April 20th, 2010
12:19 pm
Good post Jackson. That’s what I was trying to say in some way, shape or form, but much better said.
Steve Spurrier
April 20th, 2010
12:20 pm
I love this. With my Defense it will be ugly for the puppies i mean dawgz
Reality Dog
April 20th, 2010
12:20 pm
Losing Mett is no big deal—murray is clearly the better player and would have started anyway. Now, with no competition, murray can focus on the real thing and get ready for a big year. Mark it down—the Dawgs will upset Florida in 2010!
gpa
April 20th, 2010
12:24 pm
I agree with some posters above in that we’re going to have to lean on our RBs to be successful with a 1st year RS Frosh QB, but if AJ stays healthy all year and we aren’t at least trying to get him the ball 10-12 times a game, we are not doing a good job of utilizing our best talent.
DB
April 20th, 2010
12:25 pm
Just as TommyP said, Murray would’ve been the QB even if Mett stayed out of trouble. Thank goodness we don’t have fans in charge of naming the starting QB after one glorified practice.
UGA Fan
April 20th, 2010
12:25 pm
Murray will get the job done. He has it. Don’t worry about one game you saw. He will be the man.
Dorsey Hill
April 20th, 2010
12:26 pm
Murray is the same height as the defending Super Bowl Champ’s QB. Murray is the same height as Zeier was and he did ok at Georgia. I think Murray is going to be a very, very good qb at Georgia. David Greene had bad Spring Games too. In fact he had one that was far worse than anything Murray has done. Of the things we need to worry about for 2010, I just don’t think the qb position (barring injury to Murray) is the area of most concern. I’m much more concerned with how thin we are at OLB and how inexperienced we are at OLB. I’m also concerned about our two DE positions and what level of production we can expect from those guys. Bend but don’t break is over, but we have to be mindful is that the opposite of that is don’t bend and risk breaking. You can’t have any weak links in this new system and not get burned. We are going to face a lot of coaches that can identify and expose any weaknesses.
DirkDawggler
April 20th, 2010
12:26 pm
We’re doomed. Murray is a hack. We should punt on first down.
I’m far more concerned with how the defense will gel than how Murray will do. The kid will be fine as along as he doesn’t force anything. In this offense, he can be somewhat conservative and still have big success. Just stay out of trouble, kid.
gpa
April 20th, 2010
12:27 pm
And also, to Spokesman for the SEC East: I know it’s 420 and all, but you should seriously post before you puff, not the other way around.
Dawghater
April 20th, 2010
12:27 pm
Yea, all the puppy dawg fans who touted Zach and the next Stafford have jumped on the Murray bandwagon. These would be the same “Joe Cox for Heisman” crowd from last year. You did watch the spring game, right! You might want to be asking the question of Richt why he did not plan better for Stafford’s departure! Enjoy the run game in 2010. And Shreveport will let you tailgate anywhere you want and you can leave as much trash in the street as you want. Woofy, Woofy!
Armchair QB
April 20th, 2010
12:28 pm
The biggest loser could be Logan Gray. If he loses the QB battle, he is guaranteed to not see the field at any position unless Murray blows it. Shame his athleticism will now go unused as we have no insurance behind Murray to let Logan risk injury playing receiver or some other position.
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:29 pm
Reality Dog, the Gators won’t be one of your 5 wins, but Tech and Idaho State will. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, this is just too funny.
Dirty dawg
April 20th, 2010
12:29 pm
@Reality Dog Mett was a 6ft5 qb that could see over the defense and make some unbelievable throws. Murray has all the hype but is not the answer. I am a dawg to the hurt but the reality is not looking good. Home grown talent is what we need give the kid from Lassiter a shot
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:30 pm
Dawghater, he planned; it was Joe Freaking Cox, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:32 pm
Spokesman for the SEC East wont mention how many starters Georgia returns and how many the Gaytors lose. Hes no representative hes simply a Gaytor in disguise using a neutral name (just like the “neutral” Jacksonville) so Dawgs wont rip him instantly upon reading his name.
dont feed the troll kidies
Yoda
April 20th, 2010
12:32 pm
Thinking of Murray QBing UGA…got Gas…I think the 2 are related!
JC
April 20th, 2010
12:33 pm
Bill, do your homework. Gray’s arm is much stronger than Cox’s.
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:34 pm
Dorsey Hill makes better points than anyone ive heard on this blog all preseason
A-Ville REanger
April 20th, 2010
12:34 pm
I’m concerned that Bobo and Richt will try to force him into trying to be a straight drop back/ playaction QB.The kid needs time and space to find receivers.If they’re wise enough to use rollouts and the sotgun more he’ll do fine.
If they don’t work to his strengths I’m very concerned for his future in our offense.
CLEVON LITTLE
April 20th, 2010
12:37 pm
As hard as I try, I just can’t come to put a possitive spin on this. It makes me almost sick at my stomach to know that Murray is ‘the’ guy w/o another option.
Maybe I’ll start watching soccer or something. Nah…. nevermind.
CHDawg
April 20th, 2010
12:37 pm
Murray’s ability wasn’t hidden, even on this GDay. Very, very quick release; very good vision, good instinct on scrambling. He had a bad day on overthrows and the Int, but CMR said it was just that–one bad day in a very good Spring for him. Bobo said he had never seen a QB work so hard on the mental part–work ethic great. His height and staying healthy are the only two questions in my mind. He will make some mistakes, but go back and look at Stafford’s stats, or whomever you like, and you will see they made mistakes, too. He threw a lot of TDs in HS, and he isn’t scared to throw it into a crowd–much like Stafford, so I would expect a few Ints, but just looking at his ability, I see UGA’s next Heisman winner. You heard it here first!
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:37 pm
bigdawg, talking a “neutral” game? Rather have it in “hallowed” Sanford where the gators hung a half a hundred on you last time or where you cant even hold serve against Vandy and Kentucky? You are a joke boy.
Yoda
April 20th, 2010
12:40 pm
Spokesman for the SEC East …hows CryBaby Tim doing!!!!!
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:41 pm
last I checked we beat Vandy 3 straight (unless your going to live in 06 and then bag dawgs for livin in the past) plus when did I say it had to be in Sanford, but Jacksonville is a short bus trip from Gainesville. I wouldnt approve of the GA Dome because that wouldnt be neutral either, maybe build a stadium in Valdosta or somewhere like that where both schools are equally far away rather than CLEARLY closer to UF. go back to the Gator blogs son
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:42 pm
Yoda, pretty good actually. Bet he goes somewhere better than Detroit. He’s still thinking about his 3-1 record in his hometown. How is Hershels multiple personalities doing?
Don in DC
April 20th, 2010
12:43 pm
Excellent article
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:44 pm
Bigdawg dumba$$, Jax is the same time by bus is it is by plane from athens, plus they come down the day before anyway. Funny it never bothered Vince.
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:44 pm
he wont start anything on the returning starters because hes another on-his-high-horse-gaytor who refuses to admit that UGA has ANYTHING against them. Ive given up on finding a gaytor I can have an intelligant football converstation with. Lord, even Tennessee hillbillies are more civilized than you!
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:45 pm
Actually, I would rather it be home and home so we could embarrass your lame a$$e$ every other year between the hedges.
IBTP
April 20th, 2010
12:46 pm
It’s just the consequences of UGA holding itself to a higher standard than the white trash in Gainesville. Mettenberger would have made the dean’s list for his actions if he was a UF QB prospect.
CLEVON LITTLE
April 20th, 2010
12:46 pm
CHDawg, you were joking about the Heisman thing, right??
DB
April 20th, 2010
12:46 pm
bigdawg, that’s because he’s Dorsey Hill. Sadly, I’m sure some on here don’t understand that reference.
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:46 pm
youre points are self-conflicting and you are retreating on arguments YOU started
I win.
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:47 pm
give up
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:48 pm
he also wont mention the series record or any other of the multiple stats UGA has against them
Yoda
April 20th, 2010
12:48 pm
Spokesman for the SEC East ….hey, for the kind of money they paid Stafford I’d go to Detroit…bet it beats getting 4 rd money in Jville…as for ole # 34 he’s hanging in there… was wondering about Urbans’ Panic attacks or whatever they are
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:49 pm
You lose dumba$$, you have 10 starters back on a terrible offense and 6 back on an even worse defense. UGA fans are the only ones predicting them winning the East. Not one publication predicts UF coming in second.
Paul Johnson
April 20th, 2010
12:49 pm
UGA sucks and everyon knows i dare any dog fans to say something
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
12:50 pm
Out clones.
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:52 pm
no even I dont predict them coming in second, maybe third behind us and USC.
the winner of UGA USC goes to SEC title game
but either would be beaten by Alabama
Urb Meyer
April 20th, 2010
12:52 pm
it wasn’t a panic attack i was just tried of beating down on Markie Mark from Athens i thought if they think i was leaving then they would get some hope
Yoda
April 20th, 2010
12:52 pm
Paul Johnson…..quit pulling your slide ruler
SCAR Fan
April 20th, 2010
12:52 pm
He may fly high in week 1 but will wilt or possibly be crushed by Cliff Matthews and company in Columbia week 2!!!
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:53 pm
Paul Johnson, Tech has no argument in football WHATSOEVER
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stay out of the big boy arguments
anotherdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:54 pm
Have no fear SEC fan, we can run the ball. If you haven’t heard, we run this state. Mix in some passing and an aggressive defense, we’ll be fine.
UGAKev
April 20th, 2010
12:54 pm
People are so ignorant I was at the spring game and saw murray and mett throw side by side, murray has about as much zip on the ball as mett has, the only thing mett had on murray was height. Bobo had Murray come out and hand the ball off two times and throw a screen pass while mettenberger got to come out and sling it down the field. Bobo got mettenberger in a nice rhythm while murray did not have the same set of plays to run. Murray might of overthrown some balls but i guarantee you he does not have an accuracy problem. Murray is a very smart hard worker that knows how to make adjustments.. Look at it this way there is no way macelore is a better qb than murray… lamo at people that think that spring game is exactly the way murray will look in the fall.
jasont13
April 20th, 2010
12:55 pm
Once again people amaze me. I see there are a lot of unemployed college football coaches and talent scouts on the message board today. Murray is 6′1″ and can see over the line, he has a strong arm and runs a 4.5 40. He would have started last year but Richt wanted to let his ankle heal as Murray had surgrey the previous October. Murray will do just fine, there is a reason almost every college wanted him. And that goes for the gator fans too.
Yoda
April 20th, 2010
12:55 pm
Urb Meyer..his eldest at North Ave Trade School told a dear friend it was a Panic Attack fearing his great QB training killed Tebutt in Pros
bigdawg
April 20th, 2010
12:56 pm
for my final comment:
Murray (I pronounce it mur-A, while others pronounce it mur-E i dont know which is correct but whatever) will be a top 3 QB in the SEC in his second or third year, in short give him time
winner of USC-UGA WILL go to the SEC title game but lose to Bama either way
Tech, Gaytors, Awbarn, and rocky Flop all suck
GO DAWGS
good night, and THWGT
11-3 GT
April 20th, 2010
12:58 pm
The big question is whether Murray can handle Shreveport.
jasont13
April 20th, 2010
12:59 pm
People forget that Urban Meyer, Charlie Weiss, Rick Neuhisal and many others wanted Murray really bad. I will take their judgement of QB talent than anyone in this room.
how2fish
April 20th, 2010
1:04 pm
Spokesman for the SEC East 1st once you utter “Book it” no matter what you posted before it proves your a moron..and I wouldn’t bet on the 5-7 year…we have a better D a better O line better RB’s and TE’s than last year if we had a vet QB the East would be shaking in their shoes…if you think we are done you really are as dumb as your “book it” drivel points to.
