Young UGA QB surrounded by experience on offense
Georgia’s starting quarterback has never played in a college game, but the extensive experience around him has Mark Richt notably enthused about the Bulldogs’ offense.
“I’d much rather have that kind of maturity around a young quarterback than a very veteran quarterback surrounded by a bunch of puppies,” Richt told the Greater Atlanta Bulldog Club this week.
Particularly comforting to Richt is the experience on the offensive line, where senior Chris Davis has 37 career collegiate starts, senior Clint Boling 36, junior Ben Jones 23, junior Cordy Glenn 22 and senior Josh Davis 9. That’s a combined 127 starts.
Boling, Jones and Glenn have started since their true freshman seasons and Chris Davis since his redshirt freshman season.
“They played before they should have had to play,” Richt said, “but now they’re mature. They’re so much more ready for these games. They’re bigger; they’re stronger; they’re wiser. They have the confidence to know they can play in any SEC venue and have success. When you’re breaking in a young quarterback, that’s very important.”
Richt also feels good about the experience elsewhere on offense.
He has a senior tandem at fullback in starter Shaun Chapas and backup Fred Munzenmaier. “I can’t think of a better fullback combination in the country,” Richt said.
The tailback tandem is less experienced -– sophomore Washaun Ealey (two starts) and junior Caleb King (five starts) –- but Richt expects them to build on their confidence-inspiring successes of late last season.
“Washaun Ealey a year ago was kind of a chubby kid and didn’t really know what to do; he wasn’t in great condition,” Richt said. “But now he’s in tremendous condition and knows what to do. And we got Caleb King starting the season healthy, and he’s going to make a difference.”
Richt also expressed optimism about the mix of talent and experience at wide receiver, led by junior A.J. Green, and tight end.
Someone else should be comforted by all of this experience: Aaron Murray, the redshirt freshman quarterback who will be playing in his first college game on Sept. 4.
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Jona
July 28th, 2010
2:44 pm
Tron = idiot re-poster.
New day, got anything new?
ryan
July 28th, 2010
2:50 pm
The only ones that don’t respect UGA are these idiots on the AJC you know Paul Johnson and CMR are good friends and Ubran Myer he loved watching Hershal Walker run all over the field like Tebo.
Tech Fan Cooking a Dawg at The Varsity
July 28th, 2010
2:53 pm
Big Earl
Im stating facts too
Do us a favor tell your coaches to take a page from Saban and learn to play your team down and go beat someone down on the field instead of talking a bunch of “we got this going for us crap” and get your butts handed to you by good teams
objective opinion
July 28th, 2010
2:54 pm
Fish Fry…your right but not all the way…Tech ranks 5th in the ACC in terms of academics but that’s not really a bad thing. Look at the schools that make up the ACC….UNC, Duke, Virginia, and Wake Forest are tip top liberal arts schools with top ranked law schools and top ranked medical schools…if GT was in the SEC they would only be second to Vanderbilt. Tech is absolutely one of the finest academic institutions in the nation with top ranked programs in engineering, science, architecture, and surprisingly business. They routinely rank in the top ten of all public institutions and are among the national leaders in research conducted. People from all across the world would not come to Atlanta if Tech was not a world renowned school…who cares what some nimrod from UGA thinks…I have a UGA and Tech degree…give Tech its due respect…they truly are an academic power house…a very valuable asset to the state of Georgia. UGA is important too as they produce the lawyers and other valuable professions that keep our bureaucracy running. The research conducted and the engineers that are produced at GT travel across the country and world…people know what Georgia Tech is…they know a GT grad is likely to be a “bright” person…its kind of ironic that they get more respect outside of the state of Georgia. Both schools are great institutions but GT is world renowned..they all have their important place in our state…with out GT…Georgia truly would be the laughing stock of the nation…engineers are necessary…just like doctors and lawyer…they all serve their place…I dont know why it has to be a contest though. No shame in a degree from either school.
