June 3, 2015 · 11:59 AM

Our long quarterbacking nightmare is over/just getting started.

Here comes number four.

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UPDATE:  And the reviews are already rolling in!

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97 responses to “Our long quarterbacking nightmare is over/just getting started.”

  1. Spike
    June 3, 2015 at 12:04 PM

    5, Joe..

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  2. Argondawg
    June 3, 2015 at 12:06 PM

    Shocking. The dude has graduated from Virginia (a great school) and his girlfriend is Miss UGA 2014, literally. So he gets to transfer here, I assume get a masters degree free while hanging out with his super hot girlfriend. We should all be so luck to have that as our purgatory. Oh yeah and maybe play some QB. Rough gig.

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    • Chadwick
      June 3, 2015 at 12:14 PM

      Seriously, sign me up. Hello scout team and grad school and that sweet hot thang. Anyone here really think this guy is truly in the mix to start? I sure as hell don’t.

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    • HVL Dawg
      June 3, 2015 at 12:45 PM

      On Friday he runs the scout team while the other 3 take reps. On Saturdays he gets to stand between the hedges wearing Red & Black. On Saturday night he spends time and his COA stipend with Miss UGA. He’s got it made.

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    • Jack Klompus
      June 3, 2015 at 4:55 PM

      How Georgia is this name?
      Adeline Kenerly

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  3. DC Weez
    June 3, 2015 at 12:07 PM

    As a Dawg and a Wahoo. I am underwhelmed by the addition of Lambert. Is it too late to hope that Braxton comes to his senses and is interested in UGA?

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  4. PTC DAWG
    June 3, 2015 at 12:08 PM

    I see this as nothing but a good thing.

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    • lamontsanford
      June 3, 2015 at 12:22 PM

      I agree…even if it is nothing but gamesmanship. What if they are all sandbagging and know who its going to be already?

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    • Denver94
      June 3, 2015 at 12:59 PM

      Agreed. Something needed fixing on the inside that few on the outside understand. Ramsey just can’t quite muster the support he needs from the coaches or the players. This development was likely far more engineered / premeditated that anyone realizes.

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  5. PTC DAWG
    June 3, 2015 at 12:09 PM

    That Mike guy’s thought above are classy too…sometimes folks should think before they type something.

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    • Senator Blutarsky
      June 3, 2015 at 12:15 PM

      Obviously, you didn’t watch a lot of Virginia football last season.

      I don’t want to blame its mediocrity solely on Lambert, but his fingerprints are definitely on the body.

      Here’s an example – if you look at his situational stats, he completed an impressive 77.8% of his passes on 3rd Down, 4-6 To Go. But only eleven of those 21 completions resulted in first downs. Does that sound like somebody who is aware of how to move the sticks?

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      • Cojones
        June 3, 2015 at 12:33 PM

        While that would explain his yr’s passing % as short passes, there’s gotta be a pony in there somewhere or Richt and Schotty wouldn’t have agreed on him.

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        • Senator Blutarsky
          June 3, 2015 at 12:48 PM

          Not sure what you mean. If they want him strictly for injury insurance and to have another warm body on the depth chart, that’s fine. If they’re seriously considering him as a candidate to start, either Huguenin is right, or Schottenheimer is one of the greatest position coaches in CFB. Which of course leads to the question if he can fix Lambert, why not the ones already on the roster?

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          • Mayor
            June 3, 2015 at 1:22 PM

            Simple. The coaches already know that one of the QBs is going to leave (probably Park) and they need another “camp arm.”

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          • JT (the other one)
            June 4, 2015 at 6:55 AM

            My only question is coaching. London at UVA and his staff are a dumpster fire. I watched Lambert a little, in wins and losses. He has ability, no doubt about it. The question is; is he coachable? If he is then he will most likely be able to overcome some of the negatives. IF (big one) our QB coach can dial him down then he may be surprise some. Good arm strength, 6-5 a little more athletic than some think. He isn’t coming to Georgia to hold a clip board. He could have went to Gainesville and probably started out the gate.
            He is very very smart. Was his gaffe’s due to him not being able to read defenses and has a knack for bad decisions or was it him overreaching and trying to play beyond his ability due to the poor supporting cast around him or was it simply piss poor coaching? OR was it all of it?

