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TCU survived Michigan's frenzied second-half comeback attempts to win a wild Fiesta Bowl 51-45 and advance to the national championship game.

Live updates from the College Football Playoff semifinal game: No. 2 Michigan (13-0) vs. No. 3 TCU (12-1) at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.

McCarthy tried to pass to the right flat, but TCU safety Bud Clark stepped in front of the receiver and took the interception back 41 yards to put the Horned Frogs up 7-0 with 9:22 left in the quarter. On the first play from scrimmage Donovan Edwards busted off a 54-yard run to the TCU 21. The Horned Frogs scored on a 6-yard pass from Max Duggan to Taye Barber with a successful point after. The ball bounced into the end zone where it was recovered by TCU for a touchback. On second down at the 5, Duggan called his own number again and ran to the 2, then sneaked for one yard and the first down. In second quarter, Michigan got itself on the board with a 42-yard field goal from Jake Moody. The Wolverines attempted a 2-point conversion but failed to leave the score 34-22. Michigan capped the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run by Kalel Mullings and a 2-point conversion from quarterback J.J. A heroic effort to keep the play alive ended short of the first down. A rare 3-and-out by TCU and a 40-yard punt put Michigan in business at its 44 with 6:30 left. McCarthy’s pass to the right flat intended for Donovan Edwards was deflected by safety Millard Bradford, and that left one final play for the Wolverines. McCarthy scrambled for 5 yards on first down, then overshot Roman Wilson and nearly saw the pass intercepted by a slipping Emari Demercado.

TCU powered to a 51-45 win over Michigan on Saturday in the highest-scoring game in Fiesta Bowl history.

Now he has the chance](https://theathletic.com/4046594/2022/12/30/donovan-edwards-michigan-football-fiesta-bowl/) Georgia score analysis](https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/georgia-ohio-state-peach-bowl/C4ZXYMBftTrU/) [TCU in the College Football Playoff: The Horned Frogs’ unlikely, one-of-a-kind path](https://theathletic.com/4044890/2022/12/30/tcu-michigan-college-football-playoff/) [How TCU built a CFP-worthy roster without relying on 5-stars and top-ranked classes](https://theathletic.com/4047308/2022/12/31/tcu-michigan-cfp-recruiting/) [Donovan Edwards wanted to be a Michigan football legend. [Bud Clark](https://theathletic.com/college-football/player/bud-clark-QNc4L0IGTnzsbX8y/) energized TCU. And the play of TCU’s front, led by [Dylan Horton](https://theathletic.com/college-football/player/dylan-horton-NyipAntoNIzvRdv6/)’s four sacks, helped TCU more than hold its own at the line of scrimmage. McCarthy](https://theathletic.com/college-football/player/jj-mccarthy-vM3US1AyEbkMeYiX/)went 20-of-32 for 343 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions, while rushing for one TD. [Max Duggan](https://theathletic.com/college-football/player/max-duggan-X9NmZKlH4smoCHbk/)went 14-of-29 for 225 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions, while rushing for two TDs. Ultimately, McCarthy couldn’t conjure the magic for a game-winning touchdown drive. 3 in the FBS in total defense, but they hadn’t faced many teams that had TCU’s speed and explosiveness. The second half had all the fireworks, but this game may have been decided in the first half when Michigan failed to score twice inside TCU’s 5-yard line. The pick sixes by Winters and The Horned Frogs did that well, countering with their speed all over the field. The Horned Frogs pulled off what few believed they could: upsetting a 13-0 Big Ten champion.

Behind standout play from Max Duggan and two touchdowns off interception returns, TCU defeated Michigan 51-45 to advance to the national championship game.

TCU (13-1), the most unlikely team to ever reach the four-team playoff in its nine-year history, has one more game left in its improbable season and it will come against either No. The play was clean. Duggan and the Frogs will no doubt be underdogs — again. After the Frogs and Wolverines combined for 62 points in 20 second-half minutes, the pace was throttled back. Max Duggan accounted for four touchdowns, Texas Christian returned two interceptions for scores and the third-ranked Horned Frogs withstood a frenetic second-half surge by No. Back came the Frogs, unleashing their best weapon.

