No. 3 TCU began its season unranked and projected to finish seventh in the Big 12. It will end its season Monday night with the chance to be national champions. They are one victory from becoming perhaps college football’s greatest underdog tale.
The Horned Frogs (13-1) upset No. 3 Michigan, 51-45, in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve to become the first Big 12 team to make the College Football Playoff Championship game. They already were the first team from Texas to make the playoff. Their remarkable run concludes against No. 1 Georgia on Monday in Inglewood, California (7:30 p.m., ESPN).
“It will be a big challenge for us,” first-year TCU coach Sonny Dykes said. “But our players have been able to overcome challenges all year. And we’re excited about an opportunity to try to do it again.”
