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DEL.ICIO.USDid Stafford force the issue?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jeff Schultz
10: I never thought the Miami-Florida State rivalry would cease to be entertaining. But it’s getting there.
9: Great football games don’t have to be high scoring. But offenses should at least hint they’re good enough to lead you to conclude, “Wow. They can’t score. Must be the defense.” But that hasn’t been the case the last few years. The Hurricanes and Seminoles can’t score - because the Hurricanes and Seminoles can’t score.
8: The final scores of the last three Miami-FSU games: 13-10 (FSU), 10-7 (FSU), 16-10 (Miami in overtime, so really 10-10 in regulation). Compare that to the scores of the previous five meetings: 31-21, 27-24, 49-27, 28-27, 22-14.
7: Larry Coker gets more grief than he deserves. But something is seriously wrong when a Miami offense produces one first down, five punts and one interception in the second half.
6: So it turns out Marcus Giles doesn’t have a heart condition. He has acid reflux. On a related note, if anybody out there has a yard in need of weeding, I know of a former cardiologist looking for work.
5: Less than 24 hours until our Fantasy League draft and I just passed a new rule: Any quarterback who wrecks a motorcycle, needs to be peeled off the pavement and undergo an emergency appendectomy before opening kickoff probably is not destined for a great season. Take a seat, Ben.
4: Because I’m all about sunshine: The Braves’ win over the Mets Monday means their magic number to rally and win the East Division still stands at eight.
3: OK. So what are the chances that Matthew Stafford or Papa Stafford let Georgia coach Mark Richt know, “Um, coach, red-shirting wasn’t really in our plans.”
2: Get your hands off the blog button. I’m not suggesting anything was dictated to Richt. But it makes no sense to bring in the top recruited quarterback in the country and have him sit for an entire season if you don’t have an obvious starting quarterback on the roster. And, guess what Joe T fans, Georgia doesn’t have an obvious starting quarterback.
1: Drops or no drops, seven-for-17 for 90 yards against a Division 1-AA defense is not going to get it done as a starting quarterback. And Western Kentucky was the last I-AA team on Georgia’s schedule.
Comments
By Mad Dawg
September 5, 2006 11:57 AM | Link to this
DAMN STRAIGHT THERE JEFFREY!!! JT3 is a talentless, special teams playing legacy boy. Nothing more. Nothing less. way to start a riot Jeff. Get ready for the tears and crying from the blind loyalists. I will get it out of the way for them. But JT3 is so darned smart and knows the system so well. But there were dropped passes. But he is a good kid. But he is a hard worker. But CMR says so and if CMR say so that is quite alright with me. How dare anyone have an opinion of their own. How dare anyone analyze things and critique. Just blindly accept whatever your coach says as if CMR is Jesus in this state or something. Don’t let your lying eyes deceive you.
Stafford has been on campus for nine months. There are then 3 key questions for you. Why have CMR and Bobo not prepared him to start opening day? If they have prepared him to start, is stafford dumb or uncoachable? If they have not coached him well or MS is simply dumb and uncoachable, then why, after six years on the job, does CMR not even have one other adequate and solid QB to hold the spot for MS? Why, last year, after five years on the job, did CMR not have one somewhat adequate backup to lead his offense when DJ went down? Noone on these blogs seems to want to answer those questions because they would much rather prefer to blindly follow CMR?
By I think with a drawl
September 5, 2006 12:01 PM | Link to this
Stafford looked great. I know it was on a D1AA team, but his talent and tools were on full display. Time for the Matt Stafford era to begin!!!!
Thanks Joe T.
By bill
September 5, 2006 02:22 PM | Link to this
I don’t think the Mad Dawg likes Coach Richt…ya think?
I was at the WKU game, and that final drive (especially the sidearm pass completion) may have offically been the beginning of the Stafford era…only time & this week’s South carolina game will tell.
By I hate Mad Dawg
September 5, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this
Mad Dawg is a piece of trash liberal that kicks dogs and children when no one is looking. Matt Stafford is a spoiled brat that had his mommy threaten Richt that if they don’t play him, he’ll transfer. Stafford should learn to study the playbook and not the night scene in Athens. That would explain why he is on his way to being the next Jared Lorenzen.
By randy Allen
September 5, 2006 03:20 PM | Link to this
Staff daddy is anything but spoiled this kid worked his tail off in highschool. this coming from someone that was no more then ten yards away from him every play. His mom would be the last person to threaten anybody. he will never leave that school because of family that also goes their with his girlfriend. staff daddy u my boy with much love… hudnall