First-year Georgia?coach Kirby Smart chose experience over youth in selecting a starting quarterback for Saturdays opener.The No. 18 Bulldogs will start senior Greyson Lambert when they kick off the season against No. 22 North Carolina at Atlantas Georgia Dome.Georgia spokesman Claude Felton confirmed Thursday that Lambert had been given the starting job.Lambert, a Virginia transfer, went 10-2 as a starter for the Bulldogs last season, throwing for 1,959 yards with 12 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.Smart, a former Georgia defensive back, will make his head-coaching debut against the Tar Heels. He chose Lambert over freshman Jacob Eason and junior Brice Ramsey.Eason, from Lake Stevens, Washington, is expected to play against North Carolina, sources told ESPN on Thursday. He was ranked the No. 1 pocket passer and No. 13 prospect overall in the ESPN 300 after throwing for 3,585 yards with 43 touchdowns and 6 interceptions as a high school senior.The 6-foot-5, 235-pound Eason enrolled at Georgia in January and wowed fans with his arm strength in the Bulldogs spring game, throwing for 244 yards with 1 touchdown on 19-for-24 passing. He and Lambert have taken most of the reps with the No. 1 offense in practice the past two weeks.Lambert, who enrolled at Georgia as a graduate transfer last summer, was seen as the safer choice to start the opener. Although Georgia fans have criticized his arm strength and ability to throw the ball down the field, Lambert has a better understanding of the offense and made fewer mistakes in practice.Smarts decision to start Lambert was first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday.Regardless of which quarterback plays against the Tar Heels, the Bulldogs are expected to rely heavily on their running game. Junior Nick Chubb, who missed the final seven games of the 2015 season with a left knee injury, is expected to start against North Carolina. Junior Sony Michel, who broke his left arm in an ATV wreck July 4, hasnt participated in contact drills in preseason camp and is doubtful to play in the opener.North Carolinas defense ranked 13th in the ACC in total defense (435.9 yards per game) and last in run defense (247.4 yards) last season. The Tar Heels gave up 645 rushing yards and 756 yards of offense in a 49-38 loss to Baylor in the Russell Athletic Bowl.Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report. Deion Sanders Falcons Jersey . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field. Qadree Ollison Jersey . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. 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Plans were in place for the three-year-old, who is as short as 10-1 for the Epsom Classic, to make his 2016 return in a mile-and-a-quarter conditions contest at Newbury on Friday, but the meeting was abandoned due to a waterlogged track.The Sir Michael Stoute-trained son of Galileo could now head to Sandown or Epsom on Wednesday for a tilt at the Investec Derby Trial. Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, said: At the moment, he has got two options next week which are at Epsom on Wednesday or the Sandown Classic Trial on Friday.Sir Michael wants to look at both courses and a decision will be partly based on ground conditions. He may well lean towards Friday, but I dont want to mislead anyone that he will definitely run there.He was declared to run at Newbury and Sir Michael was keen to run him, but I think we would have still looked at the ground today and if we had not liked it, he wouldnt have run as there is always a tipping point.We know hhe goes with ease in the ground, but there is always a tipping point and we dont want to run him on bottomless ground on his first start.ddddddddddddAlthough plenty of hype has surrounded Midterm, who is out of multiple Group One-winning mare Midday, since his maiden success, Grimthorpe has stressed he still has a long way to go until he can be compared to his illustrious parents.He added: Sir Michael has been pleased with him. 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