Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the first half as No. 1 Georgia demolished No. 3 TCU 65-7 Monday night to become the first team to repeat as College Football Playoff national champions since Alabama went back-to-back a decade ago.
TCU (13-2), the first Cinderella team of the playoff era, never had a chance.
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Georgia (15-0) turned in one of the all-time beatdowns in a big game, reminiscent of Nebraska running over Florida by 38 in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, USC’s 36-point rout of Oklahoma in the 2005 Orange Bowl and Alabama’s 28-point BCS blowout over Notre Dame in 2013.
No team has ever scored more points in a national championship game, dating to the beginning of the BCS in 1998.
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