In the Fall of 2013, I got to witness one of the best performances by a high school QB I'd ever seen. In 35+ years of watching HS football in GA, only twice have I ever seen a QB just take over a game and single handedly destroy an opponent in a big game. One of those was my friend Eric Zeier. The other was Nick Fitzgerald. I wrote about Nick that night on this board and felt confident that we had the next guy on deck. I realize he isn't perfect, and has a lot of growth to do, but if Dan plays to his strengths we are looking at another solid QB to lead us.

I will say this about the concerns about leadership and whether the team responds to him. First, his HS coaches raved constantly about his leadership. Second, culturally, he is different than the bulk of our team. A Savannah, Ga kid is going to be different than just about anyone from MS. I know that from my own experience coming from metro ATL to MSU 25 years ago. That being said, sometimes teams need that different spark or even conflict to make them work. We may only win 6-7 games this year but, I feel a lot better after the shitburger I witnessed last Saturday. Hail State!