By now, I would be surprised if you hadn’t heard the report Gridiron Now’s Mike Huguenin dropped last night about the decision to name Faton Bauta as tomorrow’s starter.
Sources tell gridironnow.com that Bulldogs junior Faton Bauta, who has been the third-stringer for much of the season, will start against the Gators in a game that seems likely to determine the SEC East title. Greyson Lambert had started Georgia’s first seven games.
Bauta (6 feet 3, 215 pounds), a fourth-year junior who already has graduated, has received scant playing time as a Bulldog. He has played in 14 games in his career, but hasn’t run or passed the ball in seven games this season. Most of his action this season has come as the holder on kicks.
In his career, Bauta has 10 rushes for 46 yards and two touchdowns, and he is 4-of-5 for 48 yards as a passer.
There have been plenty of rumors over the past week that the coaches had opened up the competition at quarterback – indeed, Richt flat out acknowledged that Lambert, Ramsey and Bauta all took snaps with the first unit – so the idea that Bauta might get some snaps against Florida isn’t a total shock. But the idea that he will start is unusual and surprising.
I say unusual as opposed to unique because, if it’s indeed the case, it wouldn’t be the first time Mark Richt elected to change horses in mid-stream. If you’ll remember, in 2006, Joe Cox briefly supplanted Matthew Stafford as the starter after Cox pulled Georgia’s nuts out of the fire with a brilliant game winning drive against Colorado, only to lose his place back to Stafford when Cox proved ineffective in his only start.
Their situations aren’t identical, of course, in that at least Cox had a moment to prove he could lead the team in a game, while Bauta, as the stats Huguenin cites above show, has never had any meaningful playing time before. And throwing Bauta out there to start and play a game against an above-average SEC defense to get his feet wet is one helluva sink or swim call by Richt.
If that, indeed, what it is. Keep in mind all we have to go on right now is an Internet report. No one on the staff or the team has acknowledged it yet.
Let’s say for the sake of argument that it’s true and Bauta walks out on Georgia’s first possession to take the snap from center. What does that tell us?
- First and foremost, it’s not a decision you make if you’re Mark Richt and you’ve decided to play for next year. You’ve said all along your team is in the hunt for the SEC East title and now that you’ve made it to the game that will likely decided which East team goes to Atlanta, you’re not suddenly deciding to throw a kid who’s already graduated out there to see if he’s got what it takes to run the team in 2016.
- Second, starting isn’t the same thing as playing the entire game. For all we know, Schottenheimer has scripted a complete first series around Bauta and after that’s run, things go back to Lambert. That would be a sensible way to have used the bye week to prepare a wrinkle or two for Florida’s defense. And the best thing about that would be Georgia would have a set of plays that could be used later in the game in third down and red zone situations – both areas of weakness for the offense so far this season.
- Third, the timing of the leak is interesting. It comes conveniently on the team’s travel day, so there’s no way the coaches are available to shed any light on the situation. But it comes so close to the game that it’s too late to expect Florida to spend any serious preparation time on whatever wrinkle it might think Bauta brings to Georgia’s strategy. Which begs the question what the purpose of the timing of the news is. (Unless you really assume this got out by total accident.)
- Finally, what kind of message have the coaches sent to Lambert and Ramsey with this decision? If it’s just a limited set of plays in a specific package for Bauta, then it’s pretty easy to explain the strategy. But if this is some sort of sea change in deciding who’s best to lead the offense, boy, you’d better hope the coaches know what they’re doing here, because if that goes south, all you’re left with are three quarterbacks who have no reason to feel any confidence in what they’re being asked to do – not to mention their mates on offense. (And what pressure does this put on the defense!)
All of which is my way of saying I don’t think this is a sign of desperation on Richt’s part. But seeing I’m surprised by the decision in the first place, you may not want to rush to accept my take on things. Your thoughts?
Radi (UGASports) now saying he was told Lambert is starting. FYI.
