re: Mason Can't throw A Decent Pass

Well I pulled the 35 number out of my arse so it goes to show how sharp my football instincts and insights are.


That year Bama in 2009 won it... their defense gave up an average of 11 points per game. That isn't going to happen at UGA, or anywhere. That's just ridiculous, unless UGA decides to load up on cupcakes OOC and ditch the Tech game.

All of the posters on here giving Mason hell should go back and look at Murray's first bowl game, yeah lets do that he lost the game 10-6, wow Murray really got it done in that one.

The posters saying that the reason we were in this game was because of Gurley well remember Murray had Gurley during most of the games this year also, do y'all remember the Vanderbilt game how did Murray fare in that one.

Surely all of y'all remember all of the times Murray shite the bed during his career. Well y'all may not but I do. Seems in 2010 we were 6-7 as a team yep that's right Mr. Murray in his first year was 6-7.

There have been plenty of games where Murray should have been pulled but wasn't and was given the benefit of the doubt. Lets at least give Mason the same benefit of the doubt.

I'm not one of those guys who think the starting position should be given to anybody, so I hope that every Qb on the roster is given a chance to win the position and may the best man win, but if Mason wins the position lets support him just like we did Murray.

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but if Mason wins the position lets support him just like we did Murray

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I hope we support him better than that. Murray has received the most support/appreciation after he was injured.

He got tons of grief from UGA fans throughout his career and a lot of it sounds similar to what Mason is getting right now: lack of arm strength, looks uncomfortable in the pocket, rushes his throws, etc., etc. It changed somewhat after he started smashing school and SEC records to: can't win the big game, doesn't take it seriously enough, too soft, etc., etc.

Same ole same ole.

With you on that one, I hope Bobo & CMR open it up come spring practice and let the best man get the starting slot.

If he is the best then let him earn it on the field if not I would rather see one of our future stars get some needed game face.

I think we have given Mason a chance. He started two games and got a lot of meaningful snaps in a third.

He's got a leg-up on his competition this Spring because of his game experience, but I want the best QB to start for us next year. If that means Mason, then so be it. He isn't bad at all. He just isn't the caliber of Murray.

And again, that isn't a knock on Mason. He obviously wasn't quite as good as Murray to start, because Murray won the job over him every year.

I expect Mason to play better his first year than Murray did his first year because Murray had one season (behind Joe Cox.. haha) to learn some things before taking the reins, while Mason has been learning, studying, and been groomed for 4 years under one of our all-time best QBs (as well as the help from Bobo). He should come out playing better than Murray did for that alone.

I think Mason, if he had started for 4 years, would have done some great things for UGA, but not what Murray did. Murray was able to set every meaningful record we have, so it is difficult to say Mason would have done the exact same thing if they switched places. That's a tough pill to swallow.

Once again, Mason isn't worth a shite. Expect a big drop off next year. Hell, the boy can't even make the reads. Ask yourself, why is it on so many times he either zeroed in on Gurley or Lynch when others were open? Face it, he will never be anything more than a backup QB.

Gurley, Marshall, Chubb, Sony, MM, JSW...

SCREENS ALL DAY BABY. ALL DAY. The Alex Smith Offense.

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For frick's sake nobody looked good yesterday, Gurley wasn't even his normal self. It was a shitty bowl game against a shitty team in a pouring rain at noon. I'm not taking ANYTHING away from this game relating to next year.

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Yep, raining the entire game with horrible o-line play, Mason still threw for 300 yards and made the passes at the end of the game to give us a chance to take the lead. Mason isn't Aaron Murray, but not many QBs are. Give Mason a healthy Mitchell plus Gurley and Marshall and he should be fine. In Mason's first two starts he threw for 299 yards and over 300 yards, Joe Cox only threw for 300 yards once in his career and he had AJ Green to throw to.

And FWIW, if there is one thing I trust in Richt and Bobo it's that they will start the best QB on the roster. Even Joe Cox was still head and shoulders above Logan Gray and true-freshman Murray.