Hutson Mason ‘moving up the depth chart rapidly,’ and other notes
Cleaning out the notebook:
- With all the turmoil at Georgia’s quarterback position of late, Mark Richt has been fielding a lot of questions on the speaking circuit about incoming freshman Hutson Mason. “I’m sure he’s very excited about what’s going on,” Richt told a group last week. “He’s been moving up the depth chart rapidly because of what happened with Mr. Mettenberger and Logan Gray probably spending most of his time at wide receiver now.”
Asked the followup question of whether he sees Mason playing or redshirting this year, Richt said: “I don’t know. I want to see what he can do. If we don’t think he’s ready, I’d be more apt to have Logan continue to be our No. 2 and just go from there. I don’t want to say because I have no idea how he’s going to perform until he shows up.”
- Another hot topic, of course, is conference expansion. Richt is on record against it for the SEC, mainly because “I think if you get into what would be a super-conference, you’re just not going to play everybody. I think it would feel like two leagues rather than the Southeastern Conference.”
- Georgia’s baseball season is down to its final series: a visit by Kentucky to Foley Field Thursday through Saturday. The Bulldogs (14-36, 3-22 SEC) will enter the series with a staff earned run average of 8.63, which ranks 283rd among the nation’s 292 Division I teams and is almost two runs per game higher than the previous worst in UGA history (6.80 in 1998). Georgia pitchers have walked 261 batters and thrown 80 wild pitches in 433 innings this season.
- When Georgia’s men’s tennis team rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat Florida State 4-3 Sunday, it marked the Bulldogs’ 17th win in 18 NCAA tournament matches since 2007. The victory puts the Dogs in a round-of-16 match against Florida at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, which once again will be the center of college tennis this week. The NCAA Championships, men’s and women’s, begin a 12-day run there on Thursday. The Georgia-Florida match is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday.
- The NCAA softball tournament also is heading to Athens this week, with Georgia -– the No. 6 national seed –- hosting one of the 16 regionals. Other teams in the Athens regional: Florida State, Radford and Elon. Georgia’s opening game in the double-elimination regional is against Elon at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
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179 comments Add your comment
albert
May 17th, 2010
4:31 pm
I hope he plays better than he did in the state finals last year. Oh 1st by the way.
The D
May 17th, 2010
4:40 pm
albert dont do the first crap, I hope he is ready to compete, lot’s of GA state records, Washaun did the same thing, didn’t get that much hype, and now he is considered one of the best in the SEC, I sure hope the same happen for Mason, all those records and so few offers. I hope he proves the ney sayers wrong!!! Go Dawgs
Sven Ottke
May 17th, 2010
4:45 pm
Shouldn’t this read “Hutson Mason moving up the depth chart by default?”
HugoStiglitz
May 17th, 2010
4:46 pm
Hutson Mason will never play QB at UGA. He is the next Logan Gray only without another position to possibly fall back on.
Waycross Dawg
May 17th, 2010
4:51 pm
He’ll transfer after a year because he won’t be able to compete with Christian LeMay.
Dacula
May 17th, 2010
4:53 pm
Lassiter didn’t make it to the state finals last year.
"Home of Mediocrity"
May 17th, 2010
4:56 pm
Georgia loosing to Florida just goes in cycles, it just so happens Georgia is in a 20 year cycle in just about every sport.
Carty Seay
MSDAWG
May 17th, 2010
4:57 pm
I too think Mason won’t play QB and Murrey will only play this year with LeMay coming on board.
Hate it for him!!!!!
The General Feeling
May 17th, 2010
4:57 pm
Hey Tim, that was a photo of Charlie Brown in a UGa cap, right?
mike loves mandy
May 17th, 2010
4:57 pm
mason will be happy 2 be 3rd string at UGA.
Go Dawgs
May 17th, 2010
4:59 pm
Sign Ricky Cochran from Madison – He still has 1 yr of eligibility left and his knee is on the mend!!
St. Richt
May 17th, 2010
5:00 pm
Great news. I’m still watching Aaron Murray’s high school tapes as our fearless leader suggested I do. He looks great against midget DB’s that run 5.1 40’s. Did you see that play where he blew up that 145 lb DE? I can’t wait!
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2010
5:01 pm
albert – The Colquitt County coach, Rush Propst knew the Lassiter playbook really, really well. He was head coach at Hoover (Alabama), and Lassiter’s HC Chip Lindsey was OC under Propst at Hoover. You can download the 2001 Hoover playbook online. It’s a variant of the spread system that Tony Franklin teaches. 90% shotgun passing.
St. Richt
May 17th, 2010
5:02 pm
Where can I get ahold of some Hutson Mason high school highlight tapes? I want to be prepared for what we can expect of him in the SEC. GATA.
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2010
5:02 pm
“It’s a variant of the spread system that Tony Franklin teaches.”
Which is why Mason will fine the Georgia offense very different.
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2010
5:05 pm
Find, not fine. Definitely not fine.
Old Dawg
May 17th, 2010
5:11 pm
Home of Mediocrity: it’s losing, not loosing. Talking about mediocrity!
AceDawg
May 17th, 2010
5:15 pm
I wish Mason well. Lemay is going to make the competition tough for the future, however. I guess that’s a good thing for the Dawgs.
To those who think Lemay would supplant Murray next year if Murray plays well… that would probably indicate that UGA will have a tough season, because Murray is well regarded himself and will get a lot of experience this year with a veteran offense. If Lemay won the job next year, he’s either a future Heisman winner, or UGA fell short of a New Year’s bowl and may or may not have Richt at the helm.
82Dawg
May 17th, 2010
5:16 pm
Good to see the Techies are out in force today.
11Dawg
May 17th, 2010
5:16 pm
It’ll be interesting to see the battle between Mason and LeMay once Murray’s gone.
St. Richt
May 17th, 2010
5:20 pm
Can you provide a link to Mason’s high school highlights? According to coach that is a good indicator of what we can expect on Saturdays.. GATA
St. Richt
May 17th, 2010
5:21 pm
Throw up a link to lemay’s highlights as well while you’re at it.. I want to see the future. GATA
82Dawg
May 17th, 2010
5:25 pm
St. Richt ..STFU!!!!
The D
May 17th, 2010
5:30 pm
thank you 82Dawg!!!!
Bobby Joe
May 17th, 2010
5:32 pm
Boy, it seems that UGA gets lots of un-needed attention lately. Please, tell me something good.