Bobbi Dud
April 20th, 2010
1:08 pm
Is Urban at the pool or still in his therapist’s office?
Florida Dawg
April 20th, 2010
1:08 pm
By the way… Aaron Murray Height: 6-1 Weight: 209 / Drew Brees Height: 6-0 Weight: 209. All the nay sayers about being undersized etc etc need to check themselves. Murray will do fine.
13 titles
April 20th, 2010
1:09 pm
Gabe Wright
April 20, 2010
Georgia DL on Bama and Saban
Gabe Wright
The star-studded list of unofficial visitors to Alabama for Saturday’s A-Day game included Columbus-Carver, GA standout defensive lineman Gabe Wright. The 6-4, 281-pound Wright was very impressed with what he saw and heard in Tuscaloosa.
“It was a real good visit, a great visit,” Wright says. “It was a little different from my previous visits, because it was a game atmosphere. There was a lot of fans and a lot energy. It was a great visit. I liked everything about it.
“I hung out with Nico Johnson. He’s a great guy. We had a great time hanging out. He did a great job of showing me around.”
There is no doubt that Wright has long been among the Tide’s top defensive line targets. At one point, he named Alabama his strong leader. He’s recently backed off that statement and now says that Alabama and Auburn are running neck and neck atop his list, which also includes Clemson, FSU, Georgia and Tennessee, among others.
“That’s the way I look at it right now. It’s real tight right now,” Wright says. “Auburn has risen up on my list mainly because my mom has had a chance to visit there, but she hasn’t been to Alabama yet. I think once she gets to visit Alabama with me sometime this summer, she will feel the same way about Alabama as she does about Auburn. I feel the same way I’ve always felt about Alabama. That has not changed. I think it’ll be good once she gets to visit Alabama and sees it for herself.”
Opposing coaches have told Wright that Nick Saban will be leaving Alabama soon. While in Tuscaloosa last Saturday, Wright addressed that with Saban.
“I spoke with Coach Saban about all the things I’ve been told that he’s going to leave Alabama,” Wright says. “He answered all of my questions very directly. He’s not the kind of person who plays games. He shoots it straight and direct. He explained to me that he’s going to be at Alabama for a long time. I completely believe him that he’s not going anywhere and I’m comfortable with that.”
Wright says that he’s doesn’t plan to make a decision until after his senior season.
Wright runs a 4.8 40. As a junior, he made 55 tackles, eight tackles for losses and seven sacks. He plans to major in criminology.
CHDawg
April 20th, 2010
1:11 pm
Clev,
I think Murray will be the big surprise in the SEC this year…I believe you will soon change your tune come Sep. I think our receivers are better than people realize–personally, I think they are the best receiving corps UGA has ever had. I am concerned that our O line is not as good as advertised, kind of like last year–that would spoil the prediction completely.
sammiamm
April 20th, 2010
1:12 pm
“Murray received 53 scholarship offers and during his senior season he completed 118 of 195 passes for 2,285 yards and 33 touchedowns with five interceptions. The senior rushed for 257 yards on 26 carries with two touchdowns.
Murray only played in eight games due to a broken leg he received in October but the star quarterback returned in time to lead his team through their semi-final appearance and subsequent 4A title win over Lincoln although visibly still in pain.
Murray was named Hillsborough co-offensive player of the year along with teammate and favorite target, wide receiver Orson Charles. Voted All-Suncoast First Team. He was also voted the 4A Player of the Year therefore making him a finalist and leading contender for Florida’s Mr. Football of 2008. Murray was named Parade All-American, Orlando Sentinel’s All-Southern Top 12 Players SE, Pess Register’s Super Southeast 120 (#10), FSWA All-State, First Team QB.
Junior Stats: Murray completed 201 of 329 passing attempts for 4,012 yards with a 78 long 7 interceptions and 51 touchdowns.”
Just Sayin…
ARdawg
April 20th, 2010
1:13 pm
Dorsey Hill made excellent points. I’ll add Murray will be fine. He’ll make the expected new QB mistakes early but he’ll also learn from them. This kid has all the tools to be a high caliber SEC QB. Whether they develop this year is yet to be seen. I too worry about the inexperience at OLB and DE. If the 3-4 is going to be effective the new guys will have to man up
Don in DC
April 20th, 2010
1:15 pm
Aaron Murray: 6′1″ 208 lbs
Doug Flute: 5′10″ 180 lbs
Bret Favre: 6′2″ 222 lbs
13 titles
April 20th, 2010
1:19 pm
Bama felt right for Pensacola star
Down in Pensacola, the cat has been out of the bag for a while that Catholic HS star defensive end D.J. Pettway was headed to Tuscaloosa. On Monday, the 6-2½, 250-pound standout made it public by announcing his commitment to the Crimson Tide.
Pettway, who had over 20 offers, selected Alabama over FSU and USC.
“It’s a good place. It feels like home,” Pettway says. “It’s not too far away and I like the tradition they have. It’s like a family they have up there. I wanted to get it out of the way and let them know that I want to be up there.”
“I had talked to the coaches at Alabama and told them that I would probably commit to them if I could make it for A-Day, but I went to the NIKE Combine in Baton Rouge instead,” Pettway adds. “I sat down with my parents last night and we discussed everything and decided it was best to go ahead and call Coach Saban this morning.”
“I’m really excited about playing for Coach Saban,” Pettway says. “He’s a great guy. He’s very up front and let’s you know that he wants you. He seems like a good person. All the other coaches are good people, too. They do everything they can to help their players become the best that they can be.
“Coach [Jeremy] Pruitt recruited me. He was very, very helpful during the recruiting process. I’ve been up there to visit a few times and he was always very helpful and took personal interest in showing me around and in talking to me.”
As a junior, Pettway racked up 85 tackles, including 25 for losses, and 16 sacks.
“To my knowledge, he will remain a down lineman in college,” says Catholic head coach Greg Siebert. “He’ll probably be one of the down defensive ends in their 3-4.
“He’s a passionate player. He’s got the ability to put on some very good size. He could carry 280 and remain very athletic. He has great hips and plays with such a passion for the game that is special for a kid his age.”
Pettway will make an unofficial visit this coming weekend.
Will
April 20th, 2010
1:20 pm
Go with Murray and make him hand it off to Washaun 30 times a game! It’s the only way to win the game in the armpit of the south Columbia, SC.
Las Vegas Chainsaw
April 20th, 2010
1:24 pm
Nice watching you Muttenberger fans whine and cry. The kid blew it, it was his fault and his alone. He let down the entire dog nation, it does not seem like it was a simple fake ID underage drinking deal. Now let Murray play ball and lets see what he can do. Murray has more heart than anybody out on the field. Coach Richt recruited the kid hard along with every other SEC team and there’s a reason for that, now shut up and give the kid a chance!
I'm Orsen Charles and I WANT # 7. Give It To Me!!
April 20th, 2010
1:26 pm
He’ll be fine. His boyfriend Orsen Charles went to Georgia just to “play with him.” Orsen’s words–not mine.
I'm Orsen Charles and I WANT # 7. Give It To Me!!
April 20th, 2010
1:27 pm
“Playing with him”, must mean a lot to young Orsen.
Vick=Dog killing thug
April 20th, 2010
1:30 pm
Hope Murray gets the nod and can hold up physically. Logan has never shown me that he can play QB. Maybe wildcat but I don’t think that’s Richt’s style?
Lets hope Hudson is a pleasant surprise?
Dawghater
April 20th, 2010
1:30 pm
Hey “YODA” you’d dream of having a QB even half as good as Tebow! The ones who will whine and cry will be the puppy dawg fans watching Murray throw picks!
SOGADOG
April 20th, 2010
1:31 pm
Dont write Gray off yet. Gray and Murray’s performances at G day were pretty even. In fact, Gray looked more in command. If Gray is given some significant playing time, he may blossom like Shockley did. Gray has never taken any meaningful snaps in a game. Lets see what Gray can do before we presume Murray will be the starter.
$750K
April 20th, 2010
1:31 pm
How about kicking some of the vastly overpaid coaches off the team to show that in a time of educational cutbacks football is less important than academics?
Dawghater
April 20th, 2010
1:32 pm
Hey “sammiamm” notice Murray played in “4A”. Would that be the highest or lowest class in high school?
Starring Punk Johnson and The Middle School Option Veer
April 20th, 2010
1:37 pm
Oh well we may lose but 2 things are certain
Tech will lose against UGA and
2. Tech’s Janitorial engineers will continue to pick up trash after all UGA home games this season!!!
Finish the Drill
April 20th, 2010
1:38 pm
All you haters i think are jealous at least we have two talented qb’s to choose from. Mett only played with second team offense and deffense so he wasn’t a clear favorite. We will RUN the ball with success this year. By the time fall rolls around we’ll have our quatarback and we will be fine. Ya’ll can keep talking smack all you want to. Won’t matter cause there won’t be a 7-5 season or a 5-7 season. All you people who post your handles as SEC followers or whatever if that was the case and you were a football follower instead of a dog hater you would know we are stacked except we have a rookie quatarback. It sure is easy to throw when you have Aj Green and Kris Duraham, and a senior offensive line, and two incredible tail back, plus tight ends out the ying yang. so hate all you want we’ll see what happend when we take on ole steve spurier. Karma a mother all those years losing to him at FLA now he gets beat by georgia regulary. I really see a 10-3 or11-2 season. I think Auburn sneaks up on us, FLa could go either way. tenn gets drummed, and theres always that tough unpredictable SEC game that could be close. plus a bowl game . So ready hope the boys stay healthy and get after it GATA GO DAWGS!!!!! Go luck Murray and Gray may the best man win and who wants to be a bulldog the most.
Preston
April 20th, 2010
1:39 pm
I don’t think he’d have received over 50 FBS scholarship offers if he weren’t up to the task. Murray was going to be the starter anyway. Mett would have been a great backup but we’ll be fine with Gray backing him up. The only thing that sucks is Gray would’ve been a great WR, which is where he would’ve wound up.
EASTsiders
April 20th, 2010
1:40 pm
Mett was the guy and Dawg Nation knows it……now they will have to “settle” for another good QB. South Carolina should be an experience for Murray if he is indeed the starter, first SEC defense, in a hostile enviroment, and only his second game in about 20 months.
CHDawg
April 20th, 2010
1:40 pm
Hater,
I believe in FL 6A is largest and it goes down to 1B, so 4A would be a district with larger schools…could be wrong.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
April 20th, 2010
1:47 pm
Murray will be fine guys!!! Yes he looked rusty and its was spring mind you. He knows the dawg nations wants him to lead us back to the SEC and he wants that. Remember that he grew up in TAMPA and was surrounded by FLA fans they all wanted him to go to FLA and he chose UGA for a reason. I think Bill has alot of key facts. After time and knowing the pressure is off, with more practice he will blossom into a great qb. i’m not saying he’s going to win the heisman trophy, cause he got alot of growing to do. I felt he had some jitters in the g game. One thing i did notice he had a strong arm and his head was alwasy reading the feild which impressed me, that mean he smart and we all know he can run alittle so let support him and give him till the season and let Richt do what he;s done before and devlop ad QB GO DOGS!!!!!
