College Football Recap: Georgia Bulldogs vs TCU Horned Frogs 65-7

The Georgia Bulldogs defended their title and became national college football champions again with a stunning performance against TCU. Senior quarterback Stetson Bennett ended his collegiate career with a record while the defense was nearly flawless.

Georgia vs. TCU: At a Glance

Quarterback Stetson Bennett capped off an impressive collegiate career with his second straight national championship and was involved in 6 total touchdowns – a record for modern National Championship Games.
Georgia beat TCU at its own game, lining up for the snap and starting the play so quickly that the otherwise bustling and confusing Horned Frogs defense didn’t have time to create confusion. Instead, she was repeatedly caught on the wrong foot and was rarely properly formed before the play began.
Georgia dominated defensively, especially at the front, nipping the run game in the bud and making quarterback Max Duggan completely ineffective with multiple fronts and free rushers again and again. TCU didn’t have an answer for anything.

Georgia vs. TCU: The Analysis

Symbolically, it started raining in the fourth quarter of Los Angeles. And that only got through under the idiosyncratic roof structure of SoFi Stadium, home of the Rams and Chargers, where fans of TCU were sitting. The performance that evening could not have been described better.

When TCU quarterback Max Duggan (152 YDS, 2 INT) carried the ball over 2 yards for a touchdown to make it 10:7 in the meantime, hope burgeoned among the supporters of the Horned Frogs. But this feeling passed quickly.

In return, QB Stetson Bennett fired a 37-yard touchdown pass at a wide-open Ladd McConkey, who benefited from a serious misunderstanding in the secondary TCUs. 17:7 Georgia. And that was just the end of the first quarter.

Georgia pulled away quickly in the second quarter. Bennett himself found the end zone again. before throwing touchdown passes to Adonai Mitchell and Kendall Milton.

Georgia was so superior that they made 17 points from three turnovers before the break. Duggan threw two interceptions before the break and TCU receiver Derius Davis already lost a fumble in the second TCU drive of the game.

After the break, the Bulldogs took it easy but remained dangerous while TCU found little to respond.

With that success, the Bulldogs won their fourth national championship and Georgia’s fourth and second straight. Head Coach Kirby Smart is also the first coach to win two consecutive national championships.

College Football Playoff: National Championship Game 2022

Georgia Bulldogs (14-0, #1) vs. TCU (13-2, #3)

Result: 65:7 (17:7, 21:0, 14:0, 13:0) BOXSCORE

Georgia vs. TCU – the most important statistics

Bennett opened the game with a 21-yard touchdown run for Georgia. That was the second-longest TD run by a quarterback in the National Championship Game in college football and the BCS era since 1998. Only Jalen Hurts had a longer run after the 2016 season, when he ran for a 30-yard TD.
Bennett, with 2 rushing touchdowns, is also only the third QB to have multiple rushing touchdowns in a National Championship game. His predecessors: Vince Young and Craig Krenzel.
Georgia’s 17 points after a quarter is the most in National Championship Game history. And the 31-point break lead is the second-highest in such games – only Miami had a higher break lead against Nebraska (34-0) in the 2002 Rose Bowl.
Bennett was involved in 6 touchdowns. He equaled the 2020 Championship Game record set by Joe Burrow for LSU.
65 points is the most ever scored by a team in a BCS- or CFP-era National Championship Game. And it’s also the most that a team has ever scored against an AP Top 5 opponent.

The Star of the Game: Stetson Bennett (Quarterback, Georgia)

It doesn’t do it justice to single out Georgia senior quarterback Bennett (18/25, 304 YDS, 4 TD / 39 RUSH YDS, 2 TD) in his last game for the Bulldogs. But he quickly set the stage for victory with his early 21-yard touchdown run and then kept his foot on the gas. Meanwhile, the grandiose defense was convincing across the board. TCU had no recourse against the front or the secondary, in which safety Javon Bullard caught two interceptions.

The flop of the game: TCU

Likewise, it would not do justice to the matter to single out individual individuals on the part of the Horned Frogs. In this respect, I simply call TCU as a whole. This Big 12 championship competitor was outmatched in every respect and was simply overwhelmed by what Georgia did in every respect. Offensively they couldn’t cope with Georgia’s athletic superiority, and defensively things went too fast. In the end you have to ask yourself whether another team should have been in the Final Four – despite defeating Michigan in the semifinals.

Analysis: Georgia vs. TCU – the tactics board

TCU’s defense is notorious for getting into formation very late to make it difficult for the opposing quarterback to identify coverages and the like. This defense thrives on reacting quickly to the opponent and causing confusion. However, the Bulldogs turned the tables. They would often huddle near the line of scrimmage, then line up with lightning speed and snap the ball as fast as they could. As a result, the defense didn’t have time to react. She was then frequently caught unsorted and denied access to the Georgia game.
Georgia played defensively with multiple fronts, used blitz often, and moved a lot near the line. In this way, it was possible to hide one’s own coverage well and to confuse the other side as much as possible. Quarterback Max Duggan’s athleticism was also considered. Linebackers Jamon Dumas-Johnson and Smael Mondon both frequently played spies against the QB, sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneously.
Georgia’s offense played unpredictably and pulled out all the stops: pre-snap motion, misdirections, play fakes, RPOs, zone reads and bootlegs – offensive coordinator Todd Monken’s creativity was hardly limited by the TCU defense.

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Georgia vs. TCU: At a Glance

Georgia vs. TCU: The Analysis

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