I would like to comment on conference expansion. I hope they do it. All conf. I was a cfb playoff hater, but now, seeing the twists BCS brings, not so much. Bring on confernence exp, AND a playoff. Maybe that will get cfb more exciting. Itll mean more reg season games, better bowls, or playoffs, depending who u talk to, and all that other stuff yall are about to bust on me. Im no expert, just a fan. I go to games(UGA), love ‘em. I watch other skools on TV. Just beat Fla. 1-11 baby!!!
70 Dawg
May 17th, 2010
5:33 pm
Hey St Richt, shouldn’t you sign off with GTAA since you obviously are a nerd from North Ave? Either that or just another cynical pretender.
St. Richt
May 17th, 2010
5:38 pm
82Dawg, you can’t shut me up- I’m one of the only voices of reason in these blogs. Without me and some of the others here, you guys would have yourselves believing you will win the SEC and possibly a NC every year. Oh wait, never mind, you do that anyway. Shut this up.
St. Richt
May 17th, 2010
5:39 pm
70Dawg and The D, STFU doesn’t work with me. Now get back to those Aaron Murray highlight tapes pronto! I think he just outran a special needs student to the corner of the end zone.
New Gator Fan
May 17th, 2010
5:46 pm
Tim, what is this Georgia football crap? I thought you were the new Florida Gator beat writer for the AJC?
Paul Johnson
May 17th, 2010
5:52 pm
would someone please mention my gimmick highschool offense.
Dave In Tampa
May 17th, 2010
5:52 pm
Good one New Gator fan – after that last piece of crap Timmy wrote.
Kluless
May 17th, 2010
5:53 pm
Mason will get a chance to start if Murray throws too many int’s, or gets injured, or if Mason just beats him out. Mason’s accurate, 73%, and efficient, 55 td’s, 10 int’s. 6′ 3” for those obsessed with height.
Here’s a video clip of Mason’s highlights that earned him a Parade All American, one of 7 QB’s chosen for that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtTqY4fyZDk
Greg from Marietta
May 17th, 2010
5:56 pm
I really don’t care who is the quarterback so long as he is a winner. I don’t think I can take another year like last year.
Gillislee
May 17th, 2010
6:05 pm
Mason was a token player on Parades All American team along with Brett Farve’s nephew Dylan. Where did they land on other recruitment services?
ESPN 150 – Not on it
Rivals 100 – Not on it
Rivals 250 – Not on it
Scout – Mason 54th ranked QB in U.S.A., Farve not ranked
UA All American Team – Not on it
U.S. Army All American Team – Not on it
Uncle Shawn
May 17th, 2010
6:08 pm
If you want to see some highlights, go to http://www.youtube.com and search
“Hutson Mason”.
Manny
May 17th, 2010
6:14 pm
Tebow & Sanchez 7 Stafford were all Parade All Americans, like Hutson Mason, only 7 are picked each year.
Manny
May 17th, 2010
6:15 pm
Ryan Mallett, and Jimmy Clausen, and John Bratley were all Parade All-Americans.
Nina S
May 17th, 2010
6:21 pm
The only way that Mason will ever take a snap in a real game is if Murray and Gray fizzle out (which is very possible) or if both of them are arrested and suspended (also a real possibility).
This fellow will ultimately transfer, probably to a lower division school, since he’s just not a Division I quarterback, if truth be known.
Eric in Eufala
May 17th, 2010
6:24 pm
What made anyone at UGA so confident that Mason can be a college QB?
He’s not and never will be.
St. Richt
May 17th, 2010
6:26 pm
Uncle Shawn, thanks for heads up. I will make sure I check out Hutson’s high school highlights. That Milton High School defensive backfield reminds me a lot of the Florida Gators.
dawgwalker
May 17th, 2010
6:27 pm
hey(MSDAWG)go back to sleep,what are you basing this on.
Keister Meister
May 17th, 2010
6:29 pm
Pretty cool that Hutson Mason’s in the same “club” (parade all-american) as Tebow and Mark Sanchez. Says a lot. They turned out ok.
Manny
May 17th, 2010
6:30 pm
Certainly, there’s no reason to think Florida’s new QB will be any good, what good team has he started against in his 3 years at Florida?
Keister Meister
May 17th, 2010
6:40 pm
One of Mason’s rival coaches had this to say about Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year Hutson Mason:
“He is a special player,” said Rocky Hidalgo, head coach of rival Walton High. “As a player, he’s the best quarterback I’ve faced as a coach in 15 years. He’s got great pocket awareness. He’s incredibly difficult to sack. He has an incredible ability to feel the pressure and keep his eyes on his receivers downfield. He’s something else. He is their football team.”
-Special Player
-Best QB he faced in 15 years
-Great pocket awareness
-Incredibly difficult to sack
-Incredible ability to feel the pressure and keep eyes on receivers
Keister Meister
May 17th, 2010
6:41 pm
Mason had 2 games where he threw for over 500 yards passing. He threw for 7 td’s in one game!
collegeballfan
May 17th, 2010
6:43 pm
Even talking about Mason in the depth chart is an insult to the Head Coach.
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
6:46 pm
Begining to wonder if we have people who can recruit QB’s
Doesnt matter if FL substitutes the kicker for the QB
against our coaching staff they will just find a way to beat the stupidity out of us like usual.
Keister Meister
May 17th, 2010
6:48 pm
Highlights from the Georgia record for best game from a QB in the history of Georgia high school football, threw for over 500 yards and 7 td’ds in a play-off game.
Tip:
run the video to halfway to get past the marching band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SGtKRYoENM&feature=related
MajorPain
May 17th, 2010
6:58 pm
Mason will be a servicable backup that’s it. When he palyed a team with real speed on defense (Colquitt County) they lit him up. Yes Rush wrote the palybook but it works both ways and Lassiter had way to stop Colquitt. Mason has a lot of work to do.
mwh6767
May 17th, 2010
7:00 pm
Serious question for the dog fans. Murray comes in this yr. and does perform well. Next year Lamay comes in and he has already said he plans to be the guy from the start. Does he get a real shot at being the guy next year or is he doomed to 3 yrs behind Murray?
DAWG COLONEL
May 17th, 2010
7:03 pm
Some of these posts are hard to believe they come from educated people.
Here is a young man who has set records, won ball games, been recognized nationally and people want to trash him??? Give me a break.
UGA has signed QBs with much less credentials who have gone on to enjoy great success–Anyone remember Eric Zeier???
I think it would be prudent to give Hutson Mason a chance before you throw him on the garbage heap.
