A former Georgia transfer target, who is playing in the national championship, explains why he picked Ohio State.

ESPN claims that it is time for Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart to get back to the basics. The 2024-2025 college football season came to a close Monday

The NCAA transfer portal window for December of 2024 is essentially closed. Ohio State and Notre Dame players can still jump in and are doing so, but for Georgia, spring classes have begun and the Bulldogs are probably settled on their roster for the spring.

When the words were finally said — “It is my honor to present to you the 2024 national champions, coach Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes” — there was pure joy on the players’ faces who surrounded their coach as they hoisted the trophy.

Last time the Buckeyes were in town they twice squandered two-touchdown leads against Georgia in the 2023 Peach Bowl. It coulda, woulda been Ohio State routing TCU in the national title game that year instead of the Bulldogs.

The Oregon Ducks fell short in their quest for perfection and the 2024-25 College Football National Championship after falling to the Ohio State Buckeyes, 41-21

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish are playing in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 20, but the betting odds for the 2026 title have already been released.

Kirby Smart and his Georgia football team have already started working on the 2025 campaign, but now they can do so with last season in the rearview mirror.

By beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 on a frigid Atlanta night, Ohio State has the right to tell everyone in the country they have the best football team. This was a team that needed a swift kick in the rear end by arch rival Michigan to light the fire inside them we all knew was there all along.

ATHENS, Ga. — Three years ago, Georgia won a national championship and then set a modern NFL Draft record when 15 players from that team were selected. Five Georgia players went in the first round, all off a defense that was regarded then and still might be as generationally great. All in all, it was an immense, irreplaceable loss of talent.

While the Georgia Bulldogs didn't make it to the championship game, there are still players with Georgia ties on the rosters for the Fighting Irish and the Buckeyes.

Should the Buckeyes retain their ranking, they will have landed their fifth straight top-five recruiting class.