PHOENIX — The Hypnotoad is officially going to Hollywood. TCU is heading to the national championship game after beating Michigan 51–45 in a classic College Football Playoff semifinal.
This is the Wolverines’ second straight defeat in a semifinal. Last year, adorned with shirts that read “run the damn ball,” Michigan’s offensive line walked into Miami and got dominated by eventual national champion Georgia. Much of the narrative in the lead-up to this year’s game was that last year’s Michigan team was happy to be on this stage, but this was more of a business trip. If anyone should be just happy to have made it to Phoenix, it should be the Cinderella Horned Frogs, authors of five comeback wins and the team that has come out of nowhere to get to this stage.
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