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Former Georgia, Ohio State QB Justin Fields predicts rookie Madden rating

Former Georgia football and Ohio State Buckeyes QB Justin Fields, now with the Chicago Bears, predicted his rookie rating in Madden 22.

All football players dream of one day seeing themselves featured in a video game. More specifically, EA Sports’ popular game, Madden.

This year’s rookie class will soon get that chance, with the next edition of Madden set to be released in August, just in time for the 2021 season.

The Checkdown recently posted a video of a handful of rookie quarterbacks predicting what their rating will be when the game is released.

Typically, rookie quarterbacks selected in the first round of the NFL draft tend to find themselves rated in the mid-70s.

Out of the quarterbacks that The Checkdown interviewed, former Georgia and Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields was the only one to predict a realistic rating for himself.

“To be honest, I think my Madden rating is going to be like a 78 through 81, of course, just because … rookies,” Fields said.

The Chicago Bears selected Fields with No. 11 pick in the first round of the draft.

 

UGA football offers 4-star DE Luke Montgomery

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to defensive end prospect Luke Montgomery, who is a four-star recruit

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to class of 2023 defensive end prospect Luke Montgomery, a four-star recruit. Montgomery plays for Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio.

Luke Montgomery is ranked No. 65 overall among the rising junior class. The four-star defensive end is 6 feet, 5 inches and weighs 260 pounds.

It will be tough to wrestle Montgomery away from the Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State is an elite recruiting program and seldom lets a top prospect leave the state. In fact, the Buckeyes secured commitments from the top four in-state prospects in the class of 2021. Montgomery took a visit to Columbus, Ohio, for Ohio State’s recent spring game.

Overall, the Findlay High School star has over 20 scholarship offers, including Nebraska, LSU, Florida, Duke, FSU, Oklahoma and Ohio State.

Luke Montgomery received an offer from the University of Georgia football program on April 7.

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April 17, 2021; Atlanta, Georgia; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart on the field before the Georgia Spring Game at Sanford Stadium. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

UGA football offers 4-star DE Luke Montgomery

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to defensive end prospect Luke Montgomery, who is a four-star recruit

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The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to class of 2023 defensive end prospect Luke Montgomery, a four-star recruit. Montgomery plays for Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio.

Luke Montgomery is ranked No. 65 overall among the rising junior class. The four-star defensive end is 6 feet, 5 inches and weighs 260 pounds.

It will be tough to wrestle Montgomery away from the Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State is an elite recruiting program and seldom lets a top prospect leave the state. In fact, the Buckeyes secured commitments from the top four in-state prospects in the class of 2021. Montgomery took a visit to Columbus, Ohio, for Ohio State’s recent spring game.

Overall, the Findlay High School star has over 20 scholarship offers, including Nebraska, LSU, Florida, Duke, FSU, Oklahoma and Ohio State.

Luke Montgomery received an offer from the University of Georgia football program on April 7.

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April 17, 2021; Atlanta, Georgia; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart on the field before the Georgia Spring Game at Sanford Stadium. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

Twitter reacts: former UGA QB Justin Fields declares for NFL Draft

Ohio State and former Georgia quarterback Justin Fields has declared for the 2021 NFL Draft.

Former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Justin Fields has declared for the 2021 NFL Draft as expected. Fields transferred to Ohio State after his freshman season at the University of Georgia.

The Harrison High School product was regarded as a five-star recruit before he headed to Georgia. Fields will forever be linked with Trevor Lawrence, who was the No. 1 rated recruit in the class of 2018. Fields was typically rated No. 2 overall in the class of 2018. Interestingly, the No. 3 quarterback recruit in that class is JT Daniels.

At Ohio State, Justin Fields helped the Buckeyes make the College Football Playoffs during both of the last two seasons. He played well in the CFP against Clemson in the semifinals, but ultimately, his efforts came up short against Alabama in the 2021 National Championship.

For Georgia Bulldogs fans the Justin Fields saga is officially over. We wish him luck in the NFL. Fields and BYU quarterback Zach Wilson are both considered potential No. 2 picks behind Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to Justin Fields’ decision:

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Ohio State fires back after UGA fans troll Justin Fields with GameDay sign

The Ohio State Buckeyes trolled UGA after Dawgs fans made a GameDay sign aimed at Justin Fields.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are returning to play college football Oct. 24, but that didn’t stop some Georgia fans from making a College GameDay sign that trolled Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. Fields originally played at UGA, but transferred to the Buckeyes after one season.

Here’s the sign some Bulldogs fans made to troll Fields:

For those who can’t see the Tweet above, the sign says, “how does it feel watching Game Day on yo couch @Justnfields”.

Fields probably wasn’t watching College GameDay, but he is still mentioned a lot around Athens, Georgia. He (or Trevor Lawrence) was the top rated quarterback recruit in his recruiting class. Now, with Georgia taking on a new starting quarterback for the first time in three years, Fields’ name has resurfaced.

Some Georgia fans thought Fields would transfer back to Georgia, which was quite unlikely despite Ohio State initially considering playing football in the spring. Fields seems happy at Ohio State and he’s stayed in touch with some of his former Georgia Bulldog teammates.

Ohio State had a quick response to the GameDay sign from their official Twitter account:

Honestly, the sign doesn’t make that much sense considering the fact that Ohio State is playing this season. Ohio State isn’t playing yet (college football’s staggered start will become problematic this season) though. GameDay assumed the sign would garner some serious attention on social media and that’s probably why they aired it on TV.

Six of Georgia’s 24 commitments in the class of 2018 have now transferred from the program.

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College Football News releases 2020 bowl projection for Georgia Bulldogs

College Football News released bowl projections for Georgia in the 2020 season.

Kirby Smart has transformed the Georgia program into one that’s consistently in the College Football Playoff conversation each preseason.

Smart guided the Dawgs to the playoff during the 2017 season and came so close to doing it again in both 2018 and 2019.

Could 2020 be the year that Smart gets the Dawgs back into the playoff? Pete Fiutak of College Football News thinks it’s a good possibility.

In his SEC bowl projections, Fiutak has Georgia sliding in and facing off against Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.

Yep, you read that correctly.

Georgia vs Ohio State, or as the media would read it come December: Georgia vs Justin Fields.

Could you imagine? Bulldogs vs Buckeyes in the Grandaddy of Them All, where replays of Sony Michel’s walk-off touchdown are still playing clearly in the brain of DawgNation.

Fiutak also recently projected Georgia’s win total for 2020, predicting 10 regular season wins for the Bulldogs next season.

With that in mind, it sounds like Fiutak has the Dawgs sneaking into and winning the SEC Championship Game with two regular season losses. In this scenario, that win in Atlanta would impress the committee enough to let a two-loss Georgia team, that played a very difficult regular season schedule, into the playoff.

I asked Fiutak for some more information on what led to this projection:

“Without spring ball to go on, just projecting talent – and Georgia has it. Here’s the deal. If the Dawgs split the Bama and Florida games, can they avoid a South Carolina loss like last year? They have to beat Auburn, too, but that’s at home. It’s still April – going with the call now that they win two of those three, and FINALLY pull off the SEC Championship. These things always change and adapt as we go … let’s see how these teams actually look, first.”

Fiutak also has Alabama and Clemson squaring off in the Sugar Bowl. Sadly, he predicts Ohio State and Alabama both advance past the semifinals and meet each other in Miami for the College Football Playoff National Championship.