Georgia football glad to have a confident competitor in quarterback Ryan Puglisi

System · February 11

Georgia football glad to have a confident competitor in quarterback Ryan Puglisi

ATHENS — Dylan Raiola once again dominated headlines this week due to a back-and-forth between his father and ESPN commentator Kirk Herbstreit. For those who followed his recruitment, this is hardly anything new.

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10DAWG · February 11

You just can't say enough good things about this young man, he's been steadfast throughout the whole mess with Raiola. Don't want to sound like sour grapes, but I am glad UGA has him over Raiola or Manning. I have no doubt Ryan will make an impact on this team, how large, only time will tell. I can tell you one thing, I'll be one of his biggest fans. GATA !!!

CWdawg1979 · February 11

I am happy with the way the situation with Puglisi and Raiola worked out. UGA gets a kid who is committed and steadfast. I watched a lot of Raiola's games with Buford and watched Puglisi's senior highlights. While Raiola has great touch on his throws, Puglisi's arm looks stronger and may be able to place the ball in tighter spaces needed at the next level. In addition, Puglisi seemed more able to run when needed. Puglisi seems more athletic. I have wondered why in the same month UGA gets KJ from Buford to flip to UGA and Raiola from Buford flips away from UGA. While communication with KJ heated up, did communication with Raiola cool off? With Kirby always tight-lipped, we will never really know.

GBAL · February 11

Move ON! Starts with the writers.

1SICemDAWGS1 · February 11

I'd rather have a dedicated, committed QB like Puglisi, as my future QB, and team leader. Not an indecisive kid who has transferred High schools multiple times, and committmed and de-committed from 2 or 3 colleges already in his young life. That's not a very hard decision to make..GoDAWGS!

BubbaBill · February 11

I love this kid and sincerely believe we came out smelling like a rose recruiting him over Raiola. It seems like we have much better luck with the lower ranked QBs (Bennett, Beck, etc) than with the 5-star players like: Eason, Daniels, Fields and Vandergriff. I know they all left for various reasons, but I can’t name a single game we would have won (that we lost) had they stayed. Also, it’s certainly beneficial that we are having a good level of stability with our Offensive Coordinators. I noticed that Grubb just bailed on Bama yesterday. That means the Tide will have their 4th OC in the past 12.5 months. This development is catastrophic for DeBoer because Grubb was his OC at all 5 schools where he’s been head coach over the past 17 years. Grubb is so good that he was Saban’s #1 choice last year before Bama had to settle on Rees after Grubb rejected them. Don’t you all hate it when bad things happen to our neighbors 😉. Go Dawgs!!!

jvillebil · February 11

I look at Dylan like a girlfriend that you just broke up with. Bye in case i never see you again.

CHDawg54 · February 11

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/745433#Comment_745433

I think Puglisi will be a team player whereas Raiola seemed to be all about himself, the superstar. I'd rather have a QB who is into the how he makes the team look the one who is more into how the team makes him look. The team first culture is what sets UGA apart from the rest.

GtheGreek · February 11

“He sees himself as a guy that needs to come in and develop under a system,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said on National Signing Day."...This Dawg Nation is THE KEY......you can have technicolor stars fluorescing from you toukus and if you don't process the aforementioned mind set you'll be just another wanta be......being that Georgia has The Best System in college football. a young man can do no better.....Pugs is one smart dude to realize this fact and saddled with his desire to be the BEST, and his natural talent..... I see Championships a plenty in our future ! As for DR and the Raiola Family......enjoy the fireworks from those fluorescing stars while they last, cause its going to be a long season in Huskerville.

robinsdawg · February 12

I should never read another DN article on QBs that mentions the names Fields, Newman, Raiola or Maiva. They are 100% irrelevant to UGA football storylines.

kirkhilles · February 12

QBs like him (solid, dedicated 4+ star QB) are what succeed in our program. We've never been able to keep and utilize high profile QBs. Heck, even Stafford didn't do as well as he could've/should've at Georgia. I think we are VERY well set with our 3 current QBs.

JBMDawg46 · February 12

Very glad we got Puglisi. Based on his film, he looks very athletic with a strong and accurate arm. Plus, he seems like a good kid. Ready and willing to come in and work to get better. As Conner points out, he comes in with a higher rating than Beck and Stockton had coming out of high school. Need it also be pointed out that he is much higher rated than the QB who started for a team that won two nattys? So at this point in time he’s the highest rated QB coming out of high school on the team.

While I wish Riola well at whichever school or schools he ends up actually playing for, I still think Puglisi is the better QB. An absolutely convinced, until shown otherwise, that Puglisi is beyond any doubt the better fit for our program.

Floridadawg · February 13

im tired of seeing raole name tied to this guy. He is our qb now and the rest are irrelevant

Georgia football glad to have a confident competitor in quarterback Ryan Puglisi

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