No, that’s not my temperature right now.
It’s Greyson Lambert’s passer rating from today’s game. It’s the lowest number a Georgia starting QB has posted since, ironically enough, the last time Georgia played in Nashville. That day, of course, was marked by a lack of skill position talent due to a rash of injuries. That was not the case today.
I’d be curious to hear from those of you who were upset with me last week for questioning Lambert’s readiness. Maybe that year in Charlottesville told us more than you thought, eh?
Get The Picture 
Anybody got a number for Park?
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He got better at the end, very disappointing however.
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I’d love to be a fly on the wall in those QB meetings. What the hell is going on? How bad does Ramsey look in practice if this guy beat him out? I wonder what they don’t like about Ramsey? Park transfered way too soon
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Very surprised Ramsey didn’t see action in the second half. No vertical passing game. Hmm. I’m not sold on Lambert or Schottenheimer.
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We haven’t had a vertical passing game since AM left.
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This is what concerns me. All I want is a couple of shots down field.
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YEP
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Be careful what you wish for!
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My thoughts exactly.
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I definitely noticed his wonky mechanics this time around. And his decision making did not leave much to be desired either. As an earlier poster noted, he must really be able to “hand off the hell out of the ball”. Count me concerned.
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I love my Dawgs, butttt, time and time again we don’t have a killer instinct and it showed today. If we don’t find a quarterback we are in trouble, and I don’t think Lambert is it.
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This team goes 7-5 max if the passing game stays like this. Nauseating.
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If they can get him to play for a whole game the way he did after that debacle of an opening drive of the second half, the offense would be fine. But the first 31 minutes of this game were brutal. The only positive thing you might say is that he didn’t turn the ball over, but then there was a dropped pick and his fumble that Georgia recovered.
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As I said in an earlier thread, I pray this is a learning curve and not a pattern.
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As someone who watched all but Lamberts starts at UVA, unfortunately I have to say it’s a pattern.
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Agreed, I am leaning toward the latter. WTH is wrong with Ramsey? Is he throwing 3 pics a practice?
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He looks wildly inaccurate. Missed an easy one badly today. I still might be happy taking my chances with him just ride the lightening.
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The inaccuracy I saw from Lambert was just as apparent but with less promise. At least Ramsey can sling it.
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This is basically how I feel.
Honestly, even if we saw more mistakes from Brice, there seemed to be greater potential for big plays and longer drives if we can actually get first downs through the air. I can’t believe he’s only gotten 1 series in the past two games when we have South Carolina in a week and Bama in 3 weeks. We need to know if #12 is a “gamer” type. Apparently Brice and Lambert are doing equally well in practice (from what the coaches and practices reports say). Lambert looks nervous and uncomfortable in games. I assume he doesn’t look that way in practice. Why not put in Ramsey and see how he does once he gets a few series in a row? Maybe he will really come alive.
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I have to admit that I was bullish on Lambert but not after today. He stared down receivers and evidently doesn’t have the trust of the coaching staff to audible after he ran Chubb into two all out safety blitzes.
Based on what I have seen so far today Tennessee winning the East may not be so far off. We need some offense other than Chubb/Micheal or we are screwed next week.
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Are you watching Kentucky run up and down the field on SC?
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I am, and I am so glad we don’t go over there this year and listen to that dyam rooster crow.
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A different Scar team has taken the field in the 2nd half. They have stepped it up on both sides of the ball.
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BLECH. Only thing worse than the QB play was the officiating. Floyd was held all game long and the phantom personal foul was Hall of Shame worthy. Just blows my mind how it’s now been 2 straight trips up there and it’s been so bad.
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Seriously. they ignored the holds on Floyd all freaking day. The targeting call was not totally questionable but sniffed of home cooking.
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Vandy should NEVER get home cooking. It was a terrible call that should have been reversed.
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You guys are aware that they’ve almost stopped calling holding for like two or three seasons, now, right? Count how many times you see it called in ANY game.
