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By Sarah Lounsbury | @saraahlounsbury Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES — The Georgia Bulldogs reached the pinnacle of college football in Indianapolis a year ago this week, capturing their first national championship since 1980 by defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide, 33-18. But soon after the historic accomplishment, Georgia coach Kirby Smart would face the …

By Justin Haberstroh | @JustinHaberstr1 Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES – Kendre Miller was a three-star football recruit in search of a power five football program. In the winter of 2020, Miller, a 6-foot, 208-pound running back from Mount Enterprise, Texas, population 500, reportedly had offers from UTSA, Southern Mississippi and Wyoming. He decided …

By Sarah Lounsbury | @saraahlounsbury Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES — At the start of the Georgia Bulldogs’ media day session on Saturday prior to the College Football Playoff National Championship, starting quarterback Stetson Bennett enters the Los Angeles Convention Center unfazed amid crowds of reporters and cameras. With each step he takes towards …

By Justin Haberstroh | @JustinHaberstr1 Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES – The new head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs, Sonny Dykes, had a simple goal last year: Keep his four best players. Of the four that Dykes wanted to keep, Quentin Johnston was the one who stayed. Johnston, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound wide receiver, …

By Meghan Rominger | @MeghanRominger Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — As a high school quarterback dreaming of one day making it big, Georgia’s Stetson Bennett IV was aware of his strengths, the areas of his game that needed improvement, and the weaknesses that scouts and teams couldn’t easily overlook. On the shorter side for …

By Zach Powell | @ZiggidyZach_ Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Three days of discussions among members of the College Football Playoff management committee concluded on Monday without any consensus on how an expansion of the four-team field could be executed. More than six months after a 12-team field was proposed, ten conference commissioners plus …

By Jordan Morey | @JordanAMorey Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — As the Heisman Trophy winner’s pass sailed down the left sideline, Georgia coach Kirby Smart experienced Déjà Vu. Smart wasn’t taken back to the bludgeoning the Bulldogs received in the Southeastern Conference Championship game against Alabama last month. Nor did he go back to …

By Meghan Rominger | @MeghanRominger Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Footballs whizzing through the air, Bulldog and Crimson Tide branded Indy cars, and Dr. Pepper pong: there was no shortage of football-themed fun this weekend at the Playoff Fan Central event at the Indiana Convention Center. Georgia and Alabama fans, along with some neutral …

By Jordan Morey | @JordanAMorey Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Growing up in small-town southern Georgia, Stetson Bennett IV would often listen to old clips on YouTube of Hall-of-Fame broadcaster Larry Munson calling Bulldogs football games. Bennett wasn’t born until 18 years after the University of Georgia claimed its last national championship, but it …