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
7:06 pm
Zeir
was heavily recruited even turning down FSU
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2010
7:21 pm
Mason had no offers until the 2009 playoffs, and was a 3-star, #68 QB in the country. His interests were Georgia, Miss. St., Clemson and Virginia. That changed after he threw 8 TDs to beat S. Gwinnett 70-49 in the 2nd round. From the Marietta Daily Journal, in the 46-17 loss to Colquitt County, Mason was 27 of 48, 275 yds., no TDs and 5 Int., 2 returned for TDs.
gt4ever
May 17th, 2010
7:23 pm
UGA is loaded with gooooood high school QB’s, Look out for next year, NOBODY will be able to compete…
Manny
May 17th, 2010
7:24 pm
Actually, Hutson was ranked #22 by ESPN at QB, and in the top 7 by Parade magazine.
http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=70576&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncf%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d70576
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2010
7:28 pm
DAWG COLONEL – MS? KB bro.
Keister Meister
May 17th, 2010
7:32 pm
Hutson Mason completed 78% of his passes as Junior, and came within 50 yards of setting the Georgia high school record, which he broke his senior season by 800 yards. Hutson also completed 73% of his passes as a Senior. Let me repeat, 78% accuracy Jr., 73% accuracy, Sr.
You won’t find another High School QB who took as many passing reps as Mason did at Lassiter, lots of game experience.
Mason owns several state records now.
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2010
7:32 pm
W-B
Dawg Whisperer
May 17th, 2010
7:34 pm
Shhhh. I hear voices…. the voices of unreason. It’s easy to criticize. No one knows if Mason will ever perform at a high level at UGA. The same applies to most every other QB recruited at any collegiate school. And even if Hutson Mason winds up 3rd string at UGA, that doesn’t mean he will never get an opportunity in view of the attrition that has given him this opportunity in the first place. Good luck kid and don’t waste your time reading sports blogs, there bad on your self-image.
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
7:37 pm
Keister Meister
None of that matters
Richt’s mind is made up Murray is the QB for 4 yrs
Hope you learned that from last year no matter how bad Murray is he is our QB for the next 4yrs
Mason get out a pen and piece of paper and take notes, in 5 yrs you will get your chance
Keister Meister
May 17th, 2010
7:42 pm
Is Hutson mason doesn’t matter, why are you blogging about him?
ARdawg
May 17th, 2010
7:45 pm
Geezus at the negativity. The QB position is there to win in the spring or lose in the fall. If Mason wants it bad enough, if LeMay wants it bad enough, they’ll have their chance. Right now it is obviously Murray’s to lose. One way or another, the cream will rise to the top
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
7:46 pm
You missed my point
Mason could be another John Elway, or Dan Marino for all we know
My point is after watching this coaching staff for 9 yrs they cosistantly do put the best players out there until they are forced to.
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
7:47 pm
meant do not put the best players out there until they are forced to
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2010
7:50 pm
Don’t fear the Reaper. Play the best you got.
DawginLex
May 17th, 2010
7:54 pm
All the haters coming out in full force. Dawg obsessed nerds with nothing better to do than to bash uga.
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
7:56 pm
Delbert
Thats my philosophy just not this coaching staff
Hey remember when shockley was out during the FL game and Joe T played.
The chips could not have been more down then that game. And yet that had to be the most conservative play calling game I have ever seen in my life.
Richt owes UGA fans who want to beat FL consistantly a refund of their donation
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
7:58 pm
I guess wanting the better results for a program that ranks 4th in producing NFL talent since 1999
Is called bashing
Do me a favor and go pull for Vanderbilt they need some mediocrity loving fans
DawginLex
May 17th, 2010
8:03 pm
You need to go back to the nerd blog. It is a dam shame that uga alumni and fans have to endure the juvenile crap from people like you and st richt
Delbert D.
May 17th, 2010
8:12 pm
Just stop the garbage about “QB So-and-so’s” lack of height. The pros don’t even use top-of-head-height measurement. Some guys have high foreheads, like Peyton Manning. The pros have changed to Eyes Above Turf – Maximum Extension. Memorize that or get off the blogs.
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
8:12 pm
I know nothing about a nerd blog but obviously you do
So do us a favor and join it nerd
ARdawg
May 17th, 2010
8:18 pm
Small Johnson
Your logic is flawed. “Richt doesn’t put the best players out there until he is forced to”? what kind of BS is that. For what reason on God’s green earth would Richt not play the best players? How much sense does that make? Now if you wish to retract that asinine remark to “he doesn’t always play the most talented until he needs to” I might understand. The most talented player and the best player aren’t always mutually inclusive. Shockley was more talented than Greene but, Shockley was the best player of the two nor did he give the team the best shot at winning.There is a difference you know?
ARdawg
May 17th, 2010
8:20 pm
Shockley wasn’t the best QB at that time
BD
May 17th, 2010
8:22 pm
Hutson Mason got terrorized by South Georgia speed in the HS playoffs. Wait until he’s getting slammed to the turf by Florida DE’s.
cchs57
May 17th, 2010
8:23 pm
go to ghsa.net to watch Colquitt/Lassiter playoff game in the archived games….my favorite series starts around 1:32
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 17th, 2010
8:28 pm
What’s with you people and the YouTube highlights. Memo….it’s high school football! Why not Pop warner? Let the kid come in and then see what he’s got. No one can make a realistic prediction about how he will fare at the college level (especially the SEC) until he hits the field. Don’t annoint him the next Heisman winner nor the next transfer just yet. Let the kid show what he’s got when he gets there. Sheeesh.
Slaw Dawg
May 17th, 2010
8:29 pm
No way in “heck” Mason ever sees the field @ UGA. Mr. Mason meet Mr. Clipboard…..Mr. Clipboard meet Mr. Mason. He will be outta Athens by his junior year when he sees no playing time EVER. Sorry Chump!
Slim Reaper
May 17th, 2010
8:33 pm
Slaw Dawg, you hit the nail on the head. I hate it for Mason but facts is facts. Lemay will be the new wonder boy in Athens.
D.Ellis
May 17th, 2010
8:39 pm
wow….so much bashing of a kid who ” had no offers” before the state playoffs….and then proceeded to go out and “EARN” his offer by playing great and……putting up some CRAZY numbers and leading his team to the state playoffs.
Whatever a “hater” is or means…..can be defined by reading some of these idiotic posts.
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 17th, 2010
8:39 pm
I’m amazed anyone would sign with UGA after listening to all of you say he will never see the field. What if his parents are reading this? He’d do better to walk on somewhere he’d be appreciated for what he MIGHT be able to bring to the table. No wonder your team is stuck in mediocrity.
SD Dawg
May 17th, 2010
8:40 pm
I’ve seen the footage of Mason and it frankly wasn’t very impressive. Of course they can surprise you once they get on campus. Maybe he will be such a game manager that his lack of arm strength will not matter. If you watch Stafford’s HS clips and Mason’s HS clips, the difference is such my girlfriend could pick out the better QB.