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and has since reported that he’s had another great source say its Bauta.
Chaos.
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I said this would happen in August. Just sayin.
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Me too. Whatever this is, I totally called it.
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That guy doesn’t know dick else than the rest of us.
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McMurphy at ESPN is citing a source saying Bauta is starter confirming the earlier report.
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Jason Butt with the Macon Telegraph, citing several sources, says that Bauta was told he will be the starter.
http://www.macon.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-georgia/bulldogs-beat/article41921196.html
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I’ll believe Bauta starts when he goes into the huddle for the first snap.
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All week, I’ve been praying for a Spurrier v FSU 1997 game plan, alternating between plays.
I’ve always thought that game was the most brilliant of Spurrier’s career. By the time FSU got a feel for it, he had gotten the game into the second half.
It’s way too ballsy for Richt to pull, but I still have my hopes up.
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I would not want that, personally. I’d prefer to pick one and go with it unless they struggle.
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easy to say when it’s someone else’s team. my parents (UF grads) HATED when spurrier rotated qbs and im sure our fan base would bitch about it too, even if we won.
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Frankly I would love to see it, but not only because of the ineffective QB play to date. The main reason I would be all for it is that it would show that aggressive Richt is showing up for this game. That is my chief complaint about Richt. His approach to games and strategy often doesn’t make the culture of the program that he has built. Georgia under Richt is a team that is built to play aggressively and not take a business-like approach like Alabama. When we take an aggressive approach (see going for it on first drive of Auburn game) the team tends to respond and we often crush people. When Richt is in his shell and playing it safe (see punting from the Alabama 38 on first drive this year), we tend to get smoked. I wish Richt would just consistently adopt an aggressive approach and damn the results. I think the fans would be much happier with that approach regardless of if it cost us a game here and there (and I think our record would likely be better overall).
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I agree with this. I think that a risky Richt could be great with this team. Our best years have been aggressive teams with a ton of swagger.
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…and then he’ll get slayed for fake juice, just run the ball, etc.
It’s a no-win situation.
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But if you throw in a dash of weak sauce there’s an entirely new and exciting taste to it
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Umami Richt?
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A thousand times this. This is the problem at Georgia, and why I wanted to see Faton shortly after the season began. Because the reports were the kid was a gamer and had some desire and wanted to win even on the scout team, and that kind of attitude is infectious. The stinking 4th and 1 punts make me think Richt does not know what kind of games he’s playing in and agree it sends a lousy message to his team.
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Maybe desperation is too strong a word, but, if it happens… I’m betting the coaches realized we weren’t going to get it done with the offense we’ve had since the Chubb injury.
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Roll the dice. If we are playing from behind, Lambert in relief of Bauta is a shorter long shot than Bauta or Ramsey in relief of Lambert.
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Waiting for Faton
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Richt is just passing the Bauta.
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It’s A Bauta time!
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It’s a Bauta, Faton .
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Can’t Faton what took so long, but its Bauta time.
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It’s time to Faton for all our sins.
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With apologies to the Sir Douglas Quintet, he’s a Bauta mover…
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Yall heard about Tricky Dick…now meet Tricky Richt
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Seems a little like what Saban/Kiffin did at the start of the Ole Miss game, naming Cooper Bateman for the element of surprise. (I know it hardly worked, but you can’t blame any of those three for the fumbled opening kickoff which set the tone for a wild game.) I also think all the mystery and leaks have been designed – very well – to occupy a few hours of limited and precious Gator practice time and coaches’ attention. Any edge helps, I guess, but running between the tackles, winning field position and turnovers, and rattling Treon Harris seem more likely to succeed than these mindgames.
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Neither Lambert nor Ramsey has looked confident anyway, so I don’t see how it’s a major risk should Bauta start. Either he plays well and sparks the team or he doesn’t and they’re ineffective, which they likely would have been regardless. Maybe he turns the ball over more than Lambert and you get blown out, but if you’re going to lose, you might as well lose spectacularly.
