Murray: ‘If I had a broken leg, I’m going to play in this game’
ATHENS – Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray, held out of practice last week because of a bruised sternum suffered against Auburn, practiced without problem for the second day in a row Tuesday and appears set to start against Georgia Tech.
“I haven’t had any pain in two days,” Murray said Tuesday night. “I feel great throwing the ball. . . . I think I’m ready to play Saturday.”
Earlier Tuesday, coach Mark Richt said: “I think he is going to play.”
Murray, who also suffered a bruised knee and a cut chin against Auburn, said the bruised sternum –- the most significant of the three injuries — occurred early in the game. “I played the majority of the game with it, so . . . I feel like I can play through it if it re-aggravates,” he said.
Murray said he never doubted that he would play against Tech.
“I don’t care if I had a broken leg, I’m going to play in this game,” he said.
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Ga Dawg 97
November 23rd, 2010
10:11 pm
Murray has looked ok because he has the best wide out in college football on the field. AJ will be a top 5 draft pick. Murray just isn’t that good and he is 5-6 as a starter. Hopefully Lemay will be the real deal.
Bama Stan
November 23rd, 2010
10:14 pm
Dawgfan55, key word “Preseason”. LMAO. And the dawgs will be “Preseason” favorites to win more then 5 games!
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
10:14 pm
Come on now, you can’t blame the Florida loss on the defense. Murray threw 3 interceptions in that game & had a disastrous fumble that rolled over 30 yards backwards. That loss was on the offense.
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
10:17 pm
Murray may be tough, smart, and a nice kid, but he chokes in the 3rd down, 4th qrtr & red zone & aganst teams with winning records. He doesn’t execute well when it counts.
All SEC in 2011 for Murray huh? That’s what they said in pre-seaosn 2010. We will see.
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:22 pm
No, actually nobody ever said he was preseason all sec in 2010. who said that? who is “they”?
If he is not a preseason All SEC Qb next year, who will be?
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:24 pm
Funny Bama Stan. Sort of like when you were in here preseason guaranteeing another NC?
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
10:25 pm
How well has Murray played when AJ Green wasn’t on the field to bail him out?
Allen Iverson
November 23rd, 2010
10:25 pm
Preseason? you want to talk about preseason, huh preseason?
Diamond Player
November 23rd, 2010
10:26 pm
You guys should watch Murray’s highlight video, he looked great in High School. True, it couldn’t been because his competition wasn’t good, and his teammates were great, but he does look great then.
Bama Stan
November 23rd, 2010
10:27 pm
AltamahaDawg, Funny, we are 9-2 and have a national title as earlier as LAST year! When was your last one? And what is your record this year? Just get over .500 and then we’ll talk. Loser!
Diamond Player
November 23rd, 2010
10:29 pm
Here’s a highlight video of Murray’s boys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Mmf1VDao0
MontyP
November 23rd, 2010
10:30 pm
I think Marcus is Bobo!
Bama Stan
November 23rd, 2010
10:32 pm
Altamahadawg, watch a Big Boy game on Friday and then try not to humiliate the SEC again(like in Colorado) on Saturday in the JV game.
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:32 pm
UGA has a 90% scoring rate inside the red zone this year. Murray has thrown 13 TD and 1 int. And to think, that’s with him “choking”.
Ga Dawg 97
November 23rd, 2010
10:33 pm
AJs presence makes Murray way better than he really is. He’ll never be more than mediocre. I know a lot of you want to believe more, but…
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
10:34 pm
Nope, I ain’t Bobo, ain’t no fan of Bobo, in fact, Bobo should be fired.
So you folks like highlight videos do ya, how about watching this one of Hutson Mason, all he did was set the state record for yards and td’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pETK_yKC6Ro&feature=related
Alpharetta Dan
November 23rd, 2010
10:35 pm
And Georgia is 5-6 with Murray and that’s with the games best wideout. just sayin.
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
10:37 pm
Murray is 89th in QB completion accuracy in the red zone among all QB’s.
Alpharetta Dan
November 23rd, 2010
10:38 pm
Agreed. Murray sucks!
Eaassyy
November 23rd, 2010
10:38 pm
I wish AM would stop patting the ball so much before he throws. I am surprised he hasn’t fumbled from his excessive tapping/patting right before he starts the throwing motion.
Eaassyy
November 23rd, 2010
10:41 pm
Think of how many more games your Techies would have been competitive in the end if you had a qb that could pass half as good as Murray, Marcus.
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:41 pm
yea, you are right, the only thing WE are playing for this weekend is to beat our in state rival, because we underacheived and couldn’t even win our division.
ManUp...
November 23rd, 2010
10:42 pm
I like an opponent I can respect. Though we create these rivalry charicatures of one another (nerds vs. rednecks, etc.) we all know at the end of the day that the other side has real people on it. Aaron Murray seems to be shaping up to be one of the good ones. He’ll be a fine example for his teammates to follow, hopefully, and a respectable opponent for my Jackets to give their all against. I hope he brings his best (Washington and co. definitely will), and we’ll see who’s showing more progress at these new 3-4 schemes both teams have put in.
Please accept a friendly “To Hell With Georgia” from a dyed-in-the-wool Yellow Jacket. I hope it’s a good game between good people that just so happen to “hate” each other.
