ATHENS, Ga. – The list of starting quarterbacks with multiple Southeastern Conference championship game victories begins and ends with Florida’s Danny Wuerffel.
Georgia’s Jake Fromm could join that not-so-large contingent Saturday afternoon by guiding the No. 4 Bulldogs (11-1) to an upset of No. 1 Alabama (12-0) in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Fromm nearly led Georgia past the Crimson Tide in January’s national title contest of the 2017 season inside the same building, and the 6-foot-2, 225-pounder has followed his fantastic freshman year by being even more superb as a sophomore.
“I know what’s going on,” Fromm said. “I know the trip to Atlanta, and I know what the environment is going to be like. Playing in big games is fun. It’s what you dream of, so let’s go out and let’s go get it.”
Wuerffel was Terry Dean’s backup in Florida’s 1993 SEC title-game win over Alabama before guiding the Gators to three more league crowns, and the only two quarterbacks since who had a chance to defend a conference crown but came up short were Georgia’s David Greene and Florida’s Tim Tebow.
Fromm completed 16 of 22 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns in last December’s 28-7 triumph over Auburn, but he wasn’t quite as efficient a few weeks later against the Crimson Tide, going 16-of-32 for 232 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.