Watch and listen to the Sony Michel 27-yard double-OT touchdown run that sent Georgia to the National Championship

The Playoff semi was a Rose Bowl classic.

Georgia beat Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl semifinal of the College Football Playoff on New Year’s Day, in two overtimes. The final score was 54-48. The key sequence at the end: Georgia blocked a 27-yard Oklahoma field goal on the Sooners’ opening possession of double OT, then got a 27-yard touchdown run from Sony Michel to win it.

This was the first in the 104-game history of the Rose Bowl to reach overtime in the first place.

The play is equally good on the hometown radio call. Sync em up the gif visuals with the call if you can for some extra fun.

The teams traded defensive stops in the first OT, with each making 30-something-yard field goals. Here’s the Dawgs’ block, by Lorenzo Carter, that preceded Michel’s touchdown run:

The Bulldogs will face the winner of Monday night’s Alabama-Clemson Sugar Bowl semifinal in the Playoff National Championship on Jan. 8 in Atlanta.

With the game tied at 38 and seven minutes to play, Georgia running back Sony Michel fumbled at his own 46-yard line. Oklahoma safety Steven Parker picked it up and ran for a touchdown to put OU ahead, right as it looked like Georgia was driving for a go-ahead score. The Sooners had just tied the game on a Dimitri Flowers touchdown catch two minutes earlier, and Parker’s scoop-and-score turned the game on its head.

The teams swapped punts after that. Georgia’s offense got the ball with 3:22 to play, and Jake Fromm led a seven-play, 59-yard drive that ended in a Nick Chubb 2-yard touchdown run that tied the score with 55 seconds left. Georgia’s defense stalled an OU drive just shy of midfield to force overtime.

The Rose Bowl was a tale of two halves that got close late.

Oklahoma had a 31-17 lead at halftime, and the score was only that close because a botched squib kick set up Georgia for a 55-yard field goal as the half expired. OU’s 31 points in the opening 30 minutes were the most in any Playoff game in the four-year history of the event. Georgia’s offense was explosive and fared OK, but the Bulldogs went three-and-out three times and couldn’t do anything to stop Oklahoma. Baker Mayfield caught a touchdown pass, just to drive home UGA’s woes.

In the second half, things were different. Georgia ceaselessly harassed Mayfield, getting to the Oklahoma signal-caller with four-man rushes. Georgia’s offense settled in, and Oklahoma looked helpless against the Dawgs’ stable of elite running backs. Chubb had a 50-yard touchdown run shortly after halftime, and the next points in the game came on a Michel 38-yard sprint with 15:41 left on the clock. The Michel touchdown was the product of some smart pre-snap adjustments in UGA’s backfield.

Georgia could’ve wilted when it trailed 31-14 with six seconds left in the second quarter. It would’ve been easy against Oklahoma’s offense. But the Dawgs hung in there, and we got to watch a classic Rose Bowl unfold down the stretch.

This was Georgia’s first Playoff appearance ever. Oklahoma was participating for the second time. The Sooners also made the field in 2015, when they lost to Clemson in a national semifinal at the Orange Bowl, 37-17. Both teams have recruited well enough that they’ll probably be back here sometime sooner rather than later.

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