Georgia vs TCU: College Football Playoff National Championship First Quarter
15:00 Georgia wins the coin toss. TCU gets the ball first. No, TCU can’t out-physical the Dawgs up front, and it doesn’t have Kendre Miller in the backfield. Emari Demercado is good enough to handle the rushing workload, but the Horned Frogs have to get Max Duggan into a groove right away, and …
14:54 False start, TCU. Okay, settle in. This will be rocky for a bit.
14:34 Holy crap Jalen Carter. The Bears are almost certainly going to trade out of the first overall pick, but he’s a franchise defensive tackle who can move. He’s in Chicago if the right deal doesn’t come along.
14:05 Duggan is off early on. TCU can NOT handle a slew of three-and-outs. This isn’t a ball control team, but it has to run the clock a bit.
Georgia on its own 43
13:57 And now it’s Georgia’s turn. False start. Whatever. Start running, Georgia, and keep pounding.
13:45 Oooooooh the TCU 3-3-5 defense …. ooooooooh. It’s a nice scheme, but it’s not like this D is anything special.
13:05 Uh oh … Stetson Bennett is totally locked in. That was a perfect strike to Brock Bowers.
12:30 Let me guess, the Georgia coaching staff want to get Bowers into the game early. TCU is loaded in the secondary, but this is a mismatch.
11:00 Uh oh … Stetson Vick rips off a 21-yard touchdown run. Bennett was MOVING for that. TCU is fast, but it overpursued, Bennett had a wide open lane ….
Uh oh.
Georgia 7, TCU 0
10:44 Okay, TCU. Relax, get the running game going, let Duggan start moving a bit.
10:35 Uh oh … Georgia’s defense playing like it has 14 guys on the field. It’s all over the Horned Frog backfield. TCU is dead if it keeps dealing with third and long situations.
9:41 TCU DESPERATELY needed something positive. That Georgia holding penalty might be the moment when this finally relaxed the Dawgs, and …
9:30 Oh dear lord. TCU gets quirky, Derius Davis fumbles, Georgia football.
Uh oh.
8:56 Georgia can end this now. It has the ball on the TCU 33. It scores a touchdown here, go ahead and do something else, America.
7:39 Uh oh … Bennett is DEALING. TCU has to make big plays to stop the Georgia receivers. Bennett isn’t missing.
7:28 NICE tackle by Mark Perry on Daijun Edwards on third down. Not hyperbole, but he doesn’t wrap on on that and this is over.
6:51 Field goal. TCU still alive, but it needs to go on a march on this next drive, or else.
Georgia 10, TCU 0
6:51 Okay, TCU. You took a big punch. Take a deep breath, now do what you do. Get a positive play … Demercado for four yards …
5:45 BOOM Here we go. Georgia was so freaked out about Quentin Johnson it let Derius Davis alone for a 60-yard play … Demercado down to the six … massive drive from the Horned Frogs.
5:44 Both teams scoring at least seven points in the first quarter was one of my favorite prop bets in this.
4:58 TCU is pounding away in the interior. If the Horned Frog guards can keep being this physical …
4:45 Max Tebow runs it in. Fantastic drive, fantastic few minutes for Duggan. GAME ON.
Georgia 10, TCU 7
4:28 Same thing, other side. Get the Georgia offensive line going, let the …
4:11 Bennett is sharp. That’s a more dangerous timing pass to Ladd McConkey than it might seem.
3:33 TCU has made exactly one good defensive play so far.
3:04 The Dawg O line is tearing up the Horned Frog three-man front. Keep pounding aw…
2:55 Bennett to McConkey for a wide open 37 yard touchdown.
Uh oh.
2:39 First quarter as the highest scoring quarter was a good-value prop bet.
Georgia 17, TCU 7
2:23 Keep on running, TCU. The defense is going to be the defense – it’ll have to figure this out. Don’t panic … yet.
1:51 Demercado is such a load. He’s getting positive yards on every run.
1:25 There we go, Horned Frogs. Move the chains, don’t do anything crazy. Good first down to calm everything down. O at midfield.
0:50 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. TCU, you were just find with the midrange plays and running, and Duggan drops back to look deep. The Dawg D ended that fast and now it’s 2nd and 18.
First quarter over. Georgia’s offense is way too good so far. Again, TCU can’t panic … yet.
First Quarter: Georgia 17, TCU 7
CFP National Championship Thoughts
Pregame | First Quarter
Second Quarter | Third & Fourth Quarter