Aaron Murray: Football Assassin (YouTube video)

I'm being told by multiple sources that this is a video of Aaron Murray attempting a QB trick shot on the beach in Key West for spring break.

My question: Did he fail.... or succeed?

RELEASE THE AARON!

So many have pointed out by now that it looks like Aaron Murray was being controlled too much by the coaches yesterday.  After he went all scramble-crazy and took over the offense last week against Louisiana-Lafayette, Mark Richt and Mike Bobo likely gave him a friendly reminder that he needs to stop being a hero and protect himself.  After all, that was Coach Richt's mantra during the pre-season.  The idea has been to keep the offense simple and ease Murray into the gameplan.  Judging by last week's game, Murray doesn't want to play it that way.  He wants to run at it headfirst.  

Richt acknowledged the leash on Murray after the game yesterday:

“Even in the second half we were inclined to just call whatever the heck we thought we needed to call. I think early on you’re trying to, let’s make sure we can run the ball, be his best friend, all that kind of stuff. And call things that maybe don’t’ take an awful lot of thinking as far as progressions and that kind of thing. And try to get him off on a good note. But he’s handled everything very well and I think he’s prepared to just run the system as we have it.”

This offense will continue to struggle if Aaron Murray remains caged and treated like any normal freshman quarterback.  But he isn't a normal freshman QB, as we've seen from his play.  He has the potential to be great, starting now.  It is time... to do what must be done.  It is time.... to....

Georgia's QB Situation (including walk-ons) vs. Past Years Under Richt

The talk of the Bulldog Nation in the past 24 hours has revolved around the possibility of quarterback Logan Gray transferring. So if Gray did decide to transfer, how would Georgia's current QB group look? Everyone knows Aaron Murray is the current #1 on the depth chart, and most everyone knows about Lassiter High School recruit Hutson Mason who will be joining the Dawgs in Athens soon. But few know that there are also two walk-ons that will be joining the team this fall.

Redshirt Freshman Aaron Murray (4 star on Rivals and #3 QB)

Freshman Hutson Mason (3 star on Rivals)

Freshman Greg Bingham out of Columbus High School (2 stars on Rivals)

Freshman Parker Welch out of Wayne County High School (2 stars on Scout.com)

That leaves the 2010 class with four QBs, all "freshman" who have never taken a snap at the college level, and only two scholarship players. Things look a lot better if we can keep the more experienced Redshirt Junior Logan Gray on board.

Curious to see how thin (and young) this QB class is (or would be without Gray) compared to past years?

2009:

R.Sr. Joe Cox

R.So. Logan Gray

Fr. Aaron Murray

Fr. Zach Mettenberger

R.Jr. Jonathan Batson (walk-on)

2008:

Jr. Matthew Stafford

R.Jr. Joe Cox

R.Fr. Logan Gray

R.So. Jonathan deLaureal (walk-on)

R.So. Jonathan Batson (walk-on)

2007:

So. Matthew Stafford

R.So. Joe Cox

Fr. Logan Gray

R.Jr. Blake Barnes

R.Fr. Jonathan deLaureal (walk-on)

2006:

R.Sr. Joe Tereshinski III

R.So. Blake Barnes

R.Fr. Joe Cox

Fr. Matthew Stafford

Fr. Jonathan deLaureal (walk-on)

2005:

R.Sr. D.J. Shockley

R.Jr. Joe Tereshinski III

Fr. Joe Cox

R.Fr. Blake Barnes

2004:

R.Sr. David Greene

R.Jr. D.J. Shockley

R.So. Joe Tereshinski III

Fr. Blake Barnes

2003:

R.Jr. David Greene

R.So. D.J. Shockley

So. Rollins Luckey

R.Fr. Joe Tereshinski III

2002:

Sr. Cory Phillips

R.So. David Greene

Fr. D.J. Shockley

Fr. Joe Tereshinski III

IF Gray decided to transfer, Georgia would have by far the youngest QB group of the Mark Richt era, and the thinnest (with only four QBs, and only two scholarship players).

Aaron Murray Throwing to Matt Stafford (Rivals Video)

Just found this and thought it was funny.

Rivals.com has a video (click HERE) showing what they consider to be the top 10 quarterback performances at the Elite 11 camp, and the top two players on the list are Georgia's Aaron Murray and Matthew Stafford. They were selected over other notable QBs, such as Tim Tebow and Ryan Mallett, along with John Brantley, Jake Locker, Josh Freeman, E.J Manuel, Matt Barkley and Blaine Gabbert.

Aaron Murray at #2 starts at about 5:15 in the video, and the first pass they show is him throwing to Matt Stafford.