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GEORGIA QB EASON TO MISS GAME VS. NOTRE DAME

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Quarterbac­k Jacob Eason will not play in No. 15 Georgia’s game at Notre Dame after spraining his left knee in last week’s 31-10 win against Appalachia­n State. Coach

Kirby Smart said Monday that Eason’s status was week to week. Smart says the injury will not require surgery. Freshman Jake

Fromm is expected to start against Notre Dame on Saturday night. Eason, a sophomore who started the final 12 games last season, was hurt midway through the opening quarter Saturday.

Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher confirmed the Tallahas

see Democrat report from Sunday that redshirt sophomore quarterbac­k Deondre Francois would be out for the season. Francois was tackled from behind in the final minutes of the Seminoles 24-7 loss to Alabama on Saturday. He is scheduled to have surgery Tuesday to repair a torn patellar tendon in his left knee. Fisher said true freshman James

Blackman would start against Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday.

Oklahoma cornerback Jordan Parker will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury suffered in the first quarter of the opener against Texas-El Paso. Coach Lincoln Riley said the sophomore likely would need surgery. Parker started the final eight games in 2016 and was a reserve vs. UTEP. The No. 8 Sooners next play at No. 2 Ohio State.

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