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Questionable special team decisions. No downfield passing game. A poor kicking game. This is the Georgia I know.
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UGA kicking game: 13
Vandy kicking game: 6
That scream, “POOR!!!!” to you?
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2 missed FG’s and a mishandled Kickoff again. Does that look good to you?
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The kickoff was due to an absolutely stupid alignment of the hands team. It wasn’t mishandled. The ball bounced away from where Davis thought it would go.
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Yes, it was a stupid alignment. The entire middle of the field was open. So, that makes it a better play? It was still bad special teams play.
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I still don’t get what happened on the kickoff by Vandy at the end of the game when they recovered the ball.
On replay, we see the receiver, Malcolm, get the ball on the dive and as he rolled upwards, simultaneously, the Vandy player attacked the play and latched onto the ball to complete the roll. After they were separated, both still had both hands wrapped around the ball albeit that Malcolm was stretched over the Vandy player. I saw a tie ball and it always goes, by rule, to the O player, Mitchell. What did I miss about that possession at the end?
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Well at least we can be comforted by our special teams play…
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As noted above, Lambert got better but, also as noted above, he’s got bad mechanics. He reminds me of a friend I had in high school who was (and remains) 6’4″ but couldn’t (and still can’t) dunk on even middle school rims. This makes me wonder if QB development really occurred thanks to Bobo. But, maybe that’s just a kneejerk reaction and Lambert lights up SC for 300 yards and 4 TDs next week. (Not likely.)
Of course, Schottenheimer’s playcalling didn’t help. I thought I was watching an NFL game, circa 1978.
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That’s not fair.
Lambert’s been with the program for two months. He brought bad habits and mechanics with him. How reasonable is it to expect that the coaches could clean all that up in such a short period of time?
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What do you think brought Lambert to the top? Leadership? Game management? I haven’t seen the decision making or accuracy I was expecting.
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Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I wasn’t commenting so much on Lambert, but on whatever’s going on with the QB group as a whole If Lambert really is the best we’ve got, then it looks like we’ve got problems. Please indulge my speculation of how things might be different if Bobo were still here. After a game like today’s, some counter-factual fantasizing is an escape I need.
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To be fair, if Bobo were a magical wizard of QB development and Shotty were incompetent, wouldn’t Brice have easily beaten out Lambert for the QB gig?
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There is reason to be concerned.
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There is reason several well established programs are starting graduate transfer quarterbacks…
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It’s pretty clear from today’s game that he has a number of flaws. No mobility at all, hanging throws, but worst of is the habit of locking on to receivers early in the play. Also, how does a 6’4″ ish QB get so many throws batted down. I’m taking last week into that last bit. It’ll be interesting to see what happens this week but knowing CMR Lambert will be the week 3 starter.
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Senator
I did not jump on the Lambert bandwagon last week and there is no room for any passengers now. Vince Dooley couldn’t believe the lack of imagination in the play calling. No runs wide or toss sweeps until very late and then only a few. The passing game speaks for itself.
We will not beat many good teams ,let alone great teams, with this offense.
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The real question is did he have a terrible first half / bad day or is this the Lambert we should expect to see. I think the coaches trust Lambert to get us in the right plays, not turn the ball over, and make the high percentage throws we need when they’re their. Today he whiffed on the last of those things and showed some mechanical problems and lack of pocket presence. He should’ve been picked off once but wasn’t. Can he correct those mistakes or are we better off with a QB who appears to have the ability to make better throws but looks weaker on the first two requirements?
I’ve got to say over two games now the O-Line hasn’t been as dominant at opening up holes I would’ve liked. The running game is still there but looks much stronger outside the tackles and when we run it enough that eventually the D makes a mistake and one of our running backs from the amazing stable we has takes advantage of it.
The defense played an excellent game. One of the first I can remember in a long time where our defense looked like they could and would win it for us if we needed them too. I question if this means they’ve made a significant improvement or if Vandy’s offense is just that bad. Our Wolfpack just dominated that O-Line.
