Social Media Reacts to TCU’s Underwhelming First Half Performance vs. Georgia

The Horned Frogs got all they could handle from the defending national champions in the first two quarters of Monday’s title game.

TCU has had the feel of a team destined for success this college football season, pulling off the improbable and scrapping its way into to the College Football Playoff national championship on Monday night. 

Unfortunately for the Horned Frogs, defending champion Georgia was awaiting them in the title game.

The Bulldogs gave Sonny Dykes’s program all it could handle from the moment that Monday’s contest kicked off, racing out to a 38–7 halftime lead. Georgia outperformed TCU in every facet of the game, but the Horned Frogs also committed a handful of self-inflicted mistakes to dig themselves into a seemingly insurmountable hole.

TCU coughed up three turnovers in the first half, all of which Georgia quickly capitalized upon. The Bulldogs scored 17 points off of the Horned Frogs’ turnovers, which marked just one of the lopsided statistics that illustrated the difference between the two teams on Monday. 

Georgia racked up 354 yards and 19 first downs in the first half, averaging a stunning 9.3 yards per play on offense. TCU managed to gain just five first downs and a total of 121 yards through the first two quarters. 

All year long, the Horned Frogs have been one of the most uplifting stories in college football, amassing a 13–1 record and winning a Big 12 championship in Dykes’s first season with the team. Though TCU may have been the Cinderella that fans hoped for, the sports world was quick to take note that a fairytale ending may not be in the cards for the Horned Frogs after the dismal first half.

Advocating for a Georgia intrasquad scrimmage in second half. Let TCU quietly depart and get on a plane.

— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) January 10, 2023

TCU before and after pic.twitter.com/6phQd08SWR

— Robin Lundberg (@robinlundberg) January 10, 2023

See, this is what ticks me off. I knew @TCUFootball was the inferior team — but I went with the Cinderella pick. A loss is cool, especially to a powerhouse like @GeorgiaFootball. But to get your ass kicked shows me ya never belonged in the game to begin with.#Damn!

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) January 10, 2023

TCU's defense right now pic.twitter.com/4RClKyNoM2

— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) January 10, 2023

TCU looking scared the lights too bright.

— marlonhumphrey.eth (@marlon_humphrey) January 10, 2023

Oh, well, TCU had a great season.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 10, 2023

Hey, TCU: pic.twitter.com/afXtbv6Met

— Dan Harland (@DanHarland) January 10, 2023

TCU is gettin destroyed

— Marquette King (@MarquetteKing) January 10, 2023

Yeah, it’s not your fault TCU…

— Andrew Hammond (@ahammALDC) January 10, 2023

It is pretty refreshing to recognize that TCU has been proven by the playoff to be a far superior team than teams such as Ohio State, Alabama and Tennessee.

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 10, 2023

Wonder if TCU watched tape this week to realize that Brock Bowers is a dude?Might wanna plan for him…

— Brandon Weeden (@bweeden3) January 10, 2023

One thing I've noticed so far is that Georgia is bigger and stronger and faster and more powerful than TCU. Let's see whether TCU can make some adjustments to account for this during halftime

— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) January 10, 2023