Georgia won the final game by more than eight touchdowns. They were favored, but I’m pretty sure they covered the spread.
What an embarrassment, and what an anti-climax! The two semi-final games were terrific, and since THE Ohio State University should have beaten Georgia (Ohio State led by 14 at the end of the third period), it seemed that the Bulldogs were vulnerable.
That was an illusion.
TCU had nothin’. Georgia scored on every possession in the first half.
Anyway, congrats to the Bulldogs. The won their second consecutive championship by finishing undefeated and beating the second-place team 65-7. How often do you get to play the third stringers in a national championship game? In sports, that’s as good as it ever gets.
The last time I remember a team approximately as dominant was that UCLA basketball team in 1966-67 that was #1 wire-to-wire. Kareem was so dominant that they changed the college rules after that season, banning the dunk. Sadly for the rest of the teams in college hoops, the sky hook was totally legal, so Kareem won two more championships, with a combined record of 58-2.
No dunking allowed? Boy, was that a different time!
Made some good money on that game. #godawgs
Georgia could have won with Hershel Walker at quarterback, John Goodman at running back and the corpse of John Candy at wide receiver
UCLA was even better the next year. That NCAA semis demolition of the then number one Houston was as big a beatdown as I’ve ever seen. I would put that game way over Georgia-TCU, which was just a mismatch.
One of the few times UCLA had the revenge factor having lost to Houston 71-69 in the Astro Dome IIRC …
Effectively, the Georgia – OSU game was the title game. This was a snooze fest.