Ending a year with a moment like this felt impossible.
The penultimate game of the 2022 college football season's final seconds coincided with the annual Times Square countdown. They would end simultaneously, and everyone watching the clock and the Peach Bowl knew what would happen next.
We would exit 2022, and the defending champion Georgia Bulldogs would exit the playoff.
Everyone also knew what would take place following those two departures. TCU, a classic junior varsity program would accept an imaginary silver medal and Ohio State would take home its second CFP trophy. Ryan Day would become the third consecutive full-time head coach in Columbus to win a national title.