University of Georgia tight end Brock Bowers against Texas Christian University in the second quarter of the NCAA College Football National Championship in California, on January 9, 2023.
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On Monday, January 9th, 2023, the University of Georgia Bulldogs showed up to play against the Texas Christian University (TCU) Horned Frogs at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Georgia, the number one seed, only allowed the number three seed, TCU, one touchdown during the entire game. Georgia won the NCAA National Championship last year and now holds the title for two years in a row. Georgia not only won with a final score of 65 to 7, but with the 58-point lead, Georgia also secured the largest defeat in a bowl game in the history of college football.

Throughout the game, surrounded by thousands of fans, Georgia overwhelmed TCU. Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett IV, nicknamed “the mailman,” made four passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns to tie with former Louisiana State University quarterback Joe Burrow’s most touchdowns scored in a game. Bennett became the first player to score at least two passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in a national title game in recent history.

The game began with Georgia quickly shutting down TCU’s opening drive and answering with a rushing touchdown by Bennett. Quickly the Bulldogs regained the ball and scored a field goal to raise the score to double digits. Horned Frogs quarterback Max Duggan marched 75 yards to score TCU’s first and only touchdown of the game. It was still in the first quarter. Georgia secured three more touchdowns, unanswered, before halftime. The teams retreated to their huddles with the scoreboard displaying 38 to 7. Georgia had scored on all six of its possessions in the first half.

Soon after halftime, it became apparent that the Bulldogs had the title in the bag with a 52 to 7 lead. With such a lead, Bennett stepped out of the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter, allowing backup Branson Robinson to score two touchdowns. The Bulldogs celebrated their monumental win and senior quarterback Bennett as he moves his sights to the NFL draft.

American football player Tyreek Hill
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With every September come the Friday night lights. It’s football season in America.

On the professional scene, Tyreek Hill is a star wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). In 2021, Hill entered his sixth season with the Kansas City Chiefs. Hill ranks among the fastest players in the NFL. He has also excelled as a kick and punt returner.

In the 2020 season, Hill scored 2 rushing touchdowns and 15 receiving touchdowns. He tied Dwayne Bowe for the Chiefs’ record for most receiving touchdowns in a single season. Hill also became the first wide receiver on the Chiefs to record at least 100 points in a season.

In 2018, Hill established himself as one of the best wide receivers in football. He gathered 1,630 rushing and receiving yards and scored 13 touchdowns, in a powerful offense headed by the quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Hill missed four games due to injury in 2019, but he remained one of the team’s top receivers as Mahomes led the Chiefs to defeat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV. Hill had another outstanding season in 2020, recording 1,399 rushing and receiving yards and a career-high 17 touchdowns.

The Chiefs selected Hill in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft, the 165th pick overall. The Chiefs used him as a return specialist and part-time wide receiver during his rookie year. He returned two punts and one kickoff for touchdowns and totaled 1,836 all-purpose yards, finishing fourth in the league. In 2017, the Chiefs stopped using him for kickoff returns to expand his use as a wide receiver.

Hill was born March 1, 1994, in Pearson, Georgia. He went to Coffee High School in Douglas, where he played basketball and football. He attended Garden City Community College from 2012 to 2014, before accepting a football scholarship from Oklahoma State University (OSU). He stood out as a utility player at OSU, excelling as a running back, wide receiver, and kick and punt returner. In December 2014, Hill was arrested following a violent confrontation with his girlfriend. OSU dismissed him from the football team as a result, and he later pleaded guilty to domestic abuse. Following the dismissal, Hill transferred to the University of West Alabama, playing football there his senior year.