This year's Vrbo Fiesta Bowl matches Michigan and TCU in one of the College Football Playoff semifinals. A breakdown of this game on New Year's Eve.
Georgia was a no brainer for the top spot in the final college football playoff rankings, but Dan Wolken explains how the rest of the field was set.Inches separated TCU from perfection. After coming up just short in the Big 12 championship game against Kansas State, the Horned Frogs and first-year coach Sonny Dykes will settle for the most unexpected College Football Playoff berth in the history of the postseason format.
Another win against the rival Buckeyes and another Big Ten crown marks an official changing of the guard, as Michigan takes over from Ohio State as the dominant program in the conference and one of the very best programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision.: 2 p.m. Saturday, State Farm Stadium.
Despite McCarthy’s strong play of late, Michigan’s clearest path to victory is to avoid a battle of quarterbacks and to focus on what the team does best: run the ball and stop others from doing the same.TCU has one of the nation’s elite players in Heisman Trophy finalist and quarterback Max Duggan, who began the season as the backup but stepped into the starting role in September and delivered one of the finest seasons in program history.
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