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Losing with style > losing with bubble screens
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Don’t forget speed sweeps with Brendan Douglas on third & long.
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I think the emotional lift piece of this may be a little understated. We know that Bauta is the hardest worker on the team and has the respect of his teammates. … Not because coaches are telling us that this week, but because we’ve heard it from players for multiple seasons. I think Bauta has a lot of respect in that locker room…and frankly, it would just seem easier to get up for a guy that you know is working as hard as you are every day to get better.
I think that’s a part of this. I’ve got this picture in my mind of Bauta running the ball in for an early lead off a bootleg and the UGA side erupting with enthusiasm and confidence.
(I also have visions of Joe T on the ground…so there’s that)
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I figure it either does what they hope or is a complete disaster, no middle ground.
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Agree that there is no middle ground…disagree that it’s about ‘what they hope.’
I’d say’ I figure they either win or they lose, no middle ground.’
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the middle ground being a tie?
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Makes sense to me. Going into the season, the run game was a known commodity. We needed a game manager who can also make some plays through the air. Now with Chubb out, CMR wants to shore up the ground game.
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Well. I find it intriguing. I was going to tape the game and watch it if we win, but maybe now I will tune in to see what happens.
I can no longer watch the FL game live b/c I do not wish to have a stroke or heart attack. It is what it is.
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That statement brings back a funny story to my memory. I have a friend that paces endlessly in general but, especially during this game. We put a pedometer on him one year and he recorded over 6000 steps during the game. Maybe you should try it to avoid that heart attack!
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Hmmm. Sad as it is I might have to employ this strategy sooner rather than later. Go Dawgs
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It’s a single report via…an independent website? A blog dressed up as a website?…that itself only cites ‘anonymous sources’. That’s it; every bit of ink spilled in response goes back to this Huguenin guy. However much I wish that it’s true, I’ll put it in my cart but I’m not clicking buy yet.
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I’ll admit it. If you’re convinced, I’m convinced.
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Ben to*
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Senator- That’s just a TV network dressed up as a magazine dressed up as a website.
Not sure who starts, but I hope it’s true. Seems like a big gamble, but I’ll take it. It was a big gamble to send the entire team on the field in the first quarter to celebrate a TD. None the less, it was one of the greatest things that I’ve ever seen in person at a football game and it fired up the whole stadium. Here’s to big risks…and big wins. Go dawgs.
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Wasn’t this the guy who broke the Grier story? Been covering college football for the past 30 years. I believe he’s got sources.
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Here’s an incredible statistic:
Georgia has played THREE football games in October so far. During that time, Georgia has scored THREE offensive touchdowns.
Whatever the coaches did to prepare this team to win football games obviously isn’t going “as planned” so far. That’s the only thing that’s obvious to me right now.
Maybe Faton will save Grasshopper Mark from a cold winter.
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If Bauta starts, imagine how much fun GTP is going to be next week. If Bauta plays well, we’ll be flooded with posts to the effect of “our coaching staff is so stupid that it didn’t recognize that Bauta was the best QB on the roster until now.” If Bauta doesn’t play well, get ready for “our coaching staff is so stupid that it thought a 3rd team QB could beat Florida.”
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If Bauta plays well in a close loss you may get the elusive, “Even Bauta couldn’t save Richt” argument.
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Probably Eason can, LOL.
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Either way shows it’s Bauta time for another parable
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Lol
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Should’ve been starting from day 1….didn’t you watch the G-Day game?
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That’s a grasshopper? I thought it was a praying mantis. I kid, I kid.
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Believe it when I see it. If it does happen and #10 plays well and leads us to a win will make richt look more stoopid then anyone ever thought he was.
Of course the apologists will spin it calling richt brilliant and a genius for starting #10, and if #10 does poorly the apoligists will say I told you so and richt is the best judge of qb talent and coach to ever coach the game of football. A win win either way.