Time to scout S Car and Tennessee.
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The line hasn’t been dominant because it is 5 (or 6 with the TE) blocking 8-9. The best o line in the NFL couldn’t block that
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Yet, we managed it almost all of last year.
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No. Not really. Teams respected that Mason could at least complete a 10-20 yard pass. Vandy had their safeties 8 yards off the line and the corners crashing on almost every play. If Lambert were a half way competent QB we could have torched them throwing
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C’mon, really?? With Gurley in the backfield they didn’t stack the box for Hutson Mason? You watched the games, right? Even in the second half of the year, it was obvious we were still going to run the ball. YES, we ran the ball very well against defenses that put 7-8 defenders in the box. Period.
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Dude, the o line is doing great. It’s the 13 defenders in the box that’s more of the issue. They were talking about having a good run defense…..yet here we sit with another 200+ rushing day despite zero respect for the pass……
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+1. Just like last year.
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I feel that Ramsey should have gotten a series or two in the second half. If you want an honest assessment of his ability in a game situation , it only makes sense to play him. If he is a solid backup and only a backup, can’t hurt to keep his feet wet with only a series per game. From our pov, sure is disconcerting on on all levels; coaches and players.
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I agree with you regarding Ramsey should have gotten more reps in the second half … but, maybe the coaching staff is leaving Lambert in to try to get him more comfortable. Heck, I don’t really know though. From my perspective, Lambert did not appear comfortable very often today. Some of that could be attributed to Schotty’s play calling. I think we got the full on vanilla game plan again today … including some play calls that didn’t offer the included participants the opportunity to take advantage of their skills (i.e. Please don’t run Marshall between the tackles. Most of us know that doesn’t play to his running style. The only prescription is more windmill!)
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Let’s see if ya’ll can boo as loud as they are in Columbia right now!
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SO GLAD that Bama is still three weeks off….
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I think it’s fair to question the decision to (once again) spend season with a lame-duck first-year starter at QB. That guarantees another start-over season next year. I have been told for two years that we were bursting with young talent at QB. What happened?
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Lambert has two years of eligibility. I’m guessing the coaching staff hopes his performance merits a two year span.
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Sorry, but Lambert is obviously another “holding pattern” QB.
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Yes, but I’m thinking the coaches hope he is a two year holding pattern QB.
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Even more of a buzz kill.
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It was a trick! Thaz why Bobo bailed!
Dammit. He took his crayons with him!
😉
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That’s ok AHD, Schotty brought his 1972 collection of calligraphy pens.
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I’m coming to Lamberts rescue. Chubb straight dropped the first pass & there was some unexpected pretty good Vandy coverage on those other first 7 attempts. Then he got better. Or good enough. I trust Richt on this one, I just do, even tho JC83 will hate on it cuz haters gonna hate.
Also, I remember games as a young lad where sometimes teams UGA played would have holding called against them, but I guess those days are gone.
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If Lambert is our best qb, we are looking at a 7 win season at best. He leaves the pocket when he doesn’t have to, locks onto one receiver, gets happy feet when no one is pressuring him and generally looks uncomfortable any time he is asked to throw the ball.
How have we ended up in this position? Did it never occur to our coaches that Mason would graduate and someone else would have to be the qb? Ramsey has never looked good and the coaches must not have had any confidence in Bauta. We are stuck with an ACC reject that appears to be our best option but it’s readily apparent why he lost the starting job at a weak ACC team. We are hanging our hopes on a true freshman next season, how do you think that’s going to work out?
Combine the qb problems with an OC that thinks running between the tackles into a 9 man front with safety blitzes coming and scoring against real SEC defenses might be close to impossible.
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Richt and Bobo made several bad judgements in QB recruiting over the past several years. Period.
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The LeMay mistake really killed us.
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Just curious, what do you mean by “the LeMay mistake?”
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I took it to mean that they put all their eggs in one basket, then he missed his senior season in hs for getting head in the science lab and never recovered.
