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The NFL playoffs kick off this week but not before one last order of business in college football: the CFP national championship game between the TCU Horned ...

It all comes down to this: the College Football Playoff National Championship features surprise underdogs TCU seeking an all-time upset over massive ...

Their only loss of the season came in the Big 12 Championship Game, in a rematch against Kansas State. Georgia started the season ranked three in the AP poll, and have been ranked as the top team since their 48-7 victory over South Carolina in September. You can also stream it on TSN.ca and the TSN App. Kendre Miller has run for 1,399 yards and scored 17 rushing touchdowns. He has 3,546 yards and 32 touchdowns against just six interceptions. They've knocked off four ranked opponents by a combined score of 168-87 - most recently, a late touchdown pass from Bennett to Adonai Mitchell secured a 42-41 victory over fourth-ranked Ohio State in the Peach Bowl on Saturday, Dec.

TCU running back Emari Demercado, a Downey High alum, will pay back his family's and friends' sacrifices by playing in his backyard in CFP title game.

He does want to play in the NFL, something both Williams and [TCU head coach Sonny Dykes](https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2023-01-08/mike-leach-impact-cfp-championship-tcu-georgia) believe he can do. “To see him continue to believe he can do it, it’s just awesome. He’s out there, doing the adult thing and doing it right. “I just wanted to be able to provide for me and mine, be able to help my mom while growing up,” Emari said. [Georgia Bulldogs](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football) remains to be seen, but Emari has no intention of walking away from football right after … It’ll be his first time inside SoFi Stadium, an arena so close to his family’s home that they could walk there in approximately 15 minutes. His resiliency led him to the biggest stages of his career. He wanted to remain at TCU instead of transferring somewhere he might get more time on the field. He would go to the field at Downey to work out and do drills. He’s out there, doing the adult thing and doing it right,” Karen said. “As a kid you don’t really understand what’s truly going on, but I knew there was some kind of struggle there,” Emari said. He remembered being there when Karen’s friend, who was a nurse, would come over to their home in Inglewood to administer her medication.

The magical run isn't over quite yet. The TCU Horned Frogs have made it this far despite continually being counted out at every turn, but their fiercest ...

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Tomlinson represents one of the best football alumni in TCU program history. The Sporting News revisits his career with the Horned Frogs.

That includes an incredible performance against UTEP in 1999, when Tomlinson rushed 43 times for 406 yards and six touchdowns. In 2014, fourteen years later after his final game in purple and white, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Tomlinson elevated his play in 2000, a year in which he was a unanimous All-America selection and winner of the Doak Walker Award. Scrimmage yards That does nothing to detract from Tomlinson's legendary four-year career in Fort Worth, where he began a Hall of Fame career at both the college football and professional levels. TCU's appearance in the 2023 College Football Playoff championship game naturally will resurrect interest in Tomlinson's college career, which still inspires incredible images of "LT" streaking past opposing defenses.

TCU has done the unthinkable and played its way into the national title game, but this isn't the first time the Horned Frogs have had NFL-caliber talent on ...

He was suspended due to a violation of the league's substance policy in 2014 and wasn't reinstated for three more years. He's made an instant impact in Las Vegas, starting all 17 games as a rookie and 12 more in his second NFL season. Moehrig was a second-round pick of the Raiders in 2021 after entering the NFL Draft as arguably the top safety available. While he's also battled his share of serious injuries, Cannon was part of three Super Bowl-winning teams in New England and served as a key starter on two of them. Lilly was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "Slingin' Sammy" was TCU's first star, earning All-America honors in 1935 and 1936 as he led the Horned Frogs to victories in the Sugar Bowl and Cotton Bowl. Tomlinson, a Hall of Fame running back who spent all but two seasons with the Chargers, was a star at TCU in 1999 and 2000. He finished out the 2022 season as the Saints' starter and is 25th all-time in NFL passing yards. Unfortunately, he's played more than six games in just two of his nine NFL seasons due to numerous leg injuries. Hughes had nine sacks on the Texans' defense in 2022. From a Rose Bowl win 12 years ago to four Cotton Bowl appearances in the 1950s, TCU has enjoyed national success across the decades thanks to some high-profile names. Like Max Duggan, Dalton was a bit of a late bloomer at TCU.

