UGA Fans - Fran Tarkenton Question

Well as far as a potential riff, I dont' really know but I do know he seems to talk mad shite about us whenever someone asks his opinion. So he seems bitter about something.

As for his legacy, idk. He was good for us and won an SEC title, but buck won a lot more. Personally I think buck is overrated as hell. The thing is all our players in history that are REALLY celebrated (sinkwich, herschel, buck, pollack, etc) all won big time. Fran was a good QB but he didn't really win anything other than an SEC title.

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In my three years at UGA

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aaaahhhhhh so that's why you hate us so much eh?

but as to your point, most casual fans attending UGA haven't heard of him for the reasons I mentioned above. Unless you've been raised a diehard since birth, most students will have only heard of the big name people.

I think the rift is because he seems to be, by nature, a highly critical person with a good dose of arrogance. He loves UGA and is very opinionated about the program, coaches and players. His mouth has no filter. He says publicly what he thinks and that rubs a lot of people the wrong way. I can see why the University and Athletic Department don't go out of their way to celebrate his legacy. He has been highly critical of most everyone since Goff. A lot of bridges have been burned. He isn't exactly the guy they feel all warm and fuzzy about asking back to honor when he consistently criticizes the hell out of them. A lot of us fans are not bothered by a guy who doesn't sugar coat everything and calls it how he sees it but then again, we are not the ones being criticized. Kevin Butler gets as close to that as possible without going to far. I am often surprised that he still has a role in the post game show with some things he said the last few years.