Ever since Kirby Smart was hired by the Georgia Bulldogs, many have tried to predict who his starting quarterback will be. Sometimes the best way to predict the future is by looking to the past. Let’s examine first-year Georgia Bulldogs head coaches and their quarterbacks going back to the end of the Vince Dooley era in 1988.
Georgia always has been able to attract top recruits because of location alone. No new Bulldogs coach over the past quarter-century has inherited a roster devoid of talent. The specific talent at quarterback, thought, has been another story and it is the play of his quarterback that largely has determined how successful any first-year UGA coach has been.