Every time Michigan made a run in the second half, TCU responded and was able to hold on for the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl win.

His sack for a seven-yard loss stalled Michigan at the TCU 49. He kept the pressure on TCU with a 5-yard TD pass that cut the score to 51-45 with 3:18 to play. The ball rolled back and out of bounds another five yards to the Michigan 37 with 24 seconds left. Then, after Michigan got the ball back with 53 seconds left, Horton had another sack that caused a fumble. From his 49, McCarthy launched a deep pass to Roman Wilson, who had gotten behind the secondary. Nobody could catch him for the 76-yard touchdown and it gave TCU a needed 10-point cushion after Michigan had fought back from a 34-16 deficit to make it 41-38. He threw a 34-yard TD pass to Ronnie Bell for Michigan's first touchdown midway through the third quarter. Next play, McCarthy handed the ball off to Kalel Mullings, who lost it. He finished with 150 yards and a score on 17 carries and Miller had run for 57 yards on eight carries. McCarthy (343 passing yards) bounced back from the two interceptions that TCU returned for touchdowns with big plays with his arm and legs. But TCU had one more big play, and held off the Wolverines. "I thought we were the more physical team on the field tonight.

Former Lewis Central QB Max Duggan led TCU to a 51-45 win over Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl to earn a spot in the national title game.

No problem for a team with the nation’s best offensive line, right? Coach Jim Harbaugh's Wolverines put up a better showing in their second straight CFP semifinal appearances, but will lament the missed opportunities. First, he chased down Michigan's Donovan Edwards to prevent a long touchdown on the very first play from scrimmage. A review overturned the call and set up Michigan inside the 1. 2 Michigan to win the Fiesta Bowl 51-45 on Saturday night and advance to the College Football Playoff national championship. The play was clean. TCU (13-1), the most unlikely team ever reach the four-team playoff in its nine-year history, has one more game left in its improbable season and it will come against either No. Duggan and the Frogs will no doubt be underdogs — again. Duggan threw for 225 yards and two interceptions and ran for 57. After the Frogs and Wolverines combined for 62 points in 20 second-half minutes, the pace was throttled back. (AP) — Council Bluffs native Max Duggan accounted for four touchdowns, TCU returned two interceptions for scores and the third-ranked Horned Frogs withstood a frenetic second-half surge by No. Back came the Frogs, unleashing their best weapon.

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The College Football Playoff has delivered so many duds that it makes you forget it can deliver something like this.

The Horned Frogs finished last season 5-7 and missed a bowl for the third straight year. And Michigan had little answer for the Horned Frogs’ physicality. Michigan came in as a heavy favourite, the conventional wisdom being that the better-tested Wolverines could use their physical run game to push around TCU. From there, TCU scored 20 more points in the third quarter and Michigan scored nine, fighting back multiple times when the game looked over. McCarthy led the Wolverines on a nine-play, 56-yard drive, ending in a Wilson touchdown, to bring the score to 51-45. Michigan (13-1) pulled within 41-38 two plays into the fourth quarter after Emari Demercado’s fumble set up a Roman Wilson score and a Ronnie Bell two-point conversion.

TCU, unranked at the start of the season, shocked Michigan, 51-45, in the Fiesta Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff championship game.