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And that’s not all…. rumor has it he wasn’t bright enough to handle the playbook and that, more than anything else led to his riding the pine.
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Ha! I totally disagree w your whole first paragraph. How bout Chubbs drop?
How bout 81’s drop on goal line? How bout his good completions? It wasn’t all horrible & as much as u may dislike it, we did just win a road SEC game.
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You win the Cojones Award for your blog into the Nor’easter of spit here today.
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I thought Lambert looked really good on the toss sweep. And the next play when Sony gashed them up the middle for twenty. Lambert looked real good on the reverse to joystick for another first down… and Lambert looked real good on the bootleg for the first down.
This is not rocket science. It;s calling plays where you put guys in a position to succeed. Schotty is Bobo reincarnate. We will not run another reverse this season and forget about the pass to the fullback in the flat. We already did those this year. 8-4.
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One interesting thing to note last week that no one mentioned was twice Lambert bailed out of the pocket when nothing was open. Both time he had a stone wall and could have stood there forever. Especially the second time rolled into defenders. I didn’t think much about it, but saw it once again today, and then once he stayed in the pocket and held it way too long. He really doesn’t have a pocket presence. Not so sure about the rest (both looked wildly inaccurate at times), except for the one terrible throw where Vandy decided to be Vandy and drop it.
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Oh yeah..,land the stare downs are just head shaking….l
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Although it looks like Lambert bails out of the pocket too early, that has typically been on plays where he has had all day. If nothing is open after 5 seconds, he needs to put himself in a position to be able to throw it away. If he continues to stay in the pocket and the pocket collapses, he stuck with a sack or a dangerous throw. By rule, if he gets outside the tackle box, he can still look down field, but he can also throw it away from everyone as long as it passes the line of scrimmage.
Having said that, I would not be surprised to hear of a re-opened QB competition this week.
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Of all the problems we have, I did not think o line would be one of them. iSure the box is loaded but, could we not at least get a push Aganist the weakest sec team? And Richt and being typical, we are up 24 to 6 and they abandon the pass all together. All most gave this one away , just like so many in the past.
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It is not possible for 5 guys to get a “push” against 8 guys. We have to throw the ball to get some space.
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I feel like I did last week. Very underwhelmed. He gets no respect from a defense and they just tee off on the run game. Brice may not be great, but he’s a threat. A threat is better than a liability.
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Yes, this is how I feel.
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Wrong, Derek. Your memory lasts more than a week. I’m pretty sure of that.
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I expected ULM to be a close game. I expected Vandy to be a lopsided win.
I continue to be wrong But not abut how poor our QB situation Is.
The Dawgs are a really good team except for the QB.(& the OC is a ?).
Still we win against USCe. Hope for the best later regarding the QB.
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Good grief … the Negative Nellies are out tonight. Did anyone see how well the defense played? We also played an SEC opponent as opposed to the “Best Team Ever” on the Plains who should have lost to an FCS opponent today.
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I don’t think anyone has many complaints about the defense. If you don’t have concerns about our offense, you didn’t watch the game. 14 of our points came from a punt return and an int return. Our offense, the most productive offense in the SEC last season that returned 9 players, managed 17 points against Vandy. We weren’t facing Bama’s defense.
If you don’t have concerns about the play calling and the qb play, you haven’t been paying attention.
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And if u can’t see any positives AT ALL, what does that make u?
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I don’t know where you got that but if you liked the offense today you are really easy to please.
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There were dropped balls that cud/shud have been caught. There were instrumental completions to Blaz. There was a qb run for a TD. Not all bad. I know u hate Richt, but the man knows qb’s – and he’s playin the best one he’s got. And it wasn’t all bad.
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The best one he’s got? Why doesn’t he have a better one? Is that not his expertise? It sure isn’t defense.
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Nate, I don’t think JC is suggesting ‘all is bad’. Some good things happened today. But you can’t feel completely good about taking that kind of offensive play into a SCar or Bama game. Right?
