It was 2015, and and UGA had a bye week leading up to the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail party. The Dawgs were in control of their destiny in the SEC East. Georgia had been steamrolling lesser opponents, winning by an average of 32 points a game against teams like South Carolina, Southern, and Vanderbilt. But two weeks prior, Greyson Lambert, had struggled to put points up on the board against Missouri, a team UGA should have beat.

From the Dawg Rant:

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It’s really quite simple... whether you agree or disagree... Bauta is the better talent. When Richt said and I quote after the game: “Yeah, maybe Bauta would have helped if given the opportunity” (Whatever the frick that means) sounds like he had a deal with the Lambert family... but w/e... Bauta CAN SAVE this run if giving the opportunity. We’re gonna get better... this loss wasn’t a surprise to me... but most are fricking falling off a cliff. -Kneehigh

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Hate it for Lambert, because I actually like him and think he's represented the team well and had some really good moments, but today made it perfectly clear: he's not the guy. He has horrible pocket presence, decision-making and downfield accuracy. It hasn't gotten even a little bit better than he was in his first career start, and that shows me a mentally limited player with a pitifully low ceiling.

Maybe if we let Bauta have the reins it would be a complete disaster. I don't know, but I've reached a point of frustration with this team that makes me ready to just put him in and let's find out. If Bauta sucks and can't lead the offense, then so be it, but at least we'll know and won't feel like we're being cheated out of potentially being a better offensive football team. -Branchdawg

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I haven't seen anything out of Mark Richt in fourteen seasons to indicate that he will reflect on his mistakes and make changes. He is arrogant to a fault. Much of his strength as a coach comes from that fact, but it is also the source of some of his fatal flaws.

I fear that we will roll into Jax with Lambert starting, players rotating constantly, and "the plan being no plan".

I'm not sure what happens after that, but we are flirting with disaster. -NCDawg52

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Honestly, what has Lambert shown anyone? The guy is a disaster in the pocket. I can only imagine how many rush yards Bauta would have had today with the protection Lambert had. -HTDawg

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The Bauta train wants to win. The Lambert train wants to be good old UGA.
-Crowknowsbest

On the eve of Georgia’s annual rivalry showdown with the No. 11-ranked Gators in Jacksonville, the Bulldogs’ brain trust made the decision to start Bauta. It didn’t go well. After holding his own in the early portion of that game, Bauta was victimized by a couple of drops and then began to press after the Bulldogs fell behind in the first half. He finished with a shockingly bad stat line: 15-of-34 passing for 154 yards and four interceptions. Georgia lost 27-3.

We were in control of our destiny going into the WLOCP, but pressure got to Richt to go with the mobile QB with very little game experience outside of a few RPO's here and there. Had Georgia beat Florida, we would have returned to the SEC Championship Game and had a shot at the playoffs. Instead, Richt caved, and we imploded because the fans were calling for the backup qb, every fan's best friend when things turn south.

The same mouth breathers who wanted Bauta then are clamoring for Fields now. We don't know why Fields hadn't been given a shot this season, and we had no idea why Bauta hadn't been given a shot when Lambert was struggling. After the Florida game last time, we found out pretty quickly why Bauta hadn't played, and it cost us a shot at the SEC Championship.

But yea, let's go with Fields.

This post was edited on 10/14/18 at 10:24 am