Check out this clip of Stafford versus Sneed in HS. No question these two were two of the best coming out of HS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJcQevIzwcg
I would welcome being wrong here, but I just don’t see Mason being a star in the SEC.
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
8:46 pm
AR dawg
Its not an assinine remark
Shockley more talented than Greene really, foot speed yes other than that I don’t think so, if he was he would have played those 4 yrs and not Greene
Shockley couldn’t get it done. Greene could especially in tight games
Your going to tell me Moreno should have sat the bench his freshman yr?
How about Ely last year behind Samuel
cmon Samuel looked that good in practice for them to not realize Ely was much better I guess Richt learned from the Moreno debacle
I can tell you David Pollock did not play his freshman yr and would not have gotten as much playing time had he not have had that great game his sophmore yr against SC
Joe Cox playing all last yr without putting in Gray Murray and MEtt for better experience for this season. Now we have to start over.
Heres one to watch Marlon Brown a wasted redshirt for 3 passes thrown to him he should have played more the kid is good just throw it to him more
Though not a player Willie Martinez and the constant oh he is doing a great job its just the players not executing crap.
beatdowns galore
May 17th, 2010
8:53 pm
Fire Perno…… UGA needs consistency. If Richt doesnt get it done in football …Fire him also. UGA has only beat Fla. 3 times in all sports this calender year.. Pathetic ! These clowns are overpaid !!!!!
Tom
May 17th, 2010
8:55 pm
Congratulations, but its not like there’s not much other competition.
LeMay I or LeMay I not
May 17th, 2010
9:02 pm
Hutson will be the next clip board toter…. Bank on it!
ToeMeetsLeather
May 17th, 2010
9:13 pm
I was out in Athens last night, saw him grab a chicks boob. CMR will have to dismiss him from the team in the next couple of days. Bank on it!
Slim
May 17th, 2010
9:28 pm
UGA will not win more than 3 games next year…mark it down. There’s a lot of turmoil internally right now that most people are not aware of. Don’t be surprised to see a coach or two leave this summer. CMR has lost it….
Coach Small Johnson
May 17th, 2010
9:33 pm
Hopefully he is tired of losing to FL and like Saban he is finally demanding more from his staff
Gillislee
May 17th, 2010
9:43 pm
LeMay will be the new Wonder boy? OK, Stafford was the last. He was a great player, the #1 QB coming out of high school in the U.S., and the #1 pick in the NFL draft………he didn’t do much at UGA though….0 SEC Championship Game appearances!
MDG
May 17th, 2010
9:46 pm
I hate to admit it but Gator don’t take no jive is right. A lot of Dawg fans are morons, and this is coming from one of the biggest homers out there. The season is still 4+ months away and now all of the sudden Aaron Murray sucks. He was recruited by EVERY major college to play QB. So tell me who is right, the bloggers or every D1 coaching staff? As far as Mason goes, he may or may not ever play a down. But he is getting a free education at the dream school of a majority of kids from Georgia. And he may just have the chance to lead the team to victory on Saturday. Only time will tell. Lemay may be the best athlete but he shouldn’t anoint himself the savior of UGA athletics just yet. I am sure he is great, but he is still only 17 and as they say “Man plans, God laughs”.
Tinker
May 17th, 2010
9:54 pm
“But he is getting a free education at the dream school of a majority of kids from Georgia.”
Education at UGA? Dream school of a majority of kids?
Where in hell did you get an absurd idea like that?
Zach You-Know-Who
May 17th, 2010
9:58 pm
MDG, were you born stupid, or did you injure your brain in an accident?
Big DAWG
May 17th, 2010
9:59 pm
Hutson Mason could start for at least 8 teams in the SEC next year. He is going to shock you crazy people. His work ethic is tremendous. He will prove you all wrong. After all, he did break the state record and was Parade All American.
Bryan
May 17th, 2010
10:02 pm
The best QB will play….The amount of stars doesn’t matter once they get to the SEC. I am excited to see our best QB play because I am a true DAWG FAN…I am not gonna argue on May 17, 2010 what is gonna happen on September 2010 or 2011…lol! Go Dawgs!!!
Me
May 17th, 2010
10:07 pm
I wonder where Patrick is with Mason’s spring statistics showing how he’s better than Brantley?? OH…that’s right…Mason wasn’t around for spring! No matter, how ’bout the high school stuff, it’s only a bunch of meaningless stats anyway.
Bulldog
May 17th, 2010
10:08 pm
So Slim, tell us more about this ‘turmoil’ and coaches leaving. Whatcha got?
Tim
May 17th, 2010
10:18 pm
I think alot of people are writing off Murray. So what if he didnt have a great spring game? Last time I checked those don’t count towards anything. He had over 50 offers and could have went anywhere he wanted. I think he’s going to surprise a lot of people.
As far as Mason goes, who knows. He doesn’t ahve all the “stars” or accolades from rivals/scout, but neither did Greene. You just never know. Like someone said earlier, youtube videos are great, but they don’t mean squat. It’s all about how the player grows and can adapt his game to D1.
DDDAWG
May 17th, 2010
10:19 pm
sounds like st richt needs to get some friends and just chill out. lmao.
Pensacola Gator
May 17th, 2010
10:24 pm
Get as pumped up as you want, Dawg fans, but the bottom line is how many appearances in the SEC championship game will any of your QBs appear in?
The answer is… come on… let me hear it… all together now… ZERO.
Florida does the usual mugging of UGA this year, let’s say 42-13. The secret is COACHING. Florida has it, UGA doesn’t.
Pensacola Gator
May 17th, 2010
10:29 pm
“UGA will not win more than 3 games next year…mark it down.”
That’s a joke, of course. UGA should win 7-8 games depending on how many injuries and arrests the team has.
If you can’t be halfway serious, don’t waste our time.
Princess
May 17th, 2010
10:40 pm
“There’s a lot of turmoil internally right now that most people are not aware of.”
There may be something to this. I’ve heard some rumors about more coaches leaving. Some rumors about two of the players too, but they’re not named.
Penn
May 17th, 2010
10:43 pm
Hutson gets his teammates jacked up that they play out of their mind good. Hutson got Lassiter off to a 5-1 start, best since 1991. You HAVE to see this 4th down TD pass and catch. One of the most amazing plays, had ESPN talking, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUA9DaYSVuk&feature=related
?
May 17th, 2010
10:45 pm
It seems the backup QB position is not taken very seriously.
UGA should have a stable of good quarterbacks.
Reminds me of the goofy Ray Goff days.
Not SEC prepared
May 17th, 2010
10:52 pm
The quarterback situation was bad enough last year with Joe Cox.