Michigan menaced Duggan sometimes, like the time he flipped it around the rush to Taye Barber for a six-yard touchdown on which Barber eased inside the right pylon. Duggan took TCU on drives of 76 yards in 12 plays and 83 in 10, both drives steeped in a variety Michigan couldn’t hack. Michigan went 69 yards in three plays, TCU 78 in three, Michigan 75 in three and Michigan 27 in two after a TCU fumble. Michigan wriggled from 21-3 to 21-16 in the third quarter, and Duggan, the TCU quarterback and Heisman finalist with vessels rich in grit, promptly went 46 yards to the deep right to Johnston, starting a six-play, 75-yard drive. Of course, Michigan did spend the first half appearing to swirl partway down the drain even during moments of evident prosperity. McCarthy to wreak a muff and a busted play, it had come to sort of figure. Michigan fans even had the rare experience of feeling absolutely certain of defeat and then having welcome uncertainty return. The 71,723-strong sides of State Farm Stadium, the TCU-aligned in purple and the Michigan mass in maize and blue, each had turns to practice hysteria. Against a defense ranked fourth in the nation and allowing 277 yards per game and 4.5 yards per play, TCU gained 488 and seven yards per snap. It’s a program not only from outside the kingdoms but from outside the outside of the kingdoms. They kept their sense of belonging through a preposterous third quarter in which Michigan (13-1) rang up 24 points but TCU chimed in with a helpful 20. A Michigan team more accustomed to law and order found itself wading in a damned mess.

TCU's defense returned two interceptions for touchdowns and quarterback Max Duggan accounted for four touchdowns Saturday as the third-ranked Horned Frogs ...

But Michigan closed within 41-30 with three seconds left in the period on a 1-yard run by Kalei Mullings and a 2-point conversion. Duggan wasn't as efficient as usual, but still completed 14 of 29 passes for 225 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. The Horned Frogs gave up 527 yards and 39 second half points, but came up with the necessary plays to move on.

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The Horned Frogs finished last season 5-7 and missed a bowl for the third straight year. Ladd McConkey caught a pass for the two-point conversion and a 38-35 score. The point-after gave Georgia a 42-41 lead with 0:43 remaining. And Michigan had little answer for the Horned Frogs’ physicality. From there, TCU scored 20 more points in the third quarter and Michigan scored nine, fighting back multiple times when the game looked over. Michigan came in as a heavy favourite, the conventional wisdom being that the better-tested Wolverines could use their physical run game to push around TCU. McCarthy led the Wolverines on a nine-play, 56-yard drive, ending in a Wilson touchdown, to bring the score to 51-45. Michigan (13-1) pulled within 41-38 two plays into the fourth quarter after Emari Demercado’s fumble set up a Roman Wilson score and a Ronnie Bell two-point conversion. First, McCarthy found Bell on a corner route for 43 yards, setting up a field goal to cut TCU’s lead to 21-9. A pair of McCarthy throws to Bell brought Michigan back into the game at the start of the third quarter. The Horned Frogs’ lead got back to 13, after another TCU field goal, before Michigan mounted its last scrambling attempt at a comeback. At the end, purple confetti rained down on State Farm Stadium after TCU scored a monumental 51-45 upset over Michigan in an utterly mad, wildly brilliant Fiesta Bowl.

Scoring didn't let up Saturday, as TCU earned a trip to the National Championship in the final football game at State Farm Stadium in 2022.

“Our ability to stop the run, I think, was the difference in the ballgame. They leaned on a hugely productive running game and won in the trenches. But the thing we did over and over and over again was answer.” “Our ability to run the ball, we almost out-rushed Michigan for 100 yards. Johnston was named offensive MVP with six grabs for 163 yards and the touchdown. Duggan finished 14-for-29 with 225 yards and a pair of touchdowns and interceptions each. “I think that’s kind of our mindset, which helped us kind of fight through some of the momentum swings.” It was wild, just big play after big play and big play, momentum swing. But the fireworks didn’t yield. On fourth down, a fumbled snap and wild chase with laterals ended Michigan’s prayer. In the third quarter, 44 points were scored but 41 of those occurred halfway through the period. 9, a dramatic turnaround after going 16-18 over the past three seasons.

College football's national championship game between top-ranked Georgia and a never-give-up TCU squad will provide plenty of L.A.-caliber entertainment.