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Oh I don’t feel completely good I jus think that guy hates Richt/UGA to be honest. And for the Dude – yes it’s the best he’s got. Recruits don’t pan out ALL the time. Thems the breaks.
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Turns out its hard to recruit a 4-5 star QB every year and convince them to wait behind other 4-5 star QBs. Who knew?
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Maybe he could try recruiting one every other year and ask him to wait one year, then he could get a good three years out of a qb? Or, maybe he could groom one to start with three years of eligibility and not be in a constant qb revolving door situation? It seems like a guy paid millions should know how to solve the problem. Other programs don’t seem to have first year qbs three years in a row.
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You mea like AL, AU or LSU?
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He did. LeMay was a bust, Ramsey isn’t ready, and Park transferred/ didn’t win the job. All three of those were highly recruited. What more do you want?
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I don’t hate Richt, he’s a great guy, he’s not a real good top tier football coach. I guess I expect too much for $4 million a year. I’d think someone paid that much should do a better job of having a qb ready to play or at least have a good option. It’s not like the starter got hurt and he was stuck with Lambert and Ramsey. He has known the day was coming when Murray and Mason would be gone and apparently, he hadn’t done any sort of planning on what to do since he had to rely on a qb who couldn’t keep the starting job at a mediocre ACC program transferring in. Richt is supposed to be some sort of qb genius, I’m not seeing it.
Next season, more than likely, we’ll start our third qb in three years and we’ll be relying on a true freshman to play qb in the SEC. If you go back to 2013, we will have 4 qbs in 4 years, not exactly great planning. We’ll also lose most of our offensive line next season so we’ll have a new offensive line and a true freshman qb. I guess that will set up the excuses for why we don’t win a championship in 2016.
I don’t hate Richt at all, but I don’t want him to be coach for life because he’s such a good man. He’s paid to win football games and he wins some, but he doesn’t win the ones that count and he loses too many he has no business losing.
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Do you think it’s possible he really thought Ramsey would step up? Everything we saw leading up the summer suggested he expected maturation in the process, and the kid certainly appears to have the tools. What happens when you’ve lead the horse to water but it won’t drink?
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You had better look at the pay scales of all the other Head Coaches before remarking how the money he’s paid has anything to do with obligations about player play on the field.
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Well said, Cojones.
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I have concerns about the 1st half play calling and QB play. We also missed 2 field goals. It was ugly, but it was a win.
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Auburn being horribly overrated doesn’t make Georgia’s QB any better. The team is talented and good and could win the SEC with even halfway decent QB play. So far, it’s been bad.
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Defense saved us today yes. But playing the big boys we are going to need a lot more than defense to save us! there is no negativity on this blog, just people calling it as they see it.
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Uh, those are NOT mutually exclusive.
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Lambert played better in the 2nd half in my opinion, but he was awful in the 1st half.
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I take solace in that Oklahoma QB who threw two pics and still pulled off the win against the pre season SEC East leaders 😉
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Brick by brick – built by moral victories 🙂
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Well, this was an actual victory but maybe that doesn’t matter.
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I agree with you, Pat. Definitely feels like our fans are acting like we lost.
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Man that Oke #3 receiver is a heck of a player. Shame Sargent butch didn’t pull that one out…
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Really, it made me really happy.
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Me too 84..
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I need to adjust my snarkometer!
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Tennessee fizzled; UK is en route to a similar fate.
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Honestly, I don’t remember feeling this bad about the QB situation in many years. Where is Joe Cox or JT III?
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Saw the game on the radio ( don’t do TV no moe). Guess my only question is how bad can Ramsey be in that he can’t beat out Lambert?
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Batau must be horrific.
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Your spelling is horrific
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That aside, I’d wouldn’t mind seeing Faton Bauta get a meaningful snap. i
I suspect he is NOT horrific.
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I concur. How much worse could he possibly be than the top 2 clowns?
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Remember when we all felt that way about Logan Gray when Cox was starting? We were so wrong.
