Could we get one of these guys?

[USF_Bill]

Georgia QB battle could lead to transfers

Tereshinski wants all four to stay but expects some fallout

By CARTER STRICKLAND

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 06/29/06

Everybody has been waiting for Mark Richt to make a decision on Georgia's starting quarterback.

The fans are ready to embrace whoever it might be. The team is ready to rally behind Joe Tereshinski, Blake Barnes, Joe Cox or Matthew Stafford.

But in all of the hype and excitement, what Richt must be ready to deal with is the fallout. One guy will get picked. Three will not.

"There is going to be a point where will have to narrow it down maybe to just one and it will be interesting to see how the young men react who aren't named the starter or in that top two," Richt said.

Tereshinski, the frontrunner to start the Sept. 2 opener against Western Kentucky, has a pretty good idea of how the losers in this quarterback battle might react.

"I would like for them all to stay," Tereshinski said when asked if he thought any might transfer. "But there are three quarterbacks back to back to back years [in college] and it would be hard, depending on what happens, for some of them to stay, I bet."

Barnes, Cox and Stafford all have multiple years of eligibility left. But Barnes and Cox have used their redshirt years.

Barnes, a sophomore, has said in the past he'd have a hard time leaving Georgia. Cox, a freshman, has said he'd have a hard time staying if he didn't get playing time.

The decision on the starting quarterback is expected to come in the latter stages of fall camp. That timeline would allow a player to transfer to another school before it started and not lose an extra semester.

Of course, they may all stay.

"You never know what is going to happen," Tereshinski said.

[Joe]

Tereshinski (a 3rd generation UGA football player) and Stafford are safe...the other 2 are average players.

[USF_Bill]

High School: 2004 Parade Magazine All-America Team...Superprep All-MidAtlantic Team....2004 Associated Press Prep Football Player of the Year for North Carolina...North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year in 2004...AP First-Team All-State and two-time Charlotte Observer Offensive Player of the Year...Played in The Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas...31-0 record as a starting quarterback...North Carolina state record 66 touchdown passes while leading his team to its fifth consecutive state championship his senior year...twice named the MVP of the state title game...as a senior completed 240 of 363 passes for 4,509 yards and just five INTs...as a junior threw for 3,983 yards and 43 touchdowns...No. 7 QB in the country by Rivals.com and ESPN's Tom Lemming...PrepNation 101 All-American Team...Sun-Sentinel All-Southern Team...2004 NCPreps.com All-State...High School Coach: Bill Guiler.

College: 2005-- Redshirted.... Outstanding Offensive Scout Team Player Award....Recipient of Porter Otis Payne Football Scholarship....2006 - Solid spring and will be competing for playing time in the fall...completed 12 of 21 passes for 185 yards (5 int's) in annual spring G-Day game....Major: Pre Business

[Joe]

Cox had an injury which many are saying has hurt his game...He'd be a solid pick up, but injury problems could be alarming.