Preston
April 20th, 2010
1:49 pm
droopy, I’ll guarantee you there was NOT another arrest or it would be public knowledge. It’s something stemming from the trouble in Remerton. I have a hunch but I won’t speculate because it’s simply not fair to anyone involved.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
April 20th, 2010
1:51 pm
forgive me for the grammar errors. I’m trying to type on my laptop riding in a car.
Cosmos
April 20th, 2010
1:52 pm
It just goes back to that old saying – “What ever happens in Remerton stays in Remerton”. Surely, one of the AJC reporters can bribe a Remerton policeman and get some more info for the readers. I’m guessing that we are going to see a combination of qbs playing with Murray starting.
PMC
April 20th, 2010
1:58 pm
If his past is any indication of his future success Murray will handle the spotlight just fine.
ga gator
April 20th, 2010
1:59 pm
Murray is from 4A Tampa Plant which is the second oldest High School in the most affluent area of Tampa. The amazing thing is Plant loses probably 6-7 starters per year to Tampa Jesuit which is a 3A power. Plant won the championship in 06, 08 and 09 with 3 different starters, Marve, Murray and Ely. Marve and Murray were seniors and Ely was a junior who also filled in for Murray when Murray was injured and Ely was a Soph.
ga gator
April 20th, 2010
2:00 pm
By the way, my opinion is Murray will be successful because he is a good athlete, is very coachable and has Tebow like leadership skills.
how2fish
April 20th, 2010
2:03 pm
ga gator if I remember when CUM was recruiting Murray he spoke highly of his leadership skills.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
April 20th, 2010
2:03 pm
ga gator, thats a huge compliment! Tebow was one of a kind on the field and off, FLA has produced some very skilled qb’s in the past, i hope murray plays at least half as competitive as tebow. I think he will play great if he can stay healthy.
mcdawghna
April 20th, 2010
2:05 pm
no worry about Murray! The hype is true!……have seen him in person and he totally reminds me of David Greene, but he can scramble……Has a very strong arm and is extremelly intelligent….He stood well above the rest in spring practice and had his worst day at G-day as opposed to Mett’s best…….as long as he stays healthy, we’re going to be fine MARK MY WORDS!…..The D will be fine as well….TG is the real deal!……as far as the trade school geeks go, beat us this year and what would that be?….maybe your second victory in the last 20 yrs over us…..STOP IT!……you’re an average team in a very weak conference…….Hell, UGA has won as many BCS games as your whole conference has…..Let me stop and laugh for a minute…………………..and if the best you can do is cry “another 7-5 season at UGA”, well, that on average still beats yours over the last 30 yrs!….hahahahah………oh, and by the way, there is a reason that noone else runs your high school offence……cause over the long haul, its unsuccessful!
Bubba Dump Stadium at the historic Grant
April 20th, 2010
2:05 pm
Sewage is overflowing the field
All Tech engineers report to Grant field for clean up duty
We at least need one section of the stadium clean so we can allow all our fans to watch us play
Mikey
April 20th, 2010
2:09 pm
I feel for AJ Green- all that talent and this will be his last year.
he truly only had his freshman year with someone that could get him the ball…
Alphare
April 20th, 2010
2:12 pm
Coach Richt has the utmost respect of every one because of the way he handles adversities forced upon him by so many young men.
WonderDawg
April 20th, 2010
2:13 pm
Colt McCoy had a lot to say about how impressed he was with Murray a couple of months back, and NONE of those sentences ended with, “but he is just too short.”
17 of 20
April 20th, 2010
2:15 pm
Murray is GATOR-BAIT
KimZ's Package
April 20th, 2010
2:18 pm
Sounds like AJ Green will be just like Tech’s Calvin Johnson. No QB to get the ball to him. Also sounds like UGA is going to that High School Type Football TECH plays. Run the ball and pass 10-14 times a game. WOW this will be fun JACKING the dawgs for not have a foward passing game. DID you dawgs see the pics of the Beautiful Bulldog contest? Wow not one was ALL WHITE just like your football team, but not UGA I-UGA VII.
Danny Forde
April 20th, 2010
2:19 pm
Heck if he wuz at altbamer he’d be a hero fer that Rmerting stuff. Look at what stbler and namuth got away with.
ga gator
April 20th, 2010
2:24 pm
How2 and BurningRedBleedingBlack, the leadership thing is exactly why Meyer was so upset in not getting him. There are hundreds of QB’s out there who can throw a ball thru a wall, but very few natural leaders and you have got a jewel. I hope he has success and only one loss every year just like I do the Dawgs.
KimZ's Package
April 20th, 2010
2:26 pm
UGA will be #3 or #4 in the SEC East this year.
urbanecryer
April 20th, 2010
2:28 pm
Hey Spokesturd, worry more about Urban’s tender heart. One meltdown already and the season hasn’t started. No more miracle Tim tears to heal him when he vapor locks next time either.
larry
April 20th, 2010
2:29 pm
Logan Gray will start the season at QB and when South Carolina puts it on UGA this year(SC 31 UGA 20) and Arkansas (ARK 42 UGA 31) then Coach Richt will think about the change
sammiamm
April 20th, 2010
2:29 pm
dawghater–you mean division, do you not?
A: 2 from the top
Class is as class does.
Just sayin…
Hello BuLLdaug
April 20th, 2010
2:34 pm
Are you guys not afraid about the murr fragile thingy?
how2fish
April 20th, 2010
2:35 pm
larry Ark couldn’t stop us last year….and we couldn’t run the ball what makes you think they will this year? And have your checked CMR’s record against the Visor…
Spike
April 20th, 2010
2:35 pm
UGA haters, underestimate Murray at your own risk.
Evansdawg
April 20th, 2010
2:36 pm
Murray has personally witnessed this Mettenberger debacle. I think it serves as a harsh setting of an example to show Murray to keep his cool and not be overly taken by the attention of the media. This could be a great thing to have happened to Murray, if he takes notice of the situation and learns from it. That is SCR’s responsibility to make sure his young QB recognizes that.
Evansdawg
April 20th, 2010
2:36 pm
That should be “CMR”, not SCR. Sorry.
chazzo
April 20th, 2010
2:41 pm
I always thought Murray was #1 anyway. And, yes he will do fine. It is unfortunate that Gray will have to be the #2 QB. Like the Vice President, he will just have to be there in case. It seems a waste of talent. That’s where Mett cost his team. Gray cannot sub out at receiver now. I don’t know. Can a backup/specialist receiver and punt catcher also be your #2 QB? If both these guys were to go down, there would be a true freshman or walk on QB.
Standing on the sidelines
April 20th, 2010
2:42 pm
Murray better work out for Richt’s sake. If he doesn’t and Logan proves not up to the task, then Richt and homeboy may want to start looking in the yellow pages for realtors. If it turns out that M. did not transgress more than already published accounts relate, Richt may have pulled the trigger too soon and been and may have shot himself in a lot worse place than the foot. The upcomming season will really be interesting. I wonder what old Willie’s thinking?
larry
April 20th, 2010
2:44 pm
how2fish- Both games were high scoring last year and both teams have their QBs back which we all know is the most important position on the field,(they are going to stack the box and make the QBs win the game and braquet A.J) and i dont see Gray or Murray throwing 5 td passes against ark next year, if it wasnt for Cox UGA would have lost those two games, Everyone needs to quit hatin on Cox (not saying you are)
Billy O
April 20th, 2010
2:44 pm
Both qbs will play in the first game…..whoever plays the best will start against USC.
chazzo
April 20th, 2010
2:44 pm
KIm Z,
It could be SC or Kentuck playing in Atlanta, you know. But, I just plain think you are wrong. Dawgs take Jax to decide the East. From there, I just can’t say.
Jimmy
April 20th, 2010
2:45 pm
With all due respect Bill, because I generally really enjoy his blog and you are dead on with your perspective, but I think to describe Murray’s spring as “lackluster” is not only harsh, but innaccurate. To obseerve that he had a lackluster G-Day would be accurate. The stats released for each of the other scrimmages demonstrated that Murray was in fact having a very good spring. Also, comments such as the one from AJ Green stating that Murray took coaching better than the other qbs in the competition seem to indicate that he has developed well within the system and has the confidence of the team’s top star. At 6 feet he is no shorter than other very good qbs such as Colt McCoy and Drew Brees. I don’t seem to understand some people’s willingness to so easily dismiss this kid’s accomplishments both in High School and the Elite 11 Camp, where he was selected as the best all around qb at the camp. He is athletic; has a big arm; and seems to be a natural leader. These are all legitimate reasons to sincerely be excited about the prospects of this kid playing qb at UGA for the next 4 seasons.
how2fish
April 20th, 2010
2:45 pm
Standing on the sidelines are you high ? Gloom and doom from the techies gotta love it..run along back to the Joke by Coke its almost time for the daily 3pm mugging.
dawgster
April 20th, 2010
2:48 pm
This is for the idiotic posters who think Murray is too short, I’m assuming that you wouldn’t have given Doug Flutie any chance, and he did pretty good for himself…While his height may cause some adjustments at times, his mobility and leadership should more than compensate for that…Just for the record, I also watched the G-day game from the endzone area also..His height had nothing to do with his play that day…No, not a great day, but this was spring game and the whole package that the dawgs will run was not even in play…I;m not going to name a whole list of QB’s that are have been listed at his height who have been very succesful, but it is extensiver…His success or lack of success will not be measured because of his height…
chazzo
April 20th, 2010
2:48 pm
Larry,
Thank you for giving Cox some much overdue cred. You are right, and he did it without an established running game and a mixed and matched O line.
USC, Ark, and good ol’ Tennessee. Nobody better assume these are Ws. They will be hard fought games.
UGAAlumnus
April 20th, 2010
2:49 pm
Look, we need a QB with good judgement. And someone who spends their spring break in Remerton, GA clearly is lacking in that area.
JB
April 20th, 2010
2:51 pm
I’m afraid we will playing a true Freshman by mid season. Aaron will be hurt ” from running too much”
( Tebow was 6′4” and 250, Murray 5′10” maybe 200) and Logan will go in and just not be able to move the chains. Richt will have no choice but to “try ” the kid from Lassiter High. Ouch !
Bill W.
April 20th, 2010
3:05 pm
JB, 5′10, 200? He’s 6′1, 210. Number 1, The Dawgs do not run the wishbone or that type offense, number 2, Murray as a a better arm than Tebow. Apples to Oranges..
"Sort of Joe Cox with less of an arm"
April 20th, 2010
3:05 pm
God help us.
Cotton
April 20th, 2010
3:05 pm
Anyone that thinks Murray doesn’t have the ability to be an All-SEC caliber QB at Georgia might want to take a look at this link. He rates #2 All Time in the Rivals AMP ratings. Note some of the names below him and how their college careers have/are playing out. I’ve got no worries with Murray. Think a mixture of Shockley-Greene. See you fellas in the Dome!
http://rivals.yahoo.com/video/recruiting-football/amp-top-10-camp-performances-at-qb-81187
dawgnation
April 20th, 2010
3:05 pm
I met Murray waiting in a line at a restaurant in Athens and he seemed to be very humble and well mannered. He also seemed to be more than happy to take a picture and talk to me and my family. He was taller than I thought he would be after hearing from people who have never seen him in person – I am 6-5 and he looked taller than 6-1 to me – and no he did not have elevator shoes on.
UGADAWGZ
April 20th, 2010
3:06 pm
There was more than one spring scrimmage and Murray was good in them. He did not have a lackluster spring just a bad G-day
G
April 20th, 2010
3:15 pm
What is all this little QB crap! Didn’t a 6′0 QB just win the Super Bowl? If the kid can play, he can play.