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Nice job.. calling our options at qb “clowns”. I imagine you are damn near perfect in every aspect of your job, huh?
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Stupid comment of yours. Apparently the only ones who are allowed to criticize are those who are perfect. Absurd. We’ll throw you in the clown car with Lambert and Ramsey.
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You’re Chubby between the ears also.
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USCe tried to go for 2 after TD to tie the game … fumbled and KY takes it to the house for a 26-22 lead with 8 mins remaining. #VisorToss
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Hate to say it but I’ve been saying all summer that I was worried about QB and we might be in serious trouble at the position. Some have said : big deal, all he has to do is hand the ball to Chubb. That just won’t work against half way decent defenses. Our offense should have been able to create mis matches all over the field today. I wonder how many points Spurrier would have scored with our team against Vandy today. I bet in the 40’s. I am really missing Bobo. Defense did their job today, thank God. Man, really starting to ramble. Time for bed.
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Pick up that visor, Spurrier.
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Defense did great. Jenkins played out of this league good! Best game I remember him having ever. Chubb was Chubb, not sure what else to say about him. Michel was as good as any starting SEC back. The line did decent, as well as can be expected with 8 to 9 in the box.
The play calling was questionable. Staying vanilla because you think you should beat Vandy could be part of that or it could be because the QBs can not handle more is yet to be seen.
The QB play is not comforting. I do not want to talk about Lambert because he is a Dawg so I will be quite about anything specific on him. The Wrs still do not seem to be able to get separation and had drops that I didn’t expect to see but when you only get 12 pass plays a half it is hard to stay sharp, so I don’t completely feel the drops should be on them, the separation on the other hand. I saw several times the wr on the far side from the sideline raising his hand like he did not know the play call, hope it is a run was my thought.
Unless something changes, and quick, this will be another season that everyone will look back and say “what could have been.”
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If the qb play and the play calling from our NFL offensive coordinator doesn’t get better, we could easily have 5 losses this season. The play calling was completely devoid of any imagination. We passed in passing situations and ran into 8 and 9 man fronts on all other plays.
We scored 17 points on offense against Vandy! The coach loving disneys need to let that sink in for a little while. Without the int return td and the punt return td, we win by 3 against Vandy. Our offense was fairly pathetic today.
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How much of the play calling was because it was still Vandy? I don’t know but at some point I expect more.
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I’ll admit that I have only scant evidence but neither Lambert or Ramsey seems like a winner. Bauta seems like one of those guys who will find a way to win; feet, arms, whatever it takes.
I doubt if he gets a chance barring one or more injuries but, if this season goes like I’m afraid it will, he may be the guy to salvage what is left of our season.
Hope I’m wrong.
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Congratulations. He played down to your expectations.
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Today, I saw a QB with no redeeming on-field qualities. Ramsey must be a difficult kid if he didn’t get any more playing time than that because I refuse to believe he can be a worse QB. Lambert didn’t even come close to consistently showing the intelligence or accuracy usually associated with game managers.
Maybe he’ll magically do something other than what he’s done here and at Virginia. I hope so because it seems that we’re intent on riding him. And here I was worried about him only being a game manger and us only having 9-10 wins.
As for Schottenheimer….I don’t know. He certainly has vanilla covered through 2 games.
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Perhaps #11 is a gun shy bird dog from last year at Virginia- his play is timid at best. #12 must deep in the dawg house not to warrant more playing time. Historically we do not play well at Vanderbilt. Richt has to be troubled about our QB play – but we are 2 and 0 and playing SC this week – even our defense – which played well at times – has problems at outside containment- so overall a work in progress with rooms of improvement.
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I have heard, as others may have, that Ramsey has an attitude. Like he expected to get the job and deserves the job. Well, maybe so, but given what I saw with Lambert, it looks like we need to coach up his attitude and let him play. Bigger picture issue? Schottenheimer’s play calling is anemic. Non creative. Reminded me of Bobo on a bad day. Geez, not again….
