Georgia humiliated TCU so much, they turned the national championship into Senior Night
Win a title by almost 60 points, and EVERYONE gets a curtain call.
To even say Georgia beat the brakes off of TCU in the 2023 National Championship Game would probably be an understatement. In winning 65-7 — a 58-point margin — the Bulldogs enjoyed the largest win in a bowl game in college football history.
At a certain point, with Georgia absolutely cruising through most of the night, head coach Kirby Smart decided to start taking some of his key starters out of the game with the outcome already decided. In fact, if you were to take a closer look, why it’s almost as if the Bulldogs transformed the pinnacle of college football into a de facto Senior Night. Because they did!
There was Stetson Bennett with about 13 minutes left in the fourth quarter:
Stetson Bennett gets his curtain call with 13 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter
What a career
— PFF College (@PFF_College) January 10, 2023
Then most of Georgia’s defensive leaders, like Jalen Carter, exited with a little over nine minutes to go for their own curtain call:
THERES OVER 9 MINUTES LEFT IN THIS GAME & GEORGIA IS CURTAIN CALL SUBBING THE ENTIRE DEFENSE
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) January 10, 2023
That’s right. Georgia was so dominant to repeat as champions; they got to say goodbye to almost all of their critical departing players with just about two-thirds of the fourth quarter remaining. Talk about getting your flowers at the expense of another helpless opponent — in this case, TCU.