No. 1 Georgia bullies TCU 65-7 to win 2nd consecutive title

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By RALPH D. RUSSO today

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stetson Bennett flashed a wry grin as he walked off the field, stopping to hug coach Kirby Smart as the crowd roared.

It was all standing ovations and sideline snacks in the fourth quarter of college football’s most lopsided title game.

In emphatic and overwhelming fashion, Georgia became the first team to repeat as College Football Playoff national champions and left no doubt the ’Dawgs are the new bullies on the block.

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



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[Lochloosa]

1. TCU meets SEC. No contest.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Many will not agree with me.....maybe most, but I would have rather seen Alabama v Georgia.

It would not have been a bloodbath.

[Stuckinthebush]

5. Same

Alabama would have destroyed TCU as well.

I think UGA would have won the match up but it would be close not such an embarrassing display like we saw last night.

[modrepub]

11. Pick 6

I mean at best there are 6 teams that have any legitimate shot at competing with the elite programs in college football. Top 2 get a bye, the other four play in. Have the games at the higher ranked team's stadium. Carting young kids off to a far away location is a distraction. The better team should get a home game. Having games in sunny locals (bowl games) gives too much advantage to teams from fair weather climates. I've often wondered how SEC teams would do in colder climates for playoff games.

Anyway, if you took 6 instead of 4 Alabama and Tennessee would have played in. And I feel both of those teams earned the right to play for a championship this year.

[hlthe2b]

14. I think SEC teams would do just fine in colder climes. Altitude, would be an issue...

But neither Ann Arbor or Columbus are at altitude and we've seen plenty of NFL (and NCAA) teams play in snow/cold. Bring them into Denver/Boulder/Fort Collins, CO and that might be an impact/challenge.

[TNNurse]

3. A championship game should be an actual contest,

I was for GA and got bored, we watched something else.

[oldsoftie]

4. When the playoffs go to 12 teams, its going to be embarrassing for a lot of teams.

It should never be more than 8. Really 4, the way it is now, but 8 would catch any team that might be undefeated in their weak Conference & start whining about "not getting a chance"
But there's never going to be a year that TWELVE teams are good enough to deserve a shot at the title

[underpants]

6. Dominant. Some stats.

58: Georgia's 58-point margin of victory is the biggest in any bowl game and the second largest in a matchup between AP top-five teams. The loss is the sixth-largest defeat in TCU program history.


51 and 7: To put in perspective how lopsided the game was, Georgia ran 51 plays in its opponent's territory compared to just seven such plays for TCU.

[hlthe2b]

7. What an asshole title to that article. TCU was badly overmatched and UGA played

at its best. Even in the third quarter when they rotated their young freshmen in, they played phenomenally well--obviously both mentally motivated to not let their NYE performance in the playoffs against OSU repeat but intensely psyched to be a rare "repeat" National Champion.

A good performance is not "bullying"... Were they playing their best? Yes. Did they have the breadth and depth of players to rotate them in and out to keep them fresh? Yes. Were they intensely motivated? Yes. Did they play overly aggressively leading to inordinate personal fouls or injuring the TCU players? NO. Was their strategy top-notch and well-executed? Yes

I cheered for TCU all season because they truly turned around a program that went 5-7 just a year ago. This was their Cinderella season. But, they do not yet have the strength of program to prevail against these big powerhouse teams. A good start, though and they should be proud of their play this season.

[PJMcK]

8. Agreed

It was clear from the opening exchanges that TCU was out-gunned. Still, TCU kept in the game even though it was clearly going to be a rout.

Besides, the conference’s rules were followed and these two teams earned their berths.

Too bad if some people wanted to watch something else. TCU’s players and team showed sportsmanship in the face of an over-whelming force.

Yeah, the game wasn’t exciting. Shit happens. Georgia deserves their title and TCU deserves our respect.

[calguy]

13. TCU deserved my respect

but they did not deserve to capture my attention as the third quarter got under way. This was the only championship game I remember turning off midway into the third quarter.

Michigan would have given GA a better game, even though it would have still been a rout.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. I think it was meant as a riff on 'Bulldogs'

And the term 'bullied' in sports is generally understood as meaning 'dominated them on the field and the scoreboard' as opposed to the literal meaning when used in other contexts.

[hlthe2b]

10. Given its more appropriate use in Politics, cyber, business, should use dominate.

and not "bully."

[Paladin]

12. Thanks to TCU, for an incredible season. (nt)

[flying_wahini]

15. I live right down the street from TCU and have to say it was a great season.

Yes, they were outplayed on all levels but in all fairness they seemed to be having an off day.
They didn’t play with their usual vigor. A couple of important players were out for injuries but it seemed that their hearts weren’t in it from the very beginning.
TCU had a great year and we are proud of them. I think that Georgia did a great job.

[Marcuse]

16. Mercy Rule

[Cheezoholic]

17. SEC sucks

That is all

[hlthe2b]

18. step away from the....

[Cheezoholic]

19. Lol. Well I still have Big 10 Ball

to look forward to. (or Big 87 or however many there are now which sucks also and I only count the original 10 lol)

[henbuck]

20. Should have been Ohio State.

[former9thward]

21. Alabama should have been in the playoffs.

I don't know if they would have beat Georgia but they were better than the other three teams.

[Sogo]

22. I had a feeling the GA game against Ohio was the REAL National Championship game....

...and that TCU would get routed. I didn't think this game would be sooo lopsided, though.

[OverBurn]

23. What a major ass whooping. I wanted a 8 team Championship Tourney, I guess 12 will be better than 4.