SEC teams with first year quarterbacks

Are you saying freshman or first year starter?

Georgia - Joe Cox
LSU - Jordan Jefferson

toss-up if you count JJ as a first year QB

No question, Tyrik Rollison.

4. Arky 7-5

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Should Mallett be considered a first year starter?

He started some games at Michigan as a freshman?

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Should Mallett be considered a first year starter?

He started some games at Michigan as a freshman?

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The Big 10 is not the SEC, and he just sat out a year.

If UGA had 2-3 cupcakes to open the season instead of Ok. St., S. Car. & Ark. in our 1st 3 games i would say Joe Cox. But with our schedule he would have to be in late season form in week one. Possible but not likley

Jefferson had two starts against legit teams and played a considerable amount in another. I don't understand why he is considered so inexperienced. That is light years ahead of someone with no experience at all.

I did play football. I just don't understand how zero experience is comparable to the experience Jefferson was able to get last season. He has gone up against legit competition. He shouldn't be completely shocked when he plays Washington or Georgia because it ain't his first rodeo.

People act like you have to have a returning starter like Snead or you have an unknown. That is ridiculous. He has experienced the speed of SEC and ACC competition in a real game. That is the biggest thing.

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People act like you have to have a returning starter like Snead or you have an unknown. That is ridiculous. He has experienced the speed of SEC and ACC competition in a real game. That is the biggest thing.

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Until a QB has gone through the rigors of a complete SEC schedule, I don't think they have enough experience yet to feel confident that they can get the job done. Obviously a QB doesn't need to have gone through a full schedule, i.e. Matt Flynn, etc. But a full season helps to give a better idea of the QB's potential.

Think of it this way:
Will Greg McElroy have given himself enough game experience after Bama's first two games?
**He will have been around for 3 full years, and started two games - one of which will be against a top defense. I don't think anyone will say he has proven himself ready. Just my take.