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In your call for Ramsey to replace Lambert, why do you overlook the obviousness of poor play by Ramsey? Hell, Ramsey missed the receiver by 4 ft yesterday and the guy was open.
and for all of you who want to hold last year’s play over Lambert’s head, why doesn’t your memory go back a year where Ramsey was beaten out by Noodle and on his first chance, threw an interception?
We don’t see either player in practice where the coaches decide, so everyone should stop looking and sounding like FU fans. Is it too late to fly the troll flag?
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We don’t have a QB. Sad truth.
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“Eh?” Come on man, are we going to engage in serious discussion or just whip out junk out on the table and see whose is bigger?
Putting the smart ass-ery aside, this whole debate is about whether we are screwed at QB based on Lambert being named starter considering his last performance at UVA. That was your concern, right? I would be lying if I said the QB play yesterday didn’t raise concerns for me. There is no question Lambert struggled out of the gate in his first road SEC start and IIRC Ramsey missed on a couple of throws. BUT, it was a small sample size, and Lambert did improve over the game and made some nice throws late. After his rocky start (0-7?), what did he finish, like 11-14? Just a month ago, he joined a brand new team with brand new teammates, who they themselves are experiencing changes with a new OC. What stood out to me was his discomfort in the pocket, which could be attributed to the transition or just his natural tendency. Remains to be seen. But if he gains comfort with time and learns to trust his new line and the play action, he will be much much better. It also seemed like he either locked into primary WR or decided to dump off before snap, which is coachable. That may be the area where I share your concern. Time is not on our side there. What he has not done so far through two games is throw a bunch of INTs, which is something his well noted experience at UVA tells us he’s prone to do. As for Ramsey, he came in and made two pretty throws right out of the gate. I think u e’s got a super high ceiling if it ever clicks.
So, I contend it is still to early to tell whether we are screwed at QB (and even then it is a relative concern given the running game and defense), but I still believe we can get enough from the position to get us to Atlanta and further. I’m not going to let Greyson’s rocky start in his first road SEC game dissuade me from believing that just yet.
All the best, Senator. I hope we can continue to engage in respectful and substantive debate on this matter. Or I hope the matter just goes away altogether.
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I have been amused all along at how those of you who took offense at my misgivings seem to think it’s something personal on my part. All I’ve tried to do – and please go back and read my posts on Lambert, as well as my response to pointed comments – is to tamp down the enthusiasm and the blind belief that Lambert’s season as the Virginia starter didn’t mean anything. The idea that a quarterback who lost the starting job at one school in the spring can walk into a situation and function at a high level as the starter in a program he joined in late July is unrealistic.
So, no, for me, the issue isn’t whether Georgia is screwed at QB. It’s how long it’s going to take Richt and Schottenheimer to break Lambert of his shortcomings. A lot of what I saw that was wrong yesterday is coachable. But there’s no question they’re in a race against the clock.
As for the smart-assery, sorry, but for some here, it’s been earned.
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We used to play Vandy later in the season. Bama and Auburn got the Dores early, before the Dores’ lack of quality depth turned them back into the doormats we got.
Now WE got Vandy early. I liked the old way better.
I’m pretty sure I lack the experience evaluating quarterbacks at this level to make any rational judgements about the technical aspects of Lambert’s play early in the game.
But that can’t stop me from a little good-natured poking at folks who feel they do have the experience and expertise. Its my job.
Bluto is damn sure right about one thing.
Whatever miracles Richt and Schottenheimer can perform on Slo Hand, they got about four days to do them.
It was not a good day for quarterbacks in the ole SEC.
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Great post, Puff.
And who in hell are you calling a smart-ass, Senator? 🙂
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Those million dollar asst. coaches….. That 4 million dollar coach… Now we’re getting some where! It’s all about the $$$$ at UGA! Let me remember one of the bright young assistants in the country, Coach BoBo. He never made a million because we were so cheap! I’m shocked that our bargain basement football squad is playing as well as they are! The poor training table and lack of IPF are finally starting to take a toll! All we need is one decent screen pass and one killer draw amd our point total would be right at last years! Stop moaning! Get to Sanford early next Sat. because we all need to put in a full day to achieve our goal against SC!
