Justin Fields shares his reaction to Georgia's shocking loss to South Carolina
This was inevitable, but Justin Fields is a college football fan just like anyone else. So of course he saw the upset loss by Georgia to South Carolina last week as Fields and Ohio State were in the midst of an off week on Saturday.
The former Georgia quarterback transferred to Ohio State in the offseason after he played sparingly last season behind Jake Fromm. At Georgia last season, Fields played in 12 of 14 games as a true freshman and was named to the coaches freshman All-SEC Team. He completed 27-of-39 passes for 328 yards and 4 TDs, and also had 4 rushing touchdowns.
“I do feel for those guys, and I know all those guys worked their butts off all last week,” Fields told reporters, according to a video from Colin Hass-Hill. “Especially my boy Rodrigo (Blankenship) because he’s probably one of the hardest workers on that team. When I was there, he stays in the treatment room acting like he was a D-lineman, or in the trenches like that. I definitely feel for those guys, and I hope those guys can bounce back.”
Fields leads the Big Ten with 18 touchdown passes, and has just one interception. He’s completed 69.5 percent of his passes this season, and rushed for 283 yards and 8 touchdowns.
Thanks Justin. Classy.
I agree. His class comes out now vs when he lied to get a transfer.
Lied??? Do tell
Can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with what he said. I’m sure it wasn’t his decision to bring it up, the press asked him.
I liked what he said, all media trained kids would say the same.
I do not appreciate him lying to get an “immediate” transfer
What did he lie about?
I would also like to know what he lied about. Some of you guys really like throwing out strong accusations on the internet about 18 and 19 year old kids.
They explicitly stated that the racial incident wasn’t used to apply for the waiver. And looking at Tate Martell’s immediate eligibility at Miami, he likely didn’t need it. These highly rated QBs don’t need to say anything other than “cause I wanna” and the NCAA will let them play. Because they bring in money.
It’s called the Transfer Portal…He didn’t have to “lie” about anything for immediate transfer. South Carolina just recently lost a DB because they changed their base defensive scheme, losing him his starting position. So don’t go around slandering a guy’s name because you are misinformed
You salty dog you…
If he’da redshirted we’d be sitting pretty for the next 4-5 years.
As if your OC knows how to use a QB. He would never have a chance at the next level with yall.
After such a promising start, how did Bentley turn out after all those years?
What promising start? Bentley ALWAYS was an interception machine that crumbled under pressure, it’s just before this year he had Deebo Samuels to make him look good. Furthermore, Bentley has NEVER been the guy that the team trusted and rallied around. I said it last year, Fromm has reached his peak already. He hasn’t and won’t get any better. Fields could have been the piece that took UGA to the next level but instead of struggling for a little bit while he adjusted to college ball, they took the safe route and stuck with Fromm.
First off I already know youre a moron boxster. And Ballout90… you are an insane person. Please go root for another team IF Carolina is who you claim to be a fan of. UGA is probably a good fit for you.
I’m a moron? Sure, ok. However, you have absolutely no room to talk about developing QBs seeing that South Carolina ruined Bentley.
You are correct. We are OC challenged. But, please remember, your OC is a DAWG
HC too. We have had coaches that went to the university. And alot of times it doesnt work out very well. Did Saban go to Bama? Kirby is a D-WAG and how did that help him this past weekend? heh The fact you even bring that up and think it matters says you dont know squat about football.
We are in your rear view mirror, just go beat Florida.
He’s gonna be in the NFL in 2021. No point in him transferring. He was only gonna play for free for 3 years. He’s too talented to be in college for 4-5 years.
If you are referring to Fields, agreed, he will leave ASAP. That is his MO. He was also NOT a part of the offense UGA has had for YEARS (forget the head coach, we have a huge RB core with a NFL style QB)
That’s not “his” MO. It’s the MO of every kid who has the talent level he has. You think Tua or Trevor Lawrence are going to stick around another year to play for free? The problem with him not being “part of the UGA offense” is in UGA and not him. When you have a generational talent, you play to his strengths. That same “pro-style” offense that UGA runs cost them a game last week. There was also an interesting stat last year about how effective the run game was with Fields in the game compared to Fromm, on plays where Fields didn’t keep the ball. Holyfield and Swift both averaged more yards per carry with Fields in the game compared to Fromm. If you ask me he complimented the run game of the UGA offense very well.
“He was also NOT a part of the offense UGA has had for YEARS”
1. How many national titles has that offense won again? How many SEC titles has it won? And in years when the SEC was actually good, meaning multiple teams that lost fewer than 3 games?
2. How many NFL QBs has it produced? Not guys who sat on the end of the bench for a few years. I mean NFL starters or at least guys who stuck around for a decade as a highly regarded backup?
Don’t get me wrong. I actually prefer a pro-style offense. I dislike these spread offenses where everything revolves around the QB … it diminishes other the other players and on both sides of the ball. I was just pointing out that whatever point you were making wasn’t a very good one.
