College Football Playoff: TCU players say underdog status against Georgia Bulldogs in title game 'fuels us'

TCU football was picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 in the conference's preseason media poll in 2022. Horned Frogs coach Sonny Sykes said he expected his team to be selected lower. Instead, TCU had one of its best seasons in program history. The Horned Frogs went 13-2 and advanced to face Georgia in the College Football Playoff National…

In 2021, TCU's record was 5-7. It was the end of an era, as coach Gary Patterson left the Horned Frogs after nearly two decades. Then, in 2022, with a 13-2 record, the Horned Frogs became the Cinderellas of the college football world. They were Fiesta Bowl champions and earned a national title berth. What a difference a year makes. Is Sonny Dykes…

It won't be easy - certainly not as nearly two-touchdown underdogs. But if the TCU Horned Frogs can find a way to beat the Georgia Bulldogs in Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship Game, it would be America's biggest underdog win ever. TCU was a consensus 200-1 underdog to win the CFP National Championship before the 2022 season…

Nearly six years to the day after being fired by Cal, Sonny Dykes is on the verge of college football immortality. Dykes, in his debut season as head football coach at Texas Christian University, has defied the odds and led the Horned Frogs within one win of the national title. TCU faces reigning champions Georgia in the College Football Playoff…

INGLEWOOD - Georgia and TCU will meet for college football's national championship Monday at SoFi Stadium and a Downey High alumnus could play a big factor in the Horned Frogs' bid for an upset of the reigning national champions. With Kendre Miller's availability uncertain, TCU would again turn to Emari Demercado, who rushed for a career-high 150…

Georgia and TCU will meet for college football's national championship Monday at SoFi Stadium and an Inglewood native could play a big factor in the Horned Frogs' bid for an upset of the defending national champions. Local businesses are gearing up for the impact the game will have on the economy of Inglewood, including a boost in tourism. "We're…

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) - Georgia coach Kirby Smart was part of college football's greatest dynasty as an assistant for Nick Saban at Alabama and now is on the verge of launching his own. After going through the Crimson Tide last season to win Georgia's first national title in 41 years, Smart's top-ranked Bulldogs are back in the College Football…

The experts and the oddsmakers aren't convinced. The Bulldogs are the defending national champion and the best team out of the big, bad SEC. The Horned Frogs' role as the team that nobody expected to be here hasn't changed. They are massive 12.5-point underdogs for the title game Monday night (Tuesday 11:30am AEDT) at SoFi Stadium, the largest…

The Horned Frogs continue to make history and prove doubters wrong, as they beat No.3 Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl Playoff game. As a result, the Horned Frogs have earned a trip to the College Football National Championship. TCU has made history as they were the first team from Texas to make the Playoff and the first team with a first-year head…

Monday evening's College Football Playoff National Championship between No. 3 TCU and No. 1 Georgia will feature different stakes for both programs. The Horned Frogs enter uncharted territory as they seek their first national title since 1938, while the Bulldogs return to familiar grounds in an attempt to claim consecutive national championships.…

TCU has heard the doubt from practically every corner of the college football world. Coming off a 5-7 season and a coaching change, the Horned Frogs in the preseason were picked to finish seventh in the 10-team Big 12. Then came a gauntlet of four straight October games against ranked opponents. TCU destroyed Oklahoma by 31 points and followed with…

This would be like the 2022 Colorado Rockies winning the World Series. Or the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Cup in 2023. When the college football season began, Texas Christian University had the same championship odds as those teams had - 200-1. And after this past weekend's fireworks, TCU will play a week from Monday in the College Football…

The TCU Horned Frogs will try to dethrone the No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs in the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at SoFi Stadium on Monday night. In Texas, sports betting isn't legal but that doesn't mean residents have to miss out on the biggest college football game of the year. The top online sportsbooks are welcoming…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - TCU's wild ride has one more stop. The Horned Frogs are headed to Sofi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., about 10 miles from Hollywood, just about the perfect place to end a storybook season for the most improbable College Football Playoff team. Max Duggan accounted for four touchdowns, TCU returned two interceptions for scores and…

In the nine years of the College Football Playoff, only two schools have reached the four-team tournament after starting the season unranked: Last year's Michigan Wolverines and this year's Texas Christian Horned Frogs. Their recent Cinderella stories aside, the two teams have very little in common heading into their Fiesta Bowl meeting…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A day before facing off in the College Football Playoff, TCU's Sonny Dykes and Michigan's Jim Harbaugh talked fondly about the fathers they followed into coaching and a time when they might have shared more than a stage for one final pregame press conference. Dykes recalled returning…

Every week, it felt like TCU's coming to Earth moment was coming. In a challenging Big 12 slate, a defense that was at times shaky and an unheralded roster led many to believe TCU was inevitably going to fall off its undefeated run. It didn't really happen. The Horned Frogs went undefeated during the regular season, and didn't lose a game until…

In the 2022 College Football Playoff, the game between the two and three seeds is expected to be the best. However, that has not been the case, as only one game in the college football playoff's eight-year history has been decided by less than 10 points. And this year's match-up between the Michigan Wolverines and the TCU Horned Frogs should be a…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A day before facing off in a College Football Playoff semifinal, Texas Christian University's Sonny Dykes and Michigan's Jim Harbaugh talked fondly about the fathers they followed into coaching and a time when they might have shared more than a stage for one final pregame news conference. Dykes recalled returning home after…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- TCU coach Sonny Dykes says his program has always been in a "fight for credibility" and noted the additional challenges the Horned Frogs have gone through this season to reach the College Football Playoff. "Nobody anticipated us being here," Dykes said Thursday during media day for the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. "I think there's been a…

TCU quarterback Max Duggan (15) passes during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game against Iowa State in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero) With the College Football Playoff on the horizon, the No. 4 TCU Horned Frogs needed a big win over 4-7 Iowa State. They delivered, defeating the Cyclones 62-14. With…

AUSTIN, Texas - Starting 10-0 is no simple task when a coach is in his first season with a program, but TCU keeps finding ways to win in Year 1 under Sonny Dykes. The No. 4 Horned Frogs remain perfect with just two games remaining in the regular season and have clinched a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game after winning at No. 18 Texas as a…

ARLINGTON, TX - TCU became the seventh team to play for a national title since the College Football Playoff began during the 2014 season. The Horned Frogs were the first Big 12 team to qualify, and only the second program not named Clemson or Ohio State to qualify from outside the SEC, joining Oregon back in 2014. Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, and…