UGA gets the UNLV qb in the portal, beat out USC for him

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Smart said earlier he needed 4 qb in the room. He's got them now. This guy though surprises me. One qb hit the portal from UGA to get playing time. Now this guy takes his place on the bench. He'll warm the bench like the other 2 behind Beck. His chances of playing would have been much better elsewhere.
 

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We can pick someone up in the spring portal if need be. Guys will be jumping after spring games are over.

Or, just move Doty back to QB now that we have bolstered the WR room. He's not a WR anyway. Doty is not SEC starter material, but I think he can be a fine game manager.
 
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We can pick someone up in the spring portal if need be. Guys will be jumping after spring games are over.

Or, just move Doty back to QB now that we have bolstered the WR room. He's not a WR anyway. Doty is not SEC starter material, but I think he can be a fine game manager.

It’s definitely not over. Round 2 of the portal should be filled with guys that were on the cusp of a starting job, but just missed out.
 
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It’s definitely not over. Round 2 of the portal should be filled with guys that were on the cusp of a starting job, but just missed out.

Probably our best bet to wait at this point. If we took someone now, we'd be taking someone just to take him. We may still end up having to do that in the spring portal, but, as you said, there should be more quality QBs in there than what there is now.
 

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They only got 6 players from the portal but it looks like they got a few that could help right away.

Pretty interesting. He must suspect that Stockton is leaning to leave as well to bring in a QB his age. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in the portal post spring. Maybe he lands at USC after all.
 

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Pretty interesting. He must suspect that Stockton is leaning to leave as well to bring in a QB his age. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in the portal post spring. Maybe he lands at USC after all.
Kirby said he wanted 4 qbs on scholarship and that is what he has now. I'm surprised the UNLV kid went there. I think he will be third string at best at UGA. Beck, Stockton, UNLV guy (maybe) and Puglisi is about the best I can imagine for him.

I guess now that he has transferred, he can't go back in the portal after Spring and play immediately anywhere. He has used his one free transfer.
 
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Kirby said he wanted 4 qbs on scholarship and that is what he has now. I'm surprised the UNLV kid went there. I think he will be third string at best at UGA. Beck, Stockton, UNLV guy (maybe) and Puglisi is about the best I can imagine for him.

I guess now that he has transferred, he can't go back in the portal after Spring and play immediately anywhere. He has used his one free transfer.
Good Point. Hell He can just transfer next year though. He'll have 3 years into college not to mention the summer classes and any credit he began with and then if we has an early enrollee an extra semester.

not to get off track, but that's what's crazy about the portal allowing free transfers and then grad transfer. These kids enroll early with many already having 6-12 credits. Then get 15 first semester, then have to take a class each summer session to participate in summer workouts. There's 3 summer sessions so that's at least 9 credits each summer. So if they enroll early, even with no credits:

*Most schools require 120ish credit hours per degree

Spring Semester Prior to Freshman Season - 15 credits
Summer Prior to Freshman Season - 9 credits
Freshman year (Fall & Spring) - 30 credits
Summer Prior to Soph (or RS Fresh) - 9 credits
Soph Year (RS Fresh) - 30 credits
Summer Prior to Jr Year (RS Soph) - 9 credits
Jr. Fall Sem (RS Soph) - 15 credits
=117 credits. This is is 0 credits from HS an only 1 class per summer session. Add 1 class in and the guy has graduated in 2.5 years. So if they redshirt, they could use a free transfer after freshman or RS freshman year, then transfer again freely after RS Soph/Junior Season as a graduate.

The portal will calm down a bit after the 2024 portal cycle because the covid year players will have aged out, so transfers won't be transferring twice with 2-3 years of eligibility left too often.
 

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And the "what does this mean for Stockton?" chatter suddenly goes silent.
Stockton played most of the second half of their bowl game. Stockton is the solid #2 now. I don't think he's going anywhere. Their #2 qb left and went to UK where he will likely start. He probably wasn't going to beat out Stockton in 2025 and Puglisi, their new signee at qb, is going to be very good too. Kirby still wants 4 qbs on scholarship so I imagine he'll pick one up after Spring.

Kirby is a master at managing the roster. I don't think he gives a damn about what a current player thinks about him bringing in new talent at a given position, a la Sellers and the angst over upsetting him by bringing in a transfer qb. Beamer needs to let these kids know they are going to have to win their positions and hold on to them.