The location, a half-hour drive from Hollywood, is fitting.
TCU’s story feels like a movie script. An underdog nobody was paying attention to in September, comes out of nowhere to reach the final game of the season as one of the great underdog stories in college football history.
“If you go back to August, how many people were in Las Vegas saying, ‘Yeah, let me put $10 down on TCU to win the national title?’ ” said Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN’s lead college football analyst. “I don’t know if anybody was, including their own fan base. “This is a team that’s kind of been against all odds all year, and don’t tell them they don’t have a chance Monday night. Actually, tell them that. I think they like to hear it, because it seems to fire them up.
Said TCU cornerback Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, the Jim Thorpe Award winner as the top defensive back in the country: “Man, we are here to win the game. … It’s time to start taking us very seriously. We’re not a joke and we’re here [and] just as good as any other team that’s had great seasons.” The last hurdle will be the toughest. Georgia isn’t Michigan. It is unlike any team TCU has seen in the Big 12. It has won 16 straight games and 32 of its last 33.
On paper, it is a mismatch. Georgia has stockpiled top recruiting classes under coach Kirby Smart, and has 15 players who were five-star recruits, and 53 four-stars, based on the website 247 Sports’ rankings. TCU has just one five-star, LSU transfer Marcel Brooks, a linebacker who doesn’t even start, and 16 four-stars. Based on those same rankings, Georgia had the second-most talent in the country, behind only Alabama. TCU was No. 33.
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