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And so, it each comes down to this. On Monday evening, either the Georgia Bulldogs oregon the Texas Christian University (TCU) Horned Frogs volition beryllium crowned college football’s champion team.
After 5 months of grueling enactment – and 2 bonzer semifinals – 1 squad volition etch their sanction into assemblage shot past astatine SoFi Stadium successful Los Angeles.
For Georgia, this is simply a accidental to participate the grounds books. As defending champion, Georgia tin go the archetypal squad to triumph consecutive nationalist titles since the contention reformatted successful 2014.
With Stetson Bennett astatine the helm, the Bulldogs person erstwhile again leaned connected their stout defence to spell undefeated this year. This is simply a squad peppered with aboriginal NFL talent, notably antiaircraft tackle Jalen Carter, choky extremity Brock Bowers and country backmost Kelee Ringo.
For TCU, this year’s occurrence has been overmuch much of a surprise. With a first-year caput manager – Sonny Dykes – astatine the helm, TCU became the archetypal squad to play for a nationalist title aft entering the play unranked.
Max Duggan astatine backmost has been a large crushed for the team’s success, coming 2nd successful the Heisman Trophy voting this season, finishing with 3,546 passing yards, 32 passing touchdowns and six interceptions, arsenic good arsenic 461 rushing yards and 8 rushing touchdowns this twelvemonth arsenic helium helped TCU to the 5th highest scoring defenses.
And with Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson astatine cornerback – 1 of assemblage football’s apical antiaircraft backs – and Dylan Horton heating up, the TCU defence has besides shown its resilience.
The 2 assemblage squad person not faced disconnected since 2016 – erstwhile Georgia won 31-23 – but if they tin replicate the excitement they some brought to the semifinals, fans are successful for a treat.
Georgia Bulldogs vs. TCU Horned Frogs: Monday, January 9, astatine 7:30 p.m. ET connected ESPN
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