Spokesman for the SEC East
April 20th, 2010
3:17 pm
I am a retard, please do not pay any attention to me.
PTC DAWG
April 20th, 2010
3:18 pm
Nice to fans of other teams care….it warms the heart.
But to answer the original question? Who knows? Certainly not any of us.
suwaneedawg
April 20th, 2010
3:19 pm
I love the people who support a team that can’t even sale out most of their home games, come on here and act like they have been a dominant football team for a long time. One year does not make a dynasty tech geeks so calm down. By the way, if the tech grad who mows my lawn is on here, forget about mowing today. I will see you tomorrow.
reebok
April 20th, 2010
3:20 pm
Tech fan here. I’m sure Murray is a terrifically talented QB…you don’t wind up competing for the starting job at a place like Georgia’s if you’re…but if he is indeed injury prone (or just not big and strong enough to take the pounding) then your team is going to be in a world of hurt. Yes, I know you have a great O-line and good running backs…I watched your team run ran all over my Jackets at Bobby Dodd in November…but without the passing game anybody can pack the box against a pro-style offense and stuff the run. Just my 2 cents’ worth…oh, and I hope Mettenberger gets his act together and realizes what he’s throwing away…maybe he could catch on at Jax State or similar program and somewhat redeem himself.
dawgwalker
April 20th, 2010
3:20 pm
aaron murray facts height 6 foot 3 /10 weight 212 pounds(last reported) .,built like a linebacker strong arm , lighting quick release,can move like a cat and he gun it on the run acuratly moving either direction and set up on a dime and fire.Needs to work on his touch,long throws and reads.he’s young dawg nation be patient he could be one of the best the game has ever seen.
TheItalianDawg
April 20th, 2010
3:22 pm
behind such a veteran OL, and very good Rbs and all these weapons from TE to WR! even my grand ma can play QB and look good! Murray is our best QB, he was even better than Cox last year, but this damn seniority philosophy by our coaches prevented him from starting. Murray will be a great QB, I have no doubt about that so stop the debate and the none sense.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
April 20th, 2010
3:24 pm
JB murray is not 5-10 he’s 6-1 and hes 210
Blackneck
April 20th, 2010
3:33 pm
For the Tea and Republican Party activists
NOW YOU WANT TO GET MAD?
We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, but now you get mad!
You didn’t get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.
You didn’t get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate energy policy.
You didn’t get mad when a covert CIA operative got ousted.
You didn’t get mad when the Patriot Act got passed..
You didn’t get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.
You didn’t get mad when we spent over 600 billion(and counting) on said
illegal war.
You didn’t get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq .
You didn’t get mad when you found out we were torturing people.
You didn’t get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.
You didn’t get mad when we didn’t catch Bin Laden.
You didn’t get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.
You didn’t get mad when we let a major US city drown.
You didn’t get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich.
You didn’t get mad when, using reconciliation; a trillion dollars of our tax dollars were
redirected to insurance companies for Medicare Advantage which cost over 20 percent more for basically the same services that Medicare provides.
You didn’t get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark, and our
debt hit the thirteen trillion dollar mark.
And Now When The Government Decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick, “You Want To Get Mad!!” Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all okay with you, but helping other Americans… oh hell no.
cantondawg
April 20th, 2010
3:35 pm
I don’t buy this too short crap…Didn’t a guy named Flutie win the Heisman and have a pretty good pro career. He also happened to be 5 foot 8. Murray a good 4 inches taller than him and if we can get anywhere the production out of him that Flutie showed we will be in good shape.
Reality Dog
April 20th, 2010
3:36 pm
Murray > Brantley
ga gator
April 20th, 2010
3:39 pm
I agree with whats been said already and by him coming back off of a broken ankle early to lead his HS Team in the State Championship game says something more than X’s, O’s and arm strength. Like I said before, Gator friends of mine in Tampa says the young man has Tebow like leadership qualities and toughness.
ga gator
April 20th, 2010
3:40 pm
Dont kid yourself Reality, Murray might end up better than Brantley, but it won’t be this year.
Sanford Drive
April 20th, 2010
3:40 pm
Blackneck,
Take your angry political opinions elsewhere. This is a football blog.
G
April 20th, 2010
3:41 pm
Aaron Murray – Height 6-1, Weight 210
Drew Brees – Height 6-0, Weight 209
Urban
April 20th, 2010
3:42 pm
Thanks everyone for all your questions and concern but I’m happy to report that its just another beautiful day in Bimini! And yes, I think mentally that Murray will be fine. I know my man Dan (Mullen) thought very highly of him except in the height dept. Tally Ho…And Daz…great job in Orlando…they said you were “fired up”.
Sanford Drive
April 20th, 2010
3:45 pm
So we’re only left with 1 Elite 11 QB. It could be a lot worse, dawg fans. Murray has a lot of potential to develop into a great QB. We have enough talent to beat any team on our schedule this year, including UF (Okay that’s a longshot, but it’s still possible). Check out some videos of him on youtube or rivals. He actually has a great arm.
G-Day was ONE game (and not even a real one). He’ll be a very good QB when all is said & done.
The Real SugarHillDawg
April 20th, 2010
3:46 pm
Richt doesn’t have the luxury for Gray to be another caretaker QB. That will mean 3 sub par years in a row and he WILL be on the hot seat NO MATTER what Damon Evans says!!!
FP Santangelo
April 20th, 2010
3:50 pm
Aaron Murray is 5′8″. He has happy feet while standing in the pocket and does not understand the concept of stepping up in the pocket to buy himself more time. His arm is weaker than ZM’s. He makes bad decisions (see interception in G-Day game).
Alphare
April 20th, 2010
3:58 pm
How tall is Ron Mexico? 5′11”? That’s a tad shorter than AM.
GaGator
April 20th, 2010
3:59 pm
Blackneck,
Great, George Bush caused all your problems, now get a life, this a sports
blog, not some wine line for the oppressed.
chazzo
April 20th, 2010
3:59 pm
Another thing regarding Ark and USC last season. The Cox led O amassed a bunch of points, but the Martinez D could not keep them from putting points on the board, also. USC is a big, big game this year. Maybe the biggest.
FP,
Murray looked great stepping up in the pocket on G-day. You are right about the pick. Also, consider some receivers dropped balls they sould have caught. Murray will do just fine. Maybe he is a little short, but he has a high release and will have a good line in front of him.
GaGator
April 20th, 2010
4:00 pm
Reality Dog
April 20th, 2010
3:36 pm
Murray > Brantley
In your dreams!
ga gator
April 20th, 2010
4:02 pm
your a little late on that one GaGator.
Gratefuldawghead
April 20th, 2010
4:02 pm
Its not the Quarter Back yall need to worry about its King and Ealey running behind a better line (see last years Tech game) that will get the job done!
GO DAWGS!
ValdostaDawg
April 20th, 2010
4:03 pm
I know what Metts really did down here, and trust me you do not want him on the team! When it comes out, and it will you will agree!
FalconUGAFan
April 20th, 2010
4:03 pm
Great article, Bill. One of your best ever.
dawgwalker
April 20th, 2010
4:03 pm
FP SANTANGELO night night go back to sleep start watching mud wrestling retire from football
CHDawg
April 20th, 2010
4:05 pm
One of the worst parts of Mett leaving is that they probably can’t use Gray like they could have. Gray would be awesome as a wideout. Good skills, but the part I like is that they could use him on end arounds and he could throw or run. It would be a great use for his skills. I think he likes rolling out anyway. They could also throw over to him for a double throw as well as use him as straight up receiver. One thing I like about Urban is that he isn’t afraid to use his talent like that…think how he used Tebow in his freshman year. Instead of having the kid sit on the bench and wait, he found a way for him to make a difference.
Reebok, injury can stop any of them…you just never know. That is the worst part of Mett leaving. Regardless of who started we had a lot of depth. You know one of the things that I think a lot of people miss about Tech is just how good Nesbitt is at the option offense. You didn’t have a backup either, and that hurt you in our game, which was closer on the scoreboard than on the field imo. Nesbitt is very under-rated–the kid is brilliant at handling the ball.
Alphare
April 20th, 2010
4:06 pm
For those who live in Atlanta but pull for a team in a little town called Athens, are you kidding me?
Ed
April 20th, 2010
4:06 pm
If Richt gets a 100 yard rusher, he’s 40-3, and if he gets 0 turnovers, he’s 15-0.
All we need from Murray is to like McElroy, 15-20 td’s, and 4 interceptions. We need about 200 yards passing a game, to open up the running lanes and create balance. We don’t need 25 td’s this year from him, we don’t need 60% accuracy this year. But he can’t lose games turning the ball over. He can’t go Brett Favre on us. Just a td passing a game, and don’t get picked. Georgia HAS to dominate the turnover margin and run the ball if they want to win it all.
Gman
April 20th, 2010
4:07 pm
BigDawg,DroopyDawg, and Mike on Lake Hartwell..
1917, 1928, 1952, and 1990…National Championships for Tech vs. 1942 and 1980 for Georgia…4 > 2 you do the math…oh wait…this is not remedial enough
That being said…height shouldn’t matter…Shawn Jones, the GT quarterback on the 1990 National Championship Team was 6′0″ 200 lbs.
Sanford Drive
April 20th, 2010
4:10 pm
CHDawg,
I’m not sure Gray can be “awesome” at anything. And with Troupe, Wooten, Durham, Brown, T. King, and Green playing I’m not sure he would’ve seen much time at receiver anyway.
Big time?? Not
April 20th, 2010
4:12 pm
Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes. How’s that for remidial math.
Ed
April 20th, 2010
4:14 pm
Don’t forget how smart this guy is. Very high SAT, and a 4.8 gpa on a 4.0 scale. Hopefully he can use his intelligence to choose low risk options.
reebok
April 20th, 2010
4:16 pm
CHDawg, I agree with you completely about depth, and that was actually a point I did a poor job of spelling out…losing Metts leaves you thin at QB, irrespective of who wins the starting job.
CHDawg
April 20th, 2010
4:18 pm
I don’t know, San Dr., Gray was pretty highly touted, and I have always had the feeling that at some point the light would flip on…I hope you are wrong. I believe Wooten was a QB, so they could use him at it, too. I agree with your assessment of our receivers–they are an impressive bunch. Throw in Charles, Figgins, Lynch, and White, and what a talented bunch of young receivers!
Ed
April 20th, 2010
4:18 pm
If Murray plays too high risk, he’ll get hit instead of sliding or going out of bounds and get injured, or he’ll try to set INDIVIDUALISTIC GOALS and end up throw too many interceptions. That’s the lid on his talent. He’s got to figure out how to stay healthy, and protect the ball.
Ed
April 20th, 2010
4:19 pm
Drew Brees focuses on passing lanes, that theory that you have to be 6′ 3” to play QB well, has been proven to be wrong.
GaGator
April 20th, 2010
4:22 pm
Ed,
If a bull frog had wings, it could fly and if it had a 4.8 GPA, it could
proably fly to the moon.
Wishing and hoping won’t beat the Gators, sorry.
GaDawg
April 20th, 2010
4:23 pm
$750K – How many times do you have to be told that the coaches salaries and the institution salaries are separate. Coaches salaries are paid through the Athletic Association, Hartman Fund and private donations. The state does not contribute to their salaries.
It would be nice to kick some of these ideologue, liberal professors to the curb though. Maybe then we can get back to common sense education and not theory.
proxydawg
April 20th, 2010
4:27 pm
Wonder how many times Abry Jones will be called arby jones
Ed
April 20th, 2010
4:28 pm
Thanks for bringing up Florida (dumb move).
