In a sport that has become more elitist with each passing conference realignment, a title game pitting a requisite super power against a private research school from Fort Worth makes for some welcome democratization.
You also probably vowed never to re-watch it, unless you wish to memorialize the Georgia Bulldogs’ pursuit of dynasty.on Monday night, Georgia became the first team in nine editions of the College Football Playoff to repeat as national champion. Because former Nick Saban assistant Kirby Smart leads the Bulldogs, there are traces of Alabama’s DNA in the program, but they are something different: a contemporary model, just as scary but more airtight as they live out this moment.
A fresh and unlikely matchup couldn’t upstage inevitability. Still, it was a worthwhile experiment. The Horned Frogs made it here. They weren’t granted an exemption. They belonged, and despite this blowout, thatconfirmed they were as virtuous as any team with a playoff résumé not named Georgia. They defied long odds after finishing 5-7 last season, hiring a new coach and cobbling together a team of transfers and undervalued holdovers.
It didn’t need the promise of a great game to make an important statement about the future of a chaotic sport that’s about to become more exclusive through conference realignmentTCU was overmatched, but it made noise at the perfect time. This game arrived just in time, with the SEC and Big Ten poised to swell into invulnerability andThis penultimate four-team playoff produced the most thrilling and highest-scoring semifinal round in its nine-year history.
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