Naming a starting quarterback is not a priority this spring for Georgia football coach Mark Richt, but his candidates may not make the eventual decision an easy one.
Redshirt junior Faton Bauta and redshirt sophomore Brice Ramsey each completed 17 of 28 passes Saturday morning during Georgia’s second scrimmage inside Sanford Stadium. The Bulldogs ran about 120 plays and will practice again Tuesday and Thursday before next Saturday’s G-Day game.
“I thought they both had some good moments and a couple of bad moments,” Richt said afterward in a news conference. “Faton was a little hotter on the front end, and Brice was a little hotter at the tail end of the scrimmage.”
Bauta threw for 250 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, while Ramsey had 219 yards and a score. The two shared first-team snaps, Richt said, while redshirt freshman Jacob Park completed 2 of 8 passes for 36 yards with the second- and third-team units.
During Georgia’s 10-3 season last year, Ramsey played in eight games and Bauta in three. In the 37-14 defeat of Louisville in late December’s Belk Bowl, Ramsey replaced an injured Hutson Mason and completed 4 of 9 passes for 51 yards with an interception.