Georgia (13-1, 8-0 Southeastern Conference) kept its foot on the pedal throughout all four quarters. The Bulldogs amassed 673 yards of total offense.

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Georgia led 42-3 after two quarters, the largest halftime lead in Orange Bowl history.

Beck played all of two quarters, going 13-of-18 for 203 passing yards and two touchdowns.

The Bulldogs substituted to their second and third teams in the second half as the beat carried on. Lawson Luckie caught a 4-yard touchdown by Gunner Stockton to give Georgia a 56-3 lead entering the fourth quarter.

Georgia totaled 192 yards in the first quarter, its most of the game. The Bulldogs piled on seven more first downs in the final quarter and held Florida State (13-1, 8-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) to none in that span.

Florida State played without more than a dozen players due to injuries and opt-outs.

Seminoles quarterback Brock Glenn went 9-of-26 for 139 yards and two interceptions. Florida State rushed for 63 yards, and receiver Kentron Poitier logged a ram-high 84 yards.

Florida State kicked Ryan Fitzgerald kicked in his team’s only points from 22 yards out with 12:34 left in the second quarter.

Stockton finished with two touchdowns and 96 passing yards.

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Georgia also brought in more than 300 receiving yards. Nine different players had at least 12 yards, and four different Bulldogs hauled in touchdowns.

Kendall Milton and Daijun Edwards each had two rushing touchdowns for Georgia.

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Through more than a dozen weeks and three-plus months of competition, only four programs stood remaining as undefeated come bowl season. 

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The unbeaten teams include No. 1 Michigan, No. 2 Washington, No. 5 Florida State and No. 23 Liberty. 

Two of those programs are playing in the College Football Playoff for college football’s biggest prize, a national championship, in the Wolverines and Huskies. 

However, the CFP Selection Committee did something unprecedented: it left an unbeaten Power 5 conference champion out of the Playoff. 

Here are some noteworthy quotes as focus turns from Week 14 to bowl season. 

Bo Nix, Oregon 

No. 8 Oregon had a chance at redemption against Washington going into the Pac-12 Championship game last weekend. 

The Ducks sought to right their only wrong of the season which came in Week 6 when they fell 33-30 to the Huskies, and Washington beat Oregon a second time, this time 36-33, and claimed the conference title. 

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix is out of eligibility. He’s a contender for the Heisman Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in college football. 

Nix leads the country with a 77.2% completion and is tied for most passing touchdowns with LSU’s Jayden Daniels who also has 40. 

Nix gave an ode to his college football career after Oregon’s loss on Saturday. He reflected on a number of college football staples and traditions that meant the most to him. 

“I’m going to miss college football. I know it was my goal my whole entire life to be a college quarterback and to play and to win a national championship, and even though that may be off the table and it’s not necessarily something that can be obtained anymore, it was still a goal and I still worked for it every day,” Nix said. “As crazy as it sounds, I’m going to enjoy this plane ride home around the guys because I’ve had many of them before, but not sure how many I’m going to have in front of me and, I don’t know, it’s just a lot of emotions, a lot going on that, man, you wish you could change, like, you wish you could go back and do so many different things. But, I mean, they’re over there on the same side, you know, they wanted to win too, and that’s what is the good and bad thing about any kind of competition, any kind of sports is there has to be a loser and as bad as it feels, that’s why you play the game.” 

Mike Norvell, Florida State 

As mentioned earlier, the Seminoles got the shorter end of the stick when it came to the CFP. 

READ: Full list of Power 5 bowl games

Unbeaten all season and atop the Atlantic Coast Conference, Florida State was left out of the Playoff based on it seems a couple factors. 

The Seminoles won three of their last four games by 10 points or fewer. But they still won the games. 

Florida State also lost starting quarterback Jordan Travis due to a horrific left leg injury in Week 12. But the Seminoles still won their final three games with backups Tate Rodemaker and Brock Glenn. 

It seems the CFP Selection Committee penalized Florida State for its loss of Travis among other factors. The committee does take into account which players are available for a team when making its decision, and it went with No. 4 Alabama which beat then-No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in the Southeastern Conference Championship game over the Seminoles. 

