Before the 2019 season UGA backup QB Justin Fields transferred, leaving the Dawgs without a suitable backup to Jake Fromm. Kirby managed to flip Ohio State commitment D'Wan Mathis (above) to sign with UGA, but after starring in the spring game, Mathis was lost for the season after undergoing brain surgery.
With no viable backup QB in 2019, starter Jake Fromm was unable to run the ball as he had his first two seasons, limiting UGA's offensive play-calling options. Had Fromm gone down with an injury, UGA's championship hopes would've ended at that point. That moment finally came in the SEC Championship Game against LSU. With Fromm leaving for the NFL, the Dawgs won't have a problem with QB depth in 2020:
1. Jamie Newman: senior dual threat transfer from Wake Forest
2. Carson Beck: top rated Gatorade All-America recruit from Jacksonville
3. D'Wan Mathis: redshirt dual threat freshman has been cleared to play. Some have doubts about Mathis' play-making ability, though he adds depth at the position.
4. Austin Kirksey: 3 star recruit from Walton High was redshirted last year by at Nevada, joins UGA as a preferred walk-on. Kirksey wanted to be closer to home for family reasons.
5. Stetson Bennett: last year's backup got seasoning at a junior college in 2018.
6. Brock Vandagriff, another top-rated high school QB from Prince Avenue Christian School in Athens, will be a freshman in 2021.
These days college players come and go as they please. Two other UGA QB's came and went with little fanfare. Glad I didn't have such a vagabond college experience.
Matthew Downing: former Alpharetta High QB signed as a preferred walk-on in 2018. He later transferred from UGA to TCU.
Parker McLeod, another former Walton QB, signed with Bama, enrolled at UGA and walked on. McLeod left after one season when Jake Fromm was recruited. He later resurfaced at Western Kentucky.
Big night for UGA and GT. Getting the hopes up for all those GT fans. Duke suffered their worst loss to an unranked opponent in the Coach K era.
My treadmill at the gym last night didn't have TV coverage, so I wasn't able to watch basketball when I was there. Ran my four miles listening to my Michael Crichton book. My new sneakers delivered last night so I will wear them to the gym tonight. Ceil couldn't believe I was wearing them in the rain, but its not like I'll be tromping through the mud.
For the record I am down six pounds as well, but today was a good day. Been fluctuating all year.
C continued to clear out stuff in the living and dining room. I cleared out some boxes from the garage, so we're continuing to head in the right direction. C baked a chicken, fixed sour cream potatoes, and tossed a salad. Watched New Amsterdam and Schooled. M went rock wall climbing in Midtown.
This evening C and A are driving to Murfreesboro. A has a job interview in Nashville tomorrow. They're coming back tomorrow night. I'll have to be stopping by the grocery store.
WILLIE McGEE His .353 batting average is the second-highest single-year mark by a switch-hitter in modern National League history - hit .353 in 1985 for STL, only exceeded by Chipper Jones's .364 in 2008. The last time anyone on that team had more hits than he did that year, was 1971 - McGee had 216 H in 1985. Joe Torre had 230 H in 1971. Only one STL player has even reached 200 in a season since '85—Albert Pujols w/212 in 2003. Among switch-hitters, only he and Pete Rose have more than one batting title. Also won in 1990 batting .335 for STL even though in his final 29 G that year, he played for OAK having been traded for Felix Jose, Stan Royer.& minor leaguer Daryl Green.
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