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Los Angeles. New Orleans. New York. San Antonio. San Diego. Tampa Bay. Washington DC. Thanks to a pair of late touchdown passes by Stetson Bennett and a game-sealing pick-six by Kelee Ringo , No. With the win, the Bulldogs claimed their first national title since and avenged their SEC Championship Game loss to the Crimson Tide just weeks earlier.

Nobody asked the question, the most unfair question a coach or player can be asked the morning after winning a championship , when the euphoria is still at peak levels and nobody has slept much and all anybody really wants is to travel back home to see family and friends and maybe visit their two-stoplight hometown to exhale and reflect. Nobody asked. Not this day.

Not this time. The need for 6 a. The Bulldogs will be at the top for a while. After a year thirst, drink it up. Listen to the latest episode of The Andy Staples Show here. The texts came throughout the day Monday from friends who either suffered through the past 41 years or — if they were born after Jan. They probably got sent to pretty much every number on the contact list. So much nervous energy had to be burnt Monday before the moment came.

Staples: The moment the Bulldogs feared came … and Georgia still won the national title. The college football season should be fascinating , thanks to both seismic changing of the guard in the coaching ranks Lincoln Riley to USC, Brian Kelly to LSU, Brent Venables to Oklahoma and the turbo-charged roster turnovers now occurring because of immediate eligibility for transfers.

By the final seconds, this could end only one way. With the Bulldogs suffocating the Heisman Trophy winner once more, sacking Bryce Young to put an exclamation point on a moment 41 years in the making, flipping a script that had seemingly been pre-written just 37 days earlier. The Auburn Tigers closed the regular season with a overall record, but the team's conference record was negative at in the SEC West Division.

But the worst news for the Tigers was that Bo Nix transfered to Oregon. Now the Tigers have TJ Finley as a starter to play in this bowl. Houston Cougars were further superior with overall in the AP Poll's 21st spot , the team won 8 games in the American Conference West Division and lost only one to Cincinnati during the conference championship game. Finley threw three straight incompletions on short passes. Finley completed 19 of 34 passes for yards and a touchdown in his third start since replacing injured Bo Nix.

Bigsby had 88 rushing yards and 68 receiving yards. The Cougars had moved across midfield for the go-ahead score after Auburn's second targeting ejection, this time against Jaylin Simpson.

The Tigers rallied from a deficit to take the lead late in the third quarter on Kobe Hudson's yard touchdown catch from Finley on third and goal. Houston lost its opener to Texas Tech but was awfully hard to beat after that. The Cougars got their first bowl since since beating then-No. Auburn had another game that slipped away late, including a quadruple-overtime loss to No.

The Tigers were without some key players who were hurt, transferred or opted out. Auburn safety Smoke Monday was the first player ejected for targeting after an earlier flag against him was overturned. This call came during Nehemiah Pritchett's interception return. The penalty knocked the Tigers back 47 yards and cost them one of their top defenders. Holgorsen noted that Cincinnati has been on a roll since a win in Birmingham. Now, the Bearcats are set to play No.

Houston will try to close the gap on Cincinnati with an offense that is expected to return Tune and tailback Alton McCaskill. Auburn has an important offseason that includes replacing Nix, who was injured and subsequently transferred to Oregon. The Tigers open against Mercer. Breaking down the best potential candidate and a few alternatives for the seven current head coach openings in the NFL. Two Crimson Tide coaches are accepting promotions at there big-time programs.

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