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Jacob Eason

After someone posted about how much success Eason had in the rough, tough SEC East (the little brother living off big brother’s reputation) in 2016 I thought I’d see if my impression that he was just ok bore out through SEC competition.

Meh.

Played 8 SEC games. Went 4-4. The 4 SEC wins came against teams with a combined 25-26 record.

50% completion rate. 136/271

Threw 34 times per game. Had 9 TDs in 8 games.

Number like that for a UW QB would get him killed here.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said the best memory UGA fans have of Eason is how well he handled being benched. Ouch.

I’m not saying Eason can’t be a great college QB. He wasn’t terrible as a freshman. I’m saying he’s done little to earn the level of optimism fans have. Maybe he wins the spot next year, and maybe he performs great and heads to the NFL. But if he does it will represent a massive improvement, which would be kind of amazing after two years of not playing.
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  • PostGameOrangeSlices
    PostGameOrangeSlices Member Posts: 28,034
    edited September 2018

    After someone posted about how much success Eason had in the rough, tough SEC East (the little brother living off big brother’s reputation) in 2016 I thought I’d see if my impression that he was just ok bore out through SEC competition.

    Meh.

    Played 8 SEC games. Went 4-4. The 4 SEC wins came against teams with a combined 25-26 record.

    50% completion rate. 136/271

    Threw 34 times per game. Had 9 TDs in 8 games.

    Number like that for a UW QB would get him killed here.

    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said the best memory UGA fans have of Eason is how well he handled being benched. Ouch.

    I’m not saying Eason can’t be a great college QB. He wasn’t terrible as a freshman. I’m saying he’s done little to earn the level of optimism fans have. Maybe he wins the spot next year, and maybe he performs great and heads to the NFL. But if he does it will represent a massive improvement, which would be kind of amazing after two years of not playing.


    UGA that year was like Washington in 2015...critical peices got experience which led to a huge run.

    Difference being that unlike Washington playing in a powder soft conference, Georgia was playing in the SEC. Not as forgiving. And Eason has the arm strength Browning can only dream of. Is Eason a guaranteed Heisman contender? No, but he should be solid.

    All that said Pete starts Haener out of OKG process spite and Eason grad transfers to WSU

  • DoogCourics
    DoogCourics Member Posts: 5,739
    UGA that year was like Washington in 2015...critical peices got experience which led to a huge run.

    Difference being that unlike Washington playing in a powder soft conference, Georgia was playing in the SEC. Not as forgiving. And Eason has the arm strength Browning can only dream of. Is Eason a guaranteed Heisman contender? No, but he should be solid.

    All that said Pete starts Haener out of OKG process spite and Eason grad transfers to WSU
  • PostGameOrangeSlices
    PostGameOrangeSlices Member Posts: 28,034

    After someone posted about how much success Eason had in the rough, tough SEC East (the little brother living off big brother’s reputation) in 2016 I thought I’d see if my impression that he was just ok bore out through SEC competition.

    Meh.

    Played 8 SEC games. Went 4-4. The 4 SEC wins came against teams with a combined 25-26 record.

    50% completion rate. 136/271

    Threw 34 times per game. Had 9 TDs in 8 games.

    Number like that for a UW QB would get him killed here.

    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said the best memory UGA fans have of Eason is how well he handled being benched. Ouch.

    I’m not saying Eason can’t be a great college QB. He wasn’t terrible as a freshman. I’m saying he’s done little to earn the level of optimism fans have. Maybe he wins the spot next year, and maybe he performs great and heads to the NFL. But if he does it will represent a massive improvement, which would be kind of amazing after two years of not playing.

    UGA that year was like Washington in 2015...critical peices got experience which led to a huge run.

    Difference being that unlike Washington playing in a powder soft conference, Georgia was playing in the SEC. Not as forgiving. And Eason has the arm strength Browning can only dream of. Is Eason a guaranteed Heisman contender? No, but he should be solid.

    All that said Pete starts Haener out of OKG process spite and Eason grad transfers to WSU
    Well stated
  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680

    After someone posted about how much success Eason had in the rough, tough SEC East (the little brother living off big brother’s reputation) in 2016 I thought I’d see if my impression that he was just ok bore out through SEC competition.

    Meh.

    Played 8 SEC games. Went 4-4. The 4 SEC wins came against teams with a combined 25-26 record.

    50% completion rate. 136/271

    Threw 34 times per game. Had 9 TDs in 8 games.

    Number like that for a UW QB would get him killed here.

    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said the best memory UGA fans have of Eason is how well he handled being benched. Ouch.

    I’m not saying Eason can’t be a great college QB. He wasn’t terrible as a freshman. I’m saying he’s done little to earn the level of optimism fans have. Maybe he wins the spot next year, and maybe he performs great and heads to the NFL. But if he does it will represent a massive improvement, which would be kind of amazing after two years of not playing.

    I will let you on my bandwagon.