I still can't believe it happened. People say it's the talent disparity but that alone cannot explain what happened. They're a 13-1 team that lost by 58, I really don't know what to say

Georgia vs Ohio State was the real championship game...

As a huge TCU fan, I spent all season waiting for the wheels to fall off, and when they did, it was too late and my heart was broken more than I ever imagined.

I think what you saw in the semis was Georgia's worst game and we saw TCUs best game at the same time. Would have had to have the same thing happen again in the natty for a close game. It didn't

The fact that TCU was firing on all cylinders against Michigan but couldn’t get anything going against Georgia is something that needs to be studied

The worst part is TCU quit early. Their body language said it all. It almost looked like they were just there to get the participation trophy. Vandy would've played them tighter.

As a Notre Dame fan I’m just so glad there’s finally a team that embarrassed themselves worse than we did in 2013

A good thing to remember is that tcu’s offensive coordinator Garrett Riley was interviewing for the Clemson job instead of preparing a game plan in the week leading up to national championship

I think after embarrassing LSU, Georgia felt invincible. OSU gave them a heart attack so they were much more focused against TCU.

I’m an Oregon fan who watched live as we got crushed by Georgia in week 1 49-0. I was heartbroken and questioned if we would even be good. Watching the Championship Game made me feel a little better though I was rooting for TCU.

Lol in zero ways was this the “most highly anticipated national championship game in a long time” 😂

That TCU team barely escaped several Big 12 matchups against unranked opponents and opponents playing on their 2nd and sometimes 3rd string QB. It was the luckiest title run in history, and their luck finally ran out. They finally played a good, healthy team, and the predictable result occured.

Don’t forget that Georgia had the unique advantage of practicing against the best team in the nation every week-themselves.

UGA effectively winning on a missed kick as the clock struck midnight was magical

(Die hard Dawg fan here) I told my brother before the game that there was no way that TCU's defense would stop Georgia's offense during the game, and that if our defense played to their ability, the game wouldn't even be close. I wasn't expecting it to be this bad, but I was predicting a relatively comfortable game. Most UGA games I'm a little nervous before the game, but I vividly recall not being the slightest bit nervous for this game.

Was an embarrassing championship game forsure but the playoff win against Michigan is still a big accomplishment and very impressive

As a Georgia fan, another factor was attitude. Georgia was pissed about how the Ohio State game went, and they took it out on TCU.

And here I was expecting a video with nine minutes of explaining TCU's bad special teams.

I think the biggest reason this was so bad wasn’t that TCU wasn’t good. On the contrary they really were a very good team with lots of talent. The problem was TCU had a tendency to start off games slow, they were a great second half team The problem is Georgia was so much better than everyone else in the country, TCU could get away with starting slow against literally anyone else but Georgia just kept the foot down and once TCU was behind early there was no coming back

FSU needs to blame TCU for what happened this year. Pretty sure the committee saw the beatdown and said nope never again.

Calling Michigan “the badgers” and DKR “memorial stadium” is wild

The depth was the difference. TCU doesn't have the guys to go for 60 minutes against a recruiting juggernaught. They were a tough group that was down in nearly every game they played, and won all but one close game. They deserved to be there, and Georgia simply was the better more talented team.

Something overlooked is TCU’s 3-3-5 defense. It is reliant on the DB’s being able to come up, keep containment and make tackles. A two TE set with Darnell Washington as an extra blocker was the difference. TCU was so worried about the TEs setting the edge and getting 10 yard runs that the DBs started cheating up. That led to play actions where TE Brook Bowers was wide open. Not saying TCU would’ve beat OSU, but 3-3-5 is very effective against single TE sets, especially if that TE isn’t 6’7 280lbs like Washington.

One of my friends who goes to TCU and lives in SoCal went to this game. She and I agreed that it was like watching our high school team play.

I remember looking at the score with a few minutes left in the first quarter and saying to myself "Well, TCU's only trailing 10-7. At least they're keeping it close". Needless to say, I spoke too soon.

