What do these numbers have in common?
- 220.37
- 98.78
- 246.48
- 278.64
- 63.44
Why, they’re Greyson Lambert’s 2015 game by game passer ratings.
A couple of quick notes in passing… first, yesterday’s number is worse than any number Lambert posted as the Virginia starter last season. So, again, maybe everything about his performance can’t be explained by context.
Second, those wild swings aren’t totally unprecedented. Aaron Murray and Joe Cox both had seasons where they posted two sub-100 passer ratings. That being said, Murray and Cox didn’t have more than two of those clunkers in a year. I’m not so sure Lambert’s used up his quota.
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He seems unsure to throw it unless he knows the receiver is open. Doesn’t have confidence to throw it to a spot and let receiver do his job, or to throw the receiver open. Aaron Murray’s strength. Joe Cox didn’t care; he’d let fly. Hutson Mason seldom threw long enough that it mattered.
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Good comment, HS
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When we were down 24-3 and I knew we didn’t have AM back there, I knew the game was over.
I hated feeling like that toward our QB, and I don’t know how a guy like Richt and Bobo let it get this bad at that position.
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I’ll take a shot at that. We recruited Christian LeMay, who proceeded to miss his senior season for being a knucklehead. For all of the Bauta love here, I never thought he would still be a quarterback at this point in his time in Athens. I thought he would be a tight end or inside linebacker. Ramsey just seems not to understand or want to work hard enough to be a Stafford/Murray type of QB. Park was the athletic version of Ramsey. Hopefully, Eason will become that guy.
We missed on Watson, and I will blame Bobo for that.
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Then what you’re saying is they need to do a better job of recruiting the right players.
You can’t always blame the coach for players not panning out, but at a position like QB, with a coach who was a QB, there should be better consistency at having someone ready every year. This has been an issue throughout Richt’s time–when we have poor or too-young QBs we’ve had our worst years in his tenure (2002, 2006, 2009, 2010).
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David Greene was offensive player of the year in 2002. I think that was probably a typo. If you’re talking about 2001, it’s hard to blame that on Richt since it was his first year. In 2006, Stafford was going to be the guy, and Richt should have never started JT3 in the UT game after his injury. In 2009, we weren’t going to play Murray and burn his redshirt and Mett clearly wasn’t ready. In 2010, Murray was the best option given that Mett had been kicked off the team by that time. Richt even said Murray outplayed and out worked Mett. Losing AJ for 4 games didn’t hep matters either.
It’s damn hard to recruit a QB where you have an experienced player ready at the position every year. No elite QBs came to Georgia while Greene and Shockley were there. Stafford committed after both were gone. Murray came to Georgia because Stafford was gone. Everyone thought Ramsey would be the guy when Murray and Mason were gone. These guys want playing time and not to sit for 3 years to wait their turn.
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+1 Pretty good and accurate summation. Frankly, I think Lemay was a bust from the start…maybe just that long neck but he never looked comfortable in the position during the few snaps he played. Letting Park go may have been a mistake for both UGA and him, but he had his chance.
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AD85, LeMay was a bust because he didn’t play 4 years of high school ball as a result of being suspended from Charlotte Butler before his senior year (I think he was an Elite 11 and would have been a 5-star). He finished his high school studies that fall at a school that didn’t play football and then signed early. It was like he completely lost his feel for the game.
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You are right. He was an Elite 11 and 5 star.
We recruited an in demand QB every year. Shockley was an elite recruit. Blake Barnes was an Elite 11. Joe Cox was an Elite 11. Stafford was in the top 3 with the Arkansas kid and Tebow. Logan Gray was an Elite 11. Aaron Murray was a great one. Mettenberger is in the NFL. LeMay was a big time recruit. Florida and Alabama offered Brice Ramsey.
Some make the step up from high school star to SEC star. Some get buried in the depth chart. But anyone who remembers our QB recruiting knows we have signed guys who were HS stars and in demand recruits.
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I would make an exception for #26. Lambert seems comfortable throwing Mitchell open but I haven’t seen him throw it to anyone else that way.
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Same was true of Mason last year. I would blame it on coaching, but we certainly see no hesitating from #12, even when it’s warranted.
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Senator, we know you’ve seen a lot more of Lambert than any of us have. I get that you’re going to remind us of his limitations at every opportunity. What’s the solution at this point?