As of 2011, TCU was a member of the Mountain West Conference, just trying to play its way into the Power Five under program architect Gary Patterson. TCU, which went 5-7 last year and began the season unranked, didn’t need expansion to gain access, though. It’s unlikely Georgia, 14-0, will be as helpful to TCU on the night of Jan. They’ll be [joined by the Georgia Bulldogs](https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-12-31/peach-bowl-georgia-defeats-ohio-state-recap), the defending national champions and a team everyone’s heard of, setting up the first Cinderella story in nine years of the CFP’s four-team bracket format. [Mike Leach](https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-12-13/mike-leach-appreciation) disciple who unceremoniously coached California for a while and groomed former Rams quarterback Jared Goff into a No. Dykes quietly moved across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex from Southern Methodist last December and turned TCU into blue-blood beaters in one season of masterful work.

Georgia and TCU were victorious in national semifinal games on Saturday, punching their tickets to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.

Ringo was a hero of last year's national-championship game, with a pick-six to finish off the Crimson Tide, but his struggles this season were on display in the SEC title game and playoff semifinal. Can he make plays against the physicality and athleticism of Jones? That lack of mass will hurt Winters' NFL projection, but his sideline-to-sideline range and hitting ability will be appreciated by teams in the early Day 3 range. Horton also had a huge effort in the Big 12 Championship Game with two sacks, so he's a prospect whose arrow is pointing up. On the positive side, he chased down Marvin Harrison Jr., arguably the best receiver in college football, and punched the ball out for a fumble. For much of the game against Ohio State, Bennett was having a tough go of it, with an interception, a few near picks and some shakiness against pressure. Ringo had a rough game against the Buckeyes. Johnston started slowly in the Fiesta Bowl against Michigan but caught fire eventually, making grabs of 32, 46 and 76 yards. He led Georgia on scoring drives of 62, 76 and 72 yards in the fourth quarter, making some NFL-quality throws late in the game. When Morris suffered a knee injury against Colorado in the opener, Duggan -- who had started for three years prior -- took over again. Appreciation from NFL evaluators has grown over time because of his toughness, experience and football IQ, and he could be a Day 3 pick. Neither is a perfect prospect -- far from it -- but each has tangible and intangible qualities that will offer some appeal on the next level.

The Georgia Bulldogs and TCU Horned Frogs will play in the 2023 National Championship in Los Angeles, Calif.

The qualities, events that led to Georgia’s coach approaching greatness](https://theathletic.com/4044453/2022/12/30/kirby-smart-uga/) But TCU doesn’t need to be the best team in the country, they just need to be the better team on Jan. 1 and undefeated for a reason: they’re the best team in the country. Meanwhile, TCU entered the playoff as the No. Georgia entered the College Football Playoff as the No. - This will be the fifth matchup featuring the Bulldogs and Horned Frogs.

The TCU Horned Frogs will battle the Georgia Bulldogs in the 2023 College Football Playoff national championship game at SoFi Stadium.

Georgia national championship? Or will the Horned Frogs pull off another stunner? [dramatic 42-41 win over the No. After beginning the season unranked, TCU is just one win away from its first national title since 1938. The Bulldogs erased a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit and scored a game-winning touchdown in the final minute, while the Buckeyes missed a potential game-winning field goal in the final seconds. 2 Michigan Wolverines](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/tcu-defeats-michigan-in-fiesta-bowl-advances-to-national-championship) in the Fiesta Bowl.

The defending champion Bulldogs opened as a near two-touchdown favorite, as FrontPageBets takes a look at the early sports betting lines and odds.

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The No. 1 Bulldogs (14-0) overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to beat No. 4 Ohio State, 42-41, in the Peach Bowl and will face No. 3 No.

“We stayed in the game, made some big plays. The four teams combined for 179 points on the day. Stroud and the Buckeyes offense stormed out to a 38-24 lead. “That might be better than the ‘17 Rose Bowl [in which Georgia beat Oklahoma in double-overtime] but good lord. Buckeyes kicker Noah Ruggles then walked out for a 50-yard field goal after having made 15 of 17 on the season. The No.