Shaq pays up on his frog bet after CFP title game

As forceful as he was on the hardwood, Shaquille O'Neal is a man of the people. And he's also a man of his word. Earlier this year, he honored his bet with Ernie Johnson and ate frogs on air. Big Diesel's kids have his sense of humor too, which Shareef O'Neal made apparent recently. The 23-year-old shared a picture of his younger self on Instagram…

Shaquille O'Neal loves betting with his TNT co-hosts. The problem is the NBA legend doesn't have any luck when it comes to gambling. That much is clear after his latest loss, this time to Candace Parker. During the Philadelphia 76ers' showdown with the Los Angeles Clippers on January 17, Shaq bet that Joel Embiid would finish with 50 points or else…

Betting on sporting events/teams/players can have some unwanted results. 4x NBA champion and'NBA on TNT' co-host Shaquille O'Neal has experienced these unwanted results firsthand. While his confidence in another team/player's ability is commendable, it hasn't always turned out well for the 7'1 giant. However, O'Neal has never shied away from…

A fairy tale for the TCU Horned Frogs came to an end in thrashing fashion. A perfect 15-0 season for the Georgia Bulldogs marked their second consecutive championship. Moreover, it was also their 34th win in the last 35 games. Playing under coach Kirby Smart, he became the first ever in the playoff era to win back-to-back college football…

There's a reason why betting is a dangerous game. While the financial ramifications are obvious, bets with friends can force you into doing some gross things. Just as Shaquille O'Neal found out: The basketball legend made a wager with his co-host Ernie Johnson on NBA On TNT earlier this week, betting that Georgia would not win their game against…

NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal tucked into a FROG after losing a bet - but ended up enjoying it. TNT analyst Shaq, 50, lost a wager with host Ernie Johnson and had to gobble up the French delicacy as punishment. Shaq bet Johnson - a proud Georgia alum - that TCU would beat the Bulldogs in Monday's National Championship. The loser of the bet had to…

When it comes to being "a man of [his] word," you can bet on Shaquille O'Neal. The four-time NBA champion, 50, made a bet with fellow Inside the NBA panelist Ernie Johnson ahead of Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship game that Texas Christian University would beat the University of Georgia, Johnson's alma mater. The wager? That…

Days before Georgia football took on TCU football in the national title game, Shaquille O'Neal made a bet with co-host Ernie Johnson that he would eat a frog if the Bulldogs beat the Horned Frogs. Johnson, who is a University of Georgia graduate, agreed to the deal and the two even shook hands to seal the bet. Fast forward to Monday on the day of…

Lee Corso was on-site at SoFi Stadium for the CFP National Championship Game with College GameDay and made his vaunted headgear pick for Georgia-TCU. With College GameDay in Inglewood, CA and at SoFi Stadium, we knew we were going to get a dose of college football goodness before the College Football Playoff National Championship Game between the…

It is put up or shut up time for Shaquille O'Neal. The Basketball Hall of Famer made a bet on the college football national title game - if Georgia defeated TCU on Monday he would eat a horned frog. Unfortunately, TCU did not appear to be in the same league as the Bulldogs as Georgia walloped them on their way to a second straight national…

The national championship is here! The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs (14-0) and the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs (13-1) will square off tonight in the College Football Playoff National Championship to determine who is the Top Dawg (or Frog) of the college gridiron. Fresh off an SEC championship over LSU and a nail-biting one-point victory over Ohio State in the…

The defending champion No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs try to become the first team to win back-to-back College Football Playoff titles when they face the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs Monday at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Georgia clobbered LSU 50-30 to win the SEC title while TCU backed into the College Football Playoff after losing to Kansas State in the Big…

The flourishing of advanced statistical analysis in sports, and college football specifically, has given us a whole new way of understanding the game. But not everyone had the skill or inclination to break down advanced statistics. I for example didn't take college algebra so much as algebra took me. So I thought it might be worthwhile for those of…

The College Football Playoff National Championship is finally here, with No. 3 TCU and No. 1 Georgia set to battle for the title at SoFi Stadium in California later this evening. With only hours remaining until kickoff, our staff has some final thoughts as well as score predictions for this evening's football contest. We'd like to thank all of our…

TCU is just one win away from writing one of the great long shot stories in sports history. In fact, should the TCU Horned Frogs upset Georgia in the National Championship, they would become the biggest underdog to win the title in the College Football Playoff Era, and it wouldn't be close. According to Sports Odds History, the 2010 Auburn Tigers…

Only one game separates Georgia from rarified air in college football: A win over No. 3 TCU would make the top-ranked Bulldogs the first repeat national champions since Alabama in 2011-12. But then, the Horned Frogs - largely considered an afterthought ahead of this College Football Playoff - won't simply roll over for the Bulldogs. Otherwise, they…

The University of Georgia Bulldogs showed why they're the best team in college football - again. With an unrelenting and dominant performance in the national championship game, Georgia swamped Texas Christian University 65-7to finishundefeatedand repeat as national champions. The 65 pointsscored by Georgia are the most in a (BCS/College Football…

Shaquille O'Neal is putting his money where his mouth is … in one sense. On an episode this week of TNT's "Inside the NBA," the retired center great O'Neal made a pretty wild wager with co-host Ernie Johnson on Monday's CFP national title game. In an apparent show of confidence in TCU to beat Georgia, O'Neal said he would eat a horned frog if…

The Georgia Bulldogs are preparing to take on the TCU Horned Frogs in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Monday. It's a matchup between the defending champion Georgia football program, a team many are unsurprised to see in this position, against TCU, a team no one expected to see in this game. The Bulldogs arrived at this…

When: 6:30 p.m. CT Monday at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles Records: TCU (13-1 overall, 9-0 Big 12); Georgia (14-0 overall, 8-0 SEC) Last matchup: Georgia defeated TCU 31-23 on Dec. 30, 2016, in Memphis, Tenn. TV: ESPN To be blunt, there's only one thing on the line when TCU takes on Georgia on Monday: everything. If the Horned Frogs play 60 minutes…

Monday night's CFP National Championship just got a little more interesting thanks to Shaquille O'Neal. Shaq said on NBA on TNT on Friday night that he will eat a horned frog if Georgia beats Texas to win their second-consecutive title. Yes, you heard that right. "If Georgia beats TCU, I'll eat two frogs," Shaq said on the broadcast on Friday.…

No. 1 Georgia will take on No. 3 TCU in the 2023 College Football Playoff championship game. Game time is set for 8 p.m. ET on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Cailf. The game will be televised on ESPN. Georgia (14-0) beat No. 4 Ohio State 42-41 in the CFP semifinals at the Peach Bowl. Bulldogs QB Stetson Bennett bolstered his big-game…

With three regular season games to go, it's hard to imagine No. 1 Georgia (9-0) losing a matchup remaining on its schedule, though it's certainly not an easy stretch. UGA has road games at Mississippi State and Kentucky before closing with Georgia Tech at home. But will UGA face LSU, Ole Miss or Alabama in the SEC title? What about the CFP? LSU is…

Georgia seeks its first back-to-back national title, and the first repeat champ since Alabama a decade ago, when it faces TCU Monday night in the College Football Playoff championship game. The Bulldogs are large favorites in Vegas, with a steady 12.5-point spread across most sportsbooks. Former Georgia athletes, a local baseball star, an…

The national championship game is here. It's the defending champ (Georgia) against the ultimate surprise team (TCU). The game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday and will be broadcast by ESPN. Who will win? And why? Some members of our non-college football staff make their picks: TCU is much more talented than the average fan might think, and Max…