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I apologized on Twitter and I do so here. If he’s our best we are screwed.
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The offensive scheme was offensive. That was the biggest problem.
Kudos to CJP and a Junkyard Defense, though!
CMR still believes he can win by playing a relaxed and low emotional hand.
No killer instinct and an uninspired game plan on offense and a piss poor performance by a transfer QB.
I’m ALMOST ready to say…”everything JCDawg83 has ever said”.
First play of game…hand off to Chubb..stuffed. No shit. It’s one of the biggest opportunities you have to take advantage of a defense and you play right into their hands.
On Bryce’s series..late in half…he’s moving the ball pretty good and then goes deep and incomplete. End of drive.
After Chubb’s beautiful long run in the first qtr…the offense lines up and hands it to him again. Stuffed because he was winded.
Heisman trophy candidate standing on the sidelines with a first and ten on the ten..But CMR can celebrate that we got the three points!!
I thought the play calling and the decision to stick with Lambert were stupid. Period. I miss Bobo.
If we shit the bed against SOS, I’m getting on JCDawg83’s train.
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Bobo’s high powered CSU offense put up 20 points and lost in OT to an underwhelming Minnesota team.
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He’s coaching CSU, and Minnesota is pretty good defensively based on early returns. They just held TCU, who’s going to average well over 40, to 23 in week 1. I don’t know how successful he’ll ultimately be as a head coach, but so far he seems to be doing okay.
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Are you some kind of Bozo? Oh….you are, aren’t you?
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Having had the night to sleep on it, I think we saw the convergence of two of College footballs basic premises: Your most improvement comes between weeks one and two AND regression to the mean. If that is true, Lambert had the most improvement we will see and regressed to his mean after 3 years of playing. If that is true all hope is lost. And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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As far as playing vanilla and hiding stuff from the old ball sack can’t see that excuse. Old ball sack knows exactly what a CMR coached team is going to do.
All is good the savior will be here in January so wait until next year for the 2 years away excuse once again
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Yep, you are a Bozo, except the clown is smarter.
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Senator I don’t think most of us have a problem with what you’ve posted on the ab situation. It’s concerning for sure. What I’m not amused by but certainly not surprised by is the panic and chicken little screaming that is so prevalent. I agree there is legitimate concern. But I think those who decided to beat the rush on freaking out and pronouncing the season a lost cause do so at the risk of looking foolish later. I do believe things are going to get better. Whether it is Ramsey or Lambert I don’t know. I am willing to bet if Lambert continues on course and doesn’t become at least not a liability Ramsey will be our starter. My real concern is it will take a loss that didn’t have to be a loss that makes that happen. Richt tends to be slow to make those kinds of decisions and I hope he doesn’t need a loss to prompt him.
What makes me roll my eyes is the drama queens screaming about Schottenheimer. I get the feeling they’ve been just waiting for the opportunity. How has the play calling been noticeably different thus far? It hasn’t. As for running Chubb and company into blitzes, that’s on he qb. Lambert can check out of those or change protections. The thing is, if you were paying attention earlier this week, everyone who has scouted Vandy described them as having a tough front seven with Mason being very aggressive about run blitzing and loading the box. What do you know? That’s exactly what we got. The offensive line is good. An NFL line won’t continuously dominate what we faced yesterday. The qb situation will have to get better and it will. How much? With who under center? Who knows. But some of this all is lost stuff is premature even if it isn’t surprising. I get the feeling some of you guys just enjoy it.
Also, you know when you can stop reading a person’s comment? When they start bitching about play calling, these are the same people who bitched about Bobo, and when they start fussing about the qb “locking onto his receivers.” That’s Latin for, “I don’t know why the hell is talking about but I like to bitch so I’m going to repeat what I heard some me one else say.”
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Amen and +100
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You betcha, Cooler Mike.
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