Hoping #10 starts and lights up the gaytor’s asses.
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Hey, Mary Kate. We don’t have to wait until the end of the game. People are already doing it. See above.
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Hey bozo – get it, bozo, not bobo – I’m sure there are multiple, reasoned ways the non-apologist crowd will spin whatever kind of performance we get out of #10. Nope, either Richt waited too long to give #10 a chance or Richt’s desperate attempt blew up in his face. “A lose lose either way.”
Simply inspiring insight, thanks.
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“Believe it when I see it. If it does happen and #10 plays well and leads us to a win will make richt look more stoopid then anyone ever thought he was.”
It will also have his team in the driver’s seat for the SEC East, but that’s just a minor quibble.
For the record, the only “stoopid” thing that could be taken from such an outcome is looking at each football game throughout the course of a season as some kind of static, uniform event. As if the entire time each result could have been changed by something as simple as… you know… starting the third string quarterback.
“Hoping #10 starts and lights up the gaytor’s asses.”
The Senator had a brilliant post a few weeks back about the preening narcissism that drives most of the Richt-haters. This is a great example. I think most reasonable Georgia fans would hope that we “light up the gaytor’s asses” regardless of who starts at QB, DE, kicker or mascot. But, you’re hoping for something a little bit more than that, aren’t you? You NEED that validation. That’s why for you every loss is a loss but not every win is a win.
I honestly don’t know how y’all can live that way. To say nothing of enjoying a sport played by kids.
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“the preening narcissism that drives most of the Richt-haters.”
They’re all driving around dazed and confused
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The guy’s entitled to his opinions, but I could do without the homophobia there.
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Typical responses that I expected from the apologist crowd. Y all are way tooooooo easy. If FB has a great game richt is stoooooooopid for not giving him the reins from the get go. But it will be spun to say what a great coach he is…..what a great call…….he is a genius……haha haha great laughs…….love the apologist crowd always good for a laugh…..
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please spell stupid correctly
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No sense of humor there Rob. After scoring 3 offensive TD’s over the last 3 games, if we can’t laugh at stoopid coaching then what do you suggest we laugh at other than the apologists….
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I don’t know, I think Rob has a pretty good one. I laughed pretty hard when he posted that.
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Are you a hoMO Ben?
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And many of us could “do without” the over-sensitive, P crowd, but as we all know, culling humans is still illegal
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PC*
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Yeah, this PC business is out of control. Don’t you miss the “good old days” when people could be openly bigoted and no one complained?
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+1000
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I wouldn’t call it desperation, more of a recognition that what you’ve been doing so far hasn’t worked. And so far the offensive Georgia Way has been coming up snake eyes. So either you keep plugging away and hope the old way works, or you try something new. It would seem that the coaches have settled on the latter.
Personally, I like it. Why not give Bauta a chance to spark something? He would have to be pretty horrendous to do any worse than Lambert.
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I like the move for Richt even if it doesn’t work.
If it dosen’t work, then he should replace Bauta with one of the others. Keep trying something, anything.
If Ramsey and Lambert don’t have the mental toughness to handle being replaced for ineffectiveness, then they should not be playing QB. It is the nature of the position. If 2 QBs with 3-4 years of major CFB experience can’t handle that, then you won’t be losing much if they transfer out. They don’t have the fortitude to succeed anyway.
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My thoughts are that we’re going to get throttled tomorrow.
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We’re all shocked at that.
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and we also know that you are just giddy thinking about it. Do you have your Gators gear ready to go?
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I’ve got my Grambling State University helmet ready!! Bro Dawgs!!
Fake juice baby!! Gimme an IV!!
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/162/808/clipimage001051_display_image.jpg?1266943198
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Yes, because in your feeble peasant mind, skepticism over the divinity of Saint Richt’s ability to win this game means you must be a Gator fan.
Derek I mean this just as genuinely as can be meant – go fuck yourself.