He played poorly. The offensive line gave the offense no threat of balance and play action with the running game. The receivers other than MM couldn’t get separation. Bama’s defense is excellent.
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Disagree with you about your separation comment. I saw Godwin get open several times downfield yesterday, only to be ignored by his quarterback.
Only solution there is to hope that time breaks Lambert of the bad habits that he’s carried with him from Charlottesville. Because it’s pretty clear that Ramsey isn’t a serviceable option.
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That’s a fair statement. I didn’t see Godwin getting separation from my angle, and I’m not a glutton for punishment to watch a replay. I’ll trust your judgment. It was a terrible performance across the board by the offense and somewhat better from the defense. Time to pick up the pieces and move on.
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It seems that Lambert looks to his first option and then to the checkdown. Is that what you saw in Charlottesville? He clearly doesn’t seem to be forcing the ball into coverage in a Coxian kind of way.
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He’s actually improved his reads this season.
What I saw yesterday that bothered me the most is that he has a hard time looking past Mitchell right now. ‘Bama controlled Georgia on the ground and worked hard to deny Lambert the easy throws that were there against SC. He seemed flummoxed about that and was clearly not comfortable throwing downfield.
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Good analysis right there, sir. I thought we had a fighting chance up front against the defensive line. When we had trouble opening holes for Chubb and Michel, that sinking feeling hit my stomach big time.
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Agree 100% about controlling our running game and deny the easy throws that worked against SC. But shouldn’t we have known that is what Bama would do and at least try some creative ways to counter it. I am no offensive genius but there had to be something else Lambert would be capable of doing to get the O moving.
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Did you miss the first play of the game? 😉
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Touche’ Senator. I did see the first play. When it happened I jumped up and yelled: “hell yea, it’s on baby! Throw the kitchen sink at these SOB’s.” But after that we seemed to settle into a game plan of going right into the teeth of Bama’s strengths on defense. I still think we have a good shot at a second chance at these bastards in Atlanta. By then I hope we have figured out a way to finesse their D a little bit.
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Great call to open the game. Bad pass to open the game, and unfortunately it just continued. The weather really seemed to bother Lambert, but certainly not Coker. Not sure Ramsey was bothered by it either. I think he just looked like “ready, fire, aim”.
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“He’s actually improved his reads this season.”
Yeah, but how do you know if you can’t see his eyes? 😉
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Would someone give me an honest evaluation of Bauta. I read about his leadership abilities, his knowledge of the playbook, his dedicated film study…et al…and that he was close during the competition pre-season, so what deeps him from getting a shot during games?? Is he worse that the on field products we’ve seen? Is it just coaches’s vanity in not wanting to be proven wrong? What’s wrong with the kid who has been in the system this long??
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I haven’t seen any more of Bauta than anyone else commenting here. All I can really comment on is what I’ve observed from a physical standpoint, which is (1) he doesn’t have the arm strength of either Ramsey or Lambert; and (2) I think some of y’all make more of his running ability than is justified. He’s not particularly fast and he’s not as big as, say, somebody like Tebow, who could run over people.
Besides that, it’s a case of making a square peg in a round hole when you suggest that Georgia should adapt its pro-style offensive scheme around his perceived strengths.
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May as well give #10 a shot. Mason did not have a strong arm either and we have not really used our other QB’s arm strengths in throwing the ball down field other than #12 throwing deep to the opposing team.
Granted arm strength is just not throwing deep but being able to zip the ball inbetween coverages which so far we have not seen much either.
Obviously QB 1 and QB 2 were not getting the job done yesterday so why not make a drastic change. Not saying do it next week unless we find ourselves in the position we were in yesterday nothing to lose either way because something has to change.
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From player comments, it sounds like the kid wants to win, is fearless, and has the leadership qualities that have felt lacking even in our victories. I would just like to see him get a few more snaps other than 4th quarter garbage time w/ the threes where all he’s doing is handing it to Marshall.
I wrote here a few weeks ago this team feels rudderless – perhaps too much to say from a distance – but it is lacking an Ogletree or Murray or even Mason, who I always felt was a competitor. I would trade some talent for some passion at this point.
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That Ramsey threw a hot spiral right into coverage can’t help his ratings, but does seem to confirm what coaches had been saying about him. Would love to know what he & Richt “chatted” about when he got back to the sidelines. Seems like getting Bauta in late in the 4th to have a running qb could have avoided those “slips” when trying to throw, but maybe it was to give Greyson all the playing time he could get, for better or worse.
