5 reasons UGA shouldn’t be worried about Joe Cox
Georgia's Joe Cox: A coat, a tie and an innate sense of leadership. (AP photo by Butch Dill)
1. He was considered the No. 1 QB from the day Matthew Stafford turned pro. When last Georgia went into a season without a holdover quarterback, Mark Richt threw the competition open to four candidates, Cox among them
2. He has the respect of his mates in a way few quarterbacks — D.J. Shockley would be an exception — ever do. Asked after spring practice to name the team leader, 107 of 110 Bulldogs famously voted for Cox. The other three voted for Ralph Nader.
3. He seems, as A.J. Green has said, to have “the complete confidence” of offensive coordinator Mike Bobo. Three years ago, Joe Tereshinski III was considered just “a game manager.” The playbook seems more open now.
4. He has two hugely gifted receivers in Green and freshman Marlon Brown, which means every throw won’t have to be on the button.
5. He should be working behind a better offensive line than Stafford ever had. And if you don’t think a O-line can aid and abet a new quarterback, please consult Matt Ryan of Flowery Branch.
(Not to get all wishy-washy on you — too late, I fear — but here are 5 reasons Georgia should be concerned about Joe Cox. And, coming a bit later, I offer 5 reasons Matthew Stafford left Athens without a title.)
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John
August 26th, 2009
10:14 am
BTW – Andy Griffith’s son on the t.v. show was “Opie” not Oppy. Poor Ron Howard doesn’t even have hair anymore.
Also,the movie Deliverance is over 30 years old. Please update your insults to be more contemporary; the effect is lost if most of your audience doesn’t get it…
John
August 26th, 2009
10:21 am
I like Carlton Thomas for change of pace, but Samuel is a bruiser if he holds onto the ball, and from an earlier AJC article that seems to be a focus of his.
After mocking and ridiculing others for early predictions I am reticent to prophesy about numbers of wins, but I do think there is potential this could be a season we could be proud to be a Bulldog. The only problem is that our schedule is BRUTAL. If we played Florida’s schedule, I’d predict SEC championship at a minimum. I think the Gators play three high schools this year.
John
August 26th, 2009
10:28 am
Jackson,
No offense – I like your thought process up to a point, but 3 rushes of 3 yards per carry means its 4th and 1 and we’re punting.
We need balance – rushing and passing, bash in the middle with Samuel and breakaway speed with Thomas. And everybody lay off Bobo – he’s doing a good job – as long as he never calls the Statue of Liberty again, or whatever the heck that pass play is that’s either a touchdown or a 20 yard sack. The last 3 times it’s been ’sack’.
DamnGoodDawg
August 26th, 2009
10:43 am
Joe Cox will be all SEC. He will have the 3rd best stats in the SEC by season’s end…maybe 2nd best. Georgia’s problems have to do with the kicking game, penalties and lack of character and talent on defense, particularly at DE and DB.
Sanford Drive
August 26th, 2009
10:56 am
Yeah, Tebow is a man who performs ’surgery’ on boys. Only people in Florida actually buy that story.
BR
August 26th, 2009
3:09 pm
Ignore Ramble On… he’s still pissed that GA owns the nerds.. seven years in a row (for starters), not to mention not being able to fill their teeny tiny stadium with “fans”. What else do the dorks have to talk about other than their three point win over an average GA team?? GW, UNC, and LSU were better teams than UGA?? Hmmm, I think we beat up on LSU pretty badly.. then cheered as they kicked the mighty Nerds’ a**es. Poor tech nerds. Oh, good luck against your home opener with big bad Jacksonville State. We’re in the SEC… so we’ll be playing a REAL schedule. Three points, and that’s all the dorks have to talk about….. makes me laugh every time! LOVE IT!!! Go Dawgs!!!
GulagCarpaccio
August 26th, 2009
3:31 pm
This one is for ChippersLoveChild – are you saying Chipper violated your mama??
GulagCarpaccio
August 26th, 2009
3:39 pm
Hey Volman – you sound like a UGA grad – the only way to elect a President with experience THAT COUNTS is to re-elect a sitting president to a second term. No other experience prepares anyone for that office, so all other experience is irrelevant
UGA Girls Smell Like Redneck Puke
August 26th, 2009
3:42 pm
UGA girls are like B-movie starlets and low-end strippers – workable if you are desparate but usually washed up by the time they are 25
Camden Mark
August 26th, 2009
7:51 pm
Logan Grey for QB
Dawg Tired
August 28th, 2009
11:18 am
I have no idea how much “UGA Girls Smell Like Redneck Puke” knows about college football, but I can tell you one thing I am absolutely positive about: He has never smelled a UGA girl.