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You said you wanted us to lose so Richt would be fired. You said it. You are pulling for the gators to win. You think the gators will win and you want the gators to win. Hence you are a gators fan. I was just hoping that you had the appropriate gear available.
I’m sure there is a gators blog out there talking about Georgia losing. Find it and find like minded people. This is a blog for Georgia fans. By definition Georgia fans want to win tomorrow. You don’t. Hence you are some other thing. A gator fan? A tech fan? An aubie? You decide. But you can’t ever say that you are a Georgia fan. Ever. Because you aren’t.
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+infinity
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He can be a fan AND a terrible supporter. There are a lot of those in these parts.
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According to this logic Colts fans wanting to lose so they could draft Luck weren’t really Colts fans. Or Oiler fans wanting the team to tank last year aren’t actually Oiler fans.
You may not like chili, and based on his comment I wouldn’t blame you. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t a fan.
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He s a shity fan, one we do not need
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True dat. There are child molesters who are Americans, but they aren’t really one of us at all. And they aren’t wanted, respected, or welcome. No,we don’t need fans like him/her, ever. While being a “fan” might have a low enough threshold to include people like this, being a fan that others accept and want to be around requires a lot more than this one possesses.
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A child molester??? Really Mac? It amazes me that people like you and Derek act as if you’re the reasonable ones when you’re making outrageous remarks like that. You people are the problem with our fan base. You drag the collective IQ down.
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Pulling for the gators tomorrow so you can get a new coach is not the same as a colts “fan” wanting to lose to the Vikings in week 16. It’s not even close. Not the same universe. It’s apples to fucking Mack trucks. They aren’t close to the same thing. Wanting to finish 32nd so you get the first pick is not the same as pulling for the gators. Now if you think a “colts fan” can decide that they should go 0-16 in August instead of pulling for them to make the playoffs then that’s a comparable argument. A stupid argument, but comparable. I’d say that a so called fan that wants to go 0-16 in August for a draft pick the next spring is not a fan but is definitely a douche.
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Don’t try to reason with him. He’s the basest of morons.
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Those are different sports. There is a clear link between getting the top draft pick and improving the team. There is absolutely no clear link between losing now and winning later in college football.
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we aren’t drafting anyone next year
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So tell me then, what conference are we a member of in the NFL? Not one? Uh… well what about that draft pick we were (not) playing for?? Please make more NFL, CFB comparisons, it’s pretty entertaining. Not as much so as chilisquirt, but he’s been grinding on that axe for weeks now, so that’s an unfair comparison
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So in addition to being a small minded simpleton you’re also of the opinion that somebody appointed you the judge of what constitutes being a Georgia fan?
I don’t need to validate myself to a mouth breathing imbecile.
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Honestly, if you could just keep your retorts to ‘shut up’ or ‘Dummy’ or something similar we could keep these threads to a reasonable length.
If you’re cheating for the Gators because you want Richt gone, you’re basically Fredo.
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At least Fredo was passed over and Johnny Ola said there was something in it for him and it wasn’t supposed to be a hit. What’s chili’s excuse? Anyway “he broke my heart!”
Don’t you want to give chili a big hug and the nod to Neri to take care of this pos?
Never take sides against the family again. Ever.
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Hey, fuckface, I never said at any point I was cheering for the Gators and never would. Don’t take everything that retards like Derek say as gospel.
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I found your photo on the Internet:
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No way you can convince me that bozo, chili, and Townie are Dawg fans and not a f-ing Gnat! Keep it up fellas, it entertains me.
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Oh, good. The Fan Police has arrived. Just in time…
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No, he is not a Richt fan, he is a UGA fan. I’m sure if Richt some how ever ended up coaching some place else and they played against UGA, you would cheer for Richt to beat the dogs.
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I’ve never wanted to us to lose. I never will want us to lose. If you said “pull for the gators tomorrow and your prize is 15 straight natties” I would not pull for the gators tomorrow. A Trillion dollars, just wear a Florida hat during the game? Nope. Not happening. This isn’t about CMR. It’s about Georgia.