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            • Senator Blutarsky
              June 4, 2015 at 7:20 AM

              If Lambert had chosen Florida, he would have found one of the few programs with an even worse offensive line situation than Virginia’s. As you indicate, he’s too smart for that.

              Your assessment of the Virginia offensive staff is accurate. So I do think he’s coming into a better situation here, coachwise. And that’s probably very attractive to him. But he’s got a lot of bad habits to flush out of his system and I really doubt a month of summer practice is enough to do the trick there.

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      • PTC DAWG
        June 3, 2015 at 12:53 PM

        I just don’t see a reason to knock the kid from Va…dude graduated and is moving on. Seems classless to me…just saying.

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      • 3rdandGrantham
        June 3, 2015 at 1:20 PM

        In fairness, he was coached by Mike London and Co. Knowing them, they probably called for 5 yard curl patterns on 4th and 7. Otherwise, its clear to me that the coaches expect at least one QB transfer in the fall.

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        • Argondawg
          June 3, 2015 at 2:44 PM

          I completely agree with you about London. What dumbass says “it wasn’t even close” about his battle between two QBs and ends up with only one scholarship QB on his entire roster. Richt would never treat his kids that way. Lambert deserves a little more common courtesy than that. I am not saying he is better than the kids we have on the team but he does have game experience. How does having him on our roster hurt us?

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          • 3rdandGrantham
            June 3, 2015 at 3:55 PM

            Well, I live here in C’ville and follow the team, and he’s been an utter disaster overall. Nice guy and all, but an otherwise clueless coach who is way in over his head at this level (as mediocre as it is, sadly). I can’t believe he’s lasted this long to be honest. Just a train wreck, and he’s cycled through more assistants than January Jones apparently has with men.

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      • Irwin R. Fletcher
        June 3, 2015 at 4:37 PM

        He completed an impressive 77.8% of his passes on 3rd Down, 4-6 To Go. But only eleven of those 21 completions resulted in first downs. Does that sound like somebody who is aware of how to move the sticks?

        Without any person knowledge…that could also be a sign that you don’t have the protection, skill players, or offensive creativity to get 5 yards.

        I mean..what would tell us more…that he completed only 15 total passes but all for first downs? Or that he threw a couple of interceptions because he was trying to force it pass the sticks?

        I get the point…I’m just saying devil is in the details.

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        • Irwin R. Fletcher
          June 3, 2015 at 4:40 PM

          Virginia QB Greyson Lambert transfers to Georgia. If he beats out the guys already on campus, they are — quite simply — really bad.

          Says the guy who works for an internet site yet doesn’t know how to upload a proper resolution profile pic on Twitter.

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        • Senator Blutarsky
          June 3, 2015 at 5:45 PM

          Or, coming from someone who watched more Virginia football last season than he should have, it could be that he has problems knowing where to put the football.

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  6. AusDawg85
    June 3, 2015 at 12:13 PM

    He’ll help our GPA rating, right?

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  7. Derek
    June 3, 2015 at 12:14 PM

    This is an all around good thing for us. We needed an extra scholarship qb. This gives us a chance to rebuild the position should Eason chase one or more away. I like the fact that he has two years of eligibility left so he’ll provide depth for two seasons.

    Anyone who thinks we saw this guy and thought he was better than what we have needs to explain why we let him go to Virginia in the first place.

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  8. I Wanna Red Cup
    June 3, 2015 at 12:25 PM

    If the UGA girlfriend is true it explains his choice of UGA over FU. Would have to think his chances of meaningful playing time for us are less than at FU given their QB situation. I see this as depth insurance only. I do not see this guy seriously threatening the 3 we have now or the one coming next year. Senator, can he hold for field goals or extra points?

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  9. Cojones
    June 3, 2015 at 12:28 PM

    Maybe we are looking at this all wrong. We need a QB with game experience to help those we have on board who don’t. He could calm the waters when tough situations occur. He can hand off, and, if anyone puts 9 on the line, he won’t panic and the opponent should understand that.

