re: Best TE group in the history of CFB

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There is no argument that Pitts was a great player. But, Bowers in his freshman year had more yards and TDs than Pitts did in his last season....so if you go by statistics alone,

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Bowers 56 882 (15.75) and 12 over 15 games
Pitts 43 770 (17.9) and 12 over 12 games.

Pitts vs an all SEC schedule with fewer games was statistically the better TE. And Pitts had an WR (Toney) that was targeted almost twice as much as Pitts whereas Bowers was the UGA passing O. If you forced them to swap teams Bowers stats stay the same and Pitts hits the portal because he doesn’t want to play for that noodle arm midget.

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Pitts last year was the covid year and played in half as many games as Bowers. Can’t believe some of you actually believe that bowers is better than Pitts.

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I didn't say he is better. I said he is as good. I mean compare their freshmen years, if that's the direction you want to go in. Pitts didn't even start (I don't think) You want to compare a Junior that Dan Mullin built the offense around to a freshman that played in an offense that was stilted much more to the run. I am not saying Pitts wasn't great, but to dismiss Bowers out of hand is a huge mistake.

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But it ain’t even close right now

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Not if you want to compare a freshman's stats to a juniors. Go freshman against freshman and see if it is close.