Well the Dawgs are 4-0. Just barely. I’m not going to recap each game in detail, but here’s a brief wrap up:
Vs Western Kentucky, 48-12, they did what they were supposed to do.
Vs South Carolina, 18-0, turns out, South Carolina ain’t that good.
Vs U of Alabama-Birmingham, 34-0, turns out the Dawgs defense IS pretty good
Vs Colorado,14-13, Dawgs win a game that they absolutely deserved to lose. Turns out Matthew Stafford is truly a freshman
With Joe Tereshinski being sidelined 3-6 weeks with an ankle sprain sustained in the South Carolina game, Georgia went with uber-talented freshman Stafford to run the show. While he was not spectacular, he was not awful. The O-line still breaks down for him, and the wide receivers still drop passes for him. Luckily, our schedule was setting up nicely for him to ride a learning curve until a big game (i.e. Tennessee). He had a good showing against South Carolina and UAB, but the performance was ineffective vs. Colorado. Ultimately, down 13-0 against winless Colorado, Coach Richt felt he had to replace Stafford. Enter Joe Cox (former wonder boy before Stafford showed up) and he goes 10 of 13 for 153 yards with 2 TD’s. Just as people said that the team “perked up” when Stafford relieved Tereshinski a few weeks ago, so too did the Dawgs perk up when Cox came in on Saturday. I never thought I’d say this, but I feel somewhat bad for Stafford. Sure, he didn’t make a lot of reads and check offs, but it’s not his fault that our receivers have rubber hands. The silver lining in all this is that what we suspected is right - we are fairly deep at the QB position. But the fact is that the starting position is still up for grabs and it only gets more convoluted when Tereshinski comes back next week. And he’s not going to go quietly.
You know, if you didn’t have a man crush on DJ Shockley this time last year, you just can’t call yourself a fan.
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