Georgia Football: Do the Dawgs have a QB controversy?

On Saturday, Georgia held their annual G-Day spring game at Sanford Stadium.

While this year’s game didn’t match the 93K that showed up for the first spring game of the Kirby Smart era in 2016, they still managed to get a crowd of 66,133, one of the bigger spring game crowds in college football.

But unlike last year, the headlines aren’t about the crowd surrounding the field. They’re about the play on the field. Specifically in regards to the quarterback position.

When Jake Fromm signed with the Bulldogs back in December, Georgia got the no. 4 quarterback in the country, and no. 47 prospect overall according to 247sports’ composite rankings.

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And with Jacob Eason’s struggles down the stretch in the 2016 season, fans seemed to immediately anoint Fromm as the savior of Georgia football, quickly forgetting about Eason’s high school accolades and in-game experience.

So does Georgia have a quarterback controversy?

Fromm: 14-of-23 for 277 yards and 2 TDs. 1 sack.

Eason: 16-of-36 for for 311 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT. 5 sacks.

So statistically, yes, Fromm significantly outperformed Eason. But there’s a significant reason for that.

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Eason was playing against Georgia’s first string defense, while Fromm was playing against the second-string defense.

That should be the beginning and end of the argument. But fans always want the next big thing. There’s an old saying that the most popular player on a football team is the backup quarterback. Until you actually get the backup quarterback.

Georgia fans need to be careful what they wish for. In 2016, the Bulldogs went 8-5 with a true freshman quarterback taking his lumps in the SEC. And they should not want to go through that again.

Ultimately, Kirby Smart is going to choose the quarterback that he feels gives them the best chance to win. Competition is always a good thing. And Fromm’s presence should light a fire under Eason since there is another highly-touted quarterback on the roster. But if people think that Georgia has a quarterback controversy, they are sorely mistaken.

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