1 stat shows how unlucky Georgia was in playoffs
College football coin tosses don't often matter than much in the grand scheme of things, but overtime tosses are a different story.
In overtime, winning the toss to presumably start on defense and have the ball second can be the difference. For Georgia in the Rose Bowl and national championship games, the Bulldogs had terrible luck this year.
They managed to lose all four coin tosses in which they participated in the College Football Playoff - an unfortunate record that can only be tied under the current four-team format.
First, in Georgia's semifinal Rose Bowl matchup against Oklahoma on New Year's Day, the Bulldogs lost the standard pregame coin toss.
This was, by far, the more thrilling of the two semifinal games, extending into overtime - a first for both the iconic bowl game and the CFP.
But when it came time for the coin toss to see which team would go first, Georgia lost again. Though it didn't matter much, as the team came away with a 54-48 double-overtime win.
Then there was the national championship game against Alabama on Monday, and the Bulldogs lost the opening toss.
In a shocking turn of events, the Crimson Tide battled back from a 13-0 halftime deficit, and the playoff got its second overtime game. You know how this one goes.
None of this is to say that had Georgia won either of the national championship game tosses, the outcome or even the score would have been different. But that's some bad luck.
(Thanks to Reddit for sharing.)
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