2. That’s as good as the College Football Playoff gets
The 2018 Rose Bowl – for the 2017 season – between Georgia and Oklahoma was a subjectively better game.
Some of the College Football Playoff National Championships might be greater because they meant more, but that double-overtime thriller between Baker Mayfield’s Sooners and the Georgia team with a backfield of Nick Chubb and Sony Michel is the CFP’s gold standard.
If this one doesn’t beat that, it’s really, really close.
The undercard between Michigan and TCU in the Fiesta was amazing, but it was also weird.
Not taking anything away from the Horned Frogs, but that was hardly representative of Michigan’s best work. There were bad calls, missed tackles, and overall the quality wasn’t there compared to to this.
There was the Stetson Bennett interception, but that was the lone turnover. The two teams each got flagged just four times, the defenses were okay despite giving up a combined 1,000 yards – really, they were, especially on third downs – and the NFL talent on the field took the level up a few notches.
42-41 with the defending national champion scoring in the final two minutes on a great drive, the strong challenger marching back to set up a possible game-winning kick …
Nah, that 2018 Rose Bowl was better. This was second, though.
Peach Bowl College Football Playoff 5 Thoughts
5. Ohio State had it, but …
4. Stetson Bennett’s big final drive
3. CJ Stroud’s great performance
2. This one was special
1. Georgia possibly making history