Let’s compare Murray to Brantley
Murray did over 60 TD’s and over 5000 yards in 1 season and won 2 state championship against the highest level of competition.
Brantley played for Div 2B competition, and did not win 2 state championships, and did not throw for 60 td’s and get 5000 yards in one season.
Murray can run and pass. Brantley can’t run.
Murray had 56 scholarship offers. Brantley, not so much.
Murray sat on the bench for 1 year, Brantley has sat on the bench for 2 years. If he’s so great, why has he sat on the bench for 2 years?
Advantage Murray.
Ed
April 20th, 2010
4:36 pm
Murray needs to work on lowering his downside, forget his upside for now. Don’t make stupid mistakes.
Rod
April 20th, 2010
4:37 pm
The bottom line is the University of Georgia cannot have the QB of the Bullodgs come in the game in relief or as the starter and have Vern Lundquist or Kirk Herbstreet or whoever talk all during the game on national tv about our QB being arrested back in the spring for being drunk, disorderly conduct and being physical with a girl. Met had to go or it would look very bad down the road when UGA is playing on TV every week.
Rod
April 20th, 2010
4:42 pm
Murray is just as tall as DJ Shockley and he won 2 sec championships. DJ had to save 3 games for Greene the year we won one of the sec championships. I think Murray needs to lose the glove though. Even Stafford took a year to become good so give MUrray his freshman year to improve before you give up.
Tucker
April 20th, 2010
4:44 pm
Time to reset attention from finding greatest QB ever to winning SEC championship. Alabama did it with McElroy. Just get it done, CMR.
Ed
April 20th, 2010
4:44 pm
Murray has the QB big 3 in DROVES:
1) intelligence
2) quick release
3) leadership
Height is not important as long as you’re 6′ foot. Murray is 6′ 1”.
Good article here about short QB’s who excel in college:
http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=831608
Ed
April 20th, 2010
4:49 pm
Let’s hope Murray’s less like Dan Marino and more like Terry Bradshaw. It’s not about setting individualsitic records, it’s about winning championships–you know, the whole “Team” thang?
termigator
April 20th, 2010
4:50 pm
Ed/Patrick, Murray only had one Title you dumba$$. Brantley sat because of Tebow, Murray sat because of Joe Cox. Advantage Brantley you stupid fluck. See how stupid kicked out of the Marines Patrick is:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1158327737&ref=name
Lance
April 20th, 2010
4:51 pm
Just saying– You win in the SEC by playing stout D and rushing the football. We do those two things and we will be just fine.
Ed
April 20th, 2010
4:51 pm
Richt is 40-3 when he gets a 100 yard rusher, and 15-0 when Georgia commits 0 turnovers. Focus on that. Those are the kind of stats that matter.
amelia mike
April 20th, 2010
4:53 pm
Fools, fools Delusional Techies with predictions that are so funny.
So many fools basing their opinion solely on the spring game. Look back at what the dogs did the last for games-and oh yes that includes the Tech game. WEre gonna pound the ball idiots. Then when you cant stand us getting ten yards a play were gonna gash you with Green or a slew of tight ends. Richt said he wasnt showing anything in the spring game.
We let the qbs sling it around to get film on them . Simply letting them hand off a lot wouldnt tell much. Murray has had awesome scrimmages. The naysayers havent gone to youtube and looked at his arm when he won his two state championships. They dont even know who Orsen Charles is or that he played w/ Murray in high school. Tech will see what is is like to lose all their horses cuz they are gone. Your end is going Early in the draft. The other guys were great too . Good luck with their replacements. Good luck stopping this offense. Talk your crap like you do every year. Funny thing is you lose almost every year to the Dogs. Flap them wings yall just dont get it. Its who wins the state rivalry that counts. You did win one though in forever by 3 though. WE got rid of that kind of defense…
SEC FANATIC
April 20th, 2010
4:54 pm
Ed, you are out of your mind. Brantley was an early original commit to that small little no name school called the University of Texas, was Gatorade National Player of the Year his senior year and broke some of Tebow’s passing records. Anyone in the country would have signed him up. Plus he’s actually taken a few snaps in college and has been under the tutorage of one of the best college players of all time. Alsos he’s a legit 6′ 2.5″ versus a guy who is barely 6 foot. I’m sorry, no comparison.
GaGator
April 20th, 2010
4:58 pm
Ed,
Brantley is a 4th year junior, and played behind Tebow for 3 not 2
years. Frankly, it will be a man against a boy when it comes to your QB situation.
Brantley has a 75% completion percentage(36 for 48), and I don’t care if was in mop up duty. It was live action, something none of your QB’s have faced, sorry that’s right we
did see that pic Gray threw in J’ville.
SEC FANATIC
April 20th, 2010
5:00 pm
Plus…all of you blind-as-a-bulldog fans who think that all Murray has to do is what McElroy does at Bama are forgetting one little thing…Murray doesn’t play for Alabama! Not NEARLY the same talent and support around you.
CaliDogg
April 20th, 2010
5:11 pm
For the record, not that it will matter to the experts on this tread, but Aaron Murray is 6′1″ tall.
An inch taller than Fran Tarkenton and Billy Kilmer, not to mention a few other quarterbacks of note.
Since when did the measure of a quarterback become his height? Wait… can Shaq throw the rock? He’d be perfect.
Einsteindawg
April 20th, 2010
5:13 pm
Relax, Murray’s going to be more than adequate. How many of you think he is a superior QB to Buck Belue? Quincy Carter? Eric Zeier? With our OL and Rbs returning, Aaron will perform just fine. I’m picking the Dawgs to go 13-1, with the only loss to South Carolina (18-14). S.E.C. and maybe NCAA champions. Just my opinion.
Me
April 20th, 2010
5:13 pm
You people are making me dizzy. Two weeks ago the second coming was Murray and then a little over a week ago the franchise was Mettenberger and now today it’s back to Murray. I’ve even read some guy named Hudson Mason’s name mentioned. My question has to be…do you really have anybody??!!
Me
April 20th, 2010
5:17 pm
Hey Einstein, how do you KNOW if Murray’s any better than those guys. He’s never actually played in an actual real college game! I mean, he might well be but… how do you KNOW that????
DawginLex
April 20th, 2010
5:22 pm
Why are we worried about Aaron Murray becaus ehe had a bad spring game? David Greene went 2-12 in his first spring game. We are not going to throw it 50 times a game. We will throw it 20-25 times and run it 30-40 times.
Picture 14-20 1 TD ZERO INT for 175 yards
Picture 40 rushes for 225 yards and 3 td’s
Hold the other team to under 300 yards with 5 sacks and a couple of picks/ints and we are back to Van gorder results.
We can win a lot of games 28-14.
To all the Tech nerds: worry about your own crappy team with your 90 year old DC who just got fired from UVA after destroying their program that George Welsh had built from scratch.
30-24
8 out of 9
Edward the infidel
April 20th, 2010
5:24 pm
Everybody calm down. Whoever plays quarterback will have some tools in the chest that we have not had in a while: a devastating (and deep) offensive line, two game breakers at running back, and the best receiver who has ever played at Georgia. All of that will give the starter a cushion to lean on through the learning process.
Einsteindawg
April 20th, 2010
5:26 pm
Me…read my post. “How many of you think……………” I do think he has the potential to be the best of the bunch. All Belue did was not make any serious mistakes and simply hand the ball to Herschel. Quincy had the most athleticism; however, he had a weakness for other things. And, Zeier could heave the ball with the best of them…maybe not the smartest. Murray has a chance to be the most complete QB we’ve had at UGA since Preston Ridlehuber. Peace.
AceDawg
April 20th, 2010
5:36 pm
Gray looked really good in the Spring 2009 game and never got much of a shot after that. Maybe he’s the same situation. How do you judge HIM after 12 passes and 2 interceptions? Gray had to deal with Stafford, then a 5th year senior, then young major recruits. I’ll give him an open mind if the coaches think he can be the guy.
LCDawg
April 20th, 2010
5:39 pm
Murray will be fine–he’s smart and can manage a game. Kick the ball off DEEP, play some smash mouth DEFENSE. Offense needs to run the ball all day long to set up the play action for higher percentage pass plays.
Chip Caray
April 20th, 2010
5:42 pm
“Murray drops back, surveys the diamond…A.J. is under the hoop, Murray lets it fly…goooaaallll!!!!”
DawgBuzz
April 20th, 2010
5:46 pm
Yeah, I’m all for giving Logan the starting job. I think he can protect the ball and if there is balance with the run game he will do ok. Murray just does not seem ready at his point.
BS Patrol
April 20th, 2010
5:56 pm
EinsteinDawg is an oxymoron.
chazzo
April 20th, 2010
5:59 pm
As much as I hate the frickin’ Gators, growing up in Central Fla, listening to all of their crap, I can assure everyone here without a doubt, they will field a real good darn team next year and Brantley will be awesome. I wish it weren’t true, but it is. No Charlie Strong? No Tebow? They are to the gills with five star talent.
Don’t expect the Gators to roll over and play dead. That being said, this is the year to beat them, and if UGA doesn’t expect to drop another three in a row. UF has an awfully tough schedule next year (although not as tough as UGAs the last couple of seasons). If they win out with that schedule, with new coaches and a new QB, Urban has clearly made a deal with Satan.
That means the East is wide open. Seize the day dawgs. We could very well see USC or UK playing in Atlanta.
ugaexpert
April 20th, 2010
6:04 pm
i think mettenberger knew better and my oppoin is that he is very stupid. and i hope in a couple of years he see’s how he has ruined his life and hischance’s in the NFL.
logic please?
April 20th, 2010
6:11 pm
Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Murry take all first team snaps against first team defense? As opposed to the drunk? I would never claim to be a rocket scientist or even a football coach but it sure seems that that difference would have an affect on your performance……… again… just a thought idiots
Big D Dawg
April 20th, 2010
6:20 pm
jasont13, murray didn’t sit last year because of the ankle. if you’d been keeping up it was a shoulder injury that kept him from playing last year and the fact he couldn’t get the play book down.
DawgBuzz
April 20th, 2010
6:33 pm
logic please? – Murray did start with the first team and looked scared, hurried and out of sync. Mett was being punished for his off the field blunder and didn’t work with 1st string, but looked superior, stepping up in the pocket to avoid the rush and zipping the ball down field.
Remember Brett Farve?
Favre began his freshman year as the seventh-string quarterback and took over the starting position in the second half of the third game of the year against Tulane on September 19, 1987. Favre, despite suffering a hangover from the night before and vomiting during warm-ups, led the Golden Eagles to a come-from-behind victory with two touchdown passes.
Seems he went to be a pretty good QB – idiot.
Gratefuldawghead
April 20th, 2010
6:47 pm
Murray was good enough to WIN Urban Meyer’s QB Camp!
Delbert D.
April 20th, 2010
6:53 pm
If Murray is too short, I guess all Georgia’s recruiters need to take a tape measure to the in-home visits. Is that the solution? Winning the state championship at Plant HS coming back early from a broken leg says he plays “bigger.”
EASTsiders
April 20th, 2010
7:35 pm
When Murray plays at South Carolina he will have 1 game under his belt in 20 months. An SEC defense, a hostile enviroment, and Steve calling the plays means loss #1 for UGA.
Nice company to keeping...