The No. 1 ranked Georgia Bulldogs are one half away from repeating as college football champions. Georgia is leading the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs 38-7 after ...

Georgia is leading the No. The No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs 38-7 after the opening half of the College Football Playoff National Championship from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

The Sporting News is tracking live scoring updates and highlights and Georgia and TCU face off in the 2023 College Football Playoff Championship Game.

7:32 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. - Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. - — For what it's worth, actual kickoff is reportedly scheduled for roughly 7:45 p.m. — We're about 30 minutes away from kickoff, and the injury news is positive for Georgia. Georgia is threatening for more points. Duggan is 8-of-12 for 97 yards and two interceptions, while Bennett is 13-of-17 for 213 yards and two touchdowns plus two rushing touchdowns. TOUCHDOWN — TCU forced Georgia into a third down play, but Bennett lofts one up for Bowers in the end zone. — Oh look, Georgia is in the red zone again. — Darius Davis bursts into Georgia territory for the Frogs.

After an already historic season, the TCU Horned Frogs are looking to make a statement Monday night in the College Football Playoff championship against...

He is 177 yards shy of 4,000 yards passing this season and threw two fourth-quarter TD passes to lead the Bulldogs to a comeback win in the Peach Bowl semifinal against No. The victory against Michigan was TCU’s ninth of the season by 10 points or fewer. The Horned Frogs would be the first Big 12 team to win the CFP and the first from the conference to win a national title in football since Texas in 2005. He has the size (6-foot-4, 215 pounds) and speed to be the first receiver selected in the next NFL draft. Bowers leads the team with 56 catches for 790 and six touchdowns. Georgia QB Stetson Bennett has accounted for 31 touchdowns and was the school’s first Heisman Trophy finalist since 1992. He lines up all over the formation and will even take a handoff or two. Creating holes against All-America DT Jalen Carter, starting LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson and the rest of the Bulldogs’ big and athletic front seven likely will require a healthy dose of QB Max Duggan in the running game. The Bulldogs would become the first school to win back-to-back College Football Playoff championships since its inception in 2014 and the first repeat national champion since Southeastern Conference rival Alabama did it in 2011 and ’12. Georgia: A House Divided](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/north-texas-family-ahouse-divided-ahead-of-tcu-georgia-championship/3164901/) [Pepper the Cat Predicts National Championship Winner](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/pepper-picks-winner-of-college-football-championship/3164510/) [NBC 5 Exclusive Interview: TCU Former Coach Gary Patterson](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/former-head-coach-gary-pattersons-message-to-fans-as-tcu-seeks-title/3163630/) [Head Coach Sonny Dykes "Proud" of TCU Historic Recruiting Class](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/sonny-dykes-really-proud-of-tcus-historic-recruiting-class/3154620/) [Max Duggan Talks About Heisman Finalist Recognition](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/tcus-max-duggan-discusses-being-a-heisman-finalist/3142151/) Demercado — who rushed for a career-high 150 yards against Michigan — got his first carry on TCU’s third series. He went through pregame warmups with a bulky brace on his right knee, but did not appear to be running normally.

Follow news from the College Football Playoff National Championship between the TCU Horned Frogs and Georiga Bulldogs at SoFi Stadium.

He deserves a lot of credit for the success of the Horned Frogs’ program. That compares to just 8% for the state of Georgia. The weather forecast is miserable (more on that below). (That graph deserves a nod to the AP) The Horned Frogs would be the first Big 12 team to win the CFP and the first from the conference to win a national title in football since Texas in 2005. Lots of familiar TCU faces on the sidelines prior to the game, including LaDainian Tomlinson and Andy Dalton. GA 9th possession, GA 16: Another Georgia possession, another score (the Bulldogs have scored on 8 of their 9 possessions). GA 3rd possession, GA 30: Bulldogs respond quickly, putting together a 70-yard, 4-play scoring drive that ends with a 37-yard scoring pass from Stetson Bennett to Ladd McConkey with 2:43 left in the quarter. Stetson Bennett runs for the final 6 yards for the touchdown. Bulldogs move the ball to the TCU 45 before punting. Duggan is 13 of 21 for 137 yards (60 of it on one play in the first quarter). taking a knee on the final three plays of the game.