Ohio State's lone loss in the regular season was to the Michigan Wolverines, not the Wisconsin Badgers (I'm a Badger fan, lol). Just thought I'd point that out.

Tbh it felt like 12 men with guns vs 3 kids with safety scissors

As a Georgia fan I never think any game is a guarantee win or blow out. I’ve seen too many games go bad. About midway thru the third I think I finally breathed and believed we were gonna win against tcu man. But by the end of the game tcu was outmanned. You mentioned preparation, I feel like tcu lost this game in summer workouts, in the cafeteria, on the recruiting trail, in the film room, tcu wasn’t ready the lights were bright and it hurts

I think you’re leaving out a huge detail… big people move little people. Preparation or not, TCU never had a chance with the size and speed of the UGA defense and O-Line.

I remember watching right before the natty started and they were showing snippets of interviews with players on each team, and I remember vividly when Max Duggan was up there and said, "We're just happy to be here." I called the game there to be a blowout right then.

As an Ohio State fan, watching this game made me realize that we had a national championship in the bag had we played with more grit in that last quarter

I think the whole 4 teams in the playoffs is actually ridiculous. They need to change it, maybe if every conference winner was in the playoffs and there’s 8-12 teams instead of 4, the finals will always be evenly matched.

Not the worst championship game in sports history. That would be the 1940 NFL Championship game when the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0.

If TCU had a month to prepare, they don’t get beat by 58. However, reporters around the UGA program consistently noted, in discussing the various events leading up to the game, that Georgia players just looked gigantic and more athletic when standing next to TCU players in street clothes. These aren’t crazy homer reporters, either. They just said it was patently obvious that Georgia was bigger and stronger as a team. Does that mean they’ll necessarily win the game? No. But at some point it becomes about the Jimmy’s and Joe’s, not the X’s and O’s. And if all the reporters noticed it, the TCU players noticed it too. They were intimidated before gameday, and that’s not a knock on TCU. It’s just human nature.

I can think of no sport where it is more fun to root for the underdog than in college football. But nearly everyone knew to spare themselves that underdog hope when TCU met Georgia.

This is what happens when the committee tries to gerrymander an Ohio State/Michigan rematch in the national championship. They did it to themselves. This is coming from a Georgia fan.

As a UGA fan, I did not expect THAT to occur. Having a 58 point advantage to what is classified as one of the best teams out there. I did not expect to see backups playing in the biggest CFB game. I expected a good team to play us (after a humbling experience with OSU) and win by a touchdown or two. However I’m happy my dawgs dominated but at the same time I have respect for such a successful TCU squad. I sure hope I see them again in the playoffs so they can get a ring of their own. Much love to TCU & fans 💜 🖤 🐸

Kirby deserves more respect for his preparation from him and his staff. Kirby gets guys to buy into a system that is everyday matters, every practice matters every week matters then play the game and win it then right after the guys are focused on next week. He perfects the system while adding fuel to the fire of showing how Georgias disrespected even when they play great. Georgia wants to hunt not be hunted and that phrase he perfects to the tee.

The real difference was TCU walked on the field ready to lose. They believed the medias narrative of being the far less talented team and played like it

TCU athlete here there 3 points I would like to say. First point is that the gate we got for making it to the playoffs was weird to me. Because personally I don’t want to see the same 3 or 4 teams in the CFP every year (ex Bama, Georgia, Clemson) it’s boring in my opinion see that every year. Second I feel like once Georgia woke up after halftime we lost. Kirby had to have chew them out and woken the dogs pun intended and sealed our fate because they weren’t gonna do that in the Natty. Thirdly most of knew it would be a stretch for us to win. Georgia has bigger players and more skilled players than us (they had a lot of 5 Star’s) we was just hopeful not to get blown out like we did. But I was hoping for a TCU vs Oregon comeback tho.

As a TCU fan, I had almost had this terrible memory out of my head. Thanks a lot. 😂😂😂

Saban raging about getting snubbed will always be funny to me. The playoff picture was clear as day and Alabama most certainly did not have any argument for being in the top 4.