Now UGA has an untested redshirt freshman and a part-time reciever back-up.
Stinger
May 17th, 2010
10:54 pm
LeMay is the second coming of Quincy Quitter. I mean Carter. Didn’t you guys learn anything. Last year all I heard was Joe Cox never lost a high school game, until the season started. Once the season started it was basically death threats against poor Joe.Moor of the same to follow this year. Lucky to win 6 games this year.
Jeff
May 17th, 2010
10:56 pm
I can see Mason winning the job by game 2 or 3, after Murray throws some int’s or gets injured again, like he always does. I feel great about any of our 3 QB’s: Mason, Gray or even Murray.
Jeff
May 17th, 2010
11:00 pm
Lovin this Mason guy. Let me correct some of you here.
Mason broke the record for passing yards, passing yards in one game, and then broke that record.
And Mason threw for 8 touchdowns in 1 game, not 7, in the playoffs and led his team to the 12-0 start.
http://www.ajc.com/sports/high-school/mason-throws-8-td-207698.html
Jeff
May 17th, 2010
11:07 pm
Mason was the 1st QB in the history of Georgia high school football to throw for more than 4000 yards in 1 season, and he busted 4500.
GT Fan...
May 17th, 2010
11:16 pm
Okay, let’s see … after all the hullabaloo recently we’ve read in the AJC that there’s just 1 QB in GA’s depth chart (Murray) after Burger’s demise & Gray’s position change …. and Mason is just now moving up the depth chart? Who in heck is putting togther the depth chart? Or just how good are the imaginary QBs that are apparently playing in front of him?
GT Fan...
May 17th, 2010
11:18 pm
Stinger … haven’t you seen how GREEN the grass is in UGA’land??
Turner
May 17th, 2010
11:19 pm
Hutson Mason won’t start for Georgia in 2010.
1- He’s got to learn the playbook and Murray has 2 Springs and a season on Mason
2- Mason won’t be able to compete with Aaron Murray—–he’ll get blown off the field
3- Mason a true freshman, and you can’t go up against SEC defenses with a true freshman as your QB—-their decision making won’t be good enough
4- Hutson won’t be able to build a strong enough bond with teammates in a few months like Murray has
5- Hutson’s not as mobile as Murray
6- Georgia coaches go off of High School rankings not on the field performance
7- He won’t be as accurate as Murray—–no way.
8- His arm isn’t as strong as Murray’s—-he can’t get the ball as deep.
9- He has a rep as being a bit of a gunslinger, and he won’t be able to resist trying to be a hero, instead of making the smarter play
Bulldog
May 17th, 2010
11:19 pm
So, Princess, care to elaborate?
I’m all for a shakeup in Athens. It’s been stale and underachieving for a while. I think a good bit was revealed with Grantham & Co. coming in and seeing their reactions to the players they inherited. I hope Richt gets off his ’seniority’ trip and plays the guys who deserve it, not just because they’ve been in “the system” the longest. Makes one wonder what “the system” is and if it’s really working.
hunker down
May 17th, 2010
11:21 pm
Not a whole lot of room to move for Hutson than up.
Bulldog
May 17th, 2010
11:26 pm
Jeff, seriously? Mason starting after game three?
What’s all the love about? Especially since the kid isn’t even on campus and probably hasn’t even been to orientation.
Stinger
May 17th, 2010
11:28 pm
The only difference between our baseball team and your team is the 4 is in front of the 1 on our wins and just the opposite on your wins.
GT 41 wins UGA 14
Stinger
May 17th, 2010
11:33 pm
GT FAN, yeah the grass is much greener in UGA La La Land. Is Quincy going to be the mentor of LeMay?
Big D Dawg
May 17th, 2010
11:36 pm
all you dim wits giving lemay the job while he’s still in high school??? He hasn’t even played his senior year yet!! you guys are fools and tools!
Jeff
May 17th, 2010
11:39 pm
The 2 SEC games for Georgia in Spetember will be brutal. Murray has two big problems with those 2 games: a) injury prone b) throws too many interceptions–poor decision making–just doesn’t think fast enough when you bring pressure–he panics. Murray will either get hurt trying to scramble against a couple of vicious SEC defenses, or he’ll get picked 3x in a game. Mason could also just school Murray in the summer public games or reps in the early fall games. There’s really no one in front of Mason ecept Murray, since Logan moved to receiver. Either way, Mason will play early in the season.
What to love about Mason’s game? He owns some of the most impressive records a QB can own in the state of Georgia. The guy completes passes at almost 80%, you just don’t see that. 8 TD’s and 500 yards passing in a play-off game? Mason has trained for years with some excellent coaches, he’s even worked with the coach who trained Tom Brady. Over 50 td passes in one season at a school like Lassiter–with less than spectacular talent around him? Also has great character–volunteers a lot, takes mission trips, the kind of guy players like to follow. His upside is bigger than Murray’s. Mason’s coming in under the radar, Murray will have a hard time living up to great expectations. Nobody expects Mason to even challenge Murray.
Bulldog
May 17th, 2010
11:49 pm
Mason’s single glaring problem is that he’s never once practiced as a UGA player.
You’re assuming too much that he’s going to ’school’ Murray this summer. He won’t be throwing against or running from high school students. It’s an entirely different league and his stats won’t translate. Nothing against Mason, best of luck to the guy, but it’s just the truth.
ButlerDawg
May 17th, 2010
11:53 pm
Is Willie Martinez coaching the Dawg’s Pitching Staff?
Jeff
May 18th, 2010
12:07 am
Murray’s the type of guy, like Stafford, who knows he’s all that, so he’s relying on his talent/hype/rankings too much. Mason doesn’t come with all that baggage–he’ll just manage a game, and not make the stupid mistakes.
Bulldog
May 18th, 2010
12:08 am
Here’s what Chip Lindsey, Mason’s former head coach at Lassiter said:
“That being said, I don’t know if anyone can jump from high school to Division I football these days. Will he be prepared mentally, with coach [offensive coordinator Mike] Bobo and the other folks coaching him? Yeah, I think he will. But there are things high school players have to get better at — the speed of the game, the bigger guys — and that just doesn’t happen overnight.”