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Aside from his first throw (which was underthrown), our receivers didn’t help him much. It was the second time we saw a lot of press coverage and like the Vanderbilt game we did not have much success defeating it.
Better technique from our receivers and more zip on the ball is needed.
However after seeing both QBs yesterday, I am convinced GL is still our best option.
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Or, least harmful.
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Looks to me that the best option sat on the bench and only got in the game to hold for Morgan
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I 100% agree with this. The coaches gave Bauta all this love all off season and now he’s not good enough when the other two were hot garbage
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For all “the love” the coaches gave Bauta they put him on the 3rd team. If they “give (him) love” and he is no better than 3rd team behind Lambert and Ramsey the his is not good enough.
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We knew the press coverage would be there; that’s not a surprise. Not having a quarterback who can handle it is the problem. Do y’all remember how Greene abused that press coverage in 04? I know it wasn’t raining, and I know he had experience, but man, I was hoping we’d see something like that again yesterday.
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Good point. It was Greene’s senior year and as a four year starter, he knew what kind of throws to make in those situations.
It is equally important to remember he had Reggie Brown, Fred Gibson, Sean Bailey, Leonard Pope, and BMac who had the size, speed, and/or technique to defeat press coverage.
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Great comment about the receivers. All of those guys were good football players who got at least a chance at the next level.
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Yeah, receivers looked like they were running in slow motion, terrible routes a lot of the time.
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Both UGA Qb’s had either a 0 or 2 QBR.
I thought the offensive strategy was terrible. Should have known they would stick Cyrus on Mitchell. They were ready for Chubb up the middle, except 1 meaningless run against the Bama backups.
Bauta was the right choice for Qb in 2015, now we see why. bama can’t handle Mobile qb’s who can throw.
Bauta should be the starter form here out, IF UGA wants to beat Bama in the SEC Championship.
If Bauta doesn’t start every game from here out, Richt’s going for his patented 10 wins.
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It was pretty meaningless, but it wasn’t against the backups. I saw Cyrus chasing him.
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After yesterday, I’ll take 10 wins.
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10 wins would be great, I got W ‘s vs GSouthern & Auburn & Kentucky. That’s 7 wins. Maybe an 8th vs Missouri. But can Richt win 2 of 3 vs. Florida, GTech, Tenn? I doubt it. Maybe a Bowl win is his 10th win.
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Tech and Tennessee are both bad. Florida looks improved, but if we can get better QB play, we can beat them.
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UF & TN are both ranked in the top 15 on the ESPN FPI.
GT is #22.
They certainly are great teams overall and will be the 3 toughest games remaining, besides Auburn.
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No one cares about weird proprietary rankings, dude. Watch the games.
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My point is why concede a potential repeat loss to Bama should UGA get there?
Make the switch to Bauta IF you’r goal is REALLY to win a Championship.
If all you care about is getting to 9 or 10 wins, and conceding a repeat loss to Bama in the Championship, stick with immobile Qb statues who offer no run threat.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Oh, wait… you were serious about that? What exactly have you seen from Bauta that makes you so confident?
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The better question is why you feel so strongly Lambert and Ramsey with their 0.0 and 2.0 QBR performances are the best options?
bauta has looked good every time I’ve seen him play. Really good. And he’s a mobile Qb. Not a statuesque stone like the other 2 immobile and 0-2 QBR options.
can’t be as bad as a 0.0 or 2.0 QBR, it’s simply not possible to be that inept.
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No, the better question really is why you think the coaches don’t know enough about these three, the system they want to run, and everything else related to football operations, but you, in fact, DO know. That is the question. You’ve been watching all the practices, you’ve seen the playbook, and you can state unequivocally that the third-team guy was “the right choice for Qb (sic) in 2015.”
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Under another moniker here (RubberbandMan), you predicted Lambert would torch Alabama’s secondary.
A genius at analysis, you’re not.
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No fair peeking, Bluto…don’t call him out, his bullshit provides a good laugh trak.
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“If Bauta doesn’t start every game from here out, Richt’s going for his patented 10 wins.”? m
Man, this place is really getting goofy.
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Many were wanting Bauta before this. From what was gathered from the staff Ramsey did not put in the prep work, as shown by the position of the safeties and his INT. Lambert looks great at times but from what the UVa fans said he is streakish or cracks under pressure. Richt has described Bauta as very hard working. The problem with Bauta is he does not fit what UGA typically does, and the staff will not adapt to the talent they are given. A read option would be very dangerous given how much focus defenses put on UGA’s RBs.