Chicago 73, Washington 0 - 1940 NFL Championship. Sammy Baugh, the Redskins QB, had a TD pass dropped on their first possession. When asked after the game if scoring there would have made a difference, he said, "Yeah. It would have been 73-7."

I was telling everybody that Georgia was going to make TCU look like they’d never been on a football field before! Not off of any sort of scientific analysis but because it always felt like it was going to happen. They were going to run out of the sauce at some point. It’s almost like when you’re playing golf and you string a few good holes together, you and everybody else in your group knows it’s only a matter of time before you triple the next hole. UGA was that long par 4 for TCU

As a Michigan fan. We wish we could play that game over again. 9/10 we win. But hey that’s why underdogs/favorites don’t matter.

2018-2019 Clemson Tigers were very similar. They destroyed absolutely everybody except for close game against Syracuse and when Kelly Bryant started a game against A&M. Then they murdered Alabama in the national championship game.

As an OSU fan that was a tough loss. UGA did exactly what good teams are supposed to do. They capitalized on our mistakes. Congrats to them. It was amazing watching those idiots up north having the worst game of the season in playoffs. That was the only good thing about the entire season.

damn 65-7, I didn't remember it was THAT bad

You should give us more back stories on the college football playoffs….it’s interesting getting a deep dive of what was leading up to the national championship

TCU empited the gas tank in terms of player health and endurance to get to the national championship game. They were doing just enough each week as mentioned to keep it together throughout the year.

2022: Georgia vs TCU: 65 - 7 2023: Georgia vs FSU: *63 - 3*

As a Georgia fan I was excited for an amazing and close game. Ohio state game was such a mail biter and I expected something similar. By halftime I was ready to turn the game off and go do something else

Georgia won that bad because they destroyed the entire SEC while TCU was skirting by every week in the Big 12. That and the talent disparity made the result obvious.

This was nowhere near a “highly anticipated game” 🤣

The entire world does NOT watch college football 😂 that being said they got absolutely violated. It would’ve been less humiliating to just not show up

When Kirby Smart said "We going hunting tonight," before kickoff i knew TCU was in trouble

Yes, I saw it coming. I think the 4 weeks to prepare is a factor, but I don't think it was quite as all-encompassing a factor as you seem to think. On paper UM, tOSU, and especially UGA were significantly better teams than TCU, both in performances and in talent level. But the game isn't played on paper. TCU did significantly outcoach Michigan, but it wasn't just their superior preparation, Harbaugh laid an all-time egg. Running a double reverse from the 1-yard line on 4th and goal... who does that, it's a hugely bad percentage play with very little upside. And there were a number of other egregious coaching errors on the Maize and Blue side. If Michigan had simply taken the approach Bama did against Cincinnati, and run the ball down their throat over and over again, their superior size and athleticism would have worn TCU out and they'd have won easily. The simple fact of the matter is that game had fluke written all over it. But I do agree it didn't matter who won between UGA and tOSU, either team would have won easily because they wouldn't have shot themselves in the foot dozens of times like UM did. TCU was way out of their weight class and they got exposed. If they'd been given 4 weeks to prepare they wouldn't have lost by 58, instead it would have been 38.

TCU was picked to go 5-7 and finish I believe last in the Big12. So how good were they really? And they still had a magical season.

Max Dugan was an absolute DAWG at TCU 😭😭

I am a diehard Georgia fan and when Duggan threw an interception at the end of the first half, I didn’t cheer or jump up. As that ball was in the air I said “Oh no.” That was my instinctual reaction. That says a lot. It was awesome to have your team put in such a dominant performance but I didnt have any desire to see that happen to TCU. That was the best team, 100% locked in, with an absolutely perfect gameplan and almost perfect execution. It was great and awful and the same time.

Simple Explanation The SEC is the MLB Big 10 is AAA and the Big 12, ACC, and Pac 12 are AA AA players can play in AAA and AAA players can play in the MLB, but AA players cannot play in the MLB

Yeah, my in-laws are Texas Tech alumni, but they were pulling hard for TCU (probably a Texas thing). I remember trying to talk with them and reason that the Horned Frogs didn't stand a chance. I didn't think all-time worst blowout, but I didn't think it would be competitive either. Going into that whole playoff I thought OSU-Georgia was going to the real championship game, unless it turned out to be OSU-Michigan in the final.

