UGA QB Controversy?

Martrez Milner TD catch (source AP via SI.com)Georgia’s highly touted freshmen QB, Matthew Stafford, played like a true freshmen today. I guess it was bound to happy, but I did not expect the Dawgs to play so poor. While Stafford was not totally at fault for the lackluster performance in the first three quarters, it was clearly apparent that the team rallied around backup QB Joe Cox.

Stafford was an uninspiring 8-16 for 76 yards before being pulled late in the third quarter, with UGA trailing Colorado 13-0. Embarrassing. Damn embarrassing. The thing is, you could see this coming from a mile away at the begging of the game. There was just no offense to be found, but you have to give some credit to the Buffalo’s defense for keeping Georgia from getting into any sort of rhythm.

Enter Joe Cox, who comely led the Bulldogs on two fourth quarter scoring drives, capping off a 13-14 come from behind victory by going 10-13 for 154 yards with 2 TDs. Do we now have a QB? Cox was poised, comely leading the Dawgs, lots of touch passes which were 180-degrees different than Stafford’s laser-rocket passes. Of course the WRs did not help out Stafford, dropping pass after pass. Georgia’s poor hands continue to be an issue; I thought this would improve, but this is now a yearly trend.

Kregg Lumpkin led the Dawgs rushing attack (if you want to give them that much credit) with 52 yards on 12 carries (4.3 yards/rush). It was pretty pathetic after that; Danny Ware and Thomas Brown were not factors. TE Martrez Milner led all Georgia receivers with four receptions, 64 yards, and the game winning TD catch.

Where to from here? Thankfully next Saturday night the Dawgs have a breather against Ole Miss. The offense should get healthy in a hurry while Mark Richt figures out if the main man is Cox or Stafford. Should make for an entertaining week. Hopefully the Dawgs can survive another QB controversy.

Go Dawgs!

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2 thoughts on “UGA QB Controversy?”

  1. That game, plus what my Zips did to your Mean Green, could’ve made for a VERY long weekend for you, my friend! But, GA survived… every big team has games like that. OSU ALMOST had one of those today, but the defense was too stout for over-matched PSU.

    Did you see that Joe Pa ran off the field 3 times during the game to use the crapper?! Even the TV announcers were having fun with it!

    Kevin

  2. Kevin, not a pretty season for the Mean Green, which is two down years in a row. Hopefully they will put it all back together again soon. They did have a nice little Sun Belt run. At least their lack of success on the field gives me a challenge on the video game front.

    I did not watch teh OSU/PSU game, but I did see plenty of replays of the old man going to take a dump. Nice.

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