Florida State head coach Mike Norvell released an emotional statement on Sunday, giving his opinion on the Seminoles being left out of the Playoff which left him “disgusted and infuriated.” 

“I am disgusted and infuriated with the committee’s decision (Sunday) to have what was earned on the field taken away because a small group of people decided they knew better than the results of the games,” Norvell stated. “What is the point of playing games? Do you tell players it is okay to quit if someone goes down? Do you not play a senior on Senior Day for fear of injury? Where is the motivation to schedule challenging non-conference games? We are not only an undefeated P5 conference champion, but we also played two P5 non-conference games away from home and won both of them. I don’t understand how we are supposed to think this is an acceptable way to evaluate a team. I’m hurting for our players who have displayed a tremendous amount of resilience and response this season. What happened (Sunday) goes against everything that is true and right in college football. A team that overcame tremendous adversity and found a way to win doing whatever it took on the field was cheated (Sunday). It’s a sad day for college football. I’m proud of the work we have put in and the players I have the privilege to coach. We have one more opportunity to define this 2023 team in the Orange Bowl, and I believe in how our team will respond.” 

Deion Sanders, Colorado 

The college football world went ablaze over the weekend and into the week after Florida State was left out of the Playoff. 

Many voiced their opinion on the Seminoles missing the CFP on social media, and many voiced displeasure about it. 

READ: Stat Pack: Week 14

This season is the final year of the four-team Playoff. Next year, it will expand to include 12 teams, allowing the six highest seeded conference champions a spot in the CFP. 

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders is an alum of Florida State, playing there from 1985-88 across three sports. 

Sanders shared his stance on whether Florida State didn’t receive a fair shot at the Playoff, and while he gave his opinion, he also talked up the 12-team Playoff — and how he and the Buffaloes plan to be in it. 

“First and foremost, I want their problem. Can I have that problem? Can I have those problems please? I want those problems,” Sanders said. “Thank God the committee got it right next year when there’s a bigger gate and open for a plethora of schools having an opportunity to go to the playoffs — and we plan on being one of them. There’s no way that you’re going to leave coach Saban and Alabama out of a playoff and Georgia. No, you’re not going to leave Georgia and Alabama out. It ain’t no playoff if you do that. I’m happy man, I’m not happy. I don’t know how I would have handled that. I think coach Norvell did a wonderful job articulating himself speaking his truth and the players supporting him as well. That’s a tough one man. I would love to be in that situation. Unfortunately, we’re not but we plan on being in that situation. But that’s a tough one. But they’re going to always go with the business. See, people think it’s just football man. You got to understand this is a business as well.” 

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Travis left the game with less than two minutes left in the first quarter after a horrific left leg injury that appeared to impact both his leg and ankle. He had gone 2-of-4 for 21 yards.

READ: Drinkwitz says there’s ‘new respectability’ to Missouri after highest CFP ranking in program history 

In Travis’ place, both redshirt junior Tate Rodemaker and freshman Brock Glenn played under center.

Rodemaker had the most production. He went 13-of-23 for 217 yards and two touchdowns, both for more than 24 yards.

Glenn went 2-of-3 for 35 yards and taking his reps in the fourth quarter. He had four rushes for five yards with one carry going for a 4-yard touchdown.

The Seminoles faced an early 13-0 deficit going into the second quarter. Then, the rushing took over.

Five different Florida State ball-carriers scored a touchdown in the game, and three came in the second quarter.

Trey Benson, Caziah Holmes and Lawrance Toafili all had touchdown runs in the second quarter. Benson ran it in from 4 yards out, Holmes 3 and Toafili 17.

Seminoles running back CJ Campbell Jr. broke off a 70-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to make it a 45-13 game. He totaled  78 yards to lead Florida State.

Florida State never let North Alabama score again after Lions quarterback Noah Walters had two touchdown passes in the first quarter. Walter’s found Takairee Kenebrew from 13 yards out and J.J. Evans from 6 to give North Alabama its big, early lead.

Walters finished with 50% completion and 65 yards along with an interception.

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