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Well, that’s just plain crazy. Every sane person would exchange one loss to UF for 15 NC’s.
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Derek has the best medicine for ridding one’s self of the “chilidawg squirts”. Two spoonfuls of the above post, before bed, and by sun up you will either be ready to cheer on our Dawgs, or you will have plenty of time before the game to go to Walmart and buy that Urnge!
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To be fair it seems sanctimonious as hell from where I’m looking to assume that you have the ability to decide who is and is not a UGA fan. I’m not defending the person you were referring to but it gets soo old that so many people on this blog can’t handle a difference of opinion and resort to grade school level insults. I’m a UGA fan. I just happen to have come to the opinion that settling for the mediocrity that has been MR for years isn’t going to get it done. Doesn’t mean I don’t want to see the Gators get crushed today.
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I have no idea how he’ll do but, imo, this is needed badly. Gotta try something because I think Florida’s athletes and D style would eat Lambert’s lunch. We need some liveliness in the pocket tomorrow.
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Lambert has just show that his decision making is questionable. He can be really good when he has time…but I just don’t understand what happens to him sometimes. I’m of the camp who thinks he hasn’t been as bad as people say…but the biggest flaw to me showed up in the Mizzou game on that game tying ‘drive’. First down…he throws behind the line of scrimmage on the run-pass option for a loss of 5. Third down…he has the right set up for the corner route, stares it down, for some reason doesn’t throw the ball and instead throws to the middle of the field for what could have been a game killing INT.
That’s not tools…that’s decision making. You have to make the right decisions or the tools don’t matter.
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“He can be really good when he has time…”
He has also been awful, even with great pass pro. The pass protection has been largely good.
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This +1000. He gets happy feet even with a clean pocket.
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If you can’t wear Grambling uniforms start your 3rd stringer who hasn’t taken a snap all year.
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I think he handed off five times in one of the early games. Skies the limit.
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Sky’s, damn it.
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I loved Sky’s Place. First hangout I found in Athens as a freshman.
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Biggest human I was ever around. Played golf with him a good bit in Athens, that was a trip.
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They should’ve doubled down and done both, blog heaven. But really, couldn’t this post have been called “The Veer lives on, maybe?”
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Something else: it says a lot that Ramsey still isn’t getting a chance to start even though he’s been 2nd team and has played. Sure, he hasn’t looked good but he’s played very little and often in tough situations when he has. Something seems odd there. Or…maybe some of the talk about him is true. I could see him transferring, too.
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I doubt Bauta plays any more than a couple of well scripted drives even if he does make the start. While we certainly need to do something to kick start the offense, there is nothing Richt has ever done in his entire time at Georgia that would lead me to believe he would suddenly name his number three the number one. If that’s actually the case, the narrative next week becomes the hot seat, win or lose, Because even if it succeeds the move will be interpreted by most as an act of desperation. You don’t wait until you’re on the threshold of your third loss to release the Kraken.
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Ramsey is Randall Pink Floyd and Richt is Coach from Dazed and Confused.
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He shouldn’t have chased all that muff around the pool.
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It’d be cool if we had a picture of the coach meeting with the quarterbacks the day before the WLOCP
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This is not desperation or some exceptionally bold move. It’s recognizing that Florida is not going to respect our passing game (rightfully so) and will play to stop the run. This move just gives Georgia more options if Florida is successful at stopping the run. It would be desperate or even bold had Lambert not been grossly inconsistent. One game he’s setting NCAA records and the next we question if they guy is color blind. Supposedly Fauta puts in the work, so give him a shot. Worse case? .. he plays equivalent to his predecessors.
