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Ryan Puglisi choosing a different path at Georgia as fellow 2024 quarterbacks hit transfer portal
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Ryan Puglisi choosing a different path at Georgia as fellow 2024 quarterbacks hit transfer portal
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Unless you're Tom Brady, or God forbid an injury occurs to Gunner. I cant see, and with good reason, how any QB can take Gunner's spot as the starting QB at UGA in 2026 after the season he had this year.GoDAWGS!
Full disclosure I am looking forward to Gunner returning next year but if (heaven forbid) something happens during the season or even if it's the following season, I certainly look forward to RyanP driving the car…what a cannon of an arm and the perfect Kirby Smart QB mindset. This kid is going to be very special…hope it is in the red n black.
he knows the competition inThe UGA QB room. If he stays, he will have 2027/28 to prove himself. But let us not forget that Montgomery is nipping at his heals. Let’s concern ourselves with this season first.
Both Puglisi and Montgomery seem to be better than capable QB. In fact, both could end up being very good QBs for the Dawgs. Hope they both stay and learn and eventually start for the Dawgs. I’m actually glad Curtis flipped to Vandy. His selfishness isn’t what the UGA culture needs or wants.
As for Riola, his staying TWO years at Nebraska actually surprised me. He never played more than ONE year for any high school. He started for Nebraska for two years and left anyway. Who needs that kind of guy on your team?
Millender ain't too shabby himself..that'll be a fun competition to watch between Puglisi, Montgomery, and Millendrr after Gunner is gone. If the DAWGS can keep all 3 and not lose any to the portal. Colter Ginn is also a pretty good QB, dont count him out either.
As was the case with Raiola, the Curtis defection will be a blessing in disguise. Raiola went to four different high schools and now bolts Nebraska after two years. The guy just doesn't want to stay put and develop. UGA QB's may not be flashy, but they are developmentally sound.
SB IV had to have a sit down with CKS after he had delivered a NC to know that he would be granted the starting QB role the next season.
"Puglisi is one of three quarterbacks who still plays for the school he signed with. Julian Sayin, DJ Lagway, Air Noland and others have all left for a second school"
Periods are nice. Equal comparisons are nice too. Julian Sayin left after Nick Saban retired. DJ Lagway left after his coach got fired AND the new coach came in with a new system, offensive coordinator AND portal QB who already knows said system. The Gators made no attempt to hold onto Lagway and may have even encouraged him to go elsewhere. Air Noland left because he lost the starting job at Ohio State to freshman Julian Sayin. So … when was Noland going to play? Pretending that this is anything like Beck (who was going to take over for Bennett) or Stockton (who was going to take over for Beck) or Puglisi (who is going to take over for Stockton) is absurd. Even better: might want to see if Montgomery and Millender stick around. Why? Because Brock Vandagriff didn't. Neither did the QBs who lost out to Bennett: JT Daniels and Dwan Mathis. Or how the QB depth chart completely emptied out after Jake Fromm won the job as a true freshman in 2017.
Bottom line: this entire article makes no sense. It is lumping in guys who left because of their head coaches did (Sayin), guys who initially stated that they wanted to stay even after the coaching change but really seem to have been run off by the new regime (Lagway) and guys who had no path to the starting job because they were in the same class as the guy who won it and had already burned their redshirt year (Noland) and guys who had the starting job but were leaving because their head coach failed to surround them with the talent needed to succeed (Raiola) with guys who left for the same reason that a bunch of former UGA QBs did that the article didn't mention.
There are real reasons why UGA isn't getting the talent at QB and WR under Smart that the other contenders get, and that Richt got even when UGA wasn't a contender. UGA gets top 100 DLs, LBs and DBs, OLs and TEs every year because UGA players at those positions consistently put up good numbers and get drafted high. There is no reason to expect QBs, WRs and lately RBs to have any lower expectations for their college careers than defensive players and OLs do.
Fully Agree !! But and If God forbid something were to happen to Gunner we have a Very capable QB in Pugs. When it comes his time he’s going to excel !! Go Dawgs !!
“…. and guys who had the starting job but were leaving because their head coach failed to surround them with the talent needed to succeed (Raiola).”
Everyone knew what Nebraska had (or didn’t have) to surround Raiola with, and it wasn’t going to get any better just because he was there. That Head Coach was never going to perform the miracle needed to make Raiola successful. He was at Nebraska because he couldn’t imagine himself as a backup at UGA (or anywhere else). If getting sacked is his idea of development, then he’s ready to be a starter for a real CFB program! Maybe he can strike a deal with Kiffin at LSU!
GO DAWGS!
“ If he stays, he will have 2027/28 to prove himself.”
@Brooksie this is an important fact that gets lost in the shuffle as these young athletes are obsessed with playing time as a true freshman. Two years as a starter and finishing as a fifth-year senior seems to be the best recipe for high draft stock for most quarterbacks (with some exceptions, of course).
The way I see it...in current times. Is that, you can't really project a quarterback more than 1 season ahead. We're set for 2026. The 2027 Season....could be Puglisi or Montgomery...or somebody on another team's roster.
Who knows?....Before it's over, Jared Curtis could be quarterbacking the Dawgs in '27. Never say never, these days. Lol
I trust Coach Lea with his preliminary development. Lol
Go Dawgs.
While what you said there is indeed full of truth I think Pugs will stick around like a black hair in a biscuit and Earn the job. After Gunner finishes next year ( barring injury God forbid to Gunner). But I’ve been wrong plenty of times. It’s a long way off so we’ll see. For now I want to see Gunner and All Dawgs that play thrash some teams totally on their way to another Ntl. Crown !! Go Dawgs !!
@navydawg "…Pugs will stick around like a black hair in a biscuit"
LOL! I must ask for permission to use that phrase in the future! Giving you full credit of course!
Talkin bout a Black hair in a biscuit…I'm thinkin that'll be Lane Kiffin when he gives The Bayou Bengals the ole sayonara to take his dream job with the Crimson Tide, when DaBore heads to The Big House, after getting waxed and run over again by The Okies….now that's when Roadshow Raiola will be paid MEGA BUCKS to become a pachyderm by the Bama bugger eaters and The Heart of Dixie will be in the first level of nirvana…again.