ATHENS, Ga. — Carson Beck didn’t panic when No. 5 Georgia found second-half resistance from heavy underdog Mississippi State.
Instead, he held steady to ensure his team won a battle of the Southeastern Conference’s two sets of Bulldogs at Sanford Stadium.
Beck passed for a career-high 459 yards and three touchdowns Saturday, helping Georgia to a 41-31 win as the hosts withstood Mississippi State’s second-half comeback bid.
“He’s experienced,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said of Beck, a fifth-year senior and second-year starter. “The game gets a little tight there and he’s cool, not panicked.”
Georgia (5-1, 3-1) played at times as if it were looking ahead to next weekend’s visit to No. 1 Texas (6-0, 2-0) — which rolled to a 34-3 win against No. 18 Oklahoma on Saturday in the first SEC edition of the Red River Rivalry for the former Big 12 programs — but Smart’s bunch had enough offense for the program’s 28th consecutive home win.