MURRAY WILL WIN!

Don’t let Aaron Murray’s boyish looks and childlike zeal for the game fool you – he’s more than ready to play quarterback in the SEC. So let him play, Coach Richt.

Head Coach Mark Richt and Offensive Coordinator Mike Bobo both admitted after the loss to South Carolina that they think it’s time to “take the reigns off” of Murray. I ask, what’s taking so long?

Sometimes it seems to me that UGA and its coaches are the only ones in the country who baby their young quarterbacks. It’s one thing if you’re talking about a true freshman who’s only been enrolled in school for three months. Murray is a redshirt freshman who graduated high school a semester early to get a head start on his college football career. He’s been in the system for 18 months. You couldn’t convince me at this point that he doesn’t have a firm grasp on the playbook, or that he lacks the ability to execute it. On the contrary, Richt and Bobo have nothing but praise for their young signal caller.

“We’ve just got to allow him to play ball. We’ve got to treat him more like a veteran.”, Richt said after the loss to South Carolina.

Well Coach, essentially, he is a veteran. He’s been in the program the same length of time as the average player finishing up their Sophomore year. Now it’s time to let him play like it.

If Richt and Bobo decide to not “take the reigns off” soon, you can probably expect more outcomes this season similar to this past Saturday. Unfortunately, if that’s the case, that could become a reality next Saturday.