Anthony Edwards sends a message to Georgia’s Carson Beck before the SEC Championship game

Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards scored 30 points and had 9 assists on Friday night to lead Minnesota to a 107-90 victory over the Warriors. Then the former Georgia Star joined SportsCenter and was asked about the win as well as the upcoming SEC Championship game against Georgia Texas.

Edwards was specifically asked before the game what his message was for the Bulldogs.

“You know who I have. “You know who I have,” Anthony Edwards said. “Hey, Carson Beck, Carson Beck, do your MFing thing, boy, you hear me?” Do your thing. Let’s keep going and get the win.”

Edwards had moments where he didn’t filter his language, so the SportsCenter host was grateful he chose Friday night. Edwards made it clear who he wants to win and what he wants to see from Carson Beck.

Anthony Edwards is a former five-star recruit from Atlanta who played at Georgia during the 2019-20 season before being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2020 NBA Draft.

He is one of the NBA’s brightest young stars and has made the All-Star Game twice. Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals last season and was named second team All-NBA.

Nick Saban emphasizes ball security for Carson Beck in SEC Championship

As Anthony Edwards said, Carson Beck will have to play well for Georgia to beat Texas and win the SEC Championship. On Friday afternoon in Atlanta, Nick Saban spoke about Beck on The Pat McAfee Show.

“Well, I think Carson Beck is a really good quarterback,” Saban said Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. “You’ve heard me say that a hundred times. The players around you have to play well. He had a lot of drops. He probably forced a few balls. Receivers don’t separate as well as they did a year ago when he had some better misfit guys. So he still had a little more to overcome.

“I think he also had the opportunity to prove that he can do it when he doesn’t have better players around him. So maybe he didn’t do it as well as he could.”

So Saban says Beck’s job will be to protect the football on Saturday in the SEC Championship against Texas. In each of the five games this season in which he had a turnover, he had multiples, two through four.

“I guess if he didn’t turn the ball over? You know, Georgia lost four times. Every time they have lost in recent years they have lost four games. They lost the turnover battle,” Saban said. “How many turnovers did they have against Alabama this year? How many did they have against Ole Miss? I mean, it’s the same. That’s why it’s really important to take care of the ball. So if you can win first down and second down, on third down you don’t put as much pressure on the quarterback to take care of the ball.”