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Exactly. This is the whole point. Richt (and the Dawg Nation) has nothing to lose. Literally. I have never understood why Ramsey is #2. Whenever he comes in, he stinks. And everyone and their grandmother says that Faton works harder than anyone on the team. Give the kid a shot. If he comes in and throws an interception on his first series, it’s nothing that Ramsey hasn’t done….more than once.
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My grandmother may she rest in peace is not around but if she were she would say what’s his QBR and what’s a Faton
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Yes, excellent observation. The offense they’ve designed is run the ball and throw off of play action. that requires deception and respect for both the run and pass options. That is just not the case. It seems logical to me that an option is to diversify the running scheme. Bauta enables you to do that and may even help bring play action back into play.
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In light of the ESPN hitpiece today by Alex, saying garbage like CMR is 15-25 against ranked teams, CMR could be feeling this is a must win game, lioke the ESPN article said, CMR does not want his record to go to 5-10 vs UF. 6-9 and headed in the right direction looks nicer.
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Nice way for Faton to get his number retired. Start, win out, and make the playoffs.
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The fact that Faton is the starter means that the first play from scrimmage is a field goal try.
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Or a pooch punt.
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Or a timeout.
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Awwww. Did the grasshopper pic get deleted from the internet? 😦
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Nope, I’m sure it’s still there. Townie just couldn’t pass up a chance to post his pic of his favorite UGA/UF moment.
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All I’ve got is snark at this point. I used to care so much about our results on the field. But I’ve resigned myself to snark and it’s way more fun.
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Or an extra point.
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The first rule of long attempts is a let’s get ready to rumble go-to song for this Bauta
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Or just shake hands and walk away a champion.
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I like the move whether nit works or not. I like it because of all the people that have cited the “definition” of insanity being doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. These are also the same people that are going to want to burn him at the stake if it blows up. It makes me chuckle to think about it. It would serve these “fans” right to get there wish and Richt get fired over something like this. He could then take the job at Miami. This would be an intriguing matchup for a football kickoff game SEC vs ACC. Then Richt could meet us in the dome and kick our a**
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“I like the move whether it works or not.”
Me too. The sillier it gets, the better I like it
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*their
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yep, how can this not help on 3rd downs, red zone, having a dual threat Qb, sure wish we’d tried this at Bama, but hey, better late than never, and this game is more important.
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“Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation.
They shall hold the bow and the lance; they are cruel and will not show mercy;
Their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses every one put in array, like a man to the battle.”
Faton, Grayson? Who gives a shit? Just get the fuck after they ass.
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Play like girls, especially, emulate the U.S. Women’s World Championship Soccer Team described by Obama as “They play like a bunch of Bad Asses.”.
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Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.
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And screw the ones not “lamentin’ “.
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Faton, Greyson, Brice. Sounds like the cast of Game of Thrones and not in a good way. Just call ’em Ramberta.
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Game of Thrones in a good way
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Has the failure of a player to develop as expected (Ramsey) ever had such an impact on a Richt-coached Georgia season? I’m having to go back to Quincy Carter for something comparable, but even with that there are differences.
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Sure would be generous and humble for the Hutson Mason bashers to admit CMR played our best option at QB last year and no amount of getting Ramsey “ready for next season” would have worked.
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Sure it would, Aus, but whatever it is that you are putting in your body, there…suggest you lay off for a while. 🙂
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Chip Towers at DawgNation/AJC reporting that Bauta’s high school coach expects Bauta to start because of a conversation with Bauta he had earlier this week:
“He goes, ‘I don’t want anybody to know but there’s a good chance I might [start] and I’ve got two tickets for you and I want you to come up.’”
https://www.dawgnation.com/football/team-news/faton-bautas-high-school-coach-expects-to-him-to-start
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“He goes, ‘I don’t want anybody to know but there’s a good chance I might [start] and I’ve got two tickets for you and I want you to come up.’” What part of “I don’t want anyone to know”, does this guy not understand? I am in the camp that Bauta WAS going to start, but won’t now because the cat is out of the bag.
