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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383 comments Add your comment
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:16 pm
and considering my mother is deceased, im sure she would love to give a uga fan a holy slap in the face
The Exterminator
July 28th, 2010
11:19 pm
I suspected his family tree did not fork.
The Exterminator
July 28th, 2010
11:19 pm
I suspected his family tree did not fork.
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:21 pm
exterminator remember now 1 out of 2 and 6 out of 6…. and as far as braniass (dickhead for life) goes my family is wealthy and is not living off democrats like you or inbreed our families like u and like UGA does their mascots…. Micheal vick should have went to UGA hes a Dumb*ss, kills dogs, and has been to jail.. yep, meets all qualifications!!
Pitbull
July 28th, 2010
11:22 pm
What are we going to do if our players play sick before the SC game. I mean, can you blame them! Those chickens are going to be flapping their wings MADD! Scaries me to think about it!
The Exterminator
July 28th, 2010
11:23 pm
Such elocution could only be committed by a bug.
8 out of 9.
The Exterminator
July 28th, 2010
11:24 pm
Pitbull, I agree, going to Columbia is the scariest game of the year.
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:24 pm
1 out of 2 and 6 out of 6 and you must be talkin to your grandaughter to because thats all you can apparently say
The Exterminator
July 28th, 2010
11:28 pm
Well, I could say that in light of the fact you are a Tech grad the chances are very good the only girl you have ever kissed is your dead mother. But I won’t.
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:28 pm
proof once again it only takes one yellow jacket to take down two dumb*sses
Gratefuldawghead
July 28th, 2010
11:28 pm
Welcome to the Tech Obsession with the DAWGS Blog!
GO DAWGS!
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:30 pm
my mother died when i was under 1 year old and considering your are a UGA fan chances are you have been to prison and have been f*cked in the *ss
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:31 pm
try again gratefuldawg look at our blog, thats if u can function a computer
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:33 pm
is working 9-5 hard for a puppy?
The Exterminator
July 28th, 2010
11:35 pm
I’m sorry about your mother. Lord knows if she read this blog how incredibly proud she would be of you right now.
Seriously, why are you posting over here? And about girls softball, no less, on an SEC football blog.
Bug.
8 out of 9.
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:37 pm
once again its all you have to say and h*ll yeah shes proud she knows i dont take no sh*t from a loser dog like you
Jesse James
July 28th, 2010
11:37 pm
jacketbrave – How did you earn the last part of your name? I don’t know anything brave about you!
The Exterminator
July 28th, 2010
11:38 pm
Actually, working 9 to 5 is quite enjoyable when you own your own company. How is delivering pizzas?
Jesse James
July 28th, 2010
11:40 pm
Exterminator – jacketbrave doesn’t always deliver pizzas. I just got out of his cab he drives.
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:40 pm
its pretty good considering i designed the pizza place and jesse james ur pretty d*mn brave yourself coming on here to think everything is racist
Jesse James
July 28th, 2010
11:41 pm
Oh by the way he is an Indian!
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:42 pm
i designed that cab you was in too…. how is it to be living in a ghetto jesse?
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:42 pm
wow its funny to see yall become desperate for comebacks
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 28th, 2010
11:43 pm
Roll Turd: Where in Division I did you coach? We didn’t hear much out of BIG BAD BAMA until last year, only one year after you were kicked by a Junior High team. How quickly you forget.
Jesse James
July 28th, 2010
11:44 pm
Who said anything about race? You call yourself a Brave. I was hoping you are an Atlanta Braves fan.
You are the one profiling all us UGA graduates. I
The Exterminator
July 28th, 2010
11:45 pm
Well, I figured he didn’t ALWAYS deliver pizzas; he can only do that when his bicycle works.
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:46 pm
you didnt hear from bama? well last i checked they , along with tech, DOMINATED the sec
Jesse James
July 28th, 2010
11:46 pm
jacketbrave – I still want to know why you call yourself brave. Are you an Indian or do you consider yourself a brave as a Dawg?
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:46 pm
you didnt hear from bama? well last i checked they , along with tech, DOMINATED the sec
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 28th, 2010
11:47 pm
Jackassbrave: I don’t know about “how to function a computer” but them dawgs certainly know how to function them Bunglebees. Idiot.
Jesse James
July 28th, 2010
11:50 pm
Jacketbrave – I know who you are now. You wear one of those yellow wigs and has a letter painted on your chest. You sit in that section they call the RIB SHACK because all you can see are ribs.
