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The college football playoffs are back and better than ever in year four.This year the two national semi-final games are on New Year's Day at the Rose bowl game presented by Northwestern Mutual and at the Allstate sugar bowl. The four teams selected are Alabama (11-1,7-1) vs. Clemson (12-1,7-1) in the Sugar bowl and Georgia (12-1,7-1) vs. Oklahoma (12-1,8-1) in the Rose Bowl.
These matchups will be decided by the elite players that play for them. The Sugar bowl will be all about elite quarterback play. Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior, dual-threat quarterback leads the team with 202.17 yards per game he also averages 10.98 yards per completion. As a quarterback, he ranks fifty-four in the country. Bryant also …show more content…

Another factor will be Oklahoma’s Big 12 style defense going up against Georgia's SEC-style offense. 2003 was the last time Oklahoma played in the Rose Bowl. Oklahoma head football coach Lincoln Riley said “They (Georgia) are always a challenge. There are great defenses in that league (SEC). Auburn was tremendous last year and I have had a chance to see Georgia a little bit this year. They're tremendous. They have great athletes all over the field. Kirby (Smart, head coach Georgia) and his staff do such a great job defensively with their schemes and the way they attack you. It's going to be a challenge.”
This is the Bulldogs first appearance in the Rose bowl game since 1943. Georgia is balanced on offense with a thousand yard rusher in Nick Chubb, and a 6-foot-2, 225-pound freshman quarterback in Jake Fromm with over 2000 passing yards. Fromm has handled himself this season, but now with the pressure of the playoff and the championship on the line, will this continue or will he falter? Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart said this on playing Mayfield, and if he

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