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Especially in a game like yesterday. Tide traditionally does not do as well vs a mobile QB. It is a sign of their lack of creativity that they didn’t consider running a couple series with Bauta.
If nothing else, his teammates think Bauta is a gamer, and that sense of fight can take a team a long way. Lambert had wanting to quit written all over his face yesterday – sorry to say that, I don’t like ragging on the players but did not see him even trying to spark the offense and rally his fellow players. He looked like his dad was making him play.
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Ya know, Gl looked bad yesterday, but I am not going to base my opinion of him by what he did at the dumpster fire program at UVA. They had 7 QB’s transfer out.
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He did the same with Vandy. It isn’t just based on UVA.
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But all our goals are still intact! I wonder if Richt is going to say that today. We were beaten much worse by SC in 2012 and that team came closer to a NC than any since 1980. The problem is we have had 4 straight QB’s who have not panned out. The guy from NC, Ramsey, Bauta, and GL. We can be a good team but not elite. When does Eason get here?
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Sorry Gurkha, but our goal of going undefeated is shot to hell.
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I can’t argue with that statement.
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Eason gets here in January.
You’re right about the QBs, though. The last high quality SEC QB we signed was Murray. So, Bobo’s last good QB recruit was in Dec 2008/Jan 2009.
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The savior cometh. Placing the future on a QB who has not played a down of college football let alone SEC FOOTBALL and is still in high school is kinda short sighted.
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I was responding to someone who literally said, “When does Eason get here?”
But, to your point, Florida has a true freshman QB who just killed Ole Miss. Freshmen, especially ones who enroll early, often do make an impact. We don’t have anyone on campus with Eason’s skill set and we haven’t signed a better QB prospect since Matthew Stafford. It’s not unreasonable to be excited.
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Hey did y’all know the Senator doesn’t like Lambert??!!?!?
Jesus. Do you really think sorry ass Ramsey is the better option?
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Juan, I think it is fair to say that, in my opinion, Blutarsky had some concerns about Lambert, based on watching UVA last year, I never got the idea he did not “like” Lambert.
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You make it sound like it’s something personal.
Tell me… are you happy with his performance yesterday?
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If you mean me, what I thought I made clear was that it was not personal.
I never thought it was personal, just that what you saw gave you pause.
The answer to the second part should be obvious, I hope.
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Comment was for Juan…
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Indented or not indented: That is the question.
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I personally resent your indention.
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My indention was to not indent.
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Does that mean I am indentured to you?
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Well our QB sucked alright, but our so called defensive mastermind made a POS FSU reject QB., look like Joe Montana yesterday. I don’t know about the rest of you, but everybody where I was knew after the short punt Kiffin was gonna go deep. If a bunch of TV watchers could see it, why couldn’t Pruitt have a safety deep, to not bite on play action?
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Yea, the TV guys said: “This is when Kiffin likes to go for the throat”. Pruitt is a great recruiter, team builder, not so sure about in game tactics.
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You can see the safety is deep on the long TD pass. Just not deep enough. Kid didn’t handle his responsibility. I’m sure that Pruitt never told the free safety not to let the post pattern get behind him. Yep that’s the ticket. Coaching. Not the fs missing an assignment.
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That’s exactly what I saw, too.
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Pruitt’s d allowed 24 points. Plenty good enough to win.
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Allowing 24 points was not plenty good enough to win. I know that for a fact because incase you didn’t notice: we did not win.
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Yep
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I kinda agree. Nowadays it seems football teams need to score 30+ points every game in order to win. UGA was averaging more than 40 going into that game which was the same average all of last year.
So giving up 24 (on the defensive side) to Bama shouldn’t have lost us that game. Scoring only 10 lost us the game. Throwing a pick 6 lost us the game. Having a punt blocked and returns for a TD lost us the game. And inept QB play and an O line that couldn’t get a push lost us the game.
I’m not saying the D was great but if UGA scores what they average than the game is well in hand.
I was worried about that Bama front 7 all week and even voiced that in the comments here on the blog. I hate being right sometimes…
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I would agree with all of that. Ole Miss scored 43 on Bama. I feel like we didn’t learn much from the film of that game. Or maybe Bama just learned a whole hell of a lot from that film.
