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And so, all of it comes right down to this. On Monday night, both the Georgia Bulldogs or the Texas Christian College (TCU) Horned Frogs will probably be topped college football’s best team.
After 5 months of grueling motion – and two extraordinary semifinals – one workforce will etch their title into school soccer historical past at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
For Georgia, it is a likelihood to enter the report books. As defending champion, Georgia can turn into the primary workforce to win consecutive nationwide titles for the reason that competitors reformatted in 2014.
With Stetson Bennett on the helm, the Bulldogs have as soon as once more leaned on their stout protection to go undefeated this 12 months. This can be a workforce peppered with future NFL expertise, notably defensive deal with Jalen Carter, tight finish Brock Bowers and nook again Kelee Ringo.
For TCU, this 12 months’s success has been far more of a shock. With a first-year head coach – Sonny Dykes – on the helm, TCU turned the primary workforce to play for a nationwide championship after coming into the season unranked.
Max Duggan at quarterback has been an enormous motive for the workforce’s success, coming second within the Heisman Trophy voting this season, ending with 3,546 passing yards, 32 passing touchdowns and 6 interceptions, in addition to 461 speeding yards and eight speeding touchdowns this 12 months as he helped TCU to the fifth highest scoring defenses.
And with Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson at cornerback – considered one of school soccer’s high defensive backs – and Dylan Horton heating up, the TCU protection has additionally proven its resilience.
The 2 school workforce haven’t confronted off since 2016 – when Georgia received 31-23 – but when they will replicate the thrill they each dropped at the semifinals, followers are in for a deal with.
Georgia Bulldogs vs. TCU Horned Frogs: Monday, January 9, at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