Georgia routed TCU, 65-7, in Monday's College Football Playoff final for its second straight national championship. Quarterback Stetson Bennett led the way with ...

Georgia [repeated as national champion](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01/11/georgia-national-champions/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) and won its fourth title in school history. 3 TCU Horned Frogs](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/09/georgia-tcu-cfp-national-championship/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2), 65-7, in the College Football Playoff championship game Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. The Bulldogs are the first team to win back-to-back national championships since Alabama in the 2012 season.

Georgia, ranked number 1, stopped Texas Christian's vaunted offense and ended their improbable season. The Bulldogs are the first team to repeat as champion ...

Before the season began, TCU was picked to finish 7th in the conference and was a 200-to-1 longshot to win the national championship. The bulldog is a common fixture at Georgia games wearing a UGA uniform and hanging out in an air-conditioned doghouse on the sidelines. Led by Bennett (a former walk-on QB), Georgia overwhelmed the Southeastern Conference - the best conference in college football. It came in to the title game with a 13-1 record and the Big 12 Conference champions. Georgia simply dominated to lead 38-7 at the break, scoring on all six of its possessions (the first team to do that in the playoffs). TCU started the second half on a positive note - forcing a Georgia punt. Georgia responded right away - with a 37-yard Bennett touchdown pass to extend the lead to 17-7. Before Georgia, no team had repeated as national champion in the CFP era. Like the Georgia QB, Duggan, the With an unrelenting and dominant performance in the national championship game, Georgia swamped Texas Christian University 65-7 to finish undefeated and repeat as national champions. It would be TCU's only points of the game. The Bulldogs marched down the field in less than three minutes slicing through TCU's defense.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the first half as No. 1 Georgia demolished No.

They were within a victory of the program’s first national title since 1938. Bennett’s 22-yard score to Adonai Mitchell was a higher degree of difficulty, dropped in over a defender who had tight coverage. TCU (13-2), the first Cinderella team of the playoff era, never had a chance against the Georgia juggernaut. Twice Bennett ran it in himself; the former walk-on turned two-time national champion was barely touched on the two quarterback keepers. Then, for the second straight year, the Bulldogs were showered by confetti and presented a championship trophy. (AP) — Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the first half as No.

Quarterback Stetson Bennett tosses pair of touchdowns, runs for two more as Georgia Bulldogs throttle TCU Horned Frogs 65-7.

They were within a victory of the program’s first national title since 1938. Bennett’s 22-yard score to Adonai Mitchell was a higher degree of difficulty, dropped in over a defender who had tight coverage. Twice Bennett ran it in himself; the former walk-on turned two-time national champion was barely touched on the two quarterback keepers. TCU (13-2), the first Cinderella team of the playoff era, never had a chance against the Georgia juggernaut. Then, for the second straight year, the Bulldogs were showered by confetti and presented a championship trophy. 3 TCU 65-7 Monday night to become the first team to win consecutive College Football Playoff national championships.

Georgia is on a roll against TCU in the college football title game.

In a sport that has become more elitist with each passing conference realignment, an expanded playoff will makes for some welcome democratization.

