It is the major question of the playoff: Can anyone give Georgia, riding a 15-game winning streak, a game? Tennessee couldn’t. LSU couldn’t. Oregon couldn’t.
Ohio State, the talented but incomplete fourth seed, will get the first crack on New Year’s Eve at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.As the semifinals near, The Post’s Zach Braziller take a look at some of the other storylines of the two games:After 13 games, it’s still hard to know what Ohio State is. Even in its lone loss, the lopsided 45-23 home defeat to Michigan, the Buckeyes seemed like the better team for large stretches.
It, of course, is still loaded with talent, even if top receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and top running back TreVeyon Henderson are done for the season due to injury. This group was 13th in scoring defense, second in points scored and features the nation’s top quarterback in passing efficiency.It is playing with house money, as a 6.5-point underdog against Georgia in the Bulldogs’ backyard.
A year ago at this time, there were legitimate concerns whjther the native Georgian was good enough, before the 25-year-old signal-caller threw for five touchdowns and 537 yards in last season’s playoff. This fall he was even better, posting career-highs in completion percentage and yards while producing 27 total touchdowns and finishing fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting.Jim Harbaugh has brought Michigan back to national relevance, leading the Wolverines to consecutive playoff berths.
Coach Sonny Dykes’ team is considered the worst of the four programs, with five wins by a single score and a number of miraculous comebacks. It is a whopping 18/1 to win it all. Clearly, nobody believes in Cinderella. Then again, TCU didn’t have any believers in August, either. The Big 12 school was expected to falter at some point, yet here it is, one of the final four teams remaining. Dykes will almost certainly use the underdog role as motivation.
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