April 20th, 2010
7:46 pm
Just a few height challanged QB’s..a few HOF, a few super bowl winner’s/MVP’s, some good college players, etc…
Chase Daniel 6′ 0″ 225lbs
Colt McCoy 6′ 1″ 216 lbs
Donnovan McNabb 6′ 2″ 240 lbs
Brett Farve 6′ 2″ 222 lbs
Fran Tarkenton 6′ 0″ 190 lbs
Pat Haden 5′ 11″ 182 lbs
Doug Flutie 5′ 10″ 180 lbs
Joe Theisman 6′ 0″ 192 lbs
Drew Brees 6′ 0″ 209 lbs
“Broadway” Joe Namath 6′ 2″ 200 lbs
Bob Griese 6′ 1″ 190 lbs
Eric Zeier 6′ 1″ 214lbs
Sonny Jurgensen 5′ 11″ 202 lbs
Jim Plunkett 6′ 2″ 220 lbs
Jim Zorn 6′ 2″ 200 lbs
Dave Krieg 6′ 1″ 193 lbs
Jeff Garcia 6′ 1″ 205 lbs
Jim McMahon 6′ 1″ 195 lbs
Remeber, it’s not the size of the DAWG in the fight, it’s the size of fight in the DAWG…you got a QB who gutted it out and won a State Championship on one leg, now that’s a tough kid
Nice company to keeping...
April 20th, 2010
7:47 pm
oops, it’s remember
dawgnation
April 20th, 2010
8:00 pm
Aaron Murray 6-1 210
Eric Zier – 6-1 214
Drew Brees 6-0 209
DJ Shockley 6-0 222
Joe Montana 6-2 205
Doug Flutie 5-10 180
Chase Daniel 6-0 225
Charlie Ward 6-2 190
Danny Wuerffel 6-1 212
ONLY Fair
April 20th, 2010
8:08 pm
Enter your comments here
delaGATOR
April 20th, 2010
8:18 pm
230st or close. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Staring Willie Martinez laughing all the way to the bank
April 20th, 2010
8:42 pm
How is everyone doing in Athens
I have bounced back coaching the Sooners now
Looks like your off to a great start without me
Well see you at a BCS game not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
April 20th, 2010
8:45 pm
DawgBuzz, We get it, you liked how Mett looked at that dress rehersal. You arent an experienced judge of college QB talent, and that wasn’t anything but a scripted show. Not the same situation, plays, or competition. That takes nothing away from Mettenberger. How is everybody suddenly so surprised that we would give a scholarship to a QB and him actually be pretty good? Did you think he wasn’t going to be? It feels like some are going overboard with the praise to make up for never mentioning his name 2 week ago.
And you have no idea what Murray can or cannot do from your 20 minutes of observation.
Also Mett aint playing. Catch up with the rest of us.
Now, here is the problem friends. Nobody would have cared the least bit about Murrray not having a good G-day game. Has any of our starters ever? Everybody would have said. No big deal, G-day is what it is. Lets get into to Fall, and given that we all know this kid is going to be good, echoed by every single person who does know QBs, everything is going to be fine. However this idea that Mett did comparitively better in a what is a false situation, (again taking nothing from him) folks are now all of a sudden down on Murray.
Mettengergers G-day had nothing to do with if Murray is going to be a really good QB for us. It’s possible that Mett had a good day AND Murray is going to be a good QB for us, isnt it? Who care what Mett did, he is a guy that used to play for Georgia. The issue is how good is the guy everybody always thought was going to be great here, and IF you think you can predict that from a handfull of snaps in 1/3 scrimmage games in April, this must be your first rodeo.
And Daniels, Renner, and Spellmen would have been starters too.
AltamahaDawg
April 20th, 2010
8:55 pm
SEC fan, did anybody say that Murray was going to transform the Dawgs into the 09′ Bama team? or was the point that our freshman QB needs to look at how McElroy handled his job in order to give us/him the best chance to win? I’m seriously doubting that you really disagree..
We are sorry that our talking about our football team is such an annoyance to you in this blog.
nub
April 20th, 2010
8:57 pm
besides stafford please let me know the names of the other quality qb’s the current coaching staff has recruited …..
Gratefuldawghead
April 20th, 2010
9:00 pm
Nub ..David Green is second in all time NCAA wins. DJ Shockley won an SEC championship.
jzdawg
April 20th, 2010
9:04 pm
Heisman QBs 6-2 and under. Height not an issue. Cox wasn’t very tall but couldn’t run!
Troy Smith 6-0 225
Eric Crouch 6-1 200
Ty Detmer 6-0 175
Andre Ware 6-2 205
Doug Flutie 5-10 180
Charlie Ward 6-2 190
Danny Wuerffel 6-1 212
Steve Spurrier 6-2 202
Paul Hornung 6-2 215
AltamahaDawg
April 20th, 2010
9:08 pm
Big D is was tendenitus in the tricep and forearm, not a shoulder injury. (I leave the obvious joke to jasont13 to deliver) I have no doubt that he did not know the playbook better than Cox or Gray, but where on earth did you read he had trouble with it.
swampjacket
April 20th, 2010
9:11 pm
Tech fan here. Uga should absolutely use the Tech game last year as their offensive template and the run the ball all day! My only criticism of Richt over the years has been his penchant for abondoning the run when it’s working.
2Dawgs
April 20th, 2010
9:20 pm
I had a bad dream that Mettenberger transfered to the Gators and started, beat us all 4 years.
AltamahaDawg
April 20th, 2010
9:35 pm
That’s a hell of a dream. Was the NCAA fairy who granted him 6 yrs years of eligibility wearing sparkles?
James Brown
April 20th, 2010
9:36 pm
Who cares if he’s short? Wasn’t that the reason Eric Zeier never got much of a shot in the pros? Seems like he was a pretty good college QB, what with ending his career as the SEC’s all-time passing yardage leader.
AltamahaDawg
April 20th, 2010
9:38 pm
In which games did Richt have the running game working and decided to abandon it?
2Dawgs
April 20th, 2010
9:53 pm
Mettenberger is a redshirt freshman who never played in a live game. I’m not that familiar with NCAA rules, so even if he transfered to an SEC school he should have 4 years left after sitting out. Right?
Reality
April 20th, 2010
10:02 pm
Relax–the GA coaches know best. Richt wouldn’t have kicked Mett off the team if he didn’t think Murray could do the job. Murray’s short, but that’s no big deal. Remember–Doug Flutie was short too and he was good.
2Dawgs
April 20th, 2010
10:08 pm
If Mett does end up as a Gator, he will beat us every year he starts. Coach may have been too quick to pull the trigger.
Delbert D.
April 20th, 2010
10:13 pm
Earlier on this blog somebody mentioned Billy Kilmer as an example of a not-so-tall QB. Kilmer was drafted in the 1st round in 1960 from UCLA, where he led the nation in total offense. They ran that ancient “high school offense” known as the single wing. Our main rival in high school ran the single wing until my senior year (1963 season).
Playbook...
April 20th, 2010
10:17 pm
Murray knew the playbook by the fall…as for his arm issue, if the coaches would have paid attention to an 18 yr old kid trying to prove that he could get on the field and play as a freshman, maybe he wouldn’t have had a problem…I’ve seen him play game after game in 7 on 7’s during the summer over a 2 days period and he never had an issue, but the again his HS coach made sure that he took care of his arm…people will put themselves in precarious position if we let them and that’s why we have adults who should know better…still say a school the size of UGA should be able to have a QB coach to oversee these types of things
savannadawg
April 20th, 2010
10:28 pm
It was the spring football folly of 8 min quarters and a few tried passes by aaron murray who by the way came in cold after they let LG start with the first team O. Good greaf, get a hold of yourselves. Aaron is going to be fine.
ray
April 20th, 2010
10:29 pm
Richt screwed up….Murray is too fragile…Grey is a joke…bye-bye Richt….get your ass back to the ACC
Camden Mark
April 20th, 2010
10:35 pm
Funny reading some of this crap.No one knows how good/bad any of these QB’s are going to be,including Brantley.None of them are battle tested and no one will know until they are.
savannadawg
April 20th, 2010
10:35 pm
ray, mean no dis. but your an idiot. After thinking about it for 24hrs. Mett has got to have alot more trouble coming his way. Getting kicked off team is the least of his worries now. And you must be blind or have never seen Murray play.
GT BABY
April 20th, 2010
10:45 pm
All Georgia fans are losers!
Chomper
April 20th, 2010
10:45 pm
If Metts tranferred to UF he’d be the 3rd team QB. But that’s not gonna happen anyway. Tennessee would be a better option.
Pitbull
April 20th, 2010
10:49 pm
In reports from the players I’ve read. They just don’t have anything very positive to say about Murrays arm strength. Will he be a good college QB. That is the question. I think above average at best. You either have arm strength or you don’t. Joe Cox didn’t. But how about David Greene, I don’t know?
DawgVoiceofReason
April 20th, 2010
10:55 pm
2Dawgs,
Based on your comment below, I think maybe your handle should be “1/2Dawgs”, cause you’re half worthless as a Dawg fan. Please don’t waste a seat in Jacksonville; we need fans who believe in the Dawgs, not in the greatness of a QB who was not smart enough to stay out of trouble when competing for the starting job.
April 20th, 2010
10:08 pm
If Mett does end up as a Gator, he will beat us every year he starts. Coach may have been too quick to pull the trigger.
Jeff in Clahoun
April 20th, 2010
10:57 pm
And how tall was Doug Flutie?
Jeff in Clahoun
April 20th, 2010
11:01 pm
Hudson Mason may end up being the savior!
Run, Herschel, Run!
April 20th, 2010
11:23 pm
Pound ‘em Dawgs!
Woof, woof, woof!
Sanford Drive
April 20th, 2010
11:26 pm
I’ve read a few posts that have indicated Murray doesn’t have the arm strength, however, I’ve found a number of sources that indicate otherwise.
At Nike training camp, “His release is arguably the quickest and smoothest in the Class of 2009; the ball zips off his hand with the slightest snap of the wrist. He led receivers on vertical routes and fit the ball into tight spots consistently all day.”
According to Scout, “has very good arm strength an unbelievable touch”
According to Athlon Sports, “Other than lacking ideal size, Murray has everything. He has great leadership skills, a strong arm, great mobility, a lighting quick release, accuracy and the confidence to use it all appropriately.”
Rivals claims Murray “easily has one of the top five-to-eight in arm strength in the country.”
We’ll be fine with Murray. Go dawgs.
Pitbull states...
April 20th, 2010
11:26 pm
Pitbull
April 20th, 2010
10:49 pm
In reports from the players I’ve read. They just don’t have anything very positive to say about Murrays arm strength. Will he be a good college QB. That is the question. I think above average at best. You either have arm strength or you don’t. Joe Cox didn’t. But how about David Greene, I don’t know?
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Where are these reports you’re reading????? The men’s room!!!! So Pitbull it’s time to put up! Please direct us to some of these “reports” from the players. Do you expect any of us to believe that this wouldn’t be news and plastered all over the blogs. Jerk
TampaPlant
April 20th, 2010
11:27 pm
2007: Murray’s Plant High team at Armwood. First game of year, Murray’s first highschool start. Murray overthrew receivers the entire first half, including a wide open Derrik Winter in the endzone by about 10 feet over his head. Murray settled down and had a great year and career (never beat Armwood though). Look it up.