I remember TCU's WR screen plays just getting obliterated by Georgia's DBs. Reminded me of JV v Varsity in practice.

Michigan simply didnt give tcu the respect they deserved and preped for Georgia instead, that combined with the unpredictability of turnovers and poor play meant that tcu were in a spot they didn't expect and got fucked

SEC is way better than every other conference. That simple.

TCU might of been blown out but I’m still proud of them. Michigan was there true national championship game. I wish they would’ve won lol but they made history for TCU, the BIG12, and the state of Texas. Go horned Frogs, I know they will be there again one day!

I love your videos bro

Michigan is the wolverines mate, badgers are Wisconsin

I saw it coming and actually had predicted that UGA would win in a blowout. Across the board, UGA is loaded. They did not properly prepare or played with needed grits and focus against Ohio State and it nearly cost them. Preparation for the final with TCU is a different matter. UGA had weeks to prepare and watch films. The coaches would not allow for any letdown or loss of focus. The result is in the putting. TCU was way outclassed, outplayed, and out coached.

Awesome video, dude!!

As a UGA alumna, I was definitely terrified, even though I knew we would probably win against TCU

I was at the four seasons maui while this was happening. Everyone was at the bar and just laughing at TCU

The real explanation is Michigan totally blew their game against TCU and handed them a win(Michigan lost way more than TCU won). They then went up against a team which didn't shoot themselves in the foot the entire game and got the expected result. I suppose Michigan wasn't prepared with all the unforced errors they committed against TCU but yeah, What happened in the NCG really wasn't surprising.

game was over 5 days before when multiple players said were just here to have fun, some said we have to be here as well [the ones that said that randomly stopped being interview by every media network] , TCU knew they were outmatched by size and age.

Georgia coaches before the game were saying, "Big bodies move small bodies." TCU was put against a team way out of their class. They were playing against men bigger, stronger, and faster. There was nothing they could really do. You could see in their body language they had given up early, because there was no way to stratigize out of it. They got thrown around all night physically and weren't really ever in contention. It was a miricale they beat Michigan(Michigan had their worst game arguably). They put up as much of a fight as they could against a team who has 5 star recuits three rows deep in the depth chart.

This was NOT highly anticipated! Most people knew Georgia was going to win, nobody thought they would win by 60 points tho! Lol

This year honestly is the biggest reason in favor of the playoff format. Tcu pulls off a flukely upset, and they end up in the championship. At least a playoffs format makes you play multiple games to prove you are a good team. If not balanced schedules to help with rankings, playoffs give many teams chances, while also letting them fight among themselves to get the title

As a man who spent the first 26 years of life in San Diego, any time I see a football team wearing blue and yellow who is really, REALLY good on paper, I have learned to *always* expect them to lose The Big One™somehow, regardless of competition level. Congratulations TCU. That's what I'll remember you for. (And of course my own Aztecs' unbelievable run through March Madness, but I digress.)

I had to play a basketball game during this and I’m glad that basketball game was scheduled 😭

I was at the Georgia vs Ohio st game and everyone was cheering when TCU won

Its very simple. Georgie has about 50 nfl players on their roster and half of those will go in the first 2 rounds of the draft. TCU on the other hand has probably 10 nfl players and only 2-3 will go in the first 2 rounds of the draft. When you combine elite talent with elite coaching you get these kinds of results. Same reason an SEC conference (5 different teams) has won 13 out of the last 17 the national championships... yup more SEC teams have won championships since 2006 than all other conferences combined.

Huge talent disparity. A few early TCU turnovers, it snowballed quickly. It was over after the first 10 minutes. I want to say the Vegas spread was -21 for UGA so its not like it was unexpected.