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Make that 5 straight QB’s who have not panned out. I forgot about Park.
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Hutson Mason is the only UGA Qb since 2005 who had a winning career records against ranked teams. Cox, Murray, couldn’t consistently beat ranked teams.
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Thomas, why do you change your handle so often?
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UGA got whipped on the line of scrimmage. Period. Everything about yesterday’s game flows from undersigning, thin recruiting on the offensive and defensive lines and keeping dead weight on the S&C staff. The o-line is small not because the coaching staff wants agility. It’s small because recruiting has been below average and the S&C staff has been asleep for years. Same goes for the D-line. This team will have poor match ups against Bama and LSU until they can address the mistakes along the lines made in 2011, 12 and 13.
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Gotta agree. When’s the last time we signed a blue chip OL? And other than Thompson last year, when’s the last time we signed a blue chip DL?
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If you’re paying attention to recruiting, it seems that Rocker and Sale agree with you and are trying to fix things there. Just like McClendon is desperately trying to upgrade our WR talent.
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Theus was a five star, but I think that’s it.
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I just hope he has more 200+ outings than <100 outings left in him
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I think they thought Ramsey was going to be the guy when they recruited him. They found out that’s not the case – and now we all know it for sure, too. Why do you think we scrambled for any QB this offseason? The coaches thought they could build those guys into real QBs, even if they were Coxian or Masonian. It became clear they were wrong, and really, we only needed a one-year stopgap. GL ended up being our best option. At least they could teach him how to manage a game against mediocre defenses. I don’t doubt the coaches have the know-how to teach a QB how to beat a Bama level defense – they’ve done it before – but sometimes that’s an advanced level of training. Frankly, I don’t think any of our current QBs have the talent to be that good. They hoped it would be Ramsey, but clearly it’s not. (and I’m the one begging the coaches to take out Lambert in the 2nd quarter. But once I saw the alternative, it turns out the coaches were actually right on this one. Ramsey is not a starter. I almost feel like they were protecting us from whatever the hell that was at the beginning of the 2nd half.).
On the coaches? Motivation – yeah maybe. Talent development? Think they’re not good enough to teach a guy with an electric arm in the system for three years how to play? That’s on the player, imo. Looking back, no wonder it took Richt so long to name a starter. Do you want to be the guy to tell the media, “yeah, he’s the best we got!”?
We went after Golson too. Think things would be different if we had won that battle?
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Good comments all – I think the reality hit me like a 2×4 upside the head yesterday that we recruited Golston and offered Lambert because there was no confidence in the other 3, and I think the staff knew Park was going to leave the program.
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I honestly don’t understand why it took the doubters this long to understand that Ramsey didn’t have it. The coaches watch these guys every day! They can’t be so stupid as to not know what it will actually take.
GL is a work-in-progress, and he does need to process things more quickly and throw the damn ball. But he did that against SC and I expect he will get better as the year goes on.
Just too bad we didn’t get him earlier on. Or that we didn’t get anyone earlier on that could do the job. Think Bobo knew what he was doing in leaving before this year? Bet you he did.
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I really thought Ramsey was going to step up and be the guy. Great arm, good size, all of the measurables you look at in a QB. I was wrong and will freely admit it.
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I feel the same.
Though, he couldn’t have been put in a worse position yesterday, could he? Down 24-3 in the pouring rain against the best defense in the country with 0 practice time with the starters this week. They knew he had to throw it and we put him in asking him to go make some plays. And then Godwin messes up the route. Not ideal. He looked bad, but that’s a tough spot to come into the game.
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I honestly don’t understand why it took the doubters this long to understand that Ramsey didn’t have it. The coaches watch these guys every day! They can’t be so stupid as to not know what it will actually take.
Oh, yes…yes they can.
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No, no they can’t. Don’t be irrational just because you can be.
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I took your comment about stupidity to be about the doubters, not the coaches. So yes, the doubters can be that stupid in the face of all information to the contrary.
The misunderstanding here may be to my not getting the indent of your indentions. 😀
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I like Faton Bauta from here out. We’ll see if Richt has the brains to see it. No way we win the SEC with Lambert or Ramsey.
Schedule looks scary from here out with Ramsey or Lambert.
Tenn, Missouri, Florida, Kentucky, Auburn and GTech could be 4 to 5 more losses.