Shaquille O’Neal, who has Texas roots and bought a house in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton last year, vowed to eat a horned frog if Georgia beat TCU. Maybe Michigan would have been more competitive in a rematch, but even if it had produced a closer outcome, the style of that game was likely to be familiar. The novelty of TCU made you think about Georgia in a different light, too. Georgia’s 42-41 semifinal victory over Ohio State was as riveting as it gets, and maybe if TCU hadn’t outlasted Michigan, 51-45, in the other thriller, a Bulldogs-Wolverines finale would have seemed tougher to predict. And I think this will give a lot of schools like TCU an opportunity to get in the mix and show what they’re capable of.” And I’ve always believed that the cream rises, and the more opportunities that schools outside of the traditional brands get, the more those schools can become traditional brands. There must be long shots to disrupt monotony and activate the imagination. This game arrived just in time, with the SEC and Big Ten poised to swell into invulnerability and the College Football Playoff set to grow from four to 12 teams during the 2024 season. Even as college football is set to become snobbier and create a higher society with super conferences, this outcome is a reminder that national championships are far more endearing when it feels like the nation actually competed for the crown. “There’s a lot of good football teams that deserve to be in the playoff. If it takes leviathans — and neighboring programs that can act like they belong — to compete, the concept of the little guy gets skewed. The loosest interpretation of the so-called haves and have nots is a virtual 50/50 split, but in practice, the highest level is even more sequestered.

After TCU's disheartening 65-7 loss to Georgia in the CFP title game on Monday at SoFi Stadium, a hopeful Sonny Dykes said the Horned Frogs have to "look in ...

We just gotta build from there and this is going to be motivation for us in the future." But as he spoke postgame, there was a sense that he was taking on the baton from Duggan heading into next season. "It will take some time for the sting to go away, I assure you," Dykes said. It is unclear if TCU will get a "next time." "We're going to get away from it a little bit, but we're going to use this as confidence." From the game's first snap -- a bad omen where the Frogs were called for a false start -- any chance TCU had of pulling off a second, and more improbable, playoff upset appeared to vanish.

Georgia forced the Horned Frogs into plenty of bad plays. But T.C.U. showed unusual flaws compared with its previous games this season.

Duggan, who finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy, had his worst performance of the season. finished 5-7 last season, and with Duggan leaving for the N.F.L. “Look, we’ve got a good football team, and it was a tough one tonight,” Dykes said. But we’ll learn from it, and next time we’re on a stage like this, we’ll handle it better.” And with its success in the air against Michigan, T.C.U. was facing Georgia in the final — a college football juggernaut — but seemed to perhaps have a chance with a T.C.U., uncharacteristically, was not the resilient team it had been all year. suffered arguably the most embarrassing loss in College Football Playoff history, 65-7 in a game that was mostly not competitive. And obviously, we failed in that regard.” There were other teams that were close to the playoff but fell short of being one of the four selectees. “We’re not that kind of football team,” said T.C.U. Texas Christian became the conference’s unlikely hero this season as it soared to 13 wins, including one in the semifinal over Michigan, becoming the first Big 12 team to win a game in the playoff format.

Stetson Bennett passed for four touchdowns and rushed for two and top-ranked Georgia won its second straight national title by steamrolling No.

Bennett connected on a 22-yard touchdown pass to Bowers with 10:52 remaining in the third quarter. Bennett, a former walk-on, finished fourth in the Heisman balloting this season. Branson Robinson rushed for two scores, Kendall Milton added one and Adonai Mitchell had a touchdown grab for the Bulldogs, who outgained TCU 589-188. The next two Bulldogs' touchdowns followed interceptions by Bullard. Bennett's six total touchdowns match the mark set by LSU's Joe Burrow in 2020 for most during the nine-season CFP era. Derius Davis caught five passes for 101 yards.

Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the first half as No 1 Georgia demolished No 3 TCU 65-7 Monday night to become the ...

A four-year starter who never played in a bowl before this season, Duggan led TCU on one of the most improbable runs in college football history. This year the Bulldogs never had to worry about Alabama. Bennett’s 22-yard score to Adonai Mitchell was a higher degree of difficulty, dropped in over a defender who had tight coverage. TCU (13-2), the first Cinderella team of the playoff era, never had a chance against the Georgia juggernaut. Twice Bennett ran it in himself; the former walk-on turned two-time national champion was barely touched on the two quarterback keepers. Smart is now 81-15 in his first seven seasons at Georgia with two national titles.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — TCU coach Sonny Dykes sensed something wasn't right with his team when they came into the locker room after pregame warmups f...