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  10. Twistification
    June 3, 2015 at 12:55 PM

    This is an insurance move for Richt when the inevitable fallout begins once a starter in named. Chances are the kid won’t beat out anyone for the starting position but he will be a stable piece that won’t go anywhere or rock the boat when that kid from Washington arrives.

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  11. adam
    June 3, 2015 at 1:13 PM

    I think someone probably put in their two week notice and we just hired their replacement.

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  12. Granthams replacement
    June 3, 2015 at 1:16 PM

    At least one QB transfers by sept

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  13. Jeff Sanchez
    June 3, 2015 at 1:30 PM

    I want you guys who poo-pood the “UGA doesn’t like Black QBs” perception to remember this.

    We didn’t take the black candidate from Notre Dame who led his team to the MNC, but we DID take the middling staticstical QB from an also-ran ACC school

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  14. dawgdaddy
    June 3, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    Does he have a scholarship or is he on the HOPE? I see folks saying he gets a free education (masters) at UGA but I am not sure we have a scholly to give.

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    • JCDAWG83
      June 3, 2015 at 1:46 PM

      HOPE doesn’t pay for grad school. I don’t know if he will be on scholarship or not. I guess if one of the three leaves like some here predict, one will open up.

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    • Joe Dash (@Dashlok)
      June 3, 2015 at 2:34 PM

      I would assume there are always candidates (walkons) that can be bumped down to Hope coverage from full-ride. I would think that often they are awarded one year scholarships based on availability when the blue chippers can’t all qualify.

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  15. Paint
    June 3, 2015 at 1:46 PM

    A minor win/win; UGA gets, essentially, an extra grad assistant filling the open scout team need worse case, and the young man has the opportunity to compete and learn from a very experienced staff, potentially trading pads for coach shorts in a couple of years…somewhere else.
    -My $.02

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  16. Moe Pritchett
    June 3, 2015 at 2:05 PM

    all this speculation; don’t you just love the suspense!?

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  18. DawgPhan
    June 3, 2015 at 2:17 PM

    meh. we have a scholarship and the coaches want him. glad we made it work. other than that, I probably wont read too much into it. though I am surprised we have a scholarship because I thought that we were a couple over after signing day.

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    • Lrgk9
      June 3, 2015 at 2:20 PM

      Scholly cutoff date down to 85 isn’t till August.

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      • The Dawg abides
        June 3, 2015 at 4:51 PM

        Yep. And we get to carry 86 this year because of the NCAA waiver on UAB transfers. After the transfer of Blake Tibbs and verification that Gary McCrae won’t qualify, we sit at 87 with the addition of Lambert if my numbers are correct. Still waiting on Kirby Choates and Dequan Hawkins to clear.

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  19. Argondawg
    June 3, 2015 at 2:50 PM

    I hate to say this but summer is always the season of idiots. How many did we lose just from the DBs last summer? Somebody is gonna screw up royally this summer. You can damn near set your watch by it.

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    • WF Dawg
      June 3, 2015 at 4:45 PM

      That’s entirely true, but haven’t the past few months of relative quiet been nice? I’m going to enjoy them until the ACCPD blotter tells me otherwise.

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  20. Otto
    June 3, 2015 at 2:52 PM

    Yes this is an addition for depth under the assumption that at least 1 QB transfers by September. As a plus the kid is basically a Grad Assistant boosting his chances of a future in Coaching, and UGA’s knowledge at QB, and he only takes up a scholarship for 2 years. If I were Park I would have been shopping at the end of Spring camp if transferring was on my radar.

    What bothers me is that UGA regularly has depth at QB (the QBs on campus could start at just about any ACC school) However… UGA has not named a Center and only has 2 guys for the job with a true Freshman possibly entering the mix to start… not 3rd string with a likley red shirt. Bama won titles with future ESPN analysts at QB and All American OLs and RBs. UGA seems to wants to move into Bama’s mold. Thankfully in the last recruiting class OL was a priority and hopefully the trend continues.

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    • Mayor
      June 3, 2015 at 3:13 PM

      Good point, Otto. In some ways center is a bigger worry than QB at this point.

