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T.C.U., Confronting Georgia, Spirals on National Title Stage

Georgia forced the Horned Frogs into plenty of bad plays. But T.C.U. showed unusual flaws compared with its previous games this season.

Max Duggan of T.C.U. was often hurried, but also threw two bad interceptions.Credit...Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Since the College Football Playoff’s inception, the Big 12 conference has generally been in the conversation but never good enough to make an appearance in the title game.

There were the many Oklahoma teams: one led by Kyler Murray, who went to the Arizona Cardinals, and another led by the eventual Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, and yet another led by the Los Angeles Rams quarterback Baker Mayfield that all came up short in semifinals.