Jeff in Clahoun
April 20th, 2010
11:30 pm
Arron Murray to Orson Charles for TD’s! Go Dawgs! see ya in the Dome!
hind tit
April 20th, 2010
11:38 pm
if i remember correctly after the g-day game, richt said the offense was held back somewhat so not to show to much of the new 3 4 defense. so arguing over who had the best spring or best game means nothing at this point. if joe cox had florida or alabama’s defense last year everybody would be singing his praise. 10 to 12 penalities a game plus a defense that gave up 30+ plus a game and no take away’s even sam bradford or colt mcoy would have faired no better with that team.
atl xmen
April 20th, 2010
11:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymxE7USbcE
watch this and you will see he has the arm and the legs to play in the sec
SEC QB Analyst
April 20th, 2010
11:50 pm
I just don’t see it with this kid. Saw the spring game. He didn’t look in command and his overall spring scrimmage stats are mediocre at best. Everyone knows this. Trying to put lipstick on a pig doesn’t make the qb situation better. It just means we’re trying to hide what is an obvious weakness on the football team.
atl xmen
April 20th, 2010
11:55 pm
you have know clue what you are talking about..hah watch the film and then rethink what you wrote. he will have no problem adjusting to the sec
yeah whatever!
April 21st, 2010
12:02 am
Brantley……a B2 high school QB. My 63 year old mother could put up good stats against B2 talent. Then this spring he was 41percent…8 fumbles…5 Ints and 6 sacks….until Meyers called off the dogs in the spring game to build his confidence. Yeah he is a real scary dude LOL
yeah whatever!
April 21st, 2010
12:07 am
Murray received 53 scholarship offers and during his senior season he completed 118 of 195 passes for 2,285 yards and 33 touchedowns with five interceptions. The senior rushed for 257 yards on 26 carries with two touchdowns.
yeah whatever!
April 21st, 2010
12:08 am
as a Junior: Murray completed 201 of 329 passing attempts for 4,012 yards with a 78 long 7 interceptions and 51 touchdowns.
hoodman10
April 21st, 2010
3:52 am
Yeah..Drew Brees was short too…..guess he is not doing so well. Aaron Murray will do just fine
Alabamadawg
April 21st, 2010
4:00 am
Personally, I’d go with Logan Gray.
Alabamadawg
April 21st, 2010
4:03 am
and no, I didn’t think they were about even in the G Day game…Gray looked much better…
tennessee tom
April 21st, 2010
5:24 am
the humper nation will be calling for murry and richts head after game 3,the ten yr rule will be in affect for richt,as i have said before,this coaching staff does less with more than anybody in the sec
AltamahaDawg
April 21st, 2010
6:29 am
Transfering to another D-1 school he sits one year. And to start over Brantley aint happeneing till the next one after that.
chazzo
April 21st, 2010
6:36 am
Granted I am no professional analyst, but I really didn’t think that Murray looked so terrible in the Spring game. I thought he moved around well, and he connected on some tough passes. There was a pick, and he had trouble with the long one. Altamadawg stated it all very rationally above concerning the Spring game. I would just like to add one thing: a mobile qb is at a disadvantage with game rules that make him down when he gets touched. Who’s to say he couldn’t have shed a tackler or completed a pass with a guy hanging on him?
All I know for sure is that whoever the QB turns out to be, I will pull for him 100%. I will pull for the coaches 100%. I will pull for the Dawgs 100%. I truly hope that all Georgia fans are of that same mindset. It would help tremendously not to have people pulling against a kid to prove themselves right or calling kids up and harassing them.
OrlG8r
April 21st, 2010
7:31 am
Answer:
“University of Georgia Football” and “flourish”….
Question:
What are 2 things that should never be mentioned in the same sentence…
bornloser
April 21st, 2010
8:54 am
loser
Las Vegas Chainsaw
April 21st, 2010
9:15 am
SEC QB Analyst …I think your confused a little in reference to the “lipstick on a pig comment”. We are talking about the Aaron Murray (you know the probable starting QB at the Georgia) not your WIFE!
barneyb
April 21st, 2010
9:18 am
While I, like other UGA alumns are worried about this year’s team,
my only hope now is that win or lose, maybe we can start to rebuild a classy program. Now cut those dreadlocks, stop getting tattoos, abide by the law & team rules, and stop dancing Soulja Boy on the sideliens and play with some dignity. No more THUG U!!!!
Dave In Tampa
April 21st, 2010
9:26 am
The ones on here knocking Murray are the one’s that know he is talented and do not want him playing against their team. Again, the ones with the biggest mouth’s on here are the uneducated ones. Elite 3 QB. 6′1″ tall. Every good college program in the southest wanted him. He will do very well because of his talent AND because of the O-Line, if they stay healthy.
The Tech people on here running their mouth’s are scared the most. Gator fans know that the same will be a tough one for them when we play them.
My question is still about the Defense. New schemes usually take 2 years to gell. Go Dawgs!
ga gator
April 21st, 2010
9:32 am
I am a gator, know he will do well and wish him the best in every game but one Dave. I live in Tampa until 2005 and am very aware of him and Plants program.
ga gator
April 21st, 2010
9:35 am
Dave, I used to live in Tampa, wish the young man well and am confident he will be very successful. I will only root against him one game a year.
BG
April 21st, 2010
9:39 am
Ask Urban Meyer why he wanted Aaron Murray to come to Florida. Meyer really really wanted Murray. Aaron Murray is a special player and he will win a ton of games at UGA. Oh, this guy is not short. He is 6′1″. There have been alot shorter qbs in college ball that have been successful.
Dave In Tampa
April 21st, 2010
9:48 am
ga gator – Though being a Dawg fan I will not sit here and say that we will beat UF this year. Until we can put 2 wins in a row together I won’t talk about the series turning. However, I have no doubt that we will destroy Tech this year.
Brantley will do very well this year. He is a very talented QB. Our hope is that your defense is still getting a feel for things when we play UF. The talent is at both Schools, the question is which one steps up and plays the best. I have a feeling that SC will sneak up and beat both teams this year. Just a feeling.
Option series for UGA
April 21st, 2010
9:52 am
With two very mobile QBs that can get out on the corners, I expect UGA will incorporate a series of QB option style plays. It is a natural, given the talent. I do not see AM as being able to take deep drops, then look, then find the receiver. I don’t think that is really his game. It is not Logan’s either.
Personally, I have always preferrred a QB that can tuck it and run with it out on the corners. Now, Aaron is injury prone, so all of this has to be weighed in.Tebow with his fullback ( or guard ) body could run off tackle and do nicely. Our QBs will need to roll out, look short or intermediately long, pump it, then tuck and run for 10-25 yards. This iwll keep the cahins moving with our running backs popping up the middle and off tackle. This option thing will keep the d off of them, especially with our awesome fullbacks out there protecting them.
Goooooooooooooo Dogs.
Dave In Tampa
April 21st, 2010
10:00 am
Option series for UGA –
I agree. Murray will do fine. He has had 2 years to heal from that Senior year injury. He will not be as injury prone as people think. He is a tough kid. Tebow was one in a million so no one will be a QB that will run over DB’s like him. Murray does not have to be like that. You hit it on the rolling out and spread the field out. This will open many avenues. The season could not start soon enough. Go Dawgs!
DawgDay
April 21st, 2010
10:58 am
Murray’s arm strength is not great, but the Dawgs will not be throwing a lot of deep balls anyway in bobo’s ball control offense, so it’s no big deal. Murray will be good enough to take the Dawgs big places in 2010—mark it down!
delaGATOR
April 21st, 2010
11:07 am
Murray is truly just 5-11.. You can’t believe the stats…..
hobnail boot
April 21st, 2010
11:46 am
Gray cannot make the downfeild throws. I feel that we would taking alot of what A.J can do away with Gray at QB. Murray has above arm average arm, but not what Mett has. His vision is a concern and I fear that he will make some of the same mistakes that Joe made due to not being able to see well in the pocket. I think the loss of Mettenburger is huge!
Nay Sayer
April 21st, 2010
12:14 pm
Just remember people, unless you have an all SEC qb the backup qb will always be the most polular person on the message board.
Nay Sayer
April 21st, 2010
12:17 pm
Rocket arm=overrated. David Greene, Tebow, etc….Not an NFL arm amoung them. Nice results.
curious
April 21st, 2010
12:27 pm
deleGATOR – Murray is not 5-11. I have seen and talked to him in person and know for a fact he was 6-1 or taller! Have you ever seen him face to face? Bet not.
Also, will we ever hear the real reason why Mett was kicked off the team? Are they going to hide the reason all year and keep people speculating or wait until a full investigation is done to give the reason? How long does that usually take? Before spring it was just a one game suspension? Why can’t the other teammates like the backup kicker learn from others critical mistakes?
SEC East Headlines – 4/21/10 « MrSEC.com
April 21st, 2010
12:34 pm
[...] ending in “derbilt.”6. Now that the spotlight is on quarterback Aaron Murray… will he flourish?7. Joker Phillips has brought in “a whole new intensity and atmosphere to Kentucky [...]
jzdawg
April 21st, 2010
12:50 pm
hobnail boot – good comment but I think you are wrong on comparing Murray to Cox. Murray is a scrambler as Cox was not. If Cox was pressured he would panic and either take the sack or throw the interception. Murray has the legs and speed to scramble out of the pocket and either make yardage running or find the open receiver with his above average arm. The vision will come once he gains more confidence. Plus the O line has more depth and is more experienced this year and we will have 2 great running backs and multiple great receivers to dish the ball to.
Where's the mythical 6'7" offesive linemen?
April 21st, 2010
1:19 pm
Ahhh the mythical 6′ 7″ Goliath of players that Murray can’t see over, well there’s not one of them! Where are the sequoia’s of the gridiron, the behemoths between the hedges, the titanic of the tundra that all you expert fans spout off about! Well, there is one guy who is 6′6″. Of course UGA’s lummox’s of the lines all stand straight up to block, unlike every other team from Pop Warner up to the NFL, where the lineman block/protect in an athletic position where they have knees bent, feet wide apart, engaging the opposition in a balanced, controlled blocking scheme. But you geniuses of the gridiron insist that UGA blockers stand straight up like a grizzly bear and allow the defensive player to get under them and just wave them on through. And let us not forget about the Andre the Giant clones standing over 7 feet and when with their arms up over their heads block out the sun, moon, and the stars. Guess what you goobers of grandeur there is not a QB alive who can throw over these behemoths of giants. They throw in the lanes created by the blocking assignments. A QB has 3 to 4 seconds to read the field and get rid of the ball, a straight drop back QB with no mobility throws the ball away, or takes a sack, while a QB with wheels extends the play and checks it off to a back/TE, sometimes a mobile QB can buy time for someone to come back and help out, or he can just pull it down and run with the ball. Height doesn’t matter as much as, natural athletic ability, smarts, and taking care of the ball.
Below are the 6′ 7″ linemen that a QB must throw over…oops, my bad…wonder how Drew Brees ever completes a pass?
