The College Football Playoff Semifinals are finally here. Before we get to 2023, we will know one, if not both, teams that will be playing for the national championship.
The No. 2 Michigan Wolverines take on the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.
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TCU is the Cinderella of the season. According to Caesars Sportsbook, the Horned Frogs entered the season at 200-1 odds to win the national title, the longest odds of any semifinalist. These are the longest odds for a semifinalist.
This game could be full of points. TCU leads the Big 12 in scoring (40.3 ppg), yards per game (473) and yards per pass attempt (8.8). Michigan can score, too. According to ESPN Stats and Information, Michigan finished the regular season with a 347-plus point differential, the best in a regular season since 1905.
Here are the sights and scene from the game in Glendale, Arizona:
An assistant star
Team USA Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps showed up in Arizona for some CFP semifinal action.
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Gathering before the game
Attack and dominate! #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/PyKHPLjp8q
โ Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) December 31, 2022
arrivals
The Wolverines are on site! #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/yZdhbFIroz
โ Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) December 31, 2022
๐ Fiesta Bowl #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/1fjstLhrMM
โ Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) December 31, 2022
The arrival. #GoFrogs #DFWBig12Team #FiestaFrogs pic.twitter.com/XJi62nnQAN
โ TCU Football (@TCUFootball) December 31, 2022
Frogs entering. #GoFrogs #DFWBig12Team #FiestaFrogs pic.twitter.com/EIXsTX53ZC
โ TCU Football (@TCUFootball) December 31, 2022
What they wear
Michigan keeps things traditional while TCU goes all white.
Fight them until hell freezes over, then fight them on ice โช๏ธโช๏ธโช๏ธ#GoFrogs #DFWBig12Team #FiestaFrogs pic.twitter.com/z4CaAvvGbo
โ TCU Football (@TCUFootball) December 31, 2022
Looks good in the desert ๐#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/7EkWB4A5SC
โ Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) December 31, 2022
Animals making choices
If you can trust African mongoose or rhino predictionsโฆ
Frogsby90.mp4
Tomorrow is match day! Our crowd of meerkats floored and clearly favored purple @TCUFootball over blue @UMichFootball for the big game. Riff ram bah ZOO! pic.twitter.com/JbSx62igsc
โ Fort Worth Zoo (@FortWorthZoo) December 30, 2022
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@phoenixzoo’s one-horned rhino has declared that @UMichFootball will win the 2022 @Vrbo #FiestaBowl. pic.twitter.com/HRCFNXmsRd
โ Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (@Fiesta_Bowl) December 30, 2022
Fans sign up
GO BLUE! WOW! @UMichFootball pic.twitter.com/bKh4FB0cYT
โ Ric Flairยฎ (@RicFlairNatrBoy) December 31, 2022
TCU has alumni and seemingly the entire Dallas Fort Worth area behind it.
Let’s go @TCU ๐ pic.twitter.com/sIvYPVT2W0
โ Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) December 31, 2022
Let’s go to the PARTY!
Good luck @TCUFootball!
We’re all rooting for you from home ๐๐#CFBPlayoff | #FiestaBowl | #TexasHockey pic.twitter.com/Xd7OT01NRK
โ Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) December 31, 2022
Go frogs!!! #BTHOmichigan ๐ธโฌ๏ธ
โ Jim Schlossnagle (@CoachSchloss) December 31, 2022
It’s game day let’s go @TCUFootball !!!! ๐ต๐๏ธ๐ธ๐ฅ
โ Matt Carpenter (@MattCarp13) December 31, 2022
The first Texas team to play in the @CFBPlayoff is from FORT WORTH! ๐
Congrats to @TCUFootball on an amazing season & make all of DFW proud at the @Fiesta_Bowl ! ๐ธ๐ #GoFrogs #FrogsBy90 #DFWBig12Team #FiestaFrogs pic.twitter.com/lWLdgQpUjy
โ DFW Airport (@DFWAirport) December 30, 2022