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# College Championship pep rally at the Pier
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/college-championship-pep-rally-at-the-pier/
- Published: 2023-01-07T21:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-04T15:09:25.000Z
- Author: Associated Press
- Tags: Community, News, briefs, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:28

The Santa Monica Pier will host over 3,000 TCU fans for a pep rally on Jan. 8 from 4 - 5 p.m.

After the best semifinal day in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff, the title game will match the defending national champion against the closest thing the sport has had in years to a Cinderella team. It will be No. 1 Georgia, looking for its second straight championship, against upstart and No. 3 TCU on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

The four-team playoff was littered with lopsided semifinal games, but these were both thrillers. The Bulldogs came from 14 points down to beat No. 4 Ohio State 42-41 in the Peach Bowl. TCU upset No. 2 Michigan 51-45 in the Fiesta Bowl.

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