LeMay I or LeMay I not
May 18th, 2010
12:14 am
Whats amazing is that UGA always struggles with the college team of mediocrity in USC east. UGA just cant shake those pesky yard birds. I guess ole UGA’s glory days are long gone 30 years and counting………
RED DOG 77
May 18th, 2010
12:28 am
Other than the “no miss” recruits that come along very seldom, these kids are called “prospects” by the coaches recruiting them !!!! I could go on so long it would bore all of us about the kids who vitually came into the college game under the radar, trotted onto the field, and became All- Americans. Hutson Mason is an interesting case, he had great High School numbers, has the size and a pretty good arm[ from what I hear] Those of you who say he will never play a down at UGA apparently have not followed college football very long !!!………….Recruiting “season” is pretty interesting, and I might add exciting at times, but good greif people ! it won’t be that long before September comes, and is gone and we are back to recruiting once again !!! Enjoy the recruiting “season”, but lighten up a little bit, it’s all good, as they say, after all we are talking about our beloved Georgia BULLDOGS !!!!………..And it would appear, the GEEEEOOOORRRGIA BULLDOGS are putting together a “DREAM TEAM ” with the 2011 class !!! SIC’ ‘EM WOOF……WOOF……..WOOF……..WOOF !!!!!!!!!!
Jeff
May 18th, 2010
12:48 am
Here’s the rest of the quote form Mason’s ex-coach that someone left out:
His High School Coach ACTUALLY said something quite positive when asked if Murray could play right away:
-if anyone can do it, he’s one who could.
-if I had to go through that situation, he’d be the one to do it with.
Jeff
May 18th, 2010
12:49 am
Oops, that’s Mason’s high school coach quotes above, not Murray, from ajc article a few days ago.
Jeff
May 18th, 2010
12:53 am
Buck Belue thinks Mason’s ready to go.
http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/view-point-is-hutson-509185.html
Why can't UGA win?
May 18th, 2010
1:52 am
With all that SEC money, those great recruits, that great coach, that great campus and that big stadium…why can’t UGA win consistently? The answer is laziness. Lazy fans, lazy students, lazy players, lazy academics…
UGA is like an overfed baby that sleeps all day…fat, dumb, and happy.
No one does more with less than the dawgs.
UGA: the only school that can use “research” money from the state to renovate their basketball facilities…
Jen
May 18th, 2010
5:10 am
Mason should be a solid back up qb and I am more at ease knowing he’s there …just in case.
Murray is the man, was the man…all along.
If he wasn’t at UGA, he would be playing against us @ Fla.
People forget or don’t know Murray was hurt last year and that’s the reason he did not replace Cox.
Murray IS THE MAN!!!!!
reallygroovy7777
May 18th, 2010
6:06 am
reading some of this gives me a major headache hears the deal hes coming not transferring and the season will start unless GOD COMES., and thats not going to happen so.TECH fans get over yourserlves yr team is pathetic.
Bulldog
May 18th, 2010
6:21 am
Buck Belue also thought Willie Martinez didn’t deserve the heat he was getting last year.
Buck is the ultimate UGA cheerleader and the eternal optimist. Sometimes I think all he gets paid for is to say good things about UGA players.
Ricky
May 18th, 2010
7:01 am
Can’t we bring back Joe Cox………………?
Columbus Dawg
May 18th, 2010
7:05 am
Almost everyone I have ever known named Jeff has been pretty stupid.
Cobb Dawg
May 18th, 2010
7:45 am
I watched Mason @ Lassiter and trust me, he is “good” but not “great”. He will be a so-so SEC BACK-UP QB and I would not be surprised to see him transfer after a couple years of riding the pine. Christian LeMay is the real deal and will easily surpass Mason @ UGA. All you fans are getting caught up because Mason had 1 good game and threw several TD’s. As I remember, he got shut down in a lot more games than not. Why do you think no schools were even looking at him until the very end?
Mike
May 18th, 2010
7:48 am
The D said: “..Washaun did the same thing, didn’t get that much hype..”
Are you kidding? Washaun got a tremendous amount of hype throughout the entire region. He was a Parade All-American, SuperPrep All-American, PrepStar All-American, and was the number 9 RB in the country. EVERYBODY expected him to do great things! I just hope he gets better every day. As for Hutson Mason, I believe he is an underrated 3-star QB. He has a great arm and great mobility. As he builds muscle mass, he’ll only become more potent. His height, or lack there of, is something he has no control over. But he makes up for that in other areas. He should be a fine quarterback for the Bulldogs.
Ricky
May 18th, 2010
7:54 am
Hutson seems to throw quite a bit into a crowd, I just wonder how he will fair once the defensive back talent gets better.
Jeff
May 18th, 2010
7:55 am
Oh, I forgot to mention…. I’m Hutson’s dad.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
May 18th, 2010
8:14 am
Washaun one of the best in the SEC? wow, and how bout some false advertisisng here, Mason moving up the depth chart. Lets see there are 3 scholarship QB’s and he is 3rd? So he has moved past the walk on’s, great job.
Dimwit Dawg
May 18th, 2010
8:18 am
I can’t get his name right. Is it Mason Hutson or Hutson Mason? Either way, who in the “F” would give their child a first name like that? Honey…its a baby boy. Shall we name him Jimmy, Bobby, or Tommy? No I have a better idea…..Hutson! Wow….I never ever thought of that name and certainly no one else has either. Hutson it is!!!!!
how2fish
May 18th, 2010
8:24 am
Ok the kid comes in and competes, then next year LeMay comes in and competes and guess what we have 3 QB’s that right now we have NO clue how good they are until real bullets are flying. Anyone telling you that is one will or won’t play is a moron, this is the SEC not the ACC and QB’s get hit and hurt often. So having 3 QB’s to field as needed has to be better than having 1 or 2.
Those games meant nothing to Paul Johnson
May 18th, 2010
8:35 am
“What has Georgia done since 1980?”, a classic quote , from a classic Coach….guess we’ll see in 2010
Ronnie
May 18th, 2010
8:36 am
It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited this year (just
like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to
take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the
SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t
been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.
Sit back and be grateful for the seven or eight wins you’ll get every year.
Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 10-2 or even 11-1 occasionally,
but Florida will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 15 final
ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and
only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.
It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans, like FSU and Ole Miss fans, need
to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.
Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre
coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside
Bulldog Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year
about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many
blue chip high school plays go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching
they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are
far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in
Athens.
Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and
irrelevance.
Joe
May 18th, 2010
8:38 am
Instead of watching Murray highlights, I went back and watched highlights of Joe Cox in HS to make sure I didnt miss anything- since coach Richt seemed to feel so good this time last year about Joe…..
tech to join the SEC?
May 18th, 2010
8:39 am
don’t think so folks….they enjoying qualifying for bowls with a weak ACC schedule….doubt they want to risk ever getting back to a bowl by having to play 7 SEC teams a year….heck they can’t even beat Georgia..much less Florida, Tennessee, Alabama , Lsu , South Carolina, Ole Miss….etc…is Iowa in the SEC..laughing my f***** Arse off!!!!!!