Should Richt survive if he manages a 7-5 season? I’m not sure.
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We run a pro style offense and the only way to make that train go is to have an absolute stud at QB. Those are very hard to come by. Lambert is not that guy. I don’t think we have anyone with that “it” factor. So we have a QB problem with no real solutions on our roster. If Eason doesn’t have it….. well it could be a long couple of years. Our lack of flexibility on offense makes us an outlier nationally. The last time we won the conference our QB could run or throw. We pattern ourselves after Bama and we are shocked when the master comes in and schools us with better players and more disciplined play?
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One thing I learned from watching Nick Saban.
He knows how to consistently pick Qb’s.
Richt does not.
That is how you get it done in a Pro Style offense.
Obviously.
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Although, I do remember during g recruiting of Ramsey, after he committed to UGA, That Saban spent 90 minutes on a Skype call trying to flip him.
And Saban hasn’t had a QB as good as Stafford or Murray.
Sometimes they just don’t pan out. Bama is just so good everywhere else that they don’t require their QB to do as much as we do.
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Saban’s won 4 National Championships.
He knows how to pick Qb’s.
Richt does not.
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Dude, c’mon. They’ve never won because of their QB.
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I beg to differ.
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Differ if you choose, but you’re wrong.
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Talking about STARTERS, nobody mentioned recruiting.
Saban picks Qb starters who beat ranked teams consistently.
Richt doesn’t know how to do that.
That’s the #1 difference between the 2 coaches, aside from his realizing Championships are won by defense. That’s how Richt won his 2 conference championships (defense and excellent Qb play). But Richt chose Greene over DJ, so DJ was just Richt’s default choice in 2005.
Richt’s never gotten it right again since 2005.
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Greyson Lambert isn’t a world beating QB. He will never be a difference maker like AM or Greene. The coaches know this, so the best you can hope for is to put him into situations where he can be successful and not ask him to win the game by himself.
Thus, these numbers to me are actually a reflection of Schotty’s game plan more than a commentary on Lambert. Yesterday’s offensive game plan was a disaster – it fed right into Alabama’s strengths on defense, and Lambert was consistently put into situations where he wasn’t going to be successful. He can’t make big time accurate throws or go through a long progression of reads, yet he was asked to do so many times against one of the best defenses in the country.
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CMR has obviously been asleep at the QB-recruiting switch for a few years. I can only assume Schotty had the dire situation dumped in his lap, and tried to get ‘somebody’ in here to help. Eason will be the starter the day he hits campus.
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Bauta was the best performer in the Spring games, and the hardest worker. He was the right choice.
he can pass, he can run, he’s poised, and he outworks anyone.
Especially knowing Bama was on the schedule 1-2x.
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Ah, say no more. Real quality analysis there.
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G-Day QBR for the win, Senator!
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What’s amazing to me is how guys like this believe they actually sound convincing.
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He was live during G-Day! That means he’s the hardest worker. It’s amazing to me that on most teams the most popular player is the back-up QB. In our case, it always seems to be the 3rd string QB.
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I bet if we searched the Dawgvent long enough, we’d find some fan clamoring for some intramural flag football QB that’s lighting it up on Tuesday’s at Lake Harrick.
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Do you even know the performances Bauta put on in the last 2 Spring games? By your comment, I’d say no.
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LOL. You’re a hoot, Jerry Clower. Keep ’em coming!
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I read somewhere CMR said Bauta was THE hardest working player he’d ever coached. Either Bauta was in the mix this summer and a real option or CMR wasn’t telling us the truth about the QB competition. But those of us who would like to see what Bauta could do aren’t simply making stuff up – we’re going by players and coaches’ comments and, yes, Bauta seened to have poise and fight this spring – are we supposed to totally ignore that impression?
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Exactly, especially given that the fears on the downsides of the other 2 have played out.
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No, I just don’t think the coaches think he has the upside of the other QBs. Honestly, I have no idea but believe the coaches are going to make the best decision for the program.
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Well, between the bowl game and last night, Ramsey has zero upside in my opinion. I’d literally rather have Sony or Chubb back there taking snaps and running with an extra blocker than see Ramsey under center ever again.
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While there’s still something to play for, I’m not sure I would open the competition for the starter, but I would clearly give Bauta a shot as the 1st guy off the bench in Knoxville.