All I can think ab is how close we came to a Michigan Ohio State national championship

Literally everyone knew that title game was going to be a blowout I went hunting that evening and everyone was like “you gonna miss da game bruh” to which I responded “ what game it’ll be over midway through the 2nd quarter “ which it was Alabama crushed KSU which told me all I needed to know.

It also came down to the fact that Georgia played their worst against Ohio State (in the first half at least) and TCU played their best against Michigan. What we got in the championship was Georgia at their best and TCU at their worst.

"Arguably" the hardest conference to go undefeated in? C'mon man. The act of going undefeated in the SEC deserves a trophy in itself.

I think on the calendar the k state graphic was used. Don't know if that was intentional but that's also not the reason for my comment. So tcu had the entire off season to prepare for Colorado and lost. I am not sure if any amount of time would have made them any better prepared for georgia.

If I remember correctly, weren't the bulldogs like 25 point favorites or something just INSANE like that?

This was in no way the most highly anticipated national championship game. Everyone knew TCU was about to get smoked.

Fantastic take. Most people will choose the easier and causal take but you brought up an excellent point. I said there were a number of reasons for the blow out. 1. Georgia has been there before, having that experience in a game like that does way more than people think. 2. Preparation time, like you mentioned 3. Seemed like TCUs heart was taken from them early in the game and Georgia wasn’t letting up even if they begged lol. Was the Georgia gonna win regardless? Yeah but most of that Ass whooping was them while they were down lol.

At 7:43 should’ve said, “It’s the SEC.” Great vid ✊🏾🔥

As a K-State alum, we're a smaller school like TCU. We don't have the brand advantage of a UGA or Bama. Our coaches have to excel at knowing what we have and selling it. They basically go out on the recruiting trail and pick off a few higher recruits and surround them with what they hope are "diamonds in the rough" - the guys that can be coached up and maybe turn into something special with time and training. We aren't going to have the stables of blue chips, so we have to find other ways to win. That's where the size advantage is. During the K-State v Bama game, our line held up, but it was plainly obvious that even though we had receivers and corners/safeties in the right positions all game to make the plays, we just didn't have the size to matter. Bama's guys were just bigger and had ours physically outmatched and we got picked apart there all day. I am guessing TCU ran into some of the same issues in key places.

As a reminder, Michigan did not send its "scouts" to TCU last year. We can see how that cost them when they didn't know TCU's signs.

The bottom line is the way the current system is set up creates a sort of college football oligarchy. It’s big enough for the crème de la crème college football programs (Alabama/Georgia/Ohio State) to all get in, but small enough to ensure all 3 stay at the top. This allows those 3 programs to amass most of the blue chip talent because they are the only schools who can guarantee a shot at a national championship. So when TCU runs into one of those 3 schools playing for all the marbles, they just get bludgeoned. Hopefully two changes will serve to break up this monopoly. First, NIL. There are a lot of schools in states with lesser instate talent that have more money than they know what to do with. Schools like Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan, Tennessee, Auburn. If UGA, Bama, OSU only get half the number of five star players they currently get, it will make a huge difference. But bigger than that is the playoffs expanding. Now, the playoff club isn’t as exclusive. You only have to win 9 or 10 games to have a shot at a national championship. That will make a huge difference.

Please tell me why this video is not about the GA - AL - Notre Damn Championship Game 2012? We lost that SEC game in the final minutes to AL and the winner went on to play a scout team Notre Damn for the BCS National Championship.

The semi’s were an example of the legacy system. Had Georgia not played TCU, it would’ve likely been a split National Title as the greatest “what if?” Scenarios. Like 1997 UM Vs Nebraska. Thank God for the new system

I was just talking about this a couple weeks ago. 2022 was a competitive year, had good story lines and a great surprise team in TCU. The only problem was while the best teams in the nation were great teams, that Georgia team was playing on another planet. Ohio St was the best shot to beat them, but Georgia took care of them to.

This was the best game ever.

what I want too\ know is how many star players held out on TCU so as not to possibly tarnish their NFL draft statis which is the big thing now days?

we were absolutely robbed of an Ohio state Michigan national championship for this stinker of a game