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The Georgia Bulldogs advanced to the College Football Playoff tournament after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 42-41 in Game 2 of the College Football Playoff Semifinals on Saturday.
Trailing by six points late in the fourth quarter, defending national champion Georgia mounted a 72-yard drive that was capped by quarterback Stetson Bennett for the third time to take the lead with 54 seconds left.
Ohio State used that tempo to drive the ball into field goal range, setting up kicker Noah Ruggles’ 50-yard attempt. But Ruggles hit the kick to left field and the Bulldogs ran away with a one-run victory.
Georgia is the first team to rally from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit in college football history, according to the NCAA.
Last Saturday, the third seeded Texas Christian University Horned Frogs entered its first game of the semifinals as an underdog and pulled off a huge upset, resulting in a thrilling 51-45 win against the second seeded Michigan Wolverines.
The Horned Frogs, who started the season outside the Top 25, defeated the previously undefeated Michigan Wolverines 51-45 in the highest scoring Fiesta Bowl ever. The Big Ten champions entered the game favoring more than one touchdown, but TCU has never trailed in a game en route to the national championship.
Heisman runner-up Max Duggan threw for 225 yards and four total touchdowns, while Emari Demarcado added 150 yards at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.
The Bulldogs will face the Horned Frogs on Monday, January 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California in the championship game.
TCU will seek its first national championship since 1938 and the first for a Big 12 team since 2005, while Georgia is aiming to become the first back-to-back national champion since Alabama in 2011 and 2012 and the first repeat champion in college football’s playoffs. was.