Justa like a Ronnie sang
May 18th, 2010
8:41 am
hey RONNIE are you the same little flagboy nerd that sang “be my little Baby”, or was that “be my little bumble bee” , see ya in athens buggo
how2fish
May 18th, 2010
8:42 am
Ronnie your a moron,I’d be watching very carefully how CUM does when he gets out of rehab before I threw too many rocks at CMR. Fear motivates your comments.you know that the Gators have had a better class of player for much of the last decade and that is coming to an end. Bama, Auburn and UGA are loading up with players like Murray that CUM really wanted..writing is on the wall..maybe not this year but soon..Bama is ahead of you now and the gap for UGA, LSU and auburn is closing..
Big Play Ray
May 18th, 2010
9:20 am
Some of these people act as if what you’ve done in high school games don’t matter. If it doesn’t matter, why are they here, on a blog, saying it doesn’t matter? Hilarious.
Tech Sting
May 18th, 2010
9:28 am
Mason will be the starting QB after 2-3 games—mark it down. Murray doesn’t have it.
Big Play Ray
May 18th, 2010
9:32 am
Mason threw for over 8200 yards and 85 TD’s in 2 years at a school that didn’t have a rich football history. Led Lassiter to 1st regional championship in school history. We need guys who do stuff at their school that break through mental barriers.
Mason set state records for: passing yards (4500+), TD’s (54), Best game yards (550+)
Gatorade Georgia Player of the Year, AJC’s Offensive Player of the Year, MaxPrep’s All-Decade Team, #22 ranked QB by ESPN, Top 7 QB as Parade All-American
Big Play Gay Ray
May 18th, 2010
9:36 am
Did I also mention that I have a man-crush on Hutson Mason? When he puts on that UGA hat he looks just like Charlie Brown and that sooooooooo excites me!
Big Play Ray
May 18th, 2010
9:38 am
I agree, Murray looked bad in Spring, saw him perform at G-Day, no accuracy on long throws, couldn’t score, another terrible interception, and he only completed around 40% of his passes. Mason will be the QB this season.
Big Play Ray
May 18th, 2010
9:49 am
Aaron Murray’s High School won a state championship 2 years before he did, and 1 year after he left. The state championship Plant won in 2008, Murray was injured for 7 games and another QB won those games. Plant has sent a lot of guys to college football, it’s a powerhouse, so you don’t really know how good Murray is, like I said, they won before & after Murray & with all the talent on the team, you don’t know if the reaosn they won was Murray, or just talent.
Lassiter went 12-1 & won it’s 1st regional championship in school history with Mason.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2010
10:23 am
Florida is going to win the SEC again?
They didn’t win it last year and they won’t win it this year. They may not even win the east
Joe
May 18th, 2010
10:28 am
Hey Jeff….what happened after the 12-0???????????????????? Joe Cox had the same record in HIGH SCHOOL…….
Joe
May 18th, 2010
10:31 am
Big Play Ray….high school doesnt matter…its just a indication. Trouble with us is we always talk about how great they were in HS….Stafford…cant even win the east…..Cox….nuff said…..David Green- average in hs and look what he did. High school doesnt matter at all…..what they do now does. I dont get all lathered up about what someone did in hs…..they need to prove it when they get here
Dawglasville
May 18th, 2010
10:34 am
St. Richt – Some of the jokes about Richt are funny. The “spray on tan” and the “Helen Hunt look alike” lines were clever. Kudos to the original authors. Why is it cool to joke about the man’s faith?
Big Play Ray
May 18th, 2010
10:49 am
Joe,
If Mark Richt took your lousy advice, he would only offer scholarships to brand new QB’s with no past track record. Yeah, whatever.
Is Mason guaranteed to turn into a superstar? No. But considering Mark Richt’s track record, there’s a really, really, really, really good chance he’ll do well.
I’ll go with the best QB developer in college football’s talent evaluation skills over some Anti-Georgia blogger.
Joe, how many heisman QB’s have you coached so far?
Jimmy
May 18th, 2010
10:50 am
I agree w/ Richt’s opinion on expansion. I hope we never get a super conference. Like Richt says, if you get a 16 team conference you won’t get to play everybody. It would be like two seperate conferences.
If you have two eight team divisions, you would play only one team from the opposite division each year(while playing the other seven teams from your division for a total of eight conference games). Even if you played nine conference games(like the Pac10) you would play only two teams from the opposite division each year. That would take what, almost an entire decade to play each team in your conference at least once??
I know money is driving this expansion, but it totally disgusts me.
I just hope that Notre Dame gets off their high horse and goes to the Big10 so they can have a conference game. The Pac10 gets maybe Boise St and Utah, or BYU and the rest of the conferences remain the same.
St. Richt
May 18th, 2010
10:53 am
Thanks for the complement, St. Richt, but those weren’t my lines- especially the Helen Hunt thing. I also don’t think I’ve talked about spray on tans but that may well have happened. As for his faith, I’m not joking about it but he does throw it everyone’s face all the time. And his track record in punishing players who’ve been arrested, especially relevant players, is not always indicative of his “holier than thou” attitude. Similar to his mentor Bobby Bowden during his prime Criminole years…
Its a little ironic that you’re disturbed by someone joking about Richt’s faith after reading all of the Georgia bloggers comments on Tim Tebow over the years.
St. Richt
May 18th, 2010
10:56 am
Sorry meant to thank Dawglasville for the complement..
Ron Mexico
May 18th, 2010
10:59 am
Remember when football was just a game…
Ron Mexico
May 18th, 2010
11:01 am
And for the record I have never said one bad thing about Tebows faith, his crying though – completely hilarious!
Warren
May 18th, 2010
11:09 am
One thing’s for sure, any QB on the Georgia roster is better than Florida’s QB John Bentley.
ARdawg
May 18th, 2010
11:16 am
Small Johnson
Still, you have a problem with flawed logic. Shockley was the more talented QB as it relates to Greene. He was faster, a better passer and twice the mobility than Greene. Could Shockley have set the SEC records as did Greene? No. Greene had the playbook down, experience and the ability to execute. Shockley did not. Could Shockley had he not sat on the bench for two years? We’ll never know. What we do know is, Shockley couldn’t earn/win the position for 2 years.
