Aaron Murray speaks out against narrative that TCU shouldn't have been in CFP following blowout loss to Georgia
Aaron Murray criticized college football fans who felt that TCU wasn’t deserving of a spot in the College Football Playoff after its 65-7 loss to Georgia in Monday’s national championship game in Los Angeles.
The Horned Frogs entered the evening having only lost to Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game in November. The most points they had given up in a game had coincidentally been the CFP semifinal against Michigan in a 51-45 win.
That said, no one expected the game to go in the direction it went. While the Horned Frogs were barely competitive outside of a few brief moments, Murray still gave credit to the team for even making it to that point.
“I know a lot of the narrative out there is ‘Well, TCU didn’t deserve to be there’…TCU deserved to be there,” the former Georgia and SEC great said on SiriusXM. “TCU won the football games. Alabama didn’t win the football games when they could have been there. Tennessee didn’t win the football games when they could have been there. Clemson didn’t win the football games when they had opportunities to make the [College Football Playoff]. Michigan obviously lost to TCU.
“TCU won the games in front of them. They’re a Power 5 team that had a great resume that Michigan. They deserved to be in that game. They just got outmatched by the best team in the country.”
After Georgia dominated TCU to claim their 2nd consecutive national title, @AaronMurray11 celebrated the Bulldogs' win and gave the Horned Frogs the respect they deserve. pic.twitter.com/hJIpFX4xUN
— College Sports on SiriusXM (@SXMCollege) January 10, 2023
TCU proved beyond a shadow of any doubt they deserved to be there when they beat undefeated, P5 conference champion Michigan. End of story.
Yep.
Congrats Mountain Dog. My favorite part was getting to go to bed early.
My favorite part was today-watching all the brains melt.
The decision needs to be made as to whether the playoffs are the best teams or teams with the best records. Put many of the SEC teams into a different conference and their records would have looked very different in that they’d have enough wins to be in the conversation. Posters from Auburn and Georgia should recognize that. Hypothetically, would it be fair for Georgia to be out had Alabama defeated them knowing the other conferences have no such games on the schedule? During the season, TCU’s journey was a majority of mid record teams.