Rose Bowl: In a thriller, Georgia beats Oklahoma 54-48

Georgia players at the Rose Bowl. — (Image credit: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

In a double-overtime thriller, Georgia defeated Oklahoma 54-48 in Monday's Rose Bowl, advancing to the College Football Playoff championship game.

A 27-yard touchdown by Sony Michel gave Georgia the win, and the team will play either Alabama or Clemson in the title game on Jan. 8. It was a game of firsts — this was the first overtime game in the Rose Bowl's 104 years, the highest-scoring Rose Bowl game ever, and the first College Football Playoff game to go into overtime.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.