Kirby Smart told reporters on Monday that Georgia is preparing for its Sugar Bowl matchup against Notre Dame with the expectation that Gunner Stockton will start at quarterback.
The Bulldogs’ regular starter, Carson Beck, was injured during the SEC Championship Game against Texas and his status for the College Football Playoff has been up in the air ever since. Georgia announced after the SEC title game that Beck and his family were evaluating their options with regard to treatment, and that Beck’s timetable was undetermined. Two weeks later, Kirby Smart said at a press event that nothing had changed.
“The only thing I can update is that they’re still going through those deliberations in terms of the decision-making process time, all the kinds of decisions they have to make as a family,” Smart said…