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      • Otto
        June 3, 2015 at 4:23 PM

        UGA didn’t score for roughly 2 Quarters after the center was injured in Jacksonville this past year. The center might be the 2nd most critical position on offense, and a top shelf OL will make everyone look better.

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        • Mayor
          June 3, 2015 at 6:51 PM

          Most people don’t appreciate the importance of the center. If the D can stuff the run up the middle and also rush the QB up the middle, not to mention if the center hikes it over the QB’s head in the shotgun, the O has no chance. You have to have a center who can snap the ball accurately and block at the same time or your O is going nowhere, passing or running. That ain’t easy.

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          • Otto
            June 3, 2015 at 9:12 PM

            The Center also can have the responsibility of calling blocking schemes

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            • nightnthebox
              June 4, 2015 at 2:28 PM

              Agreed… But let us remember that Andrews was not your typical center, nor was his role on the offense and the team, as a whole.
              The impact of his loss (especially at THAT moment, in THAT game) was more significant than you would normally expect from the loss of your starting center in other circumstances.

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    • Cojones
      June 3, 2015 at 5:29 PM

      I may be misreading you, but a Grad Assistant is a paid position and he couldn’t have a scholly under those conditions. He could go to school for a grad degree, perhaps, and then become a Grad Assistant.

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  21. DawgBalls
    June 3, 2015 at 3:09 PM

    Man, do I feel bad for Chubb taking all those meaningless hits this year. No QB, WR, or punting game….looking good for Mizzou to 3-Peat….

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  22. Juan
    June 3, 2015 at 3:49 PM

    Park sure would’ve been fun to watch.

    It’s going to be brutal watching him light it up somewhere else.

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    • JCDAWG83
      June 3, 2015 at 4:04 PM

      If he leaves because he can’t win the starting job for us, I won’t be too worried about him lighting it up anywhere else. Everyone knows I’m not Richt’s biggest fan, but even I know he could see if Park was some phenom who was going to win big somewhere.

      I would love to see Park be the dual threat, exciting, game changer qb that led Georgia to a championship but, so far anyway, his numbers in practice don’t really show that happening. I imagine if he does leave, he will show up at a lower tier program and do fairly well.

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      • Otto
        June 3, 2015 at 4:47 PM

        Dual threat QBs just hasn’t been the style at UGA, outside 1 yr with Shockley. Richt did it at FSU but especially under Bobo it hasn’t been the case. Murray was touted as more mobile than Mett but his play after winning the start job would not be classified as a dual threat. Logan Gray was another dual threat that never seemed to be given a chance for that area of his game to shine. I would love to see Bauta (who is my pick) or Park be that guy. I’d love to see some read option installed. I don’t see it happen but who knows with all the changes?

        With all that said I would prefer to run a powerful pro-style run 1st offense such as Bama ’08/’09, clock control, grind it out, mistake free offense. If it is a 1 score game with 7 minutes to go, I want the offense to score and take 6:30 off the clock. In my opinion at the moment, the talent on campus lends itself to more of a dual threat style, and a good coach can adapt to what he has.

        If Park does leave and becomes that guy, good for him. At QB especially a player might be awesome but if he doesn’t fit the system the coach is going to run, it doesn’t matter. If he leaves, I wish him all the success in the world just not against UGA.

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      • Bazooka Joe
        June 4, 2015 at 4:03 PM

        I think if he leaves, he ends up with the ol ball sack and we will see him again….

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  23. John Denver is full of shit...
    June 3, 2015 at 5:57 PM

    While it is nice to see new people share for the sake of the Senator as well as the usual crowd, this post has drawn a Finebaum crowd…Ima hang up and listen.

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  24. Dawg19
    June 3, 2015 at 7:57 PM

    I think one of the reasons Richt did this was to be assured of having an experienced, intelligent, senior quarterback around when Eason comes in. Lambert can help mold Eason and get him game-ready. Sort of a “Crash Davis/Nuke LaLoosh” situation (for lack of a better analogy). Plus, if Eason starts making mistakes in a game, Lambert can come in and calm the waters.

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