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#10 don’t fit the system. Let’s not forget when AM First came along Bobo and richt took his wheels away, until his 2 last years when he went to the QB guru camp and actually learned something besides the bullshit that they were feeding him. If #10 sees any meaningfull playing time I will be suprised
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I am better than Richt at picking Qb’s who can win a Championship.
Ricvt’s 0-10 since 2005. He should just go with what goes AGAINST his intuition and use his damn brain.
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send your resume to McGarity.
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Faton Bauta from here on out with a run/pass read option. With a two back set of Michel/Chubb, and a Mitchell/Godwin deep threat, that’s probablythe best offense we can put on the field.
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LOL!
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Lambert “holds the ball too long”. Allows the defensive line to close against O line which is not there to take forever to get off a pass, or for receivers to get separation because that should not happen either in one on one or somewhat in a safety two high, and his OC has not put a very limited skilled QB into an offense suited to his skill set. Bet if you laid out a chart of his passes it would tell us how many he throws off or short. Want to tell me why that happens, or when he can not get the ball over the LOS. The guy is a freaking stone statue in the pocket. Everybody else moves but not him. He does not move because he does not have the arm or understanding of where the DBs are again. From the time he takes the ball, where are his eyes on a play.
Last season and again this season UGA does not use their TE re combos, and short passes re quick blocks on roll outs. Watching UF was amazing how their TEs killed Ole Miss. Reminded me of Boise State. I’d take money on UF beating LSU and Bama. Their defense is lights out and can play until their offense gets rolling and generally it does with their QB.
Frankly CMR has the most predictable offense in the conference now. Even Vandy gave it trouble.
But we can keep, what do you guys call it, “taking shots down field”.
That works. Well documented yesterday and the past 14 years. That is why Bama beat us in the Dome. Not enough taking shots down field in those closing seconds perched on the goal line, or at South Carolina last year, or against GT in Athens last year, again perched inside the 10 yard line.
If you have a short passing game it does not matter where you are on the field, your 10 or their 10.
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Look, with the benefit of hindsight, Vandy should have warned us.
Then watching South Carolina and Mizzou should have worried even the most committed Disney Dawg we could be in for a long night. South Carolina is simply terrible.
Bama is light years ahead of anybody we have played this year and probably at least as good as anybody we played last year (I think better, but that’s just me).
I firmly believe we are two years away from being anywhere near Bama, talent-wise across the roster.
Not much we can do about that now.
I’m ready to start worrying about Tennessee cause we better.
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Be worried about every game on the schedule except G Southern and Auburn, with a 2.0 QBR rating look for stacked 8 man fronts from here out.
And Lambert or Ramsey will have to win every game from here.
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Overlook Southern at your own risk.
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True, G Southern & Auburn could be upsets.
Bama had a super simple plan to win:
1- Stack the box to stop Chubb
2- Put Cyrus on Mitchell to stop him
It was amazing we didn’t even TRY:
1- Wildcat with Sony or Bauta
2- Bauta at Qb after halftime
3- Trick plays
4- Fake punts on multiple 4th and 1’s.
5- Throwing to tight ends knowing they’d be focused on Mitchell
Terrible. Inept. Qb’s worst performance I’ve ever seen in any UGA game. Ever.
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all three season you’ve been following the Dawgs?
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He started following Georgia when Bauta was signed.
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Saw him in BOTH Spring games, mind you.
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I thought Buck was pretty terrible against Clemmons there. (Thought the world had come to an end…yet here we are.
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Oh…wait, maybe the world did end and we are just living in a mythical spring game somewhere out in the ozone.
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No, he just saw Ramsey in BOTH his big regular season game appearances.
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Didn’t Thomas start his own blog? Why are you here Thomas? Things a little slow over there? Never saw that coming did you? Anyway, if anybody really believes Bauta was ever gonna start barring the other quarterbacks being kidnapped by gypsies, and thought Richt’s comments on how close the quarterback competition was served as proof of that, wel they don’t understand Richt. When Richt was asked about Bauta what did you think he was going to say? Calling him a hard worker etc is Richt’s nice way of saying, “There is just about no way he will play quarterback but he doesn’t want to change positions and he does give it his all and he’s a good kid.” He was asked about Bauta and wasn’t going to say that Bauta ain’t good enough to be the guy. Also, I remember the recruitment of Ramsey and was always kind of skeptical. He played in the tripple option in high school. I had serious doubts about him ever becoming a college pros style quarterback but lots of people wanted him besides us.
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