Kirby Smart provides initial impressions of TCU ahead of national title game

After narrowly escaping Ohio State in their College Football Playoff semifinal, all that stands between the Georgia Bulldogs and their quest to become back-to-back national champions are the TCU Horned Frogs. As Georgia prepares for their upcoming title bout, head coach Kirby Smart provided his initial impressions of TCU.

“Yeah, tremendous team, tremendous program,” said Smart. “He’s won wherever he’s been. He’s done a great job. Their kids believe. They have, I feel like just reading and listening about them, a lot of similarities to our kids in terms of the culture created there, the way they play, the way they believe. I think I saw a stat; they have the most comebacks in college football in the fourth quarter. And that shows what your mental makeup is.

“Their conference has been in a lot of tight ball games, and they’ve won those tight ball games. And done an incredible job with what they do. And they create really tough situations defensively, do an incredible job on special teams. Have one of the best returners I’ve ever faced in the return game and score a lot of points on offense with the Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback. So it’s a recipe to be playing for the national championship.”

TCU showed that they more than belonged in the national championship conversation by defeating the only other undefeated team, the Michigan Wolverines. If Smart and his Bulldogs want to finish the year as national champions, then they cannot take the Horned Frogs lightly.

Smart breaks down Georgia’s ‘legendary’ fourth-quarter comeback effort vs Ohio State

It took everything that the Georgia Bulldogs and head coach Kirby Smart had to mount a late-game comeback against the Ohio State Buckeyes in their College Football Playoff semifinal matchup. Ohio State took what seemed like an insurmountable 14-point lead into the fourth quarter. But that’s when the Bulldogs came alive, overcoming a 38-24 deficit to win 42-41. after the game, Smart broke down Georgia’s ‘legendary’ fourth-quarter comeback effort to advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday against TCU.

“Legendary. It’s a different group,” said Smart. “We’re a lot different than we were last year. But this group is special. They never stopped believing. They put those fours up, and every one of them believed it. And they came back in the fourth.”

The Bulldogs’ legendary comeback was in jeopardy of becoming a heroic victory for the Buckeyes. After taking the lead, Ohio State got the ball back with enough time for star quarterback CJ Stroud to march down the field and put his team in position for a game-winning field goal. Fortunately for Georgia, Buckeyes kicker Noah Ruggles missed the go-ahead field goal wide left.