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By Cort Street Sports Capital Journalism Program | @cort_street NEW ORLEANS – Decades of postseason disappointment had become synonymous with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. Nearly a decade of championship culture was the identity of the Georgia Bulldogs. But under the lights of the Caesars Superdome in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at …

(Editor’s Note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate students Cort Street and Chris Schumerth are covering the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl after covering Notre Dame’s first-round victory over Indiana. Here are their predictions.) When watching the film on Georgia and Notre Dame over the course of the 2024 season, one word …

By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – A lot has changed in college football since Georgia head coach Kirby Smart last lifted the national championship trophy in California following the Bulldogs’ undefeated 2022 season. The transfer portal has created a type of free agency for athletes in college football; Name, …

By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS — Gunner Stockton was all smiles as he faced the media before the Bulldogs’ College Football Playoff Quarterfinal in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. To the onlooker, it would be easy to assume he did not have a care in the world, that he was …

(Editor’s Note: Sarah Lounsbury and Justin Haberstroh covered the College Football Playoff National Championship for the Sports Capital Journalism Program website, the ninth time that IUPUI students have covered the title game. In the nine seasons of the CFP format, 22 students have covered a semifinal or championship game. Here are their reflections after a …

By Sarah Lounsbury | @saraahlounsbury Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES – On the biggest stage of the college football season, the Georgia Bulldogs demonstrated emphatically on Monday night that hard work mixed with great talent and skill can pay off in the form of a repeat national championship. All the conditioning and weight-lifting sessions, …

By Justin Haberstroh | @JustinHaberstr1 Sports Capital Journalism Program INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Throughout his sophomore season with the University of Georgia Bulldogs, right to the end, Javon Bullard helped establish a standard. “His shoulder comes out tonight, his collarbone, and he just stays in the game,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “He embodies what our culture …

By Sarah Lounsbury | @saraahlounsbury Sports Capital Journalism Program INGLEWOOD, Calif. — An ecstatic Georgia crowd bowed down to quarterback Stetson Bennett when he exited the field with 13 minutes, 25 seconds to play in what had become a coronation. Bennett waved back in response, his college career ending with an unprecedented second consecutive victory …

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 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 …