60 Clint Boling OT Sr. 3V 6-5/304 Alpharetta, GA (Chattahoochee HS)
68 Chris Burnette C Fr. SQ 6-2/291 LaGrange, GA (Troupe County HS)
63 Chris Davis OG Sr. 3V 6-4/295 Jefferson, GA (Jefferson HS)
78 Josh Davis OT Sr. 3V 6-6/305 Jayess, MS (Tylertown HS)
95 Ty Frix LS So. 1V 6-0/211 Calhoun, GA (Calhoun HS)
71 Cordy Glenn OG Jr. 2V 6-5/329 Riverdale, GA (Riverdale HS)
76 Ben Harden OG Jr. 2V 6-3/310 Perry, GA (Perry HS)
70 AJ Harmon OT So. 1V 6-5/310 Louisville, GA (Jefferson Co. HS)
66 Kolton Houston OL Fr. HS 6-5/285 Buford, (Buford High)
61 Ben Jones C Jr. 2V 6-3/298 Centerville, AL (Bibb County HS)
64 Dallas Lee OG Fr. SQ 6-4/295 Buford, GA (Buford HS)
73 Austin Long OL Fr. SQ 6-5/268 Memphis, TN (Briarcrest Christina HS)
67 Jonathan Owens OL So. 1V 6-4/298 Blountsville, AL (Susan Moore HS)
55 Josh Parrish OL Fr. SQ 6-4/294 Norcross, GA (Wesleyan HS)
54 Tanner Strickland OG Jr. 2V 6-5/335 Nashville, GA (Berrien County HS)
77 Trinton Sturdivant OT So. 2V 6-5/305 Wadesboro, NC (Anson HS)
dixie clear
April 21st, 2010
1:36 pm
the arrests just keep on coming!!
CHDawg
April 21st, 2010
1:37 pm
Sanford, Nice quotes. I would add Buck Belue’s comments from the GDay broadcast…he was very upbeat on Murray’s arm strength, saying Mett didn’t have much, if anything, on Murray in the arm strength department (paraphrased). Not only that, but anybody who has seen his film knows he has a very strong arm. Somebody saying they don’t think he has a strong arm either hasn’t seen him, or doesn’t know much about football.
how2fish
April 21st, 2010
1:59 pm
tennessee tom nice to see you have time to worry about UGA…methinks you have a little more to be concerned with that us…and by the way Dooley never makes it to 10 years with UT if he is short of the 2nd coming of Saban he will be gone in 5 years or less if he is he’ll be at UGA..
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
April 21st, 2010
2:02 pm
Gray, Murray, Matson, doesn’t matter………41-17
Truth
April 21st, 2010
2:04 pm
Dayum mutties? Another arrest? A back up punter? Geeeez.
Soulja Boy
April 21st, 2010
2:08 pm
I love my Thug-U!
how2fish
April 21st, 2010
2:36 pm
Soulja Boy and we love you too.
Dawger
April 21st, 2010
2:57 pm
Mett was overrated—Murray was a superstar in high school, the best QB in florida—much better stats than brantley. Look for Murray to take UGA to 10 wins in 2010 and an SEC title in 2011!
Reality
April 21st, 2010
3:18 pm
…and meanwhile another UGA Thug is arrested…at this rate they will not have any player left by September.
Saint Simons
April 21st, 2010
3:19 pm
hahahahahahahahaha
Watched in high school
April 21st, 2010
3:48 pm
Mett was terrible in high school. He would have been terrible at uga. He is a div 2 qb. I watched him in high school many times. An SEC caliber QB goes to the play offs his senior year and goes far. This is a good thing. Uga should not even wasted a scholarship in this guy. I glad that he messed him self up so that we didnt have to watch sub par play from him.
dawgwalker
April 21st, 2010
3:59 pm
dawgnation, there must be some gator fans in here . They just can’t stand it that Mr strong arm Murray choose to be a dawg . thanks Aaron
Bulldog59
April 21st, 2010
4:01 pm
Back to Bill’s question, will Murray flourish or wilt? If spring scrimmages and the G-Day game are any indication, we have our answer unfortunately. Hopefully, we’ll see some improvement when practices resume in the summer. Otherwise, hope the running game is awesome and the D improves in a hurry, then hold on until 2011. If Murray can’t lead us, Christian Lemay could beat him out as a true freshman in 2011. He hasn’t committed yet, but should soon.
Dawg National
April 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
After a few games of seasoning, Murray will turn into the best QB in the SEC–bank on it! Brantley played against weak competition in high school, Murray played big time ball against the best. It will show up in the SEC. GA upsets Fla in Jax, ruining florida’s season!
AltamahaDawg
April 21st, 2010
5:09 pm
HOW in the HELL do you folks conclude that Murray is injury prone? For heavens sake folks, Stop saying that like it’s some widely accepted fact. Every football player would be “injury prone” by these standards.
If anything his recovery said more about his fitness than the fact that somebody rolled on his leg and broke a human bone. And how many balls has he throw in the past year vs before last year? Wouldnt prone to tendenitus be more of an Issue NOW more so than then?
Met, and Brantley and the Div 2 snobs...
April 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
Met probably improved more than any QB on the team. He was still at least a year away from being able to run a team, but he really did improve.
Don’t know why everyone doesn’t think Brantley will be good. Just because someone went to a Div 2 school sure didn’t bother you when you were after Christian Green the wide receiver from Div 2 Tampa Catholic. TC had another Div 1 prospect Chad Green (no relation) who was recruited by every elite football team in the country. Div 2 schools in Florida are pretty good. JAX Boles, Madison County to name two have provided many Div 1 colleges with players. Brantley will do all right this year, and he’ll just better as the season goes on. Let’s see, he had a full ride to Texas and Florida who both won NC’s or played for NC last year.
lauritsen
April 21st, 2010
5:25 pm
all ofyou who have said negative comments about georgia deciding murray you probly havnt heard about the kid. because if you look at his high school stats. hes a freak i knew he would start from day 1. im only 12 and i know this
delaGATOR
April 21st, 2010
5:43 pm
Murray is really only 5′10′; This 6′1 is fantasy!!!
GaDawg
April 21st, 2010
5:44 pm
Hey, did anyone happen to notice that in the G-Day game the dawgs were wearin’ real silver britches?
No! I’m not out of touch with reality; I’m just in a state of denial.
Savannahstang66
April 21st, 2010
5:59 pm
While I agree somewhat with the added pressure of competing during spring for the starting spot is a big weight, won’t playing an SEC schedule create the same pressure situation. I’m on board and ready for this year and believe it will be a good one. Let’s move on support those who are there and give the positive energy back that we’ve felt with the hiring of the new staff and addition of new players. Go Dawgs!
Judd
April 21st, 2010
6:01 pm
It’s really back to square 1. Whoever does the best from now until game 1, will get the start. Then, if they don’t do well quickly, the #2 guy will replace them.
Richt almost never loses to Ark or S. Carolina, S. Carolina’s running game is weak, and Ark defense is weak, so we’ll get through those 2 games.
It won’t be a problem because we’ll have a good solid QB by Oct. 30 for the 9th game. Might be Hutson Mason or Logan Gray, but we will be in better shape than last year by then and should be 8-0 when we play Florida. The SEC really doesn’t have any QB’s better than Murray if you look at Spring accuracy. McElroy had a bad spring, so did Brantley, so did everybody else.
The "Real" Mark Richt
April 21st, 2010
6:35 pm
I’m pretty sure he will do fine this year!!
Go Dawgs!!
Hammerin Hank
April 21st, 2010
7:40 pm
Dawger/Patrick dont you ever give up? First you liked Murray, then you threw him under the bus because you liked Mett, now you are back in love with Murray. Go back to bed with your little puppy loser.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1158327737&ref=name
Judd
April 21st, 2010
7:41 pm
I hope Richt learns from his mistakes, and lets 2 QB’s get lots of experience this season, so 2011 will not be in the s ame place as UGA is right now.
The schedule is quite easy in 2010, Richt has an excellent record against everyone on the schedule except Florida. And anytime he has a 100 yard rusher and wins the to battle, he beats Florida. Florida and Bama and Auburn have really tough schedules. So we have a chance at 14-0, as hard as that is to believe. I think we can’t be worse at the QB than we were in 2009. Hard to imagine 40 fumbles and interceptions and only getting 1 takeaway per game.
I’d like to see Georgia run well, hold scoring to under 20, and win the turnover margin in each game. That will really take the pressure off the QB.
Hammerin Hank
April 21st, 2010
7:42 pm
Judd now you are changing it from Patrick.
Judd
April 21st, 2010
7:52 pm
Bill-
Please ban whoever keeps positng someone’s facebook page, or acting like Mark Richt, they are violating your blog rules, and we don’t need their posts.
Reality
April 21st, 2010
9:05 pm
At the rate I troll the UGA blogs I won’t lose my virginity until 2017.
Ray GOOF
April 21st, 2010
9:14 pm
And they thought I had issues!
hind tit
April 21st, 2010
11:05 pm
am i wrong or was stafford only six two.
The Big Day! | Atlanta Falcons: Bird Cage
April 21st, 2010
11:22 pm
[...] Bill King Looks at UGA’s QB Aaron Murray [...]
BuLLdawg
April 22nd, 2010
2:29 am
If you don’t know what happened by now, that is your own fault for posting instead of reading.
If anyone is going to criticize Coach Richt over dismissal, they are wrong.
If anyone is going to support ZM, they are very wrong.
http://theugablog.blogspot.com/2010/04/things-still-are-not-adding-up.html?showComment=1271776133039#c4673469138288678146
You can also read about on 680 The fan, and while that is a media guy writing it, he has 3 sources.
Or you can read about it first hand. They all say exactly the same details.
Before anyone makes any statements in support of ZM, or statements about Coach Richt in this, you should stop posting and start reading. This is not done. It isn’t. And, you can quit with your if he did it. And, you can quit with your I am not going to say what is reported. There is a lady who is owed an apology. How can you post that the drunk punter last night at 2:30 am who punted 3 punts in the G-Day Game should be arrested for battery and defend defenders of ZM, or say that those who say Coach Richt should have told you the facts are correct on that either.
The punter should not have hit the man in the face.
The Quarterback needs a lesson in how to treat a lady.
Compare these 2 to the Defensive End who picked the little student up and slammed her repeatedly to the floor of McWhorter Hall.
I am sorry those are 3 criminals. You hit a person in the face at 2:30 am last night, drunk. You beat up a girl again a week ago. You clearly for all to see treated a lady the way no one does a month and a half ago. Coach Richt will kick all 3 off the team, and this just since the beginning of Spring Practice. There is no difference in what the Defensive End did and what the Quarterback did, none. This just makes me cry. And, don’t give me this, this is what happens at every other school B.S. Not 93 times in the 9-year Coach Richt Era. Maybe gets drunk at 2:30 am and hit a man in the face; but it cannot happen to beat up a little girl student at The University of Georgia or go to Remerton and do this to a little Sorority lady student there. There is nothing more vile than this by the Defensive End or the Quarterback. Equivalent. The Sorority said they want the Quarterback to get all he deserves.
If they are not taught this at home, then I know someone who just did Coach Richt.
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
April 22nd, 2010
7:47 am
Doesn’t matter what he does. 41-17.
ATL XMAN
April 22nd, 2010
10:08 am
bulldawg…run a report on fla and then tech on how many have been arrested in that same time period. your a joke…
Aaron Murray
April 22nd, 2010
10:33 am
I know I didn’t look really good at the G-day game. But coach said I looked alot like Joe Cox so I must be getting better. Sure my throws were weak and I would have been sacked a half dozen times ( they wouldn’t let those boys touch me ) but that doesn’t matter. AltamahaDawg knows how good I am….he’s a expert. After I fail in the fall and they need a new coach I hope AltamahaDawg gets the call. He knows talent when he sees it!
Stinger
April 22nd, 2010
8:11 pm
Get off Bulldawg’s back. He is the only one on this site that has any common sense. The rest of you are just plain stupid.
Is it fair to hold UGA athletes to a higher standard than other students? | UGA: The Junkyard Blawg
April 28th, 2010
11:19 am
[...] points on both sides. As Mark Richt noted when I chatted with him recently about his program’s spring troubles, athletes do receive [...]