I didn’t expect Aaron Murray to be named SEC Offensive Player of the Week – they ought to rename the award in honor of Cam Newton and retire it – but I figured he was a lock for SEC Freshman of the Week.
Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray: He completed 20 of 38 passes for 354 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in Tennessee’s 24-14 win against Kentucky. He threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns in the first half as the Vols established a 14-7 halftime lead.
I see. Murray threw for more touchdowns with zero interceptions and at a higher completion percentage. That halftime lead thing there, though, is dynamite. Too bad Murray couldn’t match… oh, wait.
Just for basic comparison here – Murray’s passer rating against Georgia Tech was 250.86. Going through the list of the top twelve quarterbacks in the conference by rating, Murray’s performance has only been topped twice all season – Stephen Garcia racked up a 268.60 against Troy and Cam Newton (naturally) had a 261.09 rating against UT-Chattanooga.
Tyler Bray’s rating on Saturday worked out to 137.72. There are six starting quarterbacks in the SEC whose average ratings for the season are higher than that.
Get The Picture 
Murray’s season has no doubt been Green-enhanced, but this is what a mediocre quarterback’s stats look like with the benefit of one of the greatest college receivers of all time. UGA is looking pretty good at QB for the foreseeable future.
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I thought for sure that your link was going to go to Joe Cox’s page… Thought wrong.
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Me too! The only reason I clicked on the link to see who it was is because I saw your comment. Too funny. Man, I miss Reggie Ball.
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The tragedy of tragedies of the Richt era is that Calvin signed with Yech. It’s not like Calvin didn’t know. Reggie was ALREADY the QB when he signed.
Calvin was staring at Greene SR season and DJ JR & SR season on one hand and Reggie f’in Ball on the other. What was he thinking?
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He was thinking about pleasin’ his momma.
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that’s just what she said http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/sports/football/26draft.html
http://www.claytravis.net/archive/2008/09/georgia-tech-wide-receiver-calvin.html
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Mediocre people everywhere are deeply insulted at the slur.
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Heh, fair enough 🙂
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I voted Paul Johnson for SEC coach of the week
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Twice.
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Nothing stands in the way of the Derek Dooley Dynasty.
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I was waiting for somebody to catch the Leslie Nielsen tribute. 😉
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RIP
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At least he got to see Priscilla before he left
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Man would I love to see the coaches let Murray cut it loose just once.
He had half as many attempts as Bray.
Let’s see: give Murray another 19 attempts with the same rate of success and you get 542 yards.
Of course, that’s accompanied by the assumption he could duplicate his first half, but still, just damn.
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Who cares? Really, like this is a bonehead award anyway….
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Anybody see Murray’s downfield block? It was a running play (obviously), maybe an end around, and he comes out of nowhere and is trying to lay the wood. My man crush became deeper.
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+1 That was very impressive, and gives you a peek under the jersey if you really doubted it anyway.
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Not just downfield, but like 15-20 yards downfield! The man comes to play!
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I remember E Zeier doing the same thing….head hunting way down field.
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Yeah, but Zeir was never that far downfield.
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Sorry SJ. I saw Zeier throw deep a lot and complete a lot.
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