College Football Playoffs: Georgia bully TCU 65-7 to win second consecutive national championship
- University of Georgia QB Stetson Bennett leads first half demolition of TCU with four touchdowns
- Bulldogs become first repeat winners since Alabama went back-to-back a decade ago
Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the first half as No 1 Georgia demolished No. 3 TCU 65-7 Monday night to become the first team to win consecutive College Football Playoff national championships.
The Bulldogs (15-0) became the first repeat winners since Alabama went back-to-back a decade ago and left no doubt that they have replaced the Crimson Tide as the new bullies on the block.
TCU (13-2), the first Cinderella team of the playoff era, never stood a chance against the Georgia juggernaut. Unlike Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl semi-final, the Bulldogs would not succumb to the Hypnotoads’ spell.
Georgia turned in one of the all-time victories in a game that decided a national title, reminiscent of Nebraska running over Florida by 38 in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, USC’s 36-point rout of Oklahoma in the 2005 Orange Bowl and Alabama’s 28-point BCS championship blowout over Notre Dame in 2013.
But this was worse.
Too much talent. Too well-coached. Two straight titles for coach Kirby Smart’s team.
No team has ever scored more points in a national championship game, dating to the beginning of the BCS in 1998.