If you think Richt or any coach in the SEC doesn’t want the best, most talented players on the field, leading the team and contributing, you sir, are wrong. They all have a method to the madness as to how they determine which players are the best and on any given Saturday the players you see on the field are what they’ve determined are the best for that day. There is no “forced” into anything. More of a matter of inventory and soldiers in battle.
hammerhead
May 18th, 2010
11:33 am
So happy to see the world is loaded with idiots who never stepped foot on a football field yet take time out of their day to crap on a kid who has worked hard and realized the dream of attending UGA on an athletic scholarship. I suspect many of you make up the 10% of the unemployed and likely unemployable portion of our population.
dawgwalker
May 18th, 2010
11:36 am
dawg fans i’m really disapointed reading all this hog wash about our qb’s.boys we havn’t been doing our homework now have we.disrespecting our current qb in(aaron murray) like that. The most decorated qb in elite 11 history(nationally),voted (mvp) meaning best of the best ,(best leader)and that’s after winning nat’l 7 on 7 contest throwing an estimated 1000 balls plus and he also attended regional camp as a soph( water boy) winning the most accurate competition.When aaron started his highschool career iT was as a junior,yes that was his first start, being he was playing behind an all-american in (robert marve) who broke (tim tebow) state touchdown record of 47 with 48 oh but guess who broke that ,yeah you got it, could it be our current qb (aaron murray) yes 51 touchdowns in the state of fla agruebly the toughest highschool competition in the country and to top that off over 900 yards rushing and 12 more touchdowns he accounted for.Won the state the following year after breaking his leg I beleave 4 th game into the season, they said he was out for the year,wrong again ,his love for the game and gut determination put him back on the field and his highschool got their 2nd championship in 3 years.dawgnation this kids a warrior a fighter and a winner and how soon we forget because of a not so great outing on g-day let’s be patient and not jump the gun with this kid,(mason)(lemay)will get there chance when due, but we got some exiting days ahead with this gunslinger.
gdawginkalamazoo
May 18th, 2010
11:57 am
ButlerDawg, my thoughts exactly. Maybe they had Willie finish out his contract by coaching baseball defense.
Alan
May 18th, 2010
12:11 pm
Murray completed 59% in this 3 spring games for Georgia, 2 TD’s and 3 Int’s, pretty bad Spring for someone that’s supposedly real dominant. The accuracy is fine, but the touchdown production is too low, and the intercepotion to passes thrown ratio is way too high. Looks like Murray was good in High School because of the players around him. He’s just not producing as a college player.
dawgwalker
May 18th, 2010
12:29 pm
(Alan)your not jumping the gun are you, maybe just maybe,being aaron hasn’t played in his first game yet.go back to sleep bonehead i’ve got no patience for folks like you, stop watching football (mud wrestling is your new sport) come on man you can do beter than that.
Alan
May 18th, 2010
12:44 pm
Some of you need to wake up. Murray’s had 3 games so far in the Spring, and laid eggs in all 3. If you want to act like throwing an interception each game is normal/acceptable/expected/good enough/meaningless, I disagree. Let me repeat, 3 games, an interception in each game. 3 games, about 60 passes, 3 interceptions. I guess if you’re a big Joe Cox fan, you like those numbers, I’m tired of QB’s throwing an interception every 20 passes. Either Richt can’t fix the interception problem, or we need a new QB. I’m hoping a new QB will fix it, if not, it’s Joe Cox again in a new jersey.
dawgwalker
May 18th, 2010
1:13 pm
Allan—ok after joe cox I can understand you being upset.He made some bad decisions for a 5th year senior,but your talking about a red shirt freshman big difference in age and talent.wake up and be open minded this kid (murray) is the real deal.
Alan
May 18th, 2010
1:32 pm
What about that makes you think 3 int’s and 2 td’s over 3 games over the last few weeks makes someone “the real deal”? I’m not impressed with that kind of “talent”. No, Murray has NOT shown Georgia fans anything so far to indicate he’s even CLOSE ot being “the real deal”. I don’t care about red shirt whatever. Let the best guy play, age and “potential” is irrelvant, Gray, Mason, a walk on, whoever get sit done.
Alan
May 18th, 2010
1:45 pm
If Murray panics when blitzed like he did on G-Day and throws picks, defenses will bring it on him like a rolling thunder. The only way to stop defenses from blitzing you is to burn them when they do it. Until then, they’ll keep bringing the heat. Murray’s going to get the heat from South Carolina and Arkansas because he showed he’s not comfortable when you blitz him and he has poor decision making when you get to him. That’s the kind of stuff D Coaches game plan around, “where can we sniff out some turnovers? who’s interception prone? who’s fumble prone?” Murray is going to get the mother lode of all blitz stunts against South Carolina, and just like G-Day, he’ll panic and try to be a hero, and hit the wrong team right in the numbers with picks.
dawgwalker
May 18th, 2010
1:50 pm
it’s called practice,practice ,practice practice thats where you can make mistakes and learn from them,thats why you call it practice,practice makes perfect have you ever heard of that.(cmr) I assume had confidence in cox not to make those bad decision he did as a 5th year senior,but he was wrong,(joe)might have been hurting a little bit though, hell one excuss better than none,I felt all along (murray) would have been the better way to go based on his talent alone.thinking it would have made up for his lack of expericence.
Alan
May 18th, 2010
1:58 pm
Murray’s already had a year of practice. And he still averaged a pick every game this Spring. He needs more time on the bench. Not practice. Then he’ll stop throwing interceptions. You don’t reward interceptions with more playing time. Georgia tried that with Cox, didn’t work. Sit his butt on the bench and give his spot to somebody who doesn’t throw to the wrong team, and he’ll get the message.
Alan
May 18th, 2010
2:01 pm
Practice didn’t work for Joe Cox, Cox had lots of practice. Sometimes, the QB just isn’t a good decision maker when it comes to picks. Practicing, the way Georgia teaches players, hasn’t helped stop peanalties, fumbles or interceptions. You have to EXECUTE in the game, or sit the pine. Since this staff cannot correct mistakes with their teaching style, you have to switch QB’s.
dawgwalker
May 18th, 2010
2:12 pm
(Alan) your new name is bonehead no I mean hardhead, just kidding we’ll be just fine with (murray) now when he leads us to that nat’l championship are you going to be pulling for him,oh no that’s right you can’t,you was that dude that said he should be riding the pine.ole saying, lead horse to water but can’t make it drink.(enjoy your new sport mud wrestling)cause you can’t be pulling for the dawgs nat’l championship is in the near future.. .
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2010
2:39 pm
Why is Aaron Murray considered injury prone, because he had a broken leg? Then most every college football player should be considered injury prone.
pcsjax1
May 18th, 2010
11:35 pm
Let me see if I have it straight? 1. Mettenberg was dismissed. 2. A. Murray was given the number one spot. 3. Logan Gray is all but “alienated”. 4. Three star recruit Hutson “I’m a Dawg Baby” Mason is the backup QB behind injury prone Murray. WOW! Another great situation to be in courtesy of “Middle of the Pack” Mark Richt.