Go lick your B*tthole
July 28th, 2010
2:54 pm
Ryan, please hit yourself over the head with jar full of red panties, you are a moron
Insect Repellent
July 28th, 2010
3:03 pm
Reality Check…what a pus-y you are. Give me a break …who cares what your cousin in Alabama and N. Carolina said..are you kidding me. You have got to be only 10 or 12 years old…Bama fans pointing fingers at UGA?…. we’re laughing at you in the office right now…N. Carolina? when was the last time they won anything in football?…thier best players leave the state every year.
90% of the people on this blog don’t know sh-t about CMR, Tech, Florida or Bama…it’s only thier opinion…and you know what they say about opinions don’t you?… I’m surprised that all the Florida fans aren’t football coaches somewhere…they all sound like they got all the answers. And those Tech fans really sound like children with inferiority complexes toward Georgia. I’d be willing to bet the Florida fans that at least 30% of the players on the gators roster couldn’t get in Georgia if they tried……Urban Liar has them all taking the same classes taught by the same professors that cater to the Florida football team….Florida is a joke as a school and program….and Urban Liar is an insecure idiot. All his coaches bailed out on him this past year after Tebow left because they coundn’t stand to be around him….he’s a pompous ass who takes credit for everyone elses hard work…he has abosolutely no integrity..but most Florida fans can’t see it because they don’t have any either……So Florida fans and Tech fans I’d be leary of the future…cause when Georgia beats your team this year we dawg fans are going to have a field day pounding on your ass…its gonna happen…believe me…its gonna happen….and deep down inside you know it!
ugablows
July 28th, 2010
3:04 pm
Aaron Murray is SHORT, he’s a freaking midget that can’t see over the lineman in big boy football….you fools are gonna be wishing that Joe Cox was back by the middle of the season
ryan
July 28th, 2010
3:05 pm
Tebo got a endorsement with a an underwear company so go and jerk off go and lick your b*tthole. Dude grow up!
Wooglin
July 28th, 2010
3:05 pm
objective opinion, hmmm, you sound like someone I know. You know about “peeps”?
objective opinion
July 28th, 2010
3:07 pm
peeps? Those delicious Easter themed marshmallows! No think you have the wrong person.
DawgNation2010
July 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Uga Blows, You say that Murray is short and can not make it in big boy football. Drew Breeze who is on the Saints who won the super bowl is the same height.
DawginLex
July 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
A bunch of nerd losers from Tech telling me the following:
1.) they know more about football than me
2.) they make more money than me
3.) their footbasll team is better than UGA
NEWSFLASH FOR YOU NERDS
1.) You don’t
2.) You don’t
3.) It’s not
Class dismissed.
Tech Fan Cooking a Dawg at The Varsity
July 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Insect Repellant
Will you give me your dime I have heard the UGA is going to beat FL this year crap so many times
now if I can have your dime I will officially become a millionaire today
Still@theBAR
July 28th, 2010
3:25 pm
Dawginlex is back quick where is P.O.A.D to make dawginLEX start crying like Damon Evans?
Reality Check
July 28th, 2010
3:46 pm
Insect Repellant, you can laugh all you want to, but Alabama and Coach Saban have a clean program, since his first year you do not see multiple arrests at UA like the rogue program in Athens. You UGA fans can bury your head in the sand but everyone else views you as the MiamI Hurricanes from 20 years ago without the championships to back it up. I repeat, I am not a GT fan so quit bashing their program to defect the real truth. Your program is on the decline and will now look at 7-8 wins a year. Nothing wrong with that but it is a shame to win like that without class. UGA has gone down hill since the endzone celebration against UF in 2007. Must be karma or something.
Nanny
July 28th, 2010
3:59 pm
Really, the bottom line is that Richt doesn’t have half the coaching skills of at least three other SEC head coaches. And that makes a huge difference.
Grim Reaper
July 28th, 2010
4:02 pm
Reality Check is 100% correct. UGA has become irrelevant in the world of college football. Even in the world of SEC.
dawgman
July 28th, 2010
4:03 pm
goldwreck is a master of dungeons and dragons
Hardy
July 28th, 2010
4:06 pm
DawginLex is an idiot. And he wears red panties, the frilly kind.
