Category: UGA Football

No. 1 Bulldogs Outlast Buckeyes In Shootout:

Top-ranked Georgia (14-0) posted a 42-41 win over No. 4 Ohio State to advance to its second straight CFP National Championship Game (and 3rd overall) in the biggest fourth quarter comeback in the Kirby Smart era as well as the CFP era by any team. The previous high second half comeback was 11 points against Cincinnati right here in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl to end the 2020 season, winning 24-21.

Georgia came in ranked 11th nationally in Scoring (39.2 ppg) and finished with 42 points with 533 yards of offense on 60 plays.

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By John Frierson
Staff Writer

ATLANTA — In the moments that matter, that REALLY matter, how do you react? Does the moment overwhelm you and keep you from being at or near your best, or do you reach out and grab what you’re chasing like it was yours all along?

“All 11 guys on that field, I trust them to do their job,” Georgia center Sedrick Van Pran said around 12:30 Sunday morning while wearing a tired smile and a Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl champions cap.

“And the reason that I trust them is because we do a lot of stuff during the week. We go through a lot of scenarios, we do a lot of practice, physical and mental, so when we’re put in this situation, I truly do believe in our preparation, and I trust the guys around us to make plays.”

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