Maurer helped give the team the butt kick they needed.
I don't think he did, I think the team seeing how Jarrett handled that situation is what helped them turn the corner.
In those 5 wins to close out the season JG had 1026 yards passing, 8 TDs and just 1 INT while adding 59 rushing yards. He started the South Carolina & Missouri game, and threw the only TDs we had against Kentucky with only 1 incompletion. And he also threw the game icing TD against Mississippi State.
Maurer was 4 for 7 for 61 yards and 2 picks (both in the redzone) against Mississippi State, DNP against South Carolina or Vanderbilt. And was 7 of 16 for 98 yards against Kentucky and threw just 1 pass against Missouri.
Nah, again I like the kid and his fire...but his best game was Georgia...which we lost by 29 points and only scored twice one of which was an opening drive 73 yard pass to Callaway on a blown coverage.
You take away that deep ball to Callaway and Maurer really didn't do much except look like a freshman who wasn't ready, but had to play.
By no means am I all in on JG, I really hope Bailey comes in guns blazing in the next few weeks and never looks back. But Maurer to this point hasn't shown jack **** to prove he's better than Jarrett.