Very classy, Justin Fields. Congrats on your season thus far.
@UGASB, you have absolutely no idea what Fields and his attorney did or didn’t tell the NCAA.
I don’t either, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the basis for his appeal was a desire to transfer from a pro style offense to a spread offense. The basis for Martell’s transfer was reportedly the head coaching change at Ohio State.
Hi @NashvilleGator. You’re correct. I do not know the exact words used in the hearing of Fields. I do know after the hearing he (Fields) came out and said he enjoyed his time at UGA and did not believe “racism” was at play.
I also know he is from GA, not OH and there was not a hardship for him (the reason immediate transfers were supposedly approved)
Jacob Eason did the right thing, sat out a year and is now the QB at Washington. Luke Ford (UGA player trying to get to Illinois to be with his family) did NOT get an immediate transfer. Why is that?
You make noise (with a pricey lawyer) and you get what you want. it is BS and the whole transfer process should be re-evaluated. FOR ALL SCHOOLS
So first you call him a liar at least twice and then you admit that you do not know the exact words that came out of his mouth?
“I also know he is from GA, not OH and there was not a hardship for him (the reason immediate transfers were supposedly approved)”
What is wrong with you?
1. Tate Martell is from LAS VEGAS (by way of California) and was able to transfer from Ohio State to Miami without a waiver.
2. Austin Kendall is from North Carolina and transferred from Oklahoma to West Virginia without a waiver.
3. By contrast scores of players – Luke Ford, Antonneous Clayton etc. – DID cite proximity to home as reasons for their waiver and were denied.
I posted a lengthy message on this months ago. Will do so again. The NCAA has multiple transfer categories. You pick your category when you submit your transfer application. The NCAA this past offseason made it A LOT EASIER for players to make generic claims about “circumstances” to cover everything from programs facing sanctions, kids in real conflict with their coaches (i.e. the Mike Leach situation with Adam James), etc. (Note: these WERE NOT IN PLACE last offseason so it wasn’t that Jacob Eason “did the right thing” … he had no choice. Under the rules that were in place during the 2018 offseason, he had to sit out.)
But the NCAA only relaxed the rules FOR THAT CATEGORY. For the other categories, the tougher rules remained in place. Luke Ford applied in the category with the tough rules. Waiver denied. Had he applied in the same category that Fields, Martell and Kendall did, it would have been approved.
Pricey lawyer? Well Ford hired that lawyer. Unfortunatately, it was too late. Fields hired the lawyer BEFORE he submitted his transfer application. The lawyer read the NCAA regulations, found the transfer category with the easiest waiver requirements and had Fields apply under that one. That’s a lawyer’s job.
And it is good for Fields that he left. Last year everyone scapegoated him for the LSU, Alabama and Texas losses. (They even blamed him for John Emery and Jadon Haselwood decommitting for LSU and Oklahoma.) If he were still in Athens A. the South Carolina loss and the struggles on offense would be all his fault and B. the entire fanbase would be demanding that he move to wide receiver.
Wow, do you work for the NCAA? I am not sure why you are so angry with me for not liking a rule (transfer) I would prefer someone pick & sign with a team and stay with that team, otherwise, why even commit / sign with a program?
The SEC, BIG10 and the PAC12 are all different in play styles. UGA (besides DJ Shockley, really) has always had a pro style QB with multiple backs. Fields knew this coming in.
I think, as we are both passionate CFB fans, we can agree to disagree on this one, and wish all players a good season.
Classy response and I don’t get the vitriol towards him. He wanted to play and will likely play on Sundays too. I think we mishandled him. I get we need to give the starting QB every chance to win, but he should have played the LSU for at least a quarter. Clearly Fromm wasn’t getting it done so why not. I think Kirby is still learning some hard lessons. Hope he has the humility to see that.
Too funny, Justin Fields says something classy about his old team and GA fans and SC fans are at each others throat, this league is amazing. Yes I know I have no dog in the fight and my team is the worst team in the conference (country?), I get my enjoyment where I can this time of the year.
Correct response. Classy.
I would watch my children around this Farner dude, I have heard he is a youth leader @ his church and tends to get too touchy with younger people especially girls…
These schools owe these kids nothing. If it wasn’t for these schools no one would even know who these kids are….No college football player is a reason why people buy season tickets. If they didn’t play the seats will still be full just as they always have been. I don’t have any issue with any student transferring to another school. However I have a big issue with kids that don’t wanna uphold their part of an agreement and leaving early for the NFL. Staying at a school for 4 years should be required for many reasons. The biggest being if you make an agreement with someone you should honor it. It’s no reason justifiable for not coming back for your final year. Please don’t try and justify it by a career ending injury. I have only known 2 people to ever get paralyzed while playing football. You have a better chance of getting in a fatal car accident than by receiving an injury that will end a career playing football.