Dogs receptive to change
New year, new QB for Georgia
Georgia’s All-SEC wide receiver A.J. Green (8), scoring against Arkansas in a 52-41 victory over the Razorbacks last season, likes what he sees in redshirt freshman Aaron Murray, the Bulldogs’ starting quarterback.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
LITTLE ROCK — Georgia is breaking in a new starting quarterback for the second year in a row, and this time it’s a redshirt freshman instead of a fifth-year senior.
Aaron Murray, the Bulldogs’ scout team quarterback as a true freshman last season while he redshirted, has been promoted to the starting job as Georgia looks to rebound from an 8-5 record, the worst in Mark Richt’s nine seasons as coach.
Murray, who at Tampa Plant High School threw 84 touchdown passes and was a Parade All-American, is taking over for Joe Cox.
Cox waited four seasons to get his chance to start for Georgia, then had an up and-down 2009 season with 24 touchdown passes and 15 interceptions ...
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Sports, Pages 17 on 07/29/2010
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