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When Aaron Murray takes the reins to the University of Georgia offense, the Bulldog faithful will once again be subject to an inexperienced freshman under center (albeit redshirt freshman this go round), in a trend that has become a familiar development process for the Athens Saturday crowd. Looking back at the quarterbacks in recent Bulldog history, perhaps D.J. Shockley was the only big time signal caller to bide his time with a significant stint on the bench, playing only sporadically as a change of pace quarterback, finally becoming the full time starter until his senior season. Of course, when Shockley did finally earn his spot at the top of the depth chart it paid off as the Dawgs scored a date with the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Sugar Bowl, on the heels of an SEC Championship victory. That’s not to say freshman QBs have struggled for the Bulldogs. Matt Stafford did pretty well for himself in limited time in school, earning a 40 million guaranteed contract as the Lions 1 pick. Murray’s situation is eerily similar to that of David Greene back when he first won the starting job (also as a redshirt freshman) in 2001, beating out the more athletic Shockley. Murray walked away with the job by winning the coaches’ confidence after a hotly contested summer competition with Logan Grey. Like Shockley, Grey is a more dynamic threat, while Murray has prototypical passing skills (surprisingly mobile as well). Read the rest of this entry »