B-ham Dawg
July 28th, 2010
4:06 pm
Reality Check… Have you ever heard of a young man named Mr. Jimmy Johns? I believe he was arrested for selling cocaine to an undercover cop on campus in tuscaloosa. Everyone of your comments today have been shut down you got nothing.
ryan
July 28th, 2010
4:11 pm
Let me give you a history lesson since CMR took over from Jim Donnan UGA has had 10 win 1 loss record we have one 3 SEC championships gone to 3 Sugar Bowls one 2 of them we had only one loosing record and that was last year we have great recruiting classes yes are record is not good agints the Gators yes CMR is on the hot seat we do have a much better team this year.
FedDawg
July 28th, 2010
4:16 pm
Gonna be a lot of eating crow !!! Wait and see….GO DAWGS !!
Mr BulLDawg
July 28th, 2010
4:26 pm
lol
DawginLex
July 28th, 2010
4:28 pm
Hardy har har,
What a moron.
Red panties is all you got?
PTC DAWG
July 28th, 2010
4:36 pm
Damon liked red panties…who doesn’t? LOL
MonticelloDawg
July 28th, 2010
4:39 pm
Criticize UGA for not having a national championship under Richt, for only averaging 10 wins a season, for only having 2 SEC titles in 9 years, for only having six Top Ten finishes in 9 years, but to criticize them as being irrelevant makes no logical sense. If they were irrelevant, rivals would not be on here posting that they are irrelevant. How many people go on Vandy or Duke football sites to be critical of them? I would guess it is very few.
By your very presence on this site, you are giving relevance to the Dogs.
Bulldog Power: 132 SEC titles, National Championships in 8 sports
Tech Fan Cooking a Dawg at The Varsity
July 28th, 2010
4:39 pm
ryan
You have won 2 SEC championships with 3 appearances under Richt
Thanks to FL losing out those 3 times you would have no appearances because you have yet to beat FL the years you have gone to the SEC championship
If you stupid Dawgs dont wake up to reality and realize the importance of beating FL then your no better than Miss ST
But I guess UGA will continue to stick its chest out by beating Tech but look stupid in their own league
Here is a thought just come back to the ACC
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
4:41 pm
my bad….. i didnt realize their was a Uniiversit of Gay Athletics page on here…. i shouldnt be here considering im not a REDNECK or WHITE TRASH or have an IQ below 500. MY BAD. THE YELLOW JACKETS ARE GONNA MAKE UGAS ASSES RED LIKE THEIR NECKS!!
Oh No
July 28th, 2010
4:46 pm
Mark Richt wears flaming red panties.
I’m just sayin’…
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
4:47 pm
WE HAVE ONE OF THE TOP ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN THE NATION YET WE STILL HAVE MORE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THAN U GUYS DO AND WE STILL WHOOPED THAT ASS TWO YEARS AGO!!!!!! AND I DIDNT BECOME A FAN OF GT BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE WAS, I BECAME A FAN OF GT BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE NOT A BUNCH OF STUCK UP ASS HOLES LIKE UGA IS ALWAYS TRYING TO PUT EVERYTHING ON US! DAMN RIGHT IM A YELLOW JACKET!!!! TMFHWG!
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
4:48 pm
MARK RICHT IS A DECENT MAN AND NONE OF YOU REFLECT HIM!! IM SURE HE IS ASHAMED OF ALL OF YOU!
kevin
July 28th, 2010
5:05 pm
jacketbrave,
FYI, the caps lock key is to the immediate right of the “A” key. Unfortunately, there is not an anti-dumba$$ key you could also hit.
B-ham Dawg
July 28th, 2010
5:08 pm
that would be immediate left but i hear ya
kevin
July 28th, 2010
5:08 pm
immediate left.
kevin
July 28th, 2010
5:09 pm
thanks b-ham dawg. been a long day.