Get your tickets now!
July 28th, 2010
11:51 pm
In an effort to fill Bobby Dodd Stadium we will be broadcasting GEORGIA BULLDOG games on our jumbotron!
Atlon Sports
July 28th, 2010
11:52 pm
“Tech will ALWAYS be the SECOND favorite team in thier Own city”
The Exterminator
July 28th, 2010
11:53 pm
“Tech dominated the SEC.” Oh, that’s funny. Hey, I think we just ran for another TD on Tech.
8 out of 9. Enough said. I gotta go to bed. Gotta get up and go to work to help fund the unemployment insurance you collect to pay for whatever it is you’re drinking.
Bug.
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:53 pm
well lets see jesse, since ur a dumbass, TECH is in ATLANTA, so thats may be why i MIGHT like the ATLANTA BRAVES….. AHHHHHH wanna cookie??? and as far as braniass goes his old *ss needs to put on his glasses and read what i said about us being better in everything else and about how we have more conference and national championships in football even though we are a younger college NEED IT IN CAPS???
jacketbrave
July 28th, 2010
11:55 pm
GO GET IN YOUR CRIB EXTERMINATOR cause i own that insurance company . and know ur facts “DUMB*SS” us and bama used to be the only sec champions around H*LL yeah! KNOW YOUR FACTS
Jesse James
July 28th, 2010
11:56 pm
All I know is that UGA owns Tech in Football right now and you could say that for basketball and this is the first year in a long time Tech has handled us in baseball.
Jesse James
July 28th, 2010
11:59 pm
Jacketbrave – Next time you go down to the Ted, how about watch out for Caleb because he is still running all over Atlanta, home of the Number 1 team in the ACC, but Number 2 team in the State.
Jesse James
July 29th, 2010
12:01 am
Boy you accuse me of the race card and you use all that profanity on here. Maybe one day you will grow up.
jacketbrave
July 29th, 2010
12:02 am
THINK AGAIN JESSE WE OWN YALL NEARLY EVERY YEAR AND THEY OWN US?? 30-24 ON A DROPPED PASS THAT WOULD HAVE PRETTY MUCH BROUGHT THE GAME TO US AND UGA WAS 8-5. WE WON IN 2008 AND COUNT ON US WINNING AGAIN THIS YEAR AND GEETIN A PIECE OF THAT RAGGEDY HEDGE UGA FANS PRAISE THAT IM SURE YALLS MASCOT WOULD LOVE TO P*SS ON
jacketbrave
July 29th, 2010
12:04 am
and maybe you will grow a brain and heck yeah im usin them im tired of stupid uga fans always havin somethin to say thats why i came on their page! and i use the race card? lebron was like a runaway slave blah blah blah GET OVER IT
Jesse James
July 29th, 2010
12:05 am
Jacketbrave – we dropped 3 big passes. The game was not as close as the score. You keep saying what if and you will keep losing. Two years ago was the worse defensive effort a UGA team has ever given. That was a fluke win for Tech. Yea come on over to Sanford and see what 92,000 fans look like.
jacketbrave
July 29th, 2010
12:05 am
im a tech fan oh is that racist?
jacketbrave
July 29th, 2010
12:07 am
well i did 2 years ago and it looked like half of them were tech fans and i remember jumping down there to the field… and fluke? CPJ got the guys back in order in the second half
Jesse James
July 29th, 2010
12:09 am
jacketbrave – you accused me at 11:40 of thinking everything is racist. I am not sure I understand your statement.
Jesse James
July 29th, 2010
12:10 am
Yea and Willie Martinez, even though he did a great job this past year lost his job too.
jacketbrave
July 29th, 2010
12:13 am
there are many people who cant stand you bc people cant say anything these days without it being racist im suprised some of these people havent given you a piece of their mind on here
jacketbrave
July 29th, 2010
12:15 am
noone cares about willie martinez Jason Heyward is the bomb! see you probly thought i was racist for the first statement but u realize im not after the second
Jesse James
July 29th, 2010
12:17 am
jacketbrave – Well it is getting late. I have enjoyed the fun and I do look forward to this season and hope UGA and TECH have good years, not just in football but everything else. I get on here and cut the fool, but I realize what a great rivalry we have and both institutions have outstanding coaches leading the way so us fans can pick at each other in fun and enjoy it. At least this is one thing that the media, politics and government can’t ruin for us.
jacketbrave
July 29th, 2010
12:18 am
yeah thats true