THREE REASONS FOR OPTIMISM
1. Beck is back
Georgia could possess college football’s top quarterback with fifth-year senior Carson Beck, who ranked third nationally last season with 3,941 passing yards and fourth with a 72.4% completion rate. His accuracy set a single-season program record, topping Stetson Bennett’s 68.3% clip the year before. The Bulldogs actually trailed in every Southeastern Conference game last season except for the 51-13 pummeling of Kentucky, so quicker starts from Beck could be needed this season with a more demanding schedule.
2. Fabulous front
The Bulldogs have been finalists for the Joe Moore Award for three consecutive seasons and are coming off a year in which they averaged 496.5 yards and 40.1 points per contest. Four out of the five starters on the offensive line who made that happen — Earnest Greene III, Dylan Fairchild, Tate Ratledge and Xavier Truss — are back this season. Ratledge and Truss each possess 28 career starts.