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
10:42 pm
Want to see a video highlight of a Hutson Mason pass, that made the ESPN highlights? Mason just has a way of makign every guy on his team look like All-Stars.
Watch this pass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUA9DaYSVuk&feature=related
Eaassyy
November 23rd, 2010
10:44 pm
Alpharetta Dan, three of those losses were without the games best wideout. Your argument is as weak as Tech’s “paper bag” defensive line. Those dudes SUCK. As mediocre as our Oline is this year we are going to literally MOW through Tech’s undersized and weak Dline. Ben Jones will have five pancake blocks by the second quarter.
Mobile Dawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:47 pm
Altamaha, I think that one (10:41) goes over Bama Stans head….He’s probably still re-reading it….
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:47 pm
Are you sure? Are you sure it not 87th, or 92nd?
I’m going to go ahead and go with that scoring deal.
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
10:51 pm
Ya like video highlight reels?
Here’s Georgia’s future QB, the #1 best video I’ve ever seen of any High School QB, see why Christian Lemay is the future of Georgia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0kzh6hGXnQ&feature=related
Pitbull
November 23rd, 2010
10:52 pm
Murray is a damn good Dawg!
sandman053
November 23rd, 2010
10:52 pm
@ Manup… very nice post. I am not so obsessed with Tech to even know the names of their players (other than Nesbitt). I do appreciate the nice comments and please accept my refrain (just as friendly) of To Hell With georgia Tech.
Go Dawgs!
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:55 pm
Mobile, did you see the man called me a loser? So absolute! That’s really just a matter of degrees isn’t it? Like underachieving.
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:56 pm
I think I spelled it right that time.
sandman053
November 23rd, 2010
10:57 pm
lol @ Altamaha, yeah you nailed it that time.
Brewdawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:58 pm
Marcus, take your negativity over to North Ave and put on one those idiotic yellow wigs. You’d fit right in. In about 48 hours, Aaron Murray will have thrown 4 tds for over 300 yds with no interceptions. Hopefully you will then crawl back into your nerd cave.
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:58 pm
I would hope Lemay is the future of UGA. I think that why they offered to pay for his tuition.
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
10:58 pm
Lemay beat Independence High for the first time Indep had lost a game at home in 22 YEARS.
Highlight video part 2, it’s amazin’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G_W0aP0NI0&feature=related
This kid is the rell deal.
Mobile Dawg
November 23rd, 2010
11:01 pm
Altamaha Dawg, just stop it. how are we talking trash to Bama fans. I wasn’t even born in 1980 and right now we have a losing record and are just hoping for a lower tier bowl. They are still top 10 and are still playing for a BCS Bowl. We are losers!
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
11:04 pm
This will be the last game in the regular season Murray ever starts at Georgia.
Mobile Dawg
November 23rd, 2010
11:06 pm
Altamaha, I believe the pot tried to call the kettle black.
Did you hear the one about the ineligible player at Alabama? The Bear decided to give him another shot at the eligibilty test. At the 50 yard line before the game, in front of a full house, he asked the question. Bubba, what is two plus two. Bubba scratches his head a minute and answers, four. The entire stadium erupts in unison, “give him another chance”….
Mobile Dawg
November 23rd, 2010
11:07 pm
11:01, your an imposter….
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
11:10 pm
#1, I ain’t talking trash. I’m just trying to understand the math involved to win that guaranteed second NC in a row, from the greatest team ever put forth on the planet coached by a man who cannot possible ever lose another ball game. Actually it was the UGA fans saying that last part, but still.
#2, you weren’t even born in 1980?
AltamahaDawg
November 23rd, 2010
11:12 pm
( we knew that was not you)
Wes Durham's Gigantic Bottom
November 23rd, 2010
11:13 pm
Murray has the sand to play with a broken leg.
bigdsel
November 23rd, 2010
11:16 pm
Murray is the best QB UGA has seen in a while. I think he will be great. Def better than stafford(accuracy wise) his arm is little weaker than Stafford’s but better than DG’s, Will he pass DG, well see.
Mobile Dawg
November 23rd, 2010
11:18 pm
Alt, do you think Richt sticks with the status quo (coaches) and rolls the dice next year considering there is an interest in employing him at other locations. I will leave you to ponder that and check back in the morning….Good Evening Dawgs….
bigdsel
November 23rd, 2010
11:20 pm
Marcus, Im excited to See Lemay play at UGA too, But he still has to learn the offense and prove he can beat out Murray. I know the G-day game will fun to watch in the spring.
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
11:22 pm
Murray is ranked is completion accuracy:
#84 in the 4th quarter
#89 in the red zone
#74 on 3rd down
If he’s the best Georgia’s seen in a while, no wonder Georgia has had 2 seasons outside the top 25. I’d say he’s the worst QB to ever play at Georgia. Certainly, Murray’s record is the worst under Richt in over 24 seasons.
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
11:23 pm
Lemay will annihilate Murray. Then again, so did Mett, and we saw how that ended.
Marcus
November 23rd, 2010
11:25 pm
Christian Champion Lemay arrives on campus in 37 days. Georgia’s sorrows will soon be over.
MCG DAWG
November 23rd, 2010
11:30 pm
Marcus….smoking some K2 again!