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There’s one – and only one – fishing expedition guide to get to the bottom of this security breach
https://twitter.com/rschooley/status/657697445678153729
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No way this dude talks without Faton’s approval.
I am guessing Richt ok’d this getting out, because it leaked and he didn’t want it to have that black jersey effect.
I think the team will play really hard for Faton.
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When the black jerseys were a surprise we whooped Auburn.
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true debby, but since the bama beatdown, CMR has been of the mindset to alert people beforehand if he was going to do a whiteout or something. He wants the energy at the start of the game, but doesn’t want it to seem like a gimicky key to the win. The key to the win will be execution, not gimmicks, CMR has learned this the hard way. I like this move.
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Faton has a career in the CIA as it’s first unintentional whistleblower. He probably would get a huge settlement after they fire him.
How stupid can one get? It’s like going on the internet in front of distinguished alumni from your school and admitting that you smoke pot.
Sheesh.
Think I’ll have a cookie.
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I predict the team that scores the most points will win
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Let’s go Faton!
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I will be surprised if Bauta starts and stays out there long, but if he does I will tip my hat to Richt, because win or lose, playing the 3rd stringer at this point opens him up to much criticism. I am anxious to see if this guy can make some plays tomorrow. To hell with Florida.
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not much daylight between No1 and No 3, was tight this summer according to CMR.
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During the bye week we obviously worked hard and got Bauta.
Try the veal.
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Buttah, Chuck. Buttah.
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Is Richt playing some head game here?
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No but I think Chuck is
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Bauta is plenty good enough to make a game of it, all 3 of these kids are talented top 1% nationally, regardless of what we’ve seen on the field.
I’m betting the line works harder for him.
He communicates with the line better both at the line and between plays.
He will option, scramble, or pass well. Not gonna see any 35-45 yard long darts though.
He knows CMR well and I bet they work together better than the others.
I’m thinking it will be a good move, it’s not a downgrade in talent really, just not proven.
Barry Switzer has said that if he were coaching today he’d run the option. Pro style is too delicate and relies too heavily on the right mix of talent and it’s too random an occurrence to have it all. Just attack east/west/some passes if effective. The only goal of play caller is to get 1st downs. The idea of throwing on 2nd and 5 and he would fire the O coordinator on the spot.
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Have wondered all season why FB never got into a game to run the offense, or why he got so few reps in scrimmages. Now he jumps from 3 to 1 during a bye week. Only thing I could come up with as a possible explanation is Bauta’s style of offense is so different that it is not interchangeable with what GL and BR run and would cause too much of a disruption to use him as a #2. I know he can run our base offense, he did in the spring, but perhaps we leave too much on the table when he does so. The bye week may have been the only chance to add something radically different.
Or maybe some of you are right and it is just a small package of plays and nothing drastic at all. Certainly makes it more exciting, don’t remember anything like this in Athens, although I have seen many other programs make dramatic changes in mid-season. Bring it on.
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Am I the only one wondering if this was the plan since day 1, to hold Bauta out until the WLOCP?
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That is an interesting thought, Fetch, and one that I’ve had..but even if it was an original plan, I’ve got to believe that if Lambert were still performing at the high level he started on, he would start this game. Maybe it was a contingent plan all along?
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I’ve wondered, if he really was that close to being a starter before the season, why he hasn’t so much as sniffed the field. If they didn’t want any tape of him out there, that would make sense. It’s not like Florida hasn’t shown up at the WLOCP with a brand new offensive scheme before. Hell, even Corch beat us once by scrapping his O and starting over. It’s not like agent Muschamp was the first.
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Taking reps in off week. Alleged new starter.
Bet the AD has a list with the future. Head coach on it to start 2016.
No doubt the Florida game has decided UGAs conference title hopes.
Once again CM R pulls a black helmet out of the trainer’s s bag.
CM R goes to a 5-10 record against gators.
Nothing changes.
Keep making the same mistake you get the same mistake.
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