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Episode 2700: 3 reasons why Gunner Stockton could be college football's top QB in 2026

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4.7941 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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DawgNation Daily -- the daily podcast for Georgia Bulldogs fans Beginning of the show: Gunner Stockton's outlook for 2026 and where he can make improvement to be an elite QB. 17-minute mark: I share a clip of Kirby Smart and his latest comments about expanding the College Football Playoff. 26-minute mark: DawgNation Insider Connor Riley joins the show 40-minute mark: I take a look at other college football headlines including takeaways from the Athletic’s profile of Curt Cignetti, and huge payouts for the Big Ten. 45-minute mark: Former UGA QB Jake Fromm joins the show. End of show: I award a Golden Shoe winner and share the Gator Hater Updater.

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0:00.0

Today's episode of Dog Nation Daily is brought to you by Surf Pro, cleaning, restoration, construction.

0:09.2

Presented by Dog Nation.com. This is Dog Nation Daily, the daily podcast for Georgia Bulldogs fame.

0:15.6

Here's your host, Brandon Adams. It is a rarity for me to be outside of our studio. I feel like that's the box that I pretty much live in 24 hours a day. But today we are. We're at the River Club in Swanee. This is a gorgeous neighborhood, a beautiful golf course. Today we're here for a great cause. The North Gwinnett Co-op will be talking to you about that a lot more over the course of our time today, including telling you how you can help support some people who are doing some outstanding work.

0:40.9

All of that is coming up. But of course, we are also going to take care of business the way

0:45.6

we always do around here. Jake Rahm later, Connor Riley in a moment. Let me begin, though,

0:50.9

with this. I was thinking about Gunner Stockton a little bit lately

0:55.0

because I think there's a chance that Gunner Stockton in 2026 could have a far better season

1:02.9

than I would say the average Georgia fan is maybe giving him credit for or viewing as a possibility.

1:09.8

And I think one of the reasons I feel that way is, is I do feel like we have talked a good bit,

1:14.6

and we will continue to about as a returning starter, year over year where Stockton needs to show improvement,

1:21.2

that's part of the value of having a returning starting quarterback is a guy like that who does have a chance to grow into the role,

1:29.2

comfort in the offense, familiar with the teammates.

1:31.9

Part of the value of a returning starter quarterback is the improvement year over year he might show.

1:37.4

And obviously because of that, we've spent a lot of time talking about with that improvement by

1:40.8

B.

1:41.6

But let's look at the other side of that coin here for a moment.

1:45.3

Instead of fixating on, we need to be better at this, and he's got to be better at that.

1:49.3

Let's fantasize here just for a second about what the high-in performance for Gunner might be,

1:56.6

the pie-in-the-sky-type potential. On a very blue- blue sky day here what the ultimate blue sky for

2:02.8

Gunner Stockton might be. And I believe it's probably more achievable than you might think.

2:09.2

I think there is more than a non-zero chance, semi-legitimate chance, not a probable. It's not more

2:15.9

likely than not, for instance, but it is certainly

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