“We’ve been on heck of a run, and it seemed like we just ran out of steam a little bit tonight. “We just kept beating ourselves up, just overthinking, trying to run too fast to the ball and things of that nature.” “We just kind of beat ourselves up. We were shooting ourselves in the foot. Stetson Bennett, receiver Ladd McConkey and tight end Brock Bowers found openings in the secondary and often had at least 3 yards of separation on receptions. I just don’t think we were in the state of mind that we needed to be in. We never could get out of our own way on offense.” Duggan, a Heisman Trophy finalist, completed 14 of 22 passes for 152 yards and two interceptions. It was cruise control from there for the Bulldogs. I thought we were probably just a little too fired up, maybe a little too emotional. Even when he tried running on keepers, he often couldn’t find an opening and didn’t gain much. “The guys were really excited to play, really fired up to play.

Stetson Bennett flashed a wry grin as he walked off the field, stopping to hug coach Kirby Smart as the crowd roared.

“And right now we don’t have that.” They were within a victory of the program’s first national title since 1938. Heisman Trophy runner-up Max Duggan threw two first-half interceptions in the final game of his roller-coaster TCU career. “I mean, why?” Bennett’s 22-yard score to Adonai Mitchell was a higher degree of difficulty, dropped in over a defender who had tight coverage. Twice Bennett ran it in himself; the former walk-on turned two-time national champion was barely touched on the two quarterback keepers. Smart is now 81-15 in his first seven seasons at Georgia with two national titles. Then, for the second straight year, the Bulldogs were showered by confetti and presented a championship trophy. “I’ll remember that for the rest of my life.” TCU (13-2), the first Cinderella team of the playoff era, never had a chance against the Georgia juggernaut. There appears to be a new dynasty emerging from the Southeastern Conference. Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores — in the first half — as No.

Georgia's 65 points were the most ever scored in a national championship game and the margin of victory the largest in bowl game history. It was a king-sized ...

It's also probably worth noting that Mack won $75 million on the Houston Astros to win the 2022 World Series, the largest reported payout in sports betting history. Georgia’s 65 points were the most ever scored in a national championship game and the margin of victory the largest in bowl game history. So while Mack lost his bet on Monday, he also sold a lot of mattresses.

To call Stetson Bennett IV and the Georgia Bulldogs overwhelming on Monday night would be an understatement. KEVORK DJANSEZIAN / GETTY IMAGES. A feel-good story ...

[hypnotoads](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/09/what-is-the-hypnotoad-tcu/) in Sofi Stadium and it’s unlikely it would have flipped the outcome. The [boredom](https://southboundanddown.com/2022/10/06/georgia-football-truly-vulnerable-just-bored/) that topples so many dynasties? It was a reminder of the gap between the Those concerns about arguably the fourth-best defense Smart has overseen in his [seven seasons](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/kirby-smart-1.html) as head coach? Georgia entered the national championship game as [13.5-point favorites](https://www.newsweek.com/early-betting-lines-cfp-national-championship-georgia-opens-135-point-favorites-over-tcu-1770602) and left zero doubt who the A-side attraction was as it outscored TCU by at least 10 points in every quarter. The carnage began almost immediately: Within 10 minutes, Georgia had amassed a double-digit lead and by halftime the Bulldogs had fashioned the second-largest midpoint lead (38-7) in the history of the national championship game. [2](#fn-2) [mailman’s cap](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/stetson-bennett-mailman-nickname-georgia/1jorg1vif1mhg1bcubbmbjwsph) to stand out as a recruit? He threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns and played only [one fourth-quarter snap](https://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay/_/gameId/401442010) as he became the eighth QB in the AP Poll era to lead back-to-back national title-winning teams. Not that there were many, as broadcaster Chris Fowler noted during the game. Only once in the past 19 seasons has a team overcome a 31-point halftime lead. With it, Kirby Smart became the first coach in the playoff era to go back-to-back, something his mentor Nick Saban never accomplished. A feel-good story doesn’t always conclude on a high note.