Homey Dawg
July 28th, 2010
5:29 pm
Richt owns the ‘Maggots like a pair of underwear.
get real
July 28th, 2010
5:30 pm
All of you people who blame Cox for last year are clueless – his stats were almost as good as Stafford’s and the reason he threw so many picks is because when you’re behind 21 – 0 in the first quarter you more or less have to abandon the run game and start slinging it – lack of defense will cause a QB to throw a lot more than nesessary and set him up for failure – what you should be saying is THANK GOODNESS for Cox last year because if not for him and some of his unreal scoring binges we would have been 5 – 8 and not 8 – 5. CMR took care of the real problem and dumped the defensive waste material. I agree he should have done it sooner – but – at least it is done now. This year will be better – and for all of you who think that UGA is a midpack program or suddenly irrelevant – you obviously don’t know how to read CMR’s record and stats at UGA – he is an ELITE coach any way you look at it. The Dawgs are loaded and ready – bring it on.
Hurricane 33-17
July 28th, 2010
5:30 pm
While yall Techies are obssesed with UGA we will be Beaten that Buzz again. 33-17 How Sweeet it is!
ugag is irrelevant
July 28th, 2010
5:34 pm
only thing of interest coming out of athens is us 441 south
UGA grad working at the Waffle House
July 28th, 2010
5:40 pm
How do you want your hashbrowns???
GatorGal
July 28th, 2010
5:43 pm
University of Gay. That’s funny!
I’ll try to avoid Athens from now on.
Jacksonville will be soooo much fun this year. But then Jacksonville is always fun, stomping the crap out of UGAy.
Hypocrite Mark Richt
July 28th, 2010
5:43 pm
I want my hashbrowns with diced ham.How does my $5 haircut and spray on tan look??? Sweet.
Reality Sets In
July 28th, 2010
5:50 pm
Could we please get back to the original subject – Aaron Murray.
No wait, that’s pretty depressing to think about. Those SEC teams will rip him in two.
T'VILLE DAWG
July 28th, 2010
5:51 pm
Hey nerdcentral you must be playing pacman as you comment on your betters blog, how proud your mom must be.
kevin
July 28th, 2010
5:53 pm
Murray was the # 3 ranked QB recruit in the country 2 years ago and won the QB Elite camp. Those of you criticizing Murray are ignorant and have no idea what you’re talking about.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/25/sp-murray-named-best-of-best-at-elite-11-qb-camp/
Keyman
July 28th, 2010
5:54 pm
Decipher the following encryted message for a free order of hash browns at your local Waffle House:
jrnsie aildt wnqkx ittjl ncrvb mierz mwwua adktn metsf mdurq usxmp
Encrytion key: tango echo
kevin
July 28th, 2010
5:55 pm
Keyman,
I believe that says, “You’re not funny Tech douche. p.s. 30-24″. Can I get my free hash browns now!
CHDawg
July 28th, 2010
5:57 pm
I believe Murray will be the positive surprise of the year in college football, if he stays healthy and the coaches aggressively develop him! My fear is that the staff will try to limit him because we have a good offense around him. Witness the South Carolina game for the last three years. All three years they loaded 7-9 guys in the box (much of the time) and they blitzed us like crazy. They shut down and beat what became the number two team in the country (us) in 07 in Athens (we were 11 at the time, I believe, and we had Moreno and Stafford), and they almost beat us in 08 when we were ranked in the top five. They were pretty effective at shutting down Moreno and Stafford both years. Then in 09, when our staff had little confidence in the rest of the O, we opened it up and went up the field on SC and we lit up the scoreboard. If the staff sits back and tries to run their way through SC, ARK, and MSU, we will likely get stuffed. They are going to have to take it up the field with Murray from day one in my humble opinion.
ryan
July 28th, 2010
6:02 pm
Athens is not gay but its seems like people in FL like to hump Dawgs like man was accused of.
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
6:02 pm
kevin, if im a dumbass at least i know where the caps key is