College Football Qualifier Highlights: Ohio State Leads in Second Half of Peach Bowl

The College football playoffs the semi-finals finally arrived, with the Peach Bowl closing things off on Saturday night with a match between No. 1 Georgia (13-0) and number 4 Ohio State (11-1).

Georgia is trying to be the first team since Alabama in 2011-12 to win consecutive national titles. A year ago, the Bulldogs won their first championship since the 1980 season. Ohio State could make it to the national title game for a third time, even though the Buckeyes did not play for Big Ten championship. The Buckeyes won their first CFP title in the 2014-15 campaign and lost to Alabama in a championship game two seasons ago.

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The winner will enter the play TCU in the national championship match on January 9 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

Here are the highlights from the Peach Bowl.

Peach Bowl: Ohio State vs. Georgia

Ohio State is first on the board

After Georgia missed a goal on the field in the opening game, the Buckeyes got to work

Ohio State marched down the front yard CJ Stroud establish Marvin Harrison Jr. in the introduction of the 31-yard touchdown pass.

Money Mac

After a slow start, Georgia’s foul came to life on second possession. run backwards Kenny McIntosh lined up as a receiver and caught a pass across the screen, he was already 25 yards home. The touchdown ended the game 7-7.

Come on, Harrison!

The Buckeyes took the lead when Harrison made some moves to get YAC, but the ball was punched out of his hand while he was still running. Luckily for Harrison, the ball rolled out of bounds and the Buckeyes kept the ball in the red area.

Make them miss, Miyan

Miyan Williams Great comeback for the Buckeyes. Battling an ankle injury, Williams hit the ball at 1-yard to give the Buckeyes the lead.

Marvin, Marvin

Ohio State took advantage of an interception with steel roomwhen Stroud was released from the pressure in the blitz before losing his balance to Harrison at the end.

Shop for TDs at Milton’s

Bennett compensated for the interception on the next ride by launching a deep finish to Arian Smith to gain 47 yards to get the Bulldogs into Buckeyes territory.

Immediately after Bennett’s deep blow to Smith, Kendall Milton fought and advanced into the end-of-field area for an 11-yard score to make it 21-14 in the second half.

He’s going to score a tap-wait, what?

McIntosh has someone to beat, and kick him out. So he’s on his way at six, right? Wrong. The Georgia star stumbled at the 10-yard line, confusing even Chris Fowler, who has said he scored a goal.

Scoring Stetson

It’s okay McIntosh, Bennett has a friend. Georgia QB won a 3-yard score for an even 21-21 midway through the second half.

X-man, the cameraman

Ohio State made its two-minute workout easy. During the fourth playthrough of the drive, Xavier Johnson caught a pass down midfield and made a touchdown 37 yards. The Buckeyes went 75 yards in the driveway to take a 28-24 lead after halftime.

Four for CJ

Stroud went on to score in his first half on Ohio State’s second-half opening header, leading Buckeye down the field before slamming a light touch into the net. Emeka Egbuka to make it 35-21.

Scary blow to Harrison

On the third and final goal, Stroud threw a prayer into the end of the field that initially looked like it was going to fly into the stands. But somehow it continued to work, allowing Harrison to attempt a play to get a big touchdown. As Harrison was about to catch the ball, he was hit by the Georgia defender. Javon Bullard. The game was initially considered on target, but as Bullard took the lead by shoulder, the game was pushed back and Ohio State took a penalty to make it 38-24 in the final minute of the half. third match.

Harrison remained on the field for a while before returning to the touchline himself. He is said to